Atrix is my first android device, and I've learned a lot about it.
One thing I love is the ability to back up apps and data using TiBu (titanium backup)
Now I am thinking of ending my run with the atrix and picking up a new android phone (most likely the Note).
Since I've invested a lot of time into apps and games (ok mostly games) on my Atrix --- is there a way I can restore my saved data onto a new Android phone?
Would importing the files from my TiBu backups onto the new phone, and then restoring just "data only" instead of "App+data" work?
If not, is there another way?
Thanks in advance!
Nothing? So I'm just gonna try backing up to sd and putting that in new phone.
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I've done it going from moto to moto, but when coming from flipside to atrix, I had to go "find" where all the backups were. Pointed tibu to the right directory and viola, everything there. Just remember don't restore system apps. Oh and drag racing you have to start all over again no matter saved or not. I gave up after the 3rd time with that game.
Restoring apps + data will cause you nothing but trouble. I used to do this and it caused a number of apps to go 'rogue' and wouldnt let my phone go to sleep like it should. Prevented it from going to sleep. Once I stopped using TiBu my battery life saw a tremendous increase.
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i was planning on restoring "only data" -- and re-downloading the apps that i need.
then after -- deleting all backedup data, then doing a backup of the current apps..
we'll see if it works, i got a couple more months until i do though
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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 want to flash Virtuous Prime on my tablet, however I heard that if I use Titanium Backup to restore my apps, I shouldn't restore data after I install the rom. So does that mean I'll lose all my progress in all my games? And if so, is there another way to back them up that will allow me to keep my save data?
Backing up/restoring save game data with titanium backup should be no problem. Did it like 20 times on my phone never had issues.
You should not restore system app data though. User app data is usually OK.
clouds5 said:
Backing up/restoring save game data with titanium backup should be no problem. Did it like 20 times on my phone never had issues.
You should not restore system app data though. User app data is usually OK.
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Apparently it's different on the Prime. I've done the same thing on my phone.
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Apparently it's different on the Prime. I've done the same thing on my phone.
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I agree should be no issue with user app data. I am thinking the issues people are talking about is with system app data as the apps change.
As said, no issues. Games and most recreational apps do fine: many of the games on my Prime are straight from my phone's backups and I didn't lose a lick of save data and everything works. (except the apps that won't work no matter what of course)
You just don't want to restore system apps/data where they don't belong.
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As said, no issues. Games and most recreational apps do fine: many of the games on my Prime are straight from my phone's backups and I didn't lose a lick of save data and everything works. (except the apps that won't work no matter what of course)
You just don't want to restore system apps/data where they don't belong.
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Apparently it has something to do with the fact that you're going from stock to custom rom..people said it's a bad idea to backup apps on ASUS firmware, then restore them with data on a custom rom FOR THE PRIME. I'm simply talking about backing up on the prime, flashing virtuous, then restoring apps with data.
If that's safe, then I'll go ahead and flash. I just want to make sure first.
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Apparently it has something to do with the fact that you're going from stock to custom rom..people said it's a bad idea to backup apps on ASUS firmware, then restore them with data on a custom rom FOR THE PRIME. I'm simply talking about backing up on the prime, flashing virtuous, then restoring apps with data.
If that's safe, then I'll go ahead and flash. I just want to make sure first.
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I mean, as far as my own little chrome takes me, all will be fine.
I don't think any major changes were made in Virtuous which effect the actual filesystem/setup (am I wrong?) so any references the app has made should still be valid. The only issue will of course be the wiping of the internal SD card, so you'll want to make a copy of all the files to an external mSD to be copied back over.
Don't try based on my interpretations and assumptions, but I foresee no issue. Again, just don't try to backup and restore anything dealing with ASUS.
They're likely saying that to try and minimize the number of posts they'd get concerning the ROM breaking a bunch of apps, when really a bunch of apps should not have been restored.
Hey guys
this is my situation. I have my stock ROM configured just the way i want it working, over 157 apps installed on my sd-ext partition using link2sd working with no issues whatsoever. have everything backed up with titanium. have a ton of apps that i keep frozen till i need them (this is important i find to keep the system from slowing down to a snail's pace).
I hesitate to try new ROMs because of the hassle involved in setting up everything again. even with titanium its a pain. I find i always end up restoring my nandroid backup after fooling around with a new ROM for a bit (just did it again :x). Initially i thought that once i create a link 2sd partition, all these issues will be solved. i was wrong.
Recently i installed Apocalypse 17.6.12 and managed to get my sd-ext to mount. however all the settings for my apps are messed up and not all of them where detected/restored from the partition properly. moreover, all my frozen apps were suddenly unfrozen leading to system crashes and low disk space warnings.
so how do you guys deal with this. this is keeping me away from really giving new ROMs a go. just takes too much effort to get all my stuff in place.
please help.
Maybe because of the rom. I got them messed up this morning
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Do you get a message saying Mount Warning when it reboots?
TB has issues when used on this ROM and another one named DEMOCRACY.
App you can backup with astro or ES File Explorer. Data, you might just wanna try MyBackup and try whether that works.
so you're saying i will have to reinstall all these apps from TB or another backup app?
Im not getting any mount error message.
this sucks.
With tb you can restore your app data
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No. No need to reinstall again all apps if you have tb buyed
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Well, my only suggestion here would be to use Titanium since its what I always use and never ever had problems with it. Keeps everything exactly the way it is and always works wonders.
But seeing as you're having problems with it, I don't really know what to recommend. :/
I would suggest:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531880
In my opinion its the best tool ever for this job.
Hope it helps
I use Go Bacup. It is good for bacup & restore all data and apps.
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Almost all my data has been stored by default to my internal storage. Pictures, DL's, I figure I will sync to my laptop and back them up there, but there must be an easier way all you flash addicts are doing it. And TB is still preferred method to back up and restore all apps, msgs and call logs?
Is there a good startup noob guide? Things change so fast around here I never know if the guides are now obsolete.
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Clockworkmod recovery......for a complete backup...
and although TB is a great app, it seems to cause as many problems as it solves..
the app pulls data into a fresh build (on occasion) and causes problems when setting up..
I personally load "all" of my apps from the market again, on a fresh rom install....g
Most would store their downloads and pics on the external sd card. Contacts should be made google contacts that way they sync automatically. And Titanium backup works well. You just have to know what to restore. Issues are usually attributed to user error by not knowing fully what they are doing.
Taking everyone's valuable suggestions one step further, send backups from external sd card to Google Drive or Dropbox.
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Clockworkmod recovery......for a complete backup...
and although TB is a great app, it seems to cause as many problems as it solves..
the app pulls data into a fresh build (on occasion) and causes problems when setting up..
I personally load "all" of my apps from the market again, on a fresh rom install....g
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Most would store their downloads and pics on the external sd card. Contacts should be made google contacts that way they sync automatically. And Titanium backup works well. You just have to know what to restore. Issues are usually attributed to user error by not knowing fully what they are doing.
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Taking everyone's valuable suggestions one step further, send backups from external sd card to Google Drive or Dropbox.
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So you change the default settings of where to store dl's and photos every time you flash a new rom?
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When I restore I log in to google and get TiBU.
I make sure it knows my backup folder location.
I restore the apps I backed up. Never select restore system apps.
Then I restore sms and calls. When I restored those apps they get their settins restore so I don't have to do anything.
So the only location I check/change is TiBU.
I used to CWM but now I use TWRP for flashing and creating backups. I also use TB pro and I have to say I haven't had any problems but I do only restore apps and their data and nothing else. I also have become a fan of My Backup. I am able to backup and restore how I have my icons saved on my screen. Makes it real easy and quick to get back up and running.
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You can save the launcher and it's data with tibu also, no need for a second app...That's what i do
hell some launchers have a backup option built into them.
Serious? Well face palm myself. I never paid attention that TB did.
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Just so you know, nothing on your internal or external SD is affected by flashing a ROM. Sounds like you think you might lose your pictures and downloads. They will be safe unless you format them.
OK, so I bought the pro version of TiBu, actually had a tough time getting it to sync with the free version and recognize the key on fresh rom install....
But my bigger problem after rom install hand TiBU restore...I am getting 3 errors and it caused the phone to hang so bad, had to do a factory reset and start from scratch with everything.
1. Calendar sync not working properly
2. Messages sync not working properly
3. Android.process.acore not working properly.
I would love to flash roms more often but dont out of fear of having to restore everything I liked back manually (I have to learn how to backup launcher too BC that is a big time factor in setup after a flash)
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The trick is the System Apps. If they're Green then you can usually backup and restore them without any issue. If they're Red then you shouldn't back them up and restores won't be useful.
For some of the Green items (e.g., messages, bookmarks, call log) there's a Yellow equivalent which indicates XML. For these, you should favor the XML since it'll restore across ROMs better.
For all apps, if you switch between ROMs that are extremely different (for example, if you jump straight from stock GB to CM9(ICS) then there can be problems. You can usually get around these by uninstalling the offending app, installing from Play Store and then restoring just the data.
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.