Hey guys,
Im sure many of you know about the problems which can be caused backing up apps and restoring them to different android versions (problems with force close, reboots, general instability / compatibility).
I found this great free app which makes a list of all your apps you have installed into an XML on your sd card (so it wont get wiped when flashing your phone) and will allow you to open the XML and select an app and it will take you to the market place page for your selected app to download it again.
I find the market place 'my apps' will only remember my paid apps after changing roms and this is a much more reliable way and safer way to get your apps back, plus its just easier to have all your old apps in a list ready to download and not searching for ages right?!
I flash my phone quite regularly and with this app you can be sure you get the correct version of your apps not restoring one that's not compatible and cause problems.
Here's the App Brain link http://www.appbrain.com/app/zemna-applist-backup/net.zemna.android.applistbackup. I don't expect this to changes lives buts its a helpful tool, for free!
I'm not the dev for this app and take no credit for his / hers / their work! Feel free to hit 'THANKS' if this is useful to you.
Enjoy ;-)
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to be honest not much usefull,but still appreciated...!!
I found it good, each to their own opinions I guess. Just thought I'd share cos my market never shows my free apps after flashing and its just easier to use this than spend ages searching for the all again, there're just there in a list ready to download
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Many thanks,,
Very useful for me
gregbradley said:
Many thanks,,
Very useful for me
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Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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Already done
easiest way is to copy /data/app to your sd card. then copy all the apks from there to your computer and put them into flashtool's "/custom/app" folder. then after flashing your new rom, click "customize" in flash tool. bam, all your apps are installed without having to wait for downloading.
biggest downfall is losing app's saved "data". ei highscores and settings.
you can back these up by copying the program's data folder from /data/data to your sd card. the data folder for the program will look like this:
come.rovio.angrybirds (angry birds)
inside the data folder you will find different data files, some will be settings, highscores, etc. it will be different for every program. once you reinstall the app. you can copy JUST the data files to replace settings, scores, etc. don't copy the entire folder or you will get FC's.
That makes sense although iv never tried it. In theroy you could use the flashtool to put all the apps back on the phone and then with titanium back up restore data only and it not cause problems?
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why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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I see where your coming from but backing up and restoring apps between different versions of android isn't really a good idea and there is different versions of apps for different android versions which is where the compatibility issues and stability problems come in.
The idea of this is it saves all your apps and you can download the right version for your particular configuration on your phone.
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tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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i hate restoring with titanium. you have to confirm each individual reinstall.
There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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I use android injector from a windows based pc, very handy
The Gingerbread Man said:
There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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batch mode asks me every app
thanks for recommending this app, as it is really useful
i do not recommend tb/mybackup if you are switching between android versions as some apks might not be compatible
using this you can link to the market really easy and it ensures you having apps installing in the right way =)
boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy
XteNce said:
boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy
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You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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I use TB and restore just the app, no data.
For games like AB there are back up apps available on the AM and I've not had any problems using this method!
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The Gingerbread Man said:
You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms
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hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms
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Your lucky then I guess. Really the idea of this is if your changing your android version though, ie; going from 2.1- 2.2 ,2.2 - 2.3 or down grading your android version. It helped me anyway....
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I use mybackup.
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well by nand backup from cwm or using titanium backup for rooted phones
i use appmonster to backup my apps because you can save diffrent versions of each app and roll back to a previouse version if you dont like the update
Titanium backup pro all the way,
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romtoolbox pro
worth the money .,.why ? because it is not just an app for backup
check it out on play store
icl0udn3t said:
romtoolbox pro
worth the money .,.why ? because it is not just an app for backup
check it out on play store
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along with TB this was one of the first apps I brought after rooting, chose TB as it was the first one or of the two I tried, only just started playing with this app. Only been root for couple of weeks, Rom toolbox does look good and short of played with it regarding fonts and boot images etc, not really done much else with it yet. As after root was a little scared of my phone for a couple of days. As an all in one it does look a lovely bit of kit. Both apps for me were worth the money even if one gets more use than the other
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i use titanium backup pro to backup all my apps, which lets you restore just the apps you want, with or without data.. if i'm restoring all my data after flashing a ROM update, sometimes i'll use the restore data option in recovery.
Same here titanium backup pro all the way, and I make sure it backs up the data and apps to Google drive as well as the SD card. Just an extra safeguard in case I damage the card or accidentally delete all information while flashing a ROM like I did last week .
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Titanium Backup Pro for apps and MyBackup Root for sms, mms, call log, bookmarks
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App2zip
Phone:HTC Evo 3D CMDA
HTC Sense:3.6
Software number:MeanROM ICS v2.0
Kernel version:[he who should not be named]Kernel
Baseband version:1.06.00.1216
Build number:1.13.662.2_RC
HBOOT:1.50 S-off (juopunutbear)
Recovery:4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC5
i use titanium backup and is good
cwm
Titanium Backup.. Very easy and u would just have to sit back and watch the backing up as well as restoring
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Hi all, I installed asphalt 7 few days back and backup it via app backup and restore but due to its large size it couldn't backed up.. Though I found whole game of 1.1 GB in Android /obb folder.. Now how can I restore it? I don't mind if data is lost but don't want to download the whole game once again
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Try this
prashh17 said:
Hi all, I installed asphalt 7 few days back and backup it via app backup and restore but due to its large size it couldn't backed up.. Though I found whole game of 1.1 GB in Android /obb folder.. Now how can I restore it? I don't mind if data is lost but don't want to download the whole game once again
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U should have tried taking backup using titanium backup or app monster and see if it helps:fingers-crossed:
I used to use Orange Backup to make daily nandroid backups but once KitKat came out, it was no longer supported. Are there any alternatives now?
What's the problem using recovery exactly?
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it requires supervised time. with orange backup you can schedule it to run at a certain time every day. i set it up when i'm asleep.
In which case i'd recommend looking at "tasker" and this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593687
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from what i just read about the orange backup app, it doesnt preform a nandroid backup, it just backups files that you choose.
Only a nandroid can backup your complete rom and restore it. As far as I know. ;l
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Here you go.
PhilipTD said:
Here you go.
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That's the same alternative I moved to when OBackup development stopped. I support PhilipTD's recommendation. To compliment that backup solution I added FolderSync to automate coping the Nandroid backups to another device or a cloud service. To round out the device backup solution I also use Titanium Backup and FolderSync.
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3DSammy said:
That's the same alternative I moved to when OBackup development stopped. I support PhilipTD's recommendation. To compliment that backup solution I added FolderSync to automate coping the Nandroid backups to another device or a cloud service. To round out the device backup solution I also use Titanium Backup and FolderSync.
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Yeah, I use Foldersync, too.
PhilipTD said:
Yeah, I use Foldersync, too.
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Me too, only as a plugin for Tasker
How long does Online Nandroid Backup take to do a regular noncompressed backup? Mine was on for over an hour so I stopped it. My nandroids in recovery usually only take about 5 min.
Hi All
I am trying to get online nandroid backup working on my s7. Now this was a version which I used to use on my S4 and before I retired that I performed both a nandroid and titanium backup as I liked the app and paid for it I wanted to continue to use it.
I have busybox installed on my s7 which I for from the play store however everything I try to open online nandroid backup it keeps asking for the busybox bit I have it installe so I don't know what is complaining about.
Had anyone seen this issue?
Thanks
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Managed to answer my own question on this one I have learnt that nandroid backup doesn't work with newer phones as development as ceased.
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