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Hey guys,
I have edited this because the developer has showed me how to do what I was asking... so for your sake, I will spare you my previous pain, skip to Joel's response lower down...
have fun!
Mark.
I`ve tried around for this but found nothing. My backup pro is supposed to backup your home screen , but never worked for me. maybe it works on clean android without sense. I`ve tried titanium , but never thought that was the greatest either. Usually i restore apps from my backup ,and then go into app manager to find each in market and install again.
The missing backup of scenes in sense is it`s greatest fault if you ask me.
The best way to backup and restore everything is by using Titanium Backup, Also you could use SMS Backup & Restore for text messages.
mikepheng said:
The best way to backup and restore everything is by using Titanium Backup, Also you could use SMS Backup & Restore for text messages.
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Hello Mike
The trouble is that Titanium does not backup your Android Home screen/ Sense home screen layouts... It may do if you restore the whole system info, but you should never do that when upgrading or using a different ROM because you might be installing or replacing files which are different/newer etc... and would cause stability problems. I agree RUI, A basic app or button in Titanium to backup your screen layouts is a major omission IMO.
Mark.
Hi livegod,
You can backup the Sense "Scenes" by filtering for System items (MENU -> Filters) and then selecting the item named "[DESKTOP] HTC Sense 1.00".
Note that after restoring such system items, a reboot is needed for the changes to take effect.
In Titanium Backup, about 99% of the phone's useful data is included in the list of items. You just need to pick the right ones
Usually you use Batch mode to backup all the *user* apps, and then you backup most green *system* items one by one.
For restoring you don't need to do it one by one: just open MENU->Batch, scroll a bit and use "Restore missing apps + all system data". That should pretty much do it in 1 click - or a few more clicks if you don't have the Donate version.
Thanks and have fun !
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Hi livegod,
You can backup the Sense "Scenes" by filtering for System items (MENU -> Filters) and then selecting the item named "[DESKTOP] HTC Sense 1.00".
Thanks and have fun !
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Thanks Joel, that works!!!
I have bought your app now, its sooo worth it... especially since restoring ALL my apps is automatic, no need to press INSTALL and DONE with each app... and then saving my Sense Scenes is brilliant.
WRT Email settings, I tried restoring two RED items Google Mail 1.3 and Google Storage 2.1 and Mail 2.0 and Mail sidget 2.1, but my Mail programme still tells me there are no accounts set up yet. It would be great to aviod having to set up all the accounts again, Mail and Facebook particularly. I cant find useful restore data for either though...
Thanks,
Mark.
Hi Joel,
do you know if titanium pro can restore-install to SD card instead of internal drive?
tx
Mark.
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apps2sd is transparent for the system. you either use it or don't, you can not choose each time. if you use it titanium backup will install the apps there.
if that is what you meant...
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apps2sd is transparent for the system. you either use it or don't, you can not choose each time. if you use it titanium backup will install the apps there.
if that is what you meant...
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Hi
well, I have a rom which is supposed to be app2sd but my system only has 16mb left! so I am wondering if I backup my apps in Titanium, UNINSTALL all and then REinstall, would Titanium install them on the SD instead of the internal memory?
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Mark
Has anyone noticed that when you restore your home screen, there are 2 copies of each shortcut/icon/folder/etc on the screen?
I guess it's still easier than having to reconfigure our home screens but it would be cool if it didn't create duplicate copies of everything.
Other than that, great app!
I haven't tested the "auto" restore tip yet. A few more bugs worked out and I'm close to paying the author for this great app!
Thanks!
Oops, I just noticed that this isn't the Evo section (Google search took me here).
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Has anyone noticed that when you restore your home screen, there are 2 copies of each shortcut/icon/folder/etc on the screen?
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I got that when I had basically selected *everything* to back up.
After nandroid restoring, when I went back and just backed up the recommended user apps and sys data, the TB restore went fine with only one copy.
I'll see how it works next time I need to do it.
I'm sure that there are several out there that have a fair amount of customization scattered across the 7 screens. I typically group similar apps in Folders. Anyway, from the 7-8 search phrases I tried there was nothing useful that came up in the TB forums.
Will I have to reconfigure my screens every time I flash a ROM or is there a way to restore the icon/app arrangement? I'm not worried about the middle/home screen just the other 6.
Back when I used a WinMo phone I relied on Sashimi to handle all the icon/screen arrangements; or did it manually using a file explorer. Obviously the Droid directory/config structure is quite different. Not to mention that efforts to locate an app analogous to MyMobilier have turned up dust.
i use titanium backup. you can back up all your apps and there data as well as stuff like homescreens accounts wifi spots etc. when you need to pick which things to backup get all user apps and all the green system data. then restore it all when you switch roms.
dak_181 said:
i use titanium backup. you can back up all your apps and there data as well as stuff like homescreens accounts wifi spots etc. when you need to pick which things to backup get all user apps and all the green system data. then restore it all when you switch roms.
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But it won't put back your widgets. I've heard of nothing that will.
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But it won't put back your widgets. I've heard of nothing that will.
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Widgets are live feeds so no is a limitation for now, best bet is what the other poster said
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I don't think there's anything that will restore widgets.
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it restores stock widgets and gives a little error screen for where other ones are. seriously how hard is it to re set like 2 or three widgets really?
Yeah mine came back with batch restore on titanium but like it was said. Other than stock needed to be manually added
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Agreed on the restore aspect of TiBu. I'm not too bad of a flash junkie so I'll deal for now. Still trying to dig up info on why the Market doesn't show my 40-50 downloaded apps after a flash and google sync though. I did get my app icons/folders restored to the Sense screens w/ TiBu, but it trashed the BAMF3.0 default. I have screen captures from ShootMe so I can manually restore the look next time I flash. Thanks for the replies.
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Agreed on the restore aspect of TiBu. I'm not too bad of a flash junkie so I'll deal for now. Still trying to dig up info on why the Market doesn't show my 40-50 downloaded apps after a flash and google sync though. I did get my app icons/folders restored to the Sense screens w/ TiBu, but it trashed the BAMF3.0 default. I have screen captures from ShootMe so I can manually restore the look next time I flash. Thanks for the replies.
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yeah i dunno about apps, but market.google.com will show you everything youve ever downloaded
True. Just wasn't crazy about clicking every single one to get them back after a flash. Hopefully the hurry-up-n-wait method suggested elsewhere will work; could take a couple of hours to "fully-sync" after a flash.
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I'm sure that there are several out there that have a fair amount of customization scattered across the 7 screens. I typically group similar apps in Folders. Anyway, from the 7-8 search phrases I tried there was nothing useful that came up in the TB forums.
Will I have to reconfigure my screens every time I flash a ROM or is there a way to restore the icon/app arrangement? I'm not worried about the middle/home screen just the other 6.
Back when I used a WinMo phone I relied on Sashimi to handle all the icon/screen arrangements; or did it manually using a file explorer. Obviously the Droid directory/config structure is quite different. Not to mention that efforts to locate an app analogous to MyMobilier have turned up dust.
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I use LauncherPro (free version in market) and there is an option to back up your screens (menu/preferences/backup home screen & settings). Does not do widgets, but I don't have a problem adding the few back that I do use.
After I flash a ROM I get all my apps back either via TiBackup or the market and once I switch to Launcher Pro as my home screen program I just do menu/preferences/restore backup and all my little icons are back where they should be.
Just make sure you restore the LPro backup AFTER you restore your apps or the backup won't be able to point to the right app.
With updates of ROMs being released so quickly, and not wanting to update rather than flash the full ROM, I'm going to start backing up using Titanium Backup.
I am quite happy to backup absolutely everything, but am cautious about restoring things like system settings. Ideally what I would like is to be able to restore all the apps that I had before, their data, and possibly the layout of my homescreens.
How would I do this?
Is there anything I should probably not restore that could mess things up?
Thanks a lot for any replies.
You can backup all apps and data and then restore them later, without worrying about side-effects. This backup will include your launcher and therefore screen layouts, but will not include widgets. You'll need to add them again manually after you restore (it's a permission thing - nothing other that your is allowed to put widgets on your home screens).
System settings is a different story. If you're going from one ROM to another, or changing FW, there could be conflicts and it could cause problems. I tend to always have a backup and only restore system settings if I need to factory reset for some reason.
If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
The easiest way is this: go into titanium backup and press the menu bitten on your phone. Then press batch. Then look for something that says backup all user apps. Click the bitten next to that that says run. Then check 'backup user apps + data' and then uncheck any apps you don't want backed up, and then click run on the bottom. This will backup all your downloaded apps and data, like saved games, etc. You can also do the same things for system apps, but I can't guarantee that they will all work. Hope this helps
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If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
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If you click batch all your apps are selected so you can backup all your apps with 1 clicks, even with the unpaid version. However with the paid version you can set up scheduled backups so it will backup automatically every week, or whenever you set it to
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If you click batch all your apps are selected so you can backup all your apps with 1 clicks, even with the unpaid version. However with the paid version you can set up scheduled backups so it will backup automatically every week, or whenever you set it to
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I was talking about restoring, not backing up. Have you ever restored 200 apps with the unpaid version? It's VERY boring
johncmolyneux said:
You can backup all apps and data and then restore them later, without worrying about side-effects. This backup will include your launcher and therefore screen layouts, but will not include widgets. You'll need to add them again manually after you restore (it's a permission thing - nothing other that your is allowed to put widgets on your home screens).
System settings is a different story. If you're going from one ROM to another, or changing FW, there could be conflicts and it could cause problems. I tend to always have a backup and only restore system settings if I need to factory reset for some reason.
If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
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Thanks XD) but I'm talking more about the restore aspect.
@johncmolyneux
Thanks for your help. So I'm thinking the process will be along the lines of:
backup/restore > batch > backup all user apps
then
batch > restore missing apps with data > selecting app+ data
I will almost certainly buy the pro version of this app, as I'll be using it a lot.
One thing I am particularly anal about is restoring my vast collection of texts going back about 3 years - will restoring the GoSMS app and its data include all these. Probably obvious but I thought I'd ask just to make sure.
Also, I keep getting a message saying that I should check usb debugging as it might cause problems. What's that all about?
Thanks again.
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Thanks XD) but I'm talking more about the restore aspect.
@johncmolyneux
Thanks for your help. So I'm thinking the process will be along the lines of:
backup/restore > batch > backup all user apps
then
batch > restore missing apps with data > selecting app+ data
I will almost certainly buy the pro version of this app, as I'll be using it a lot.
One thing I am particularly anal about is restoring my vast collection of texts going back about 3 years - will restoring the GoSMS app and its data include all these. Probably obvious but I thought I'd ask just to make sure.
Also, I keep getting a message saying that I should check usb debugging as it might cause problems. What's that all about?
Thanks again.
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That's the process mate - you've got it.
Titanium Backup requires that you have USB debugging enabled, which you get to via Settings, Applications, Development.
As for backing up and restoring text messages, I simply could not recommend any higher an application called SMS Backup+ (free in the Market). It creates a folder in your Gmail account and automatically uploads all text messages to that folder. You can do a restore whenever you like. It's seamless and works perfectly. If you want to keep SMS then look no further! I've gone over easily 30 ROM flashes with it, and now a new phone, and have never lost a single message.
It also means, of course, that you can access you SMS from any browser, which is nice (Can't send from gmail though.)
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That's the process mate - you've got it.
Titanium Backup requires that you have USB debugging enabled, which you get to via Settings, Applications, Development.
As for backing up and restoring text messages, I simply could not recommend any higher an application called SMS Backup+ (free in the Market). It creates a folder in your Gmail account and automatically uploads all text messages to that folder. You can do a restore whenever you like. It's seamless and works perfectly. If you want to keep SMS then look no further! I've gone over easily 30 ROM flashes with it, and now a new phone, and have never lost a single message.
It also means, of course, that you can access you SMS from any browser, which is nice (Can't send from gmail though.)
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Ok, last question. Can I just have usb debugging enabled at the time that I backup and at the time that I restore. I prefer to not have it checked generally - lots of annoying pop up messages on my PC at work etc...
str0ppy said:
Ok, last question. Can I just have usb debugging enabled at the time that I backup and at the time that I restore. I prefer to not have it checked generally - lots of annoying pop up messages on my PC at work etc...
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Long time since I've clicked "thanks" instead of quote! Have a thanks
Yes mate - you can just turn it on and off for Titanium.
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Long time since I've clicked "thanks" instead of quote! Have a thanks
Yes mate - you can just turn it on and off for Titanium.
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Top man. Thanks again.
str0ppy said:
Top man. Thanks again.
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No problem mate. Enjoy
Ok so one last question. I understand that Titanium Backup will save the data for my third party launcher, so will preserver all the homescreen arrangments. But if I use TouchWiz, would that count as a system and therefore not preserved if I only backed up and restored user apps and data?
Cheers.
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Ok so one last question. I understand that Titanium Backup will save the data for my third party launcher, so will preserver all the homescreen arrangments. But if I use TouchWiz, would that count as a system and therefore not preserved if I only backed up and restored user apps and data?
Cheers.
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You might be able to backup and restore the data for touchwizz, not tried.
As far as system data, if the item is green in titanium is ok to restore, if its red, beware.
AFAIK, TouchWiz is just another launcher, so you should be okay to restore, but pay attention to the item colour, as mentioned by veyka.
Ok thanks a lot. Man of many questions at the moment, quite new to Android.
So last one...
When I set up the OS from scratch after a flash, when I get the option to either backup/restore to my Google account, what actually gets backed up then?
Cheers.
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Ok thanks a lot. Man of many questions at the moment, quite new to Android.
So last one...
When I set up the OS from scratch after a flash, when I get the option to either backup/restore to my Google account, what actually gets backed up then?
Cheers.
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I'm not sure about this one as I've seen different things happen. Sometimes, I've had apps installed again after a new ROM flash, but other times that hasn't happened. I've also had inconsistent results with restoring wifi settings. The only thing I generally rely on Google to store is my contacts. Other than that, I use Titanium for everything, just to be sure.
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I'm not sure about this one as I've seen different things happen. Sometimes, I've had apps installed again after a new ROM flash, but other times that hasn't happened. I've also had inconsistent results with restoring wifi settings. The only thing I generally rely on Google to store is my contacts. Other than that, I use Titanium for everything, just to be sure.
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Ok, thanks.
Hi
I flashed the ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm (4.1.2):
I have Apex launcher pro and Titanium Backup ★ root pro.I made a TB backup in cm9 . I restored all of apps and data and it went well on ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm (4.1.2):. But
I would like to know how to restore all the widgets on ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm with Apex launcher pro home screens ?
I currently us titanium backup which works really great for backing up. The one thing that I don't like is the way you have to click to install every single app as you restore, there must be a better way.
You can batch restore with tb pro ver.
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so you dont have to click install for every app you restore?
Nope, batch restore, batch backup, and a whole lot of other features. Definitely worth the money.
"We're coming from a pure power source."
Another option that I use is Rom Toolbox. It does what you want and more for about the same price as titanium.
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Guys I have made an old fashio nandroid with all my updated apps and stuff. Now When I go to titanium backup and then press menu button and etract from nandroid it asks me which nandroid when i choose I then have the option to select which apps , when I have selected and click restore it just stays on 0% and doesnt do anything, By the way the nandroid is a ICS custom rom and I am now On a stock rooted JB rom. But that shouldnt matter right only the apps should I tried more then one app its always same thing nothing gets done. How can I restore my apps without having to load the whole nandroid then copying the titanium folder and then AGAIN flashing the JB and pasting the folder then restore the usual backup way. Any other way to do it from my nandroid ?
I've had problems in the past restoring from normal titanium backups. It's usually caused by a certain app that stops it.
Not sure if your problem is the same but try selecting just 1 random app and restore.
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Are you talking about Extracting from Nandroid? Its an option in titanium pro.
It allows you to restore apps straight out of a nandroid backup. But when I do it nothing happens just sits on 0% for ever. Makes me angry!!
Maybe try AppExtractor from the play store. Worth a go.
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thanks will do
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Maybe try AppExtractor from the play store. Worth a go.
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thaat program worked perfectly
If you are restoring alot of apps I have seen it do this. It will just stay at 0% if you just leave it eventually it does finish you might not think it will finish and it appears stuck but it will finish
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thaat program worked perfectly
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Glad you got it sorted. Restore problems are always a pain.
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I've run into pretty much the same thing. HOWEVER I am trying to restore apps that I had on my GS II Skyrocket to my new GS III. App extractor wouldn't find the nandroid backup, and wouldnt let me point it to it.
Using TiBu Pro, I cna get in, find the apps, I've tried both Batch and single, it shows complete, BUT the app never shows up. I know it's got to be an operator error.
Operator is standing by.
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I've run into pretty much the same thing. HOWEVER I am trying to restore apps that I had on my GS II Skyrocket to my new GS III. App extractor wouldn't find the nandroid backup, and wouldnt let me point it to it.
Using TiBu Pro, I cna get in, find the apps, I've tried both Batch and single, it shows complete, BUT the app never shows up. I know it's got to be an operator error.
Operator is standing by.
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I know this thread is pretty old and hopefully you've found a solution, but I've been researching high and low for a similar thing - to extract data out of a nandroid backup, and finally found the solution.
In my case, the app would NOT show in the nandroid backup extraction list in TiBu PRO, even if it was there. So, I installed the latest version of the app on the market, restored data ONLY, and it worked like a charm.
Let us know if it works for you! This is on the Verizon I535 however..not sure if that will matter. Don't see why it would.
but where it is saving the apps I am restoring from TWRP backups?
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I've run into pretty much the same thing. HOWEVER I am trying to restore apps that I had on my GS II Skyrocket to my new GS III. App extractor wouldn't find the nandroid backup, and wouldnt let me point it to it.
Using TiBu Pro, I cna get in, find the apps, I've tried both Batch and single, it shows complete, BUT the app never shows up. I know it's got to be an operator error.
Operator is standing by.
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Not operator error so far as I can tell. I am having the same difficulties. I find that when I use my super root level file browser and go ahead and make a data folder for the app then TiBu Pro will be able to restore the app and its data, but otherwise no go. I think that TiBu Pro - for some reason - doesn't have permission to create folders. So without the folder, no installation can happen.
Does anyone know how to set it so that it can? That would make my life much easier.