Sorry if this has been asked somewhere already but I read these forums quite regularly and haven't seen anything mentioned.
I have a number of games that have required large data downloads to operate.
Previously I have just used titanium backup to restore them when changing roms but now with ics this is no longer recommended. Can people let me know what they are using or doing to move game download data or other apps data across to ics.
I don't want to have to redownload this content as some of the downloads are over 700 MB.
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Game data is stored on the sd card and like photos etc doesn't get wiped when upgrading roms, unless you format your sd card. They say not to use it but I did restore from titanium and all was fine. The only apps that don't restore are the ones that save to sd card, like xda premium and some 20-40mb games.
To be safe you can also save the stuff you need to PC.
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Thanks. That makes sense.
I quite like how titanium backup puts everything together so you are able to restore the whole file app plus data in one go, but if this isn't possible right now, ill stick to saving the data to my PC and restoring it manually just in case the titanium backup doesn't work.
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All the apps will restore if you change the setting in TB to install everything onto your internal memory.
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If I do a factory reset, will it wipe my internal memory, as in /emmc?
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Yes, it will give it a clean slate.
Is there any way to not have it wipe my emmc, I have pics and music on there cus my sd card is almost full....
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Try Titanium backup, or get a bigger SD card, haha.
You know I'm talking about the internal storage card right? Not the system memory...
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Yes, I know what you're talking about. Try running Titanium backup on the apps. In the settings, it says the backups will include the data that goes with the apps.
But before that, download some music files, just pick a few random songs. When that's done, run the backup. After it's completed, delete the music files, and then do a restore from TBackup. If it restores those deleted music files, then it's safe to say to use Tbackup.
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Your best bet is just copy everything you want to keep onto your pc or another external sd if you want to do a factory reset then you always have a backup if something ever happened, also make sure you have contacts backed up to your sim if your device takes one and do a titanium backup of all your apps and data and copy the folder ti makes with the back up over to your pc too, thats all titanium does is back up apps and associated data for those apps. After that you'll always have your data safe as long as your hard drive doesn't crash down the road.
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Just to let you guys know, I did a dal cache wipe, factory reset through recovery, emmc is still there... No need to back it up
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Cool glad you found an answer, I just like to keep everything backed up elsewhere incase something goes wrong especially the efs folder in the root directory as certain roms I've heard can change things around in there and cause some issues down the road.
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Wanting to know if I should install it now or while I'm near a computer.
I'm eyeing "Alien".
Thanks!
No you only lose your data partition
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AFAIK, the Atrix has several partitions on the internal sd card, one being data. This is where all of your Apps are stored by default, as well as some app's data.
I would suggest using Titanium Backup Pro (about $5) if I remember to backup all your apps to the other sd card partition (this is the one where all your music is stored, and also what shows up under the stock file manager) or and external one. If you flash often, it becomes a godsend. I have mine set to back everything up every night around 4am!
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Not everything. Only the "data" partition. Don't worry about losing Nandroid backups, backed up apps, etc.
Thanks everyone.
Yeah I ended up using Titanium (long time owner) and all is well.
Cheers!
Hi my internal storage is just about full. I'm not exactly sure why either except maybe from backups by titanium or because of flashing so many roms and my old apps still exist? Idk but if I backup my current condition and save to to my PC can I then wipe my phone and reflash?
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aevans88 said:
Hi my internal storage is just about full. I'm not exactly sure why either except maybe from backups by titanium or because of flashing so many roms and my old apps still exist? Idk but if I backup my current condition and save to to my PC can I then wipe my phone and reflash?
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just backup what tghings you need and delete all others thus wipe.
also have a look at the folder LOST.dir in your internal storage. if it has things inside delete them.
but if it has it also means that you are not properly disconnecting your phoine after finishing your transfer from/to PC.
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Hi my internal storage is just about full. I'm not exactly sure why either except maybe from backups by titanium or because of flashing so many roms and my old apps still exist? Idk but if I backup my current condition and save to to my PC can I then wipe my phone and reflash?
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Titanium backups take a consistent amount of space, it hardly varies more than a hundred megs. My theory is your nandroid backup. You said that you flash many roms and I presume each time you would perform a nandroid backup in cwm? Now these take up a fair bit of space. If you don't delete nandroid backups that you no longer need, then it will use up your space fairly easily.
Check your clockworkmod folder.
OK thanks. And by things I need you mean backup pics append all that kind of thing and then wipe? Also I have a ton of stuff in the lost directory. What am I doing wrong? Is it because I don't unmount the volume before disconnecting?
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lambstone. If i go into cwm recovery I only have three listed. I don't usually backup each time I flash because if I get problems I use one of those three to get me good again and then continue from there. I just sync with Google to get my apps back and titanium to get the rest.
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Also my phone says my usbstorage is almost full but when I look in that folder is shows empty
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aevans88 said:
Also my phone says my usbstorage is almost full but when I look in that folder is shows empty
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delete content of lost dir. and yes you are not unmounting correctly.
if it says it is full but shows empty then it must have been corrupted. save photos and other important data and then format internal drive from settings-storage
[Q] i am going to install jb rom for my s3..my question is..can i backup my all my apps and it's data..because i have many big games..each one about 1gb..and i dont want to lose them..is there any way?!! Plz need quick answer
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Just install "titanium backup" from play store. Backup your apps and system. Flash your another ROM, install TB again. And restore your apps.
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Dont forget to back up to external SD, otherwise when wiping sd card, you lose your backups too. (personal experience)
Also make a nand backup, in case you want to revert
Plus you should already have a backup of your EFS folder .
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Dirry.. what is EFS folders ?!!
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EFS contains your IMEI.
it doesn't always happen, but sometimes you can lose that information and your imei becomes 00000000000000 or somesuch.
Where i can find this folder?!! Abd now..the best way ti backup my apps is via nand backup?!! Because i have many games have big extrrnal data not shown or backup with the backup apps..
Here is what i will do and tell me if i made wrong..i will backup my all data with any of backup app..then make a nand backup..to backup the apps external data..then after flashing..i will restore apps from the backup app. .and if i launch itnit will ask me to downliad the data again..but niw i will restore that data from nand backup...is that wilk work?!! Is taht all right..
Thanks....
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Here's the easiest breakdown:
Get Titanium Backup. (buy the pro key if you want. If you flash quite abit, it's worth the money)
Back up all your apps (it will also back up your data) and make sure it's backed up to your sd card.
export your messages, call history, and wifi ap as xml (via TB. hit menu to see the export option)
Use your Contact app to export all your contacts as a vcf file.
If you're using a rom that has Aroma Installer, you should be given an option to back the efs folder up. I think it's also found on the root directory or in the system folder. It's a folder that says EFS. you can't miss it.
now go into cwm, do a nand backup.
once that's done.
Wipe cache and data
install new rom.
set it up.
and do the reverse of the backups off everything. (so import instead of export and restore instead of backup)
EDIT: try not to back up system settings. restoring that would most likely cause FCs or a full crash. but restoring the usual apps are almost always ok. Avoid system apps unless you know they're the same.
No.it doesnt backup all app data..i have asphalt 7 which is have 1gb external data and 23mb apps size..and when i made make backup.it just backuped the 23mb...what should i do
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No.it doesnt backup all app data..i have asphalt 7 which is have 1gb external data and 23mb apps size..and when i made make backup.it just backuped the 23mb...what should i do
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It doesn't matter, the big game files are stored on sdcard and are not concerned by flashing process. They'll be preserved and when restoring app the game will automatically detect them.
What we call data app are all settings, stored in /data partition and erased with data wipe process. The graphical data used by games to run are not the same thing.
What Striatum said.
Mean the flashing doesnt earase all data on sd card?!!! (I an talking about internal i dont have external card...and all thing is stored on the internal....that u meab?!!flashing doesnt delete all sd inernal fard?!!!
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no it doesn't erase the internal card. I have maintained the structure of my internal card when I flashed from stock to Omega.
The internal card is treated as a storage card. when they say wipe, they meant wipe the part of the storage that is partitioned for the rom, not for the partition that is for user storage.
So if you follow what I told you.. you would be all set.
Thanks bro
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Hi, this is a dumb question, but I want to do a clean install of Jellybeans 14 (or 15 when it's released).
After the install, is it advisable to restore apps/settings through Titanium backup or a similar application? Or do you guys reinstall all apps from Google Play and reset all settings manually instead and start fresh?
Thanks!
A lot of people do it both ways.
I personally use Tibu but only restore the apps. There were a few apps I used to restore data with the apps and after having bugs with those apps I just decided to use Tibu to install the apps without data. I do have a separate backup folder that has full app and data backup just in case I would ever need them.
Most people recommended using Tibu to restore apps only but each phone is different and you may have no issues when restoring apps + data.
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I usually restore data on games and a few other apps that are difficult or time consuming to set up. Otherwise, I just restore apps.
Thanks everyone!
I have a couple more questions:
Do I have to install a ROM downloaded into the external SD card, or should it be installed off internal memory?
If I do SD Swap, which directory should I download the ROM into?
Thanks!
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Thanks everyone!
I have a couple more questions:
Do I have to install a ROM downloaded into the external SD card, or should it be installed off internal memory?
If I do SD Swap, which directory should I download the ROM into?
Thanks!
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I always put the ROM I am flashing onto my external SD but thats just cause I have more room there and like to keep a few different roms. As for SD swap the only thing I know about it is that it absolutely will not work on AOSP ROMS, but for flashing I dont think it will affect anything. I could be wrong though.
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