will all our apps erase just wondering because if i plan to play zenonia i don't want to invest my time passing it if rooting it will require erasing everything? thanks
If you don't backup with data... But more than likely you're wasting time lol
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Rooting will not make you lose anything. Once you root, everything will be the same. Now when you flash custom roms you will lose your data, but there are apps such as Titanium Backup and MyBackUp that will save all your data for games and such.
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Rooting simply means that we get higher permissions to be able to open the system up. This means that you can add and delete and modify places you where not able to before. It opens up this bad boy to be able to use programs that require higher access then regular noon rooted programs...(wifi tethering, backing up/restoring items deletion of bloatware....and so on) your phone does not really change but just in access to it. However...depending on the rooting method..some items might be lost. Not to be to concerned...the opening of the phone to the user is worth it. Since we don't know how we will root it yet..I just want to be able to root it. And also..it is your option to root if you want or not
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I am fianally considering rooting my vibrant, and possibly trying some of the roms out there. I understand that it is wise to do a nandroid backup, and would also plan on using Titanium Backup to save all my user loaded apps. My question is what do you stand to lose by flashing a rom? Will Titanium Backup save my gmail settings, or does it only save app info for the user installed apps? Also, is it full proof, that I wont end up needing to pay for my paid apps a second time?? Will all my contacts be saved, and ready to use, or will I be looking at an hour to set this stuff up again?? What is truly involved?
Right now i'm on INSANITY.
i want to format the phone after all the things i installed on it(games\apps), now i know that i can restore all the apps and games with the market account. but i wonder if i can restore in anyway the saved games.
The amount of apps that im using right now is around 15 at most, so i want to clear it all.
The main reason that i want to do a format is that Insanity is the only ROM that allows me to use the Viber app without freezes and FC's(tried all the regular methods of restoring,Wipe and different ROMS+Kernels-it just won't work).
so how can i save the data? can i copy it to the Pc(that one's i need)and put it back after that? If so, where are the ROBO defence game data?
Also, is there a way to save massages other that put them on my SIM card?
so i guess the ultimate question is:
Is there a way to backup data manually not using app like TITANIUM BACKUP(due to fc im getting from time to time-also after wipe data)?
Ive been thinkn about getting titanium backup. Im trying to find out who has it already n who used it with success after updates. Especially one after ICS. So from what I heard/read it can back up apps n games and the system stuff n data. FOR the apps n games it actually backs up the apk or makes copies of them? Like lets say you know there's an update coming or you might have to send tablet to Asus. what steps would you use with Titanium Backup to make sure you can go back to the same apps n setup you had before? I thought I read somewhere here someone had an issue trying to restore info after an update. Is this true? Also I don't have an external micro SD card yet. Is this needed for Titanium or is that the best way to back up? Would backing it up on the Prime itself do any good or will it get wiped on an update or by Asus if sent in?
I have around 150-200 apps already n set alot of stuff up n hate having to manually try to do everything again. IS the built in Asus Backup any good or works just as good as Titanium? Doesn't it back up to the cloud or something or is it on the prime itself or external memory card? Does it do the data n system setup also?
Sorry for all the questions. Never used it before and figured might be time to make sure my stuff doesn't get erased. THANKS IN Advance for any info/help
A must have tool - Work fine with ICS 4.0.3
demandarin said:
Ive been thinkn about getting titanium backup. Im trying to find out who has it already n who used it with success after updates. Especially one after ICS. So from what I heard/read it can back up apps n games and the system stuff n data. FOR the apps n games it actually backs up the apk or makes copies of them? Like lets say you know there's an update coming or you might have to send tablet to Asus. what steps would you use with Titanium Backup to make sure you can go back to the same apps n setup you had before? I thought I read somewhere here someone had an issue trying to restore info after an update. Is this true? Also I don't have an external micro SD card yet. Is this needed for Titanium or is that the best way to back up? Would backing it up on the Prime itself do any good or will it get wiped on an update or by Asus if sent in?
I have around 150-200 apps already n set alot of stuff up n hate having to manually try to do everything again. IS the built in Asus Backup any good or works just as good as Titanium? Doesn't it back up to the cloud or something or is it on the prime itself or external memory card? Does it do the data n system setup also?
Sorry for all the questions. Never used it before and figured might be time to make sure my stuff doesn't get erased. THANKS IN Advance for any info/help
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I'm using it years ago and is just excellent to backup all the apps on all your android devices. It work really good with ICS. It allows you to save all your app and the data of it. Is a must have tool.
You can try it free, you just have to restore one by one which is a major pain. Also on my bionic some apps don't restore right and it hangs, remember that app and don't check it in the batch list, then try and restore just the app and then just data. That problem may be because I was using t bolt backups on the bionic, but I never had any problems on my Droid X or t bolt.
Titanium backup is the greatest! I have used it for many years across multiple devices. Every time I was getting ready to flash a different rom I would run a backup, flash the rom, and then titanium all my apps back.
Not sure if you have to have an sd card or not, I have always had one when using it. Most of the issues seem to come when people try to restore /system data after flashing to a different rom. All I backup and restore is apps under /data.
It wont backup home screens, widgets on home screens, ringer settings etc. Only apps. Also, with that many apps you are going to want to spring for the premium version. In the free version when you are restoring apps you have to click install on every single one of them. Premium version does it automatically.
I use it and bought the pro key. I love it. Especially when you flash roms. Makes it so much easier. I highly recommend pro. Other wise you will have to it install for each app.
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Thanks for the info! Anyone know if the Asus built in backup is just as good? Ill more than likely get this asap.
I'm not sure it would restore old apps from HC to ICS well but I haven't tried it. Otherwise it does everything you want. Restoring system files doesn't work so well sometimes but you can manually do that. You can also use it to restore data only to apps like the Alarm Clock for all of your times. One nice thing about the pro version is you can freeze apps which basically removes them from your system but doesn't delete them all the way. Deleting system apps can be an issue when it comes time to update as ASUS updates will not work if you have deleted system files.
It will work on different versions. I backed up on gingerbread and restored on ics on my phone.
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i just rooted my phone the other day and loaded somethings on it mainly an emulator and was wondering if i got a new phone could i transfer the game data to the new phone or do i have to start over? i looks like the game is saved on sd card but i just wanna make sure. might have to upgrade to s3 or get a gnex i really wanna wait for the new nexus tho
Yes, as long as you can root the new phone. Usually root is available within a few days of release. Easiest way is to use Titanium Backup. It backs up tha app and the data. Then you can restore both, or reinstall the app from its source, and just restore data.
ok thats what i thought just wanted to make sure thanks
Background:
I had a Nexus S. Got some games and got pretty far in them. I did not root the phone. Now I have an N4. I want to pick up where I left off on the new phone with regards to the games.. let's say, They Need To Be Fed as an example.
Now, neither phone is rooted, so obviously this complicates things, but it is not impossible. I can easily use Carbon to backup my app data and restore it onto the new phone without requiring a root. However I want to explore alternative methods.
So in a perfect situation, I would like the app data (and/or the app itself) to be backed up into one nice file that can be saved onto the new phone and then opened up to put the saved data where it needs to be. I'm not sure, but do .apk's contain app data as well? Could I save my current progress on TNTBF along with the app itself into a .apk and then extract the file on my new phone to continue where I left off?
What Carbon does is create a folder specific for the app and its data, which is a bunch of files I'm not familiar with, and requires Carbon to restore the data itself. Although this app is phenomenal and will be my last resort, I'd like something that doesn't require the app itself to restore the data. I used to use something called Ultimate Backup I think. When I selected to backup an app, it would save a .apk to the sd card. I'm not sure if it was backing up just the app or the app data as well, but if it did save the app data then that would be optimal.
Is anyone familiar with anything -- app or program -- that can do something like this? Backup app data that can be restored without the app itself on unrooted devices?
From my research, it seems the answer is 'no'. But maybe something recent has come up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351 :adb backup, skip system applications.