Hi, guys sorry for the noob question but..
I'm a noob to Android as well as to the Nook Color. Last night I rooted my NC (Autonooter 3.0) and downloaded a couple of apps from the Market. Both were free (Angry Birds and a Solitaire game). I haven't bought any paid apps yet, however, because I'm worried I'll lose them when B&N pushes out the Froyo update.
So my question is: how can I back-up apps I purchase? Can I always re-download for free once I've paid for them, or do I have to copy them off my device somehow and put them on my PC if I want to be able to re-install them ata later date?
Purchased applications remain purchased and will redownload if you uninstall, restore, flash a new Rom, etc.
Alternatively, you can use Titanium Backup to backup applications and application data onto your SD card.
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infazzdar said:
Purchased applications remain purchased and will redownload if you uninstall, restore, flash a new Rom, etc.
Alternatively, you can use Titanium Backup to backup applications and application data onto your SD card.
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Awesome! Thanks.
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I have just recently downloaded Titanium Backup in order to save my apps because I want to try new ROMs that say to do full wipes including EXT wipes. I was just curious what the proper way to use the program to restore apps was. Also, if Titanium Backup saves to your sd card and you do an EXT wipe, won't that delete all of your saved data? How does it restore? I hope this question isnt on the forum somewhere, I tried searching and couldnt quite find the answer i was looking for.
Thanks for the help. You guys on here have been lifesavers.
Hi,
Okay so first Titanium backup will back up your system settings and your applications and does a fine job at it too! When you wipe your Ext2/3/4 partition all your doing is cleaning off any data held in it. This does not effect your fat 32 partition which is where all your stuff is (pictures, albums, films, ringtones etc) I haven't deleted my fat32 partition ever as this never needs touching really. Apps2sd runs from your Ext partiton so wiping will kill all your apps but this is where Titanium comes in and as it saves to the fat32 partition you have no worries wiping. Also suggest backing up on a PC, I do once a week and saved me a few headaches
Open Titanium and hit menu, then batch. This will bring up a list of options to 'Run' backup or restore. I would strongly suggest also to donate $3.99 for the paid version with the hyper shell.
Anything else you need help with?
Nope. Thanks man. I just needed a few things cleared up before I went ahead and wiped my ext. You were a great help.
No problem, glad to have helped
you say it saves system settings...
so i have about 30 ringtones set to specific contacts, if i wipe/flash a new rom.
restore using titanium backup. Will all those ringtones be set back to the proper contacts automatically with TTB? cuz its a pain in the *** setting them each new rom
i tried mybackup pro a long time ago and it didn't do this which is why i don't waste my time with that app. (that may be changed now, it's been about 8 months)
would I be able to Restore my backup if I have flashed a new rom without problems?
I'm having problems with Titanium Backup. I made backup of a lot of apps before flashing some new stuff to my Galaxy S, but now when I try to restore them it just gets stuck. At first there's that little window saying restoring, but that disappears and it seems like everything is fine. However, when I try to restore next app it just says that a process is already running and it stays that way until I kill it via Autokiller. The app gets installed so that's fine, but the problem is that I would really like to just run a batch-operation and not have to kill the Titanium-process for every app i have back-up of...
Any solutions good people of XDA?
check at the new version, it has an alternative restore mode that you need to enable for it to work on the galaxy s
Another restore question
I installed Titanium backup on my Galaxy S Captivate yesterday, did a batch backup of "all user apps + System Data" in the list it showed the bloatware ATT apps which I wanted to uninstall but with the option of reinstalling them if I ever needed to bring the phone back to ATT.
I did a test uninstall of one of the market apps and then did a restore and it worked fine. Then I tried to un installed one of the ATT apps, which worked but when I tried to restore it by clicking on the crossed out app at the bottom of the list, there is no option to restore it, just delete.
Did I do something wrong with the backup or am I not restoring it properly? my test worked fine so I thought I had it figured out but obviously I am doing something wrong.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks!
Similar problem with no luck at reinstalling Att apps. I accidently deleted google talk and now cannot download new apps.
I have a similar question to the OP.
If I use the Master Clear or whatever is called to restore my phone to stock...that is supposed to delete the internal SD Card so, if I were to copy the Titanium Back Up folder to my PC then copy it back to the SD card after the clearing is done...would that be enough to restore all the games and apps?
I have titanium backup stored in sdcard, this backup is settings/wallpaper, is possible to extract from this file only wallpaper, without restoring all backup to the phone??
My news app/widget not working on MY HTC DHD even after several reboot/restart. So I decided to back up the apps and widget trough titanium backup and uninstall the app+widget. After reinstalling the apps/widget. the news app is working again but the widget, I cant find it in widget menus when I tried to add it to home screen.
Any help appreciated.
Thx
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Also have a question about this program
It's restores my apps great. Very happy about it. But when you have installed ur apps back.
When I go to the android market they are not listed in my apps.
Though when i go and look for the app in the store it says installed. Yet can't check the allow automatic update checkbox.
Hope I make sense???
So I can't update it basically???Or when there is an update it will show up in my apps ???
My SD card was fried last night... everything gone. Good thing I backed up everything onto my laptop last week. Got a new SD card and copied everything over from the laptop. When I go into TB app, it doesnt show what I copied over. SHows I have no apps in memory... I made sure to copy everything into the "Titanium Backup" folder in my SD card. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
eezdva said:
Also have a question about this program
It's restores my apps great. Very happy about it. But when you have installed ur apps back.
When I go to the android market they are not listed in my apps.
Though when i go and look for the app in the store it says installed. Yet can't check the allow automatic update checkbox.
Hope I make sense???
So I can't update it basically???Or when there is an update it will show up in my apps ???
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This happened to me as well. Go into the "more" option thru Titanium and select the Market Doctor. This should link your apps back up with the Market. Also, sometimes simply installing an app thru the Market and/or a reboot will get my installed apps to show up properly.
OK thanks. Will try it out.
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OK thanks. Will try it out.
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Hope that worked, but just in case, there's another way. Once in Titanium, click backup/restore, and then scroll to your desired app. Long press the app and then click the option to "attach to market (forced)."
Market Doctor - Amazon Market
I installed a new ROM and restored my apps with TiBu. I was having some syncing problems in the Android Market so I ran Market Doctor. The problem is that I did not know to de-select the Amazon sourced apps so 47 of them got linked to the Android Market. I have since manually de-linked (long press) each of those apps solving most of the problem but they still show up in the Market list but under the 'Not Installed' section at the bottom. Is there a way to permanently break the link? I am concerned about having to deal with it in the future. Maybe re-run Market Doctor following the proper de-select process?
I want to install the TBH gingerbread release onto my Droid X. It hasn't been rooted yet so I'm worried I will lose access to SwiftKey and Shazam Pro. I got them for free through Amazon's new app store.
Can I use Titanium Backup to re-install these apps without root access after the GB install?
Does amazon have a system that would allow me to re-download them for free?
Titanium backup.
That's your best solution...
Idk if it, needs root to restore apps, I think no, but be safe and take the apk from system/app/
And save on your sd card
Amazon has let me install my apps on multiple devices (my current Fascinate and retired D1) so you should be able to reinstall them as many times as necessary.
Cool... thanks dudes
YOU own the app!
YOU bought the app!! (for $0.00)
YOU can install again as many times as you like.
YOU...just kidding
As noted, your Amazon purchases are available for redownload. I install and re-install on a couple of devices.
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Titanium backup.
That's your best solution...
Idk if it, needs root to restore apps, I think no, but be safe and take the apk from system/app/
And save on your sd card
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Sorry if I Backup by AppMonster Pro.
I Need sent to many Friends. (my Friends tell me Can't open program. Pls install app amazon and login)
How to ?
Thanks
Sorry Eng is very bad
At the moment, my NT is doing everything I can think to ask of it, but as our devs make progress with cracking the bootloader, making cleaner roots, custom roms, etc, I can see where I might want to start over from scratch and reroot.
Problem is that I've already got a number of apps I've bought from the Market---to include the pro version of TB---and I'd just as soon not have to rebuy them again, if I could help it.
I know that TB is supposed to be for backing things up, but is that just for information or can you back up entire apps? And if for apps, where would I find them on my NT to transfer to my PC, then back to the NT once I'm ready to reinstall (presumably from package installer)?
Sorry if this is a repeat question, but I didn't find any thread that dealt directly with what I'm asking. Thanks
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A) Once you pay for an App, it is always yours. If you delete it, wipe your device, or buy a new device, you just go back the Market / App Store and re-download it. Your purchases are linked with your log in, not the device.
B) Ti Backup Pro will back up your apps and restore them using a batch process. Therefore you do not have to do them one at a time. There is a Ti Backup folder on your SD card that the backups are stored in. You should not have to move anything to your PC since the SD card is not touched during a restore/wipe/root. You can remove the SD while you are tinkering around if that makes your more comfortable.
After your new root/flash/etc, head to the Market and get Ti Backup and the Pro Key again (you will NOT have to pay again). Install and do a batch restore of all your apps. It is typically recommended to not restore data as that can cause negative issues.
Outstanding, thanks!
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I have installed a few custom ROMs, but i'm a noob when it comes to phones, and every time i switch ROMs i start fresh with apps: redownloading them (about 100 from amazon and google), reconfiguring my home pages, and all games start back at level 1. it takes a long time to do all this, but i assumed that switching ROMs is like switching PCs (you need new drivers, you need to reinstall programs, etc, so you can't just copy A to B).
is there some better way to automate this so that any of the following are true?
-my apps reinstall themselves in a step or two?
-my homepages are reconstructed automatically? i'm guessing this is the least likely, since homepages/launchers/etc probably differ per ROM.
-my game/app data is saved and restored easily? my kids don't want to lose their ice age village
i have titanium backup free, which i have used for complete backups in the event of a phone crash or something, but i don't know about app transfers across ROMs.
thanks for any help. this would save me a ton of time in the future!!
(i'm going from rooted stock to CM10 on my nook tablet, if that matters).
back up your apps onto your sd card with this app
Some launchers (such as apex? not sure) allow you to save your configurations onto sd card and restore them later.
and not sure about game data, but maybe find the folder for the game on the sd card, make a back up and rename it back to previous folder name when you install new rom?
hope i helped
Use utilities like Go Backup or Titanium Backup .
They will help you restore app+data so you are always with current data.
Go Backup helps you restore call log as well
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assist4tech said:
Use utilities like Go Backup or Titanium Backup .
They will help you restore app+data so you are always with current data.
Go Backup helps you restore call log as well
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Definitely in favor of the Titanium Backup, 'cos it can also backup/restore wifi passwords, accounts, sms, bluetooth pairings...
Hi guys, I'm just asking about restoring data using My Backup Pro. Say I got a new phone, root it, install an app (e.g. Angry Birds) and restore the app data backed up with My Backup Pro, will the data backup regardless of the version of Angry Birds that was installed?
E.g. When I backed up the data on my current device Angry Birds was version 2.3.0, but when I try to restore that data to the Angry Birds on my other device where the version is 3.1.0, will the data still back up?
Btw, this topic has not yet been covered in another thread specific to X10 Mini.
Thanks,
DrShellgon :fingers-crossed:
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Hi guys, I'm just asking about restoring data using My Backup Pro. Say I got a new phone, root it, install an app (e.g. Angry Birds) and restore the app data backed up with My Backup Pro, will the data backup regardless of the version of Angry Birds that was installed?
E.g. When I backed up the data on my current device Angry Birds was version 2.3.0, but when I try to restore that data to the Angry Birds on my other device where the version is 3.1.0, will the data still back up?
Btw, this topic has not yet been covered in another thread specific to X10 Mini.
Thanks,
DrShellgon :fingers-crossed:
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It will put the data back regardless of version, it just restores the folder and it's contents (for example: /data/angrybirds/andwhateverisinhere). The only problem may be that the new version of angry birds uses a different format for storing it's progress, and can't read the data of the older version.
Hi SmG67,
Thanks for your reply. As this program appears to be able to transfer apps 'legitimately" http://www.wondershare.com/phone-transfer/ , does anybody know some suitable alternatives? I don't want to pay $39.95 for a program which I'm only going to use once or twice if I ever choose to switch phones.
Thanks,
DrShellgon :fingers-crossed:
The link you give looks like it promises more than it can deliver. It states that it can transfer apps from Android to iOS and Symbian for example and there is no way that the apps from Android are going to work on iOS.
If you stick with Android on your new device, then Titanium Backup might be a solution for you
Does Titanium Backup also backup market links as well? And would the apps restored on the new device show up on Google Play?
Thanks,
DrShellgon :fingers-crossed: