[Q] Restoring backup after update from GB Sammy to ICS AOKP? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am currently on CheckRom 6 and i want to update to an CM9 or AOKP based Rom. So which part of my backups (Titanium Backup &CMW) can be restored after the update? Nothing? Just apps? Apps & app data? SMS/MMS?
I read that there are Problems with CM9 and Titanium Backup. Does this also apply to AOKP?

DaPhinc said:
I am currently on CheckRom 6 and i want to update to an CM9 or AOKP based Rom. So which part of my backups (Titanium Backup &CMW) can be restored after the update? Nothing? Just apps? Apps & app data? SMS/MMS?
I read that there are Problems with CM9 and Titanium Backup. Does this also apply to AOKP?
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You will get all your apps and data, but sms and contacts can somtimes fail restore as there are thr diffrences between diffrent roms.
Also for the CWM i am guessing that you mean nandroid backup, if so you will get all of you that. Check out my sig for a link to moving roms and backing up data.

Thanks. Yes, i meant a nandoid backup but i wanted to restore only the sms/mms via app extractor. But it is not a big deal if it does not work, sms are not that important.

For people who are interested:
My experiences for updating from CheckRom 6 to Resurrection Remix 1.8.1:
-restoring user apps with titanium backup: worked fine, no problems
-restoring sms/mms with SMS Backup & Restore (from Google Play): FC when opening sms app for the first time. Tried Go SMS and it worked fine, all old messages were there. Tried stock app a second time: works too, no more FCs.

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[Q] restoring apps

Hi there..another noob question
I installed MIUI V10 (just beautiful. a true masterpiece) through CWM (after a backup, of course), and I'm wondering how am I to restore all the apps, contacts info, messeges, etc.
thanks in advanced!
whateverman12
Well you should go back to your nandroid and get titanium backup to backup your apps, and SMS backup and restore to backup your sms. Then go install Miui and install the mentioned applications to restore what you backed up.
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there is no other way?
other times, like when I installed CheckRom or VillainRom I just restored the 'Data' and it was just fine..

Get ready for ICS update and not lose any user data

Im concerned about the upcoming update: Im using MIUI rom and i will swap to MIUI v4 (iCS) as soon as it comes out... but im tired of losing my user data between every rom swap...
I know Titanium Backup should be the way to do this... so, is it safe to backup all the apps and the apps' data and then restore it on ICS? even when the backup was made in a GB rom?
Any alternative way of doing so? What do you usually do / recommend to do?
Thanks!
You can back up and restore the apps no problem, though I would be careful restoring user data. What I do is restore all apps and use sms backup/restore for my texts and Google takes care of my contacts.
GFXi0N said:
Im concerned about the upcoming update: Im using MIUI rom and i will swap to MIUI v4 (iCS) as soon as it comes out... but im tired of losing my user data between every rom swap...
I know Titanium Backup should be the way to do this... so, is it safe to backup all the apps and the apps' data and then restore it on ICS? even when the backup was made in a GB rom?
Any alternative way of doing so? What do you usually do / recommend to do?
Thanks!
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Well, I don't really think it should matter if the backup was done in GB and restored in ICS. One thing could happen, is that you may have been using an application that isn't yet compatible with ICS. Other than that, I don't really see why there should be a problem.
Have a good day.
The biggest problem is for the apps settings and games progress and so... with titanium backup, i should backup user apps + data and then restore it in ICS?
GFXi0N said:
The biggest problem is for the apps settings and games progress and so... with titanium backup, i should backup user apps + data and then restore it in ICS?
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To be a 100% sure put the TB folder on your pc and on an external card.
I tried restoring TiBu apps backed up on GB when I flashed an LPQ ROM and TiBu hanged on some of the restores. I had to restart each time it hung on a restore. I tried using batch restore, and restoring individually, both ways it happened on different apps and the same app. It was weird because my SMS logs restored no problem but some of my apps could not. Luckily I had a Nandroid backup so I quickly went back to my daily driver.
Titanium backup likes a phone reboot after first install .
Install open reboot phone less likely to freeze or hang on backup .
jje
i also had over 200 applications, out of which some randomly failed to install on CM9. After failure of restore, i again have to start restoring process in titanium backup from start leaving that applicatoin. Luckily, I dint find any problem in restoring to PURE ICS rom, it just resotred everything like a charm. Some applicatoin (like smartstats) were crashing after restore. I just wiped the data () and then it worked.

[Q] Restoring WhatsApp backup on 4.4.2 OMNI ROM (2013-12-17 build)

I would like to know if someone has installed the latest OMNI 4.4.2 rom for SG2 (2013-12-17) and could restore a WhatsApp backup from SD card without issues.
Thanks in advance,
Roberto.
I'm running Omni latest on S2.
What do you exactly mean by restoring Whatsapp from SD?
Do you mean the app or the messages?
Also how are you trying to restore, by TiBu?
I had tried to restore my sms and whatsapp messages from a previous JB rom on to Omni and TiBu restored only some of the messages and a lot of them were missing.
What kind of issues are you having?
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I'm running Omni latest on S2.
What do you exactly mean by restoring Whatsapp from SD?
Do you mean the app or the messages?
Also how are you trying to restore, by TiBu?
I had tried to restore my sms and whatsapp messages from a previous JB rom on to Omni and TiBu restored only some of the messages and a lot of them were missing.
What kind of issues are you having?
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I haven't flash the latest Omni rom yet and I wanted to know if others were able to restore the WhatsApp message history from an SD card. I don't mind not having all messages, just the last few days would be fine. Anyway, I just wanted to know the experience of others regarding restoring a WhatsApp message history from Jelly Bean (4.1.2) into this new rom.
Much appreciated!
rhelering said:
I haven't flash the latest Omni rom yet and I wanted to know if others were able to restore the WhatsApp message history from an SD card. I don't mind not having all messages, just the last few days would be fine. Anyway, I just wanted to know the experience of others regarding restoring a WhatsApp message history from Jelly Bean (4.1.2) into this new rom.
Much appreciated!
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I restored whats'app after migrating ICS stock rom --> CM 10.1 from a save made with Titanium Backup. There was no problem, and whatsapp even not asked me about activating my account.
in 2012, I used the autosave feature of whatsapp to restore message history after a nasty and unexpected factory reset on LG P970 : this worked well too ( but I had to reactivate my account )
To be sure to get your messages back : before flashing :
- perform a save of whatsapp with Titanium backup.
- perform an immediate message history save from within whatsapp menu.
after rebooting with new rom : restore app+data from Titanium backup. If this not work, clean whatsapp data from application menu, start whatsapp and choose to restore from backup.

[Q] Restoring apps and data

Hi
I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
Try app backup and restore if you have a lot of apps it could potentially take up quite a bit of space but you could always backup to cloud ,or external hard drive, or flash drive
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videodj said:
Hi
I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
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It is normally okay for u to restore apps. But not recommended if u are coming from touchwiz to aosp roms. The frameworks are different and u may experience force closes. U can try to see if u have force closes.
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videodj said:
Hi
I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
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use titanum backup dude and restore app+data to save u data
VerlyAnanda said:
use titanum backup dude and restore app+data to save u data
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Obvious troll is obvious.
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[Q] MyBackup Pro sms backup not working in kitkat?

I use MyBackup Pro to backup my sms ..and some not so important apps that I rather restore than install them again. But I noticed that I can not restore SMS when I backing up SMS from CM10.2 and then flashing CM11 rom or any other kitkat roms. The hangout app or if I install the aosp stock sms app remains empty with no restored text messages
I can not make a backup with a kitkat rom and get it to restore. The app says successfull but the texting app remains empty..
Hmm how do I solve this? I have never gotten Titanium to work to restore text messages either but that was way back with my HTC Desire..
Any alternative apps that works if MyBackup Pro does not do the trick?
SÜPERUSER said:
I use MyBackup Pro to backup my sms ..and some not so important apps that I rather restore than install them again. But I noticed that I can not restore SMS when I backing up SMS from CM10.2 and then flashing CM11 rom or any other kitkat roms. The hangout app or if I install the aosp stock sms app remains empty with no restored text messages
I can not make a backup with a kitkat rom and get it to restore. The app says successfull but the texting app remains empty..
Hmm how do I solve this? I have never gotten Titanium to work to restore text messages either but that was way back with my HTC Desire..
Any alternative apps that works if MyBackup Pro does not do the trick?
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I'm having the same problem. Any solutions?
swhang77 said:
I'm having the same problem. Any solutions?
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dude ...this was a long time ago before developers added kitkat support. Just download the latest version :good:
They might not have updated it to support KK yet (edit: they just updated the app yesterday to v4.0.9 for better KK support - try to update the app and retry). The system needs to switch to the restore app as the main Messaging app during restore and then switch back. Titanium Backup does support this. I've used it dozens of times for this purpose on stock and CM11 based roms.

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