New user here. Recently rooted my HTC EVO to Cyanogenmod 7. This may have been asked before, but I didn't find anything in a search I did. I used to have all the apps that I could onto my SD card, so I know my save files are there.
For example, Angry Birds was moved onto my SD, and I know that my saves were there as well. Is there anyway to recover them to my current apps so I don't lose my progress?
app data (your saves) is not held on your sdcard. they are held in the directory /data/data
when you switch roms, you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache in recovery (at least this is how it goes for me). when you wipe data, you are wiping everything in the /data directory, which means you also wiped your app data.
if you used titanium backup to make a backup, you can restore all of your app data.
for games like angry birds, if you made a backup of the file "highscores.lua" you can restore your game progress.
if you did not make a back up of anything, then you lost all of your progress
Ah okay, I didn't realize I needed to explicitly back it up. I thought once the app was stored on the SD card, the saves were there to. Oh well, you live and you learn. Thanks for the help.
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So, I'm a bit stumped as what to do here. I have an LG Optimus V, running on Virgin's network. I have rooted my phone through IHO (using CM7.1). The guide I used to root the phone I would link but since I'm a newbie I can't...
My problem is the system cache is slowly diminishing. I've noticed this when I try to go and install an app on the market and it says I have insufficient space on the device. Well, I have around 100mb free on the phone, and around 7gb free on my SD card. So, after some research I found how the market install apps through the cache.
Every post and guide I've read to fix this issue says to wipe the market cache and data, or wipe the phone's cache and dalvik cache. I have done both. Still, I have insufficient space on the device. I got a system stat app that displays info about the cache. For system cache, it says I have around 110mb total, but only about 12mb free.
So, I recovered a backup of mine (it still had IHO running). This time it had 20mb free, even after wiping all the cache. I tried wiping the cache through Titanium Backup, with no luck.
At this point, I'm unsure how long I've had this problem. I wonder if I had it from when I first flashed IHO (which was sometime early January) and the cache has just slowly decreased over time, and it's gotten so low I'm now having issues. I didn't have this before I rooted my phone. But this is obviously a problem, because if it continuous to decrease, not only will I not be able to install hardly any apps, but I won't even be able to download updates, to my understanding.
So, after that backup failing I went on to flash my other backup, rooted but without cm7 flashed. However, before I tried recovering this backup I wiped the entire phone (data, cache, dalvik cache). Then after trying to restore I got a MD5 mismatch! error.
I've scoured the internet and can't find anything relating to my cache issue. I feel helpless! And I have no idea what to do. Any ideas?
EDIT: I don't know if this matters or not, but I forgot to mention that the recovery I'm using is called "Xionia CWMA" v1.2518.6. I'm assuming this is a modded version of ClockworkMod.
I think you are getting the system and data partitions mixed up.
When you install apps from the market, they take up space in the /data folder in your phone. I believe this folder can also be looked at as your internal memory.
The system folder is a whole other folder that the market does not touch at all. The apps in the /system folder are your system apps (pretty much all the apps that cannot be uninstalled through settings).
When the market says you have insufficient space on your device, it is saying that you need to free up some room in your /data folder, not your /system folder. One thing you can do is start moving all of your apps to the sdcard. There are two ways:
1. Go to settings>applications>manage applications. Under each app, select the option "move to sdcard."
or
2. Using titanium backup, you can do a batch operation that automatically moves your apps to the sdcard for you (menu button>batch>move user apps to the sdcard).
This should free up a lot of space if you haven't done this already.
As for your md5 error, I have no clue about that.
Hmmm. OK. Well I have most of my apps moved over to my SD card. I would barely have much space to do anything if I didn't move them to the SD; this phone has a pathetic internal space.
I'm looking at the app list and it says I have 72mb used, but 107mb free. I'm pretty sure that this is enough space to install an app at 20mb! As for my SD card, I've used 7.06gb and have 7.9gb free.
Thing is, before I rooted I didn't have the insufficient space error, and I had WAAAAY less space free. I would have around 40mb free maximum. Even when I first rooted the phone and put cm7 on it, this problem didn't appear. It started popping up maybe two weeks ago or so? And it seems to be getting worse.
EDIT: Ok, so I went and tried using Titanium Backup to move the rest of my apps to the SD card. I moved everything except my theme (LunarUI) and LauncherPro. I think I read somewhere you shouldn't move those apps. Anyways, I now have around 130mb free of internal space. And I still have the insufficient space error.
I just restored a nandroid I had and all the apps I had moved to the sd were missing. Is there a way to correct this or do they have to be in the phone storage to be included in the backup? Of course I had everything in TiB, but that's not the same. When I do a nandroid I expect it be exactly the way I left it.
a nandroid backup usually includes the system, data, and boot images. user apps are usually installed on the data partition, but if you chose to move apps to your sd card via application settings then it would not be backed up.
Hi,
I installed Greenify and hibernated some apps and thereafter the phone restarted on its own and is stuck in the RevoltJB logo screen.
I've tried almost everything, from taking the battery out, clearing dalvick cache and flashing the RevoltJB rom again but it's not booting.
I've made a nandroid copy to the Sd Card, system / app, data files say complete but then when it's backing up the music/videos/pics it fails. Not enough memory.
Does that mean that the nandroid backup of system apps (sms/call logs) and my sisters apps/data (whatsapp message history) haven't been backed up?
I also made a internal copy and that seemed to backup everything. Hardly any pics or music on internal memory, plus it had 8gb free.
Does that mean that both the internal and sd card backup the same things?? And can I factory reset and reinstall the RevoltJB rom and then using titanium backup get back her whatsapp messages, her sms and call logs not to mention her stupid level 50 candycrush data?
Please can someone tell me if I've been able to make a successful nandroid backup on either the sd (even if it only backed up system/apps) or internal memory and whether I have any chance of a recovery of her sms, whatsapp and candycrush data.
PS if i reinstall jb rom it won't delete my nandroid backup will it...?
Thank you for your replies in advance. I'm going crazy because she's in tears, so please can someone help me.
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You don't need to worry much after making the nandroid backup you can safely wipe data/cache/dalvik cache and reflash the ROM, also along with TB try using the app nandroid manager to restore the apps,call logs, contact's etc. from the previous nandroid backup, and be careful to not format /sdcard partition its where all your data like your music,videos, nandroid backup, and other data is kept.
Hmmm seems you don't use your internal SD card much, and making a backup anywhere is not problem it will be the same thing done twice whether it be in the internal or the external SD card, just try to make a successful backup by freeing up some space, also if you have the patience to read a lot try using Aroma file manager to manually handle the required files like the contact database and stuff, though I would advice a noob to hold off until he's more experienced.
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Stop being melodramatic. Bricked phones don't boot. At all
I think you froze a system app....look at @MistahBungle 's signature and read what it says.
Do a factory reset and a ROM reflash.This is the only thing you can do.And yes,all her messages and game data will be gone (you can maybe extract them manually from the Nandroid backup)
While switching ROMs , can we restore data (internal+sd-ext) from previous ROM using twrp?
Those Who have tried it or having knowledge abt it please share..
Files stored on Internal + External SD has nothing to do with with switching ROMs.
Explanation, while backing up from twrp you get options like system, data, cache and boot.
"Data" here represents application data which includes user apps and their data (data of system apps too).
Example- You downloaded a song from chrome. That song resides on your internal storage but isn't considered as data of chrome (lets say it's external data) , while bookmarks in xhrome is considered as internal data.
So if you're worrying about your songs or photos. Then don't. Just dont wipe your internal storage or external one and everything's safe.
Now about the data partition, it's absolutely fine to restore data only from previous backup of twrp. However it may conflict in the new rom. Suppose you have a data backup of lollipop rom and you're trying to restore it on a marshmallow rom, it'll give you headache a little bit.
None of the VALUABLE application data resides on external storage. (Exceptions are always there like I've seen clash of clans caches in external storage, it's not valuable thats why I've highlighted this word earlier)
Anyway I don't think twrp back up the data stored on external storage (correct me if I'm wrong here).
So you're good to go if you're about to restore data from same version of android. Just restore and see what happens.
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Files stored on Internal + External SD has nothing to do with with switching ROMs.
Explanation, while backing up from twrp you get options like system, data, cache and boot.
"Data" here represents application data which includes user apps and their data (data of system apps too).
Example- You downloaded a song from chrome. That song resides on your internal storage but isn't considered as data of chrome (lets say it's external data) , while bookmarks in xhrome is considered as internal data.
So if you're worrying about your songs or photos. Then don't. Just dont wipe your internal storage or external one and everything's safe.
Now about the data partition, it's absolutely fine to restore data only from previous backup of twrp. However it may conflict in the new rom. Suppose you have a data backup of lollipop rom and you're trying to restore it on a marshmallow rom, it'll give you headache a little bit.
None of the VALUABLE application data resides on external storage. (Exceptions are always there like I've seen clash of clans caches in external storage, it's not valuable thats why I've highlighted this word earlier)
Anyway I don't think twrp back up the data stored on external storage (correct me if I'm wrong here).
So you're good to go if you're about to restore data from same version of android. Just restore and see what happens.
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With SD-ext, I mean second partition which is used for link2sd or app2sd...restoring that in a same Android version on different ROM..will it create problems?
P.s thank you for your reply..?
sikoo1996 said:
With SD-ext, I mean second partition which is used for link2sd or app2sd...restoring that in a same Android version on different ROM..will it create problems?
P.s thank you for your reply..
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Yes twrp won't backup linked data.
I've tried this for once.
Just do data backup from twrp and then restore it in new rom.
Since you won't be wiping your second partition of sd card. Files there won't be harmed. After restoring you'll get it working like in the previous rom.
Hey,
I have a Samsung S6, and want to install my first ever ROM (gonna be Cyanogen Mod 12 or 13). It's recommended that I backup my device, but need help with using TWRP.
I clicked 'Backup' in recovery, and it comes up with options to backup: Boot, System, Data, Cache, EFS and another thing I can't remember. I assume I need to backup Boot and System, because I am assuming that this is the Marshmallow OS and Boot. I also want to backup Data, because I do not want to lose my apps, pictures and music. However, to backup all of them at once is too large of a file.
Instead, I decided to backup them all separately, then move them over to my PC and delete them from my phone. My question is, if I want to restore my phone, is it possible to restore each backup separately, of do I need to join them up into one file. If so, how do I do it?
Cheers in advance )
P.S. DO I NEED TO BACKUP THE EFS, CACHE AND OTHER THING I CANNOT REMEMBER???
You can backup to a flash drive using USB OTG cable as well. You will want to backup boot, system, and data. EFS is not needed, but I find it a good practice to back it up and save it to a safe spot like your computer. The nandroid will back up each partition separately into a folder marked with the date. You can restore each individual part as needed. Just keep everything in the folder as it was set up for ease of use.
Also, your /data backup will not include music and pictures. It will back up data/data and data/app. The pictures and music are stored in data/media, or what the phone and recovery see as /sdcard though it is an emulated point and not a physical "sd card". When you perform a factory reset in recovery, it does not wipe /data/media, thus leaving everything on /sdcard intact. Though I do recommend making a copy of that to a safe space as well. It's just not what a nandroid backs up.
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You can backup to a flash drive using USB OTG cable as well. You will want to backup boot, system, and data. EFS is not needed, but I find it a good practice to back it up and save it to a safe spot like your computer. The nandroid will back up each partition separately into a folder marked with the date. You can restore each individual part as needed. Just keep everything in the folder as it was set up for ease of use.
Also, your /data backup will not include music and pictures. It will back up data/data and data/app. The pictures and music are stored in data/media, or what the phone and recovery see as /sdcard though it is an emulated point and not a physical "sd card". When you perform a factory reset in recovery, it does not wipe /data/media, thus leaving everything on /sdcard intact. Though I do recommend making a copy of that to a safe space as well. It's just not what a nandroid backs up.
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Thank you for helping me, Ill back it up now )
No problem. Let me know if you have other questions. I've literally flashed roms 1000+ times on over 100 different kinds of phones.