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Want to upgrade from cyanogen 2.1 to 2.2 and retain current apps. Advice needed.

Is there any way to do this without having to re-install all my apps on my phone? I have a lot of apps installed and would not want to lose my data for them.
Also: I have a HTC Magic with 2.1 and cyanogen mod. It is starting to really get slow so I would like to do this upgrade.

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Try using Titanium Backup from the market. It backs up market links, apps, and app data. Also it backs up launcher's settings.
I would personally just do a clean wipe since Android 2.2 will automatically download and install all your apps.

Titanium Backup Fail
Downloaded the free and paid vesions of TB to a rooted ATT Captivate. Installed normally. Got the latest busybox and did a compete back up. All still ok. Flashed the new 2.2beta8.1 (designgears/cognition ROM) onto the device with Clockwork ROM manager. Still normal. Noticed after the restart, that FroYo installed, and as expected, all my apps were gone, only the stock apps remainng. I started the resoration process with market downloads of with TB and then TB Pro downloads (again) to get set up to go forward with the restore function and replace my apps and settings into the device.
I went to restore and here is where the "trouble" begins. I am unable to restore from the extermal SD card. No method for getting to it from within the program. Despite carefully reading everything I could find on your website and the forums, beforo beginning with the first steps for TB free, and then immediately into TBP, and carefully accomplishing the initial backup (which worked without error and stored onto the external sd card) something is not working the way it should, (I feel).
So I turned to the the PC next. I mounted the sd's and found the file. Copied it over to the root directory on the internal card from the ext sd card with the supplied data cable: ran TBP restore again. TBP indiactes back up successful, but it doesn't resotre anything backed up from the device under 2.1 Eclair_update1.
Still I do not have my contacts, deja office, tune in radio, ect. I did not have a lot of apps, but they are not reappearing when I do the restore.
The starred locs in maps came back, tho I actually think those favs, etc. are stored online.
So, working from memory here, the apps that failed to make the trip: Kindle and my one book Moby **** (a fun re-read - btw I realize now that I was too young to appreciate this when I read it in high school), Bar Code Scanner, BT GPS, Deja Office, Tricorder. None of my 1050 or so Conacts, Tasks, Memos, Notes, were restored. When I look at the Android Market app, and go to the download tab, it only remembers the paid apps I installed, none of the free apps show up in my list of downloaded programs. TuneIn Radio and its dozen or so presets are also missing. These are the missing apps I can recall at this instant. Oddly enough, the calendar appoitments did make the trip, maybe because google online is syncing them?
So I guess you could say the TB PRO app has been pretty much of a flop for me thus far, but I am hopeful that it will be fully functional soon. I'm wondering if the 2.2 ROM upgrade has some implication in the inability of the program to restore from the external sd card? Maybe there is something I missed in your documentation?
I could rebuild everything one step at a time, but I'd rather see the back-up program function as advertied and save my time. So I will pause here in my efforts, run with what I have, and wait to hear from you.
Your comments and suggestions are highly anticipated!
Jack Webster
Springfield, MO
rooted AT&T Captivate/2.2v8.1

[Q] How do I modify my backup and restore manifest?

Hi xda,
Though my thread title may be a little vague and might supposedly be better asked on google or android per se, just patiently read along as I try to explain my dilemma in more detail.
For ICS users, we all know the convenience of the "backup & restore" feature. Everything from wifi passwords, contacts, and installed apps will be magically restored when you install a new firmware on your phone with a full data wipe. And for us flash junkies, that indeed is really convenient.
But even though I have come to love such feature, I've noticed a few quirks as I was using it over time. The backup manifest or shall I say, the list of backed up data gets cluttered as you continue to backup data over time. This leading to a point where my backup data is now so messed up, whenever it auto restores once again, I see previously uninstalled apps back again and duplicate contact entries. So messed up, that I've decided to stop using this much loved feature and just manually backup my contacts, and re-install apps.
So, I am looking for some solution that I might be somehow able to manually edit that current backed up list (over at google or wherever it's stored), and update which will be restored if ever I flash my phone again. Or wipe that list clean and overwrite it with my current phone state.
Sorry for the long post but I've done my googling and forum searching beforehand only to no avail.

You can forgo that feature entirely and use titanium backup instead, for backing up your personal app data...
Titanium acts a little twitchy when restoring system apps and data across roms with different bases...
Your best bet would be to backup your downloaded apps with titanium, backup contacts and msgs (and call logs) from other market apps (I use go backup)...
For bluetooth and wifi access points, I haven't found anything that is truly cross compatible among roms...so better of you just write it down somewhere and refer that later...
Typed using a small touchscreen

[Q] Can't restore apps from N7 using Titanium Backup

Just got an N5. My first smartphone although I have an N7. I'm trying to move my user apps and app data from the N7 to the N5 but the process is failing. I can't find good instructions that don't assume you are restoring to the same device or assume you have an SD card you can move between devices. I've checked threads here and can't find anything.
N7 3G (2012), Android 4.2.1 Unlocked, rooted, stock ROM
N5 Android 4.4.2 Unlocked, rooted, stock ROM
Titanium backup is installed on both. N7 does TB backups and syncs to Google drive.
I created a filter on the n7 of just the apps to transfer and did another backup of those and sync'd to Google Drive. I copied the files for the ones I wanted (based on files having a just change date/time) from Google Drive to the N5 and put them in a new directory. I set the new folder as the backup folder in titanium backup. Now when I go to TB on the N5 I can see the apps but they all have a line through them. When I try to batch restore, I get a message that ### elements failed. I turned on allow unknown sources and that didn't make a difference. If I select an app in the list, I have options to uninstall or delete.
I have a feeling it would be easier to use one of the newer apps designed just for apps but I've got this far. I don't know why I can't restore them via TB.

Im not a fan of titanium backup I think its a good app but it has no place anymore in kit kat and it just kills battery and resources... Just my opinion
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I did something similar with TB and this worked for me.
I strongly suggest you do it in steps. First step is go to Play Store, My Apps, All. Manually install each app fresh. (Don't panic...keep reading). If you didn't get the app from the Play Store, then copy the apk from your N7.
Once you have them all installed (fresh new versions, yay!) now open Titanium and press the middle tab (Backup/Restore). Go down the list and just tap the individual app name...a box pops up..press Restore...box pops up...Press Data Only. Done! Move on down the list, one by one. As you discovered, you can't batch restore this. It takes time, but they'll all work.
Whatever you do...DO NOT restore data to ANY SYSTEM APPS!. We don't need seeing another thread where you rushed and borked something
In fact, before you start, back up your N5..just in case.
Have fun.
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Thanks. I ended up using the migrate feature on MyBackup Pro. It was kind of slow but less hassle than looking up 150 apps on the play store and installing them. (I'm an app addict). Some of them failed though so I'll have to do those manually and then I'll try the restore in Titanium. Not touching system apps except I wanted to move my wifi hot spots over with passwords which Titanium can supposedly do.
Wondering if I could have use OTG to back them up and then restore to the new device. Found some threads on it but not sure if it would have worked.

All non-system apps after rooting cannot access file system.

Hello everyone,
So I'm hoping someone can figure out what I did, cause my phone is now half of what it used to be. I have the latest update (G900PVPU3BOF6) on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5, and I rooted it 3 days ago the day after it's birthday (didn't want to trip Knox before the warranty was up!).
I didn't notice it at first, but then I realized that things were not working right on my phone. I haven't done really anything with my root except remove a couple of stock apps I didn't want (that should have been safe to, like Flipboard). Basically, unless it's a system app (ie. Google Play, Facebook, Camera, etc.) the app cannot save or access the internal memory or external SD card... Fallout Shelter stopped working completely, SMS Backup and Restore won't backup anywhere, Amazon Appstore won't update and immediately fails, Glitchr crashes when I try to save images... it's obvious that some form of permissions to the file system got seriously mucked up. But I'm not sure what to do to fix the issue.
I am open to doing a stock restore, but ONLY after I get a backup on my SMS and if it's a last resort.
Anyone have any suggestions, or even come across this before?
Thank you all in advance!

Download My Backup Root from Play, backup your Data(SMS, MMS, Contacts, logs etc. ) Then do a Factory reset.

Either your permissions are Borked or the owner to the files is incorrect. Did you use titanium backup or any other app to restore your data?
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Restoring from Titanium Backup Pro?

Done some searching, but can't figure out the answer. I have TB pro. In the past, it has backed up the apk and data. The apk's took up a lot of space, so I changed settings to back up data only. Put on a new ROM, and now I can't restore any of the apps (everything has a line through it, presumably because there's no apk?). I assumed that I could just automatically reinstall the apps from the play store and that then my settings would be restored as well. Apparently this isn't the case? Huge PITA to restore everything from the play store. If the apk's are necessary (and that's real silly if so) can I just back them up/restore from dropbox? Am I missing something?

nola mike said:
Done some searching, but can't figure out the answer. I have TB pro. In the past, it has backed up the apk and data. The apk's took up a lot of space, so I changed settings to back up data only. Put on a new ROM, and now I can't restore any of the apps (everything has a line through it, presumably because there's no apk?). I assumed that I could just automatically reinstall the apps from the play store and that then my settings would be restored as well. Apparently this isn't the case? Huge PITA to restore everything from the play store. If the apk's are necessary (and that's real silly if so) can I just back them up/restore from dropbox? Am I missing something?
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not sure i can be of help, but yes, if you didnt backup the app then you have to do it manually from the store. i just use the google auto restore from previous set up, for apps, during the initial phone set up. then i go to titanium and restore the data.
i backup apps to, so im just guessing, but i think once you install the app, the line will go away so you can use the backup to restore the data.

Yeah, I think you're right. The auto restore is flakey, the new ROM means it's a new phone, so it wasn't automatic. And the play store is a freaking nightmare to deal with/organize when you have a bunch of different devices going back 5 years. As good as TB is, that's just ridiculous. It knows what apps I have, it should be able to download them again. Why keep the apks on the device? What is the market link function for? A nandroid backup + TB eats most of my SD card space.

nola mike said:
Yeah, I think you're right. The auto restore is flakey, the new ROM means it's a new phone, so it wasn't automatic. And the play store is a freaking nightmare to deal with/organize when you have a bunch of different devices going back 5 years. As good as TB is, that's just ridiculous. It knows what apps I have, it should be able to download them again. Why keep the apks on the device? What is the market link function for? A nandroid backup + TB eats most of my SD card space.
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i never had much luck with it, but i know you can make a zip of your apps to flash with titanium. maybe try that, and if you can get it to work, just store the zip on your pc until you need it, then you can delete the backups. i have an otg i use from time to time for flashing in twrp, you could store it on that also, if you had one.

nola mike said:
Yeah, I think you're right. The auto restore is flakey, the new ROM means it's a new phone, so it wasn't automatic. And the play store is a freaking nightmare to deal with/organize when you have a bunch of different devices going back 5 years. As good as TB is, that's just ridiculous. It knows what apps I have, it should be able to download them again. Why keep the apks on the device? What is the market link function for? A nandroid backup + TB eats most of my SD card space.
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Titanium Backup doesn't download apps. It backs them up from your device if you choose and restores them to your device if you choose. The market link function is mainly to BREAK the market link if you don't want to see updates for a particular app, or to FIX a broken link.