I have been successfully backing up WhatsApp using TitaniumBacup. Now I need to restore it but it just says "restore failed". Is there anything way I can still restore the backups? I'm on a rooted Android 13 phone.
Was Android when you backed up another version than 13?
xXx yYy said:
Was Android when you backed up another version than 13?
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Yes
For anyone else looking for a way to restore backups made with Titaniumbackup, I used this work around.
Install Phoenix OS. It comes with root access. I downloaded the ISO from here and installed it on a virtual machine. Then install TitaniumBackup, put the backups on a USB and connect it to the VM, then restore the backups using TitaniumBackup. Then find an alternative to Titaniumbackup that works. I used Swift. Then use Swift to backup the now restored app and its data. Copy the backup Swift created to a USB drive. Then transfer the backup to the device you actually want to use it on, install Swift and restore.
Official updates for this still out there?
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I'm wondering if I can expect a backup using Titanium Backup (backing up all user apps + system data) on my existing phone running Android 2.2.2 to be properly restored when it comes back from a factory repair running a newer OS. Will my apps and data really work properly if they update my OS? I'd rather go this route than using a root backup type backup because I'd like to get the OS upgrade. Or is there an easier way to get an OS upgrade while keeping all my apps?
I am using Titanium Backup on my rooted device.
I am afraid this app and other backup-apps are only able to backup and restore user, or pre-installed applications that are not part of the OS.
You cannot backup or restore any system data without rooting the device first, because accessing system data requires root access. The same is true for restoring the data later on.
So if you want to backup system data, preferences or a whole system backup (NANDbackup), you'll have to get root first!
Good luck:fingers-crossed:
Ethan5150 said:
I'm wondering if I can expect a backup using Titanium Backup (backing up all user apps + system data) on my existing phone running Android 2.2.2 to be properly restored when it comes back from a factory repair running a newer OS. Will my apps and data really work properly if they update my OS? I'd rather go this route than using a root backup type backup because I'd like to get the OS upgrade. Or is there an easier way to get an OS upgrade while keeping all my apps?
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Yes this will work as you said you backed up system apps instead is in my experience sometimes when you restore apps and data through titanium it sometime makes apps a little wonky like force closing and such. I would go for it worse case scenario is you notice apps acting up, do a factory reset if unrooted or wipe and reinstall rom if rooted and then when you restore with titanium press the option to restore app only then a least you don't have redownload apps from the market
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I lost my wifi when i rooted and can not find a fix. If i install the stock rom for my sch-i905 on this site, will i lose my installed apps if i use app backup and restore. If yes, can i move the backed up apps file to my computer, reinstall the backup and restore app, move the backed up file back to tab and restore?
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I lost my wifi when i rooted and can not find a fix. If i install the stock rom for my sch-i905 on this site, will i lose my installed apps if i use app backup and restore. If yes, can i move the backed up apps file to my computer, reinstall the backup and restore app, move the backed up file back to tab and restore?
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The backup files are stored on the SD card which is not wiped during that process. You don't need to move them (unless you really want to ).
Hi,
I had to sent my tablet for repair and thu I had wiped it after making backups using Titanium (and also some copies of files on internal sdcard)
(I used to have android 4.0.1 (I think) and now it came back with 4.2.1 and I rooted it using motochopper).
I used Titanium standard version (not pro yet) to make backup of all apps and data and of some system data. I tried to make some restore before enabling the google account as advised in a tutorial found on this site (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480343).
When I tried to restore (data only) Wifi access points, it did work, but for bluetooth pairings (data only), it apparently not recovered my pairings (at least the tablet did not automatically recognized my phone, for instance, while they were paired before the backup)..
Also, I tried to restore (app+data) File Manager HD and (data+app) Box, but I lost all favorites defined in File Manager HD and Box apparently lost my login... Is it normal ?
When doing the backup, I had taken care of backuping "app+data". I had also make a manual copy of files in my internal sdcard, but I guess that should not be useful to restore app/data using Titanium ? Or should I also copy back to internal all those files before using the titanium restore tool ?
br,
ricorico94
ricorico94 said:
Hi,
I had to sent my tablet for repair and thu I had wiped it after making backups using Titanium (and also some copies of files on internal sdcard)
(I used to have android 4.0.1 (I think) and now it came back with 4.2.1 and I rooted it using motochopper).
I used Titanium standard version (not pro yet) to make backup of all apps and data and of some system data. I tried to make some restore before enabling the google account as advised in a tutorial found on this site (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480343).
When I tried to restore (data only) Wifi access points, it did work, but for bluetooth pairings (data only), it apparently not recovered my pairings (at least the tablet did not automatically recognized my phone, for instance, while they were paired before the backup)..
Also, I tried to restore (app+data) File Manager HD and (data+app) Box, but I lost all favorites defined in File Manager HD and Box apparently lost my login... Is it normal ?
When doing the backup, I had taken care of backuping "app+data". I had also make a manual copy of files in my internal sdcard, but I guess that should not be useful to restore app/data using Titanium ? Or should I also copy back to internal all those files before using the titanium restore tool ?
br,
ricorico94
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The file system on 4.2 is quite different from earlier versions. That may explain why some of the restore options don't work. If you know where File Manager HD stored your favorites and preferences, look for the corresponding folder after you installed it and copy those manually.
Usually a restore with TiBu will work but the changed file system probably messes it up.
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berndblb said:
The file system on 4.2 is quite different from earlier versions. That may explain why some of the restore options don't work. If you know where File Manager HD stored your favorites and preferences, look for the corresponding folder after you installed it and copy those manually.
Usually a restore with TiBu will work but the changed file system probably messes it up.
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Aïe!.. Does it mean that restoring apps/data from my backup on 4.0.1 could be dangerous ? meaning facing restoring files into locations not fully compatible with 4.2.1 ?.. with the risk of messing up the whole tablet ?
Ricorico94
ricorico94 said:
Aïe!.. Does it mean that restoring apps/data from my backup on 4.0.1 could be dangerous ? meaning facing restoring files into locations not fully compatible with 4.2.1 ?.. with the risk of messing up the whole tablet ?
Ricorico94
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As long as you are not messing with system files - no, it's not dangerous.
I am not sure how TiBu handles the restore process. What I did when moving to 4.2 was to copy the entire /data diretory to an external card and copying it back after the update. I did not restore apps with TiBu, re-installed everything from scratch (good opportunity to do some "house cleaning").
I have been using TiBu since then many times when flashing roms and without issues.
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My phone got stuck in a bootloop where it could only get to recovery. Using the recovery I created a nandroid backup to the a USB stick using an OTG cable. I flashed the stock firmware and got things setup but I can't restore individuals apps from the nandroid. I copied the nandroid from the usb to sd card but it still doesn't work. I tried restoring apps using Nandroid Manager but when the app is launched it gives the error "app has stopped, close app". For some reasons sms succesfully restored but no user apps. I tried restoring with AppExtractor but it gives the error "unable to generate apk listing"
I also have titanium backup pro but couldn't get it to find the location of the nandroid to try extracting with it.
Any ideas? I really just want my messages back from Whatsapp.
My phone is a moto g4 plus running stock Nougat with busybox installed and elementalx kernel. It should be the same environment now as when the backups were made.
Any way to do this? There were a lot of Nand apps in the past but they've all mysteriously vanished. Titanium backup still has a restore from nand/twrp backup option, but it's pro only.
What do you exactly need to backup?
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What do you exactly need to backup?
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It wasn't necessarily backup, but just recovery. I'm recovering some apps and their data from a bootlooping TWRP backup. I know it is possible to an extent because I was manually able to move my Google Authenticator data to a fresh install, just wanted to do it with the rest of my apps.
tensuyu said:
It wasn't necessarily backup, but just recovery. I'm recovering some apps and their data from a bootlooping TWRP backup. I know it is possible to an extent because I was manually able to move my Google Authenticator data to a fresh install, just wanted to do it with the rest of my apps.
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I see.Sorry I can't help as I've never had to do it :/
I can open up my Nandroid backups on this win10 PC but wouldn't know how to extract the needed apps/data