Hi!
When I backup app + data with Titanium backup, it doesn't seem to backup the entire data for the app.
For example, I have installed NFS Hot pursuit and Max Payne mobile and downloaded the game data which is around 600 MB and 1.3 GB respectively. Now when I backup these apps with Titanium Backup (Batch > App+Data backup), the backup size in the Titanium backup folder is only around 50 - 60 Mb.
How do I get Titanium backup to to backup the game and entire game data, so that in case I restore the game after wiping the phone, I don't have to re-download the entire game data.
Please help.
Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)
Android 4.0.3 rooted
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The game data is already on the SD card. This 50MB backup is the apk + some or no files. The rest is on /sdcard/Android/data.
marcellocord said:
Questions belong to Q&A.
The game data is already on the SD card. This 50MB backup is the apk + some or no files. The rest is on /sdcard/Android/data.
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My apologies for not posting the question in Q&A section.
So, do I need to manually copy the game data stored in /sdcard/Android/data for future restoration. Is is not possible to get this backup done through Titanium backup or any other backup application?
I think that paid version of TB supports backuping of all application data, even from SD card.
I am using Titanium Backup Pro.
adrianzeus said:
Hi!
When I backup app + data with Titanium backup, it doesn't seem to backup the entire data for the app.
For example, I have installed NFS Hot pursuit and Max Payne mobile and downloaded the game data which is around 600 MB and 1.3 GB respectively. Now when I backup these apps with Titanium Backup (Batch > App+Data backup), the backup size in the Titanium backup folder is only around 50 - 60 Mb.
How do I get Titanium backup to to backup the game and entire game data, so that in case I restore the game after wiping the phone, I don't have to re-download the entire game data.
Please help.
Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)
Android 4.0.3 rooted
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the data its backing up is cache not the downloaded game data itself and all the downloaded files, only game save data and etc data/data/com.yourgamehere
and to not delete the downloaded data you can pull the downloaded data which is probably in android/data/com.yourgamehere
or gameloft/games/yourgamehere
LastStandingDroid said:
the data its backing up is cache not the downloaded game data itself and all the downloaded files, only game save data and etc data/data/com.yourgamehere
and to not delete the downloaded data you can pull the downloaded data which is probably in android/data/com.yourgamehere
or gameloft/games/yourgamehere
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So, I need to manually copy the game data stored in /sdcard/Android/data for future restoration. Is is not possible to get this backup done through Titanium backup or any other backup application?
adrianzeus said:
So, I need to manually copy the game data stored in /sdcard/Android/data for future restoration. Is is not possible to get this backup done through Titanium backup or any other backup application?
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Gameloft games has a regular content and a downloadable content,
the downloadable content isn't backed up so you need to pull if from the folder which i stated above
I have 8 GB of map data placed on my external SC card related to several Navigators ... happy that Titanium Backup do NOT include this kind of data.
Once a while I backup my entire external SDcard.
exactly. titanium backup is not supposed to backup that amount of data because it is pointless.
it copies your apps and data from the /data/ partition to the /sdcard partition, but games by gameloft and ea, as well as navigation data is already on the sdcard, no need to have it there twice.
whenever you make a factory reset, you usually format /data/ only and not the sd card (or your titanium backup would be gone as well), so there is really no point to it.
adrianzeus said:
Hi!
When I backup app + data with Titanium backup, it doesn't seem to backup the entire data for the app.
For example, I have installed NFS Hot pursuit and Max Payne mobile and downloaded the game data which is around 600 MB and 1.3 GB respectively. Now when I backup these apps with Titanium Backup (Batch > App+Data backup), the backup size in the Titanium backup folder is only around 50 - 60 Mb.
How do I get Titanium backup to to backup the game and entire game data, so that in case I restore the game after wiping the phone, I don't have to re-download the entire game data.
Please help.
Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)
Android 4.0.3 rooted
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Take a look here:
[Guide] Types of Android backups
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678239
You can just go into settings, there's a "Backup External Data" option, just activate it, and right below set the maximum size of the backup date, I believe the default limit is 32Mb, so if you want Max Payne or so you just need to increase that limit to 1.5Gb or something. There's no need for extra apps or whatever, it's just a setting.
Thanks everyone for resolving my query....
Cheers!!
eskostar said:
You can just go into settings, there's a "Backup External Data" option, just activate it, and right below set the maximum size of the backup date, I believe the default limit is 32Mb, so if you want Max Payne or so you just need to increase that limit to 1.5Gb or something. There's no need for extra apps or whatever, it's just a setting.
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Does this actually work? Whenever i flash a new ROM, i always erase all of the sdcard as well in order to be sure i dont have anything i dont need there. I keep my TB backup in the extSd and also the .apk of TB there. Can i really backup downloaded data of my games? E.g. i have almost 4 GB of downloaded data from games and i would like to keep it. I've set the option with the external data to "always on" im making a backup right not. It indeed takes some time to finish it and that makes me happy. Lets hope it ll work.
philippas said:
Does this actually work? Whenever i flash a new ROM, i always erase all of the sdcard as well in order to be sure i dont have anything i dont need there. I keep my TB backup in the extSd and also the .apk of TB there. Can i really backup downloaded data of my games? E.g. i have almost 4 GB of downloaded data from games and i would like to keep it. I've set the option with the external data to "always on" im making a backup right not. It indeed takes some time to finish it and that makes me happy. Lets hope it ll work.
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Try it and you will know if works
I made the mistake of relying upon Titanium Backup when I was trying to restore games I accidentally deleted while setting up Directory Bind (saw that the original files were still there in file explorer and deleted them, they were of course the illusion of the original files that Directory Bind spoofs the system with, Doh!). It's always AFTER you lose files that you realise the steps you should have taken to back them up. In future I'll just do a full manual backup as well! Such is life!
Recuva file recovery probably not much help for this one.
UPDATE: Recuva recovered all deleted game data from the SD card! Get in!
It used to work flawlessly for me. Recently it has not worked for me at all.
EDIT: And I figured out why! A lot of games have started to keep their external data in encrypted binary blobs as *.obb files located in folders under sdcard/Android/obb/ and Titanium does not currently seem to look for these. I've submitted an enhancement request for this.
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flamepanther said:
It used to work flawlessly for me. Recently it has not worked for me at all.
EDIT: And I figured out why! A lot of games have started to keep their external data in encrypted binary blobs as *.obb files located in folders under sdcard/Android/obb/ and Titanium does not currently seem to look for these. I've submitted an enhancement request for this.
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I have experienced issues with some games like Ski Safari, which I am unable to export to third party devices, probably the savegame is encrypted and only works in the device where it was generated.
Also, consider that some games like GTA or Asphalt store a lot of MB or even GB in the obb folder.
scandiun said:
I have experienced issues with some games like Ski Safari, which I am unable to export to third party devices, probably the savegame is encrypted and only works in the device where it was generated.
Also, consider that some games like GTA or Asphalt store a lot of MB or even GB in the obb folder.
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I've got Titanium configured to backup external data no matter how large, and I'm not moving it across devices. I'm pretty sure it just isn't checking that folder for things to back up.
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How to backup obb files with Titanium Backup?
Hello, I have Titanium Backup PRO and I usually back up entire applications including all external data, especially big games, so if I need to restore, would not need to download a lot of data again.
However, I have had problems with some games like Asphalt 7 and Modern Combat 3. Even if the first has 1.16 GB of data and the second 1.35 GB installed, when I backup them the size of it is less than 100mb. TB is already configured to backup all external data and no size limitation. I noticed that unlike the other games, these that are not doing the full backup saves their large package of data as a Obb file.
Therefore, If possible, I would like to know how to do a full backup of these games including all external data (especially Obb ) with Titanium Backup...
Thanks!
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I would like to backup my apps and restore them on another NT. I have 'Titanium Backup Free' and 'App Backup & Restore'. Will either/both of these work for the restore? Anyone ever do this and can give me any pointers? I know some apps have folders created on my SD Card (i.e., Madden Football) that contains additional information. I assume I would have to move these files too?
Thanks!!
Yes -
Copy your Ti-Backup folder from your sd card to the new NT's sd card, download and install Ti-Back-up on the new NT and start restoring/installing.
~ G
Yes,I can sure that it will be fine
I just restored the Titanium backup apps from my phone(defy) to rooted NT,and all worked well!
At the moment of restore your apps use the option apps + data by default its checked so you really don't have to do anything else just hit the button run. That way you keep all your apps data.
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Thanks everyone!!
Hi, is there anyway to backup apps so that i dont lose save files? (so i dont have to restart from the beginning of the game each time)
It'd be best if there was some way to move apps + their saves files to the external SD card (also is it necessary to format extSD card before flashing ROMs that need full wipe?)
I heard titanium backup might be able to do this, but if i full wipe my internal sd card titanium back up + backup file also gets deleted.
Thanks.
Skere said:
Hi, is there anyway to backup apps so that i dont lose save files? (so i dont have to restart from the beginning of the game each time)
It'd be best if there was some way to move apps + their saves files to the external SD card (also is it necessary to format extSD card before flashing ROMs that need full wipe?)
I heard titanium backup might be able to do this, but if i full wipe my internal sd card titanium back up + backup file also gets deleted.
Thanks.
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In titanium backup preferneces move the backup folder to external card.
kevinarjun said:
In titanium backup preferneces move the backup folder to external card.
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Does titanium backup also restore save files and settings?
It backups and restores the application data storage.
If an app stores it's saves or some content on the sdcard, then that particular conten is not stored since it technically does not belong to the app and thus Titanium has no way of knowing what to backup.
I can however recommend for savegames etc to sync those folders on the sdcard with Dropbox. Not only will you have an offsite backup but it also includes the history of the last 30 or 90 days so if you f%#@ up ingame you can restore your old save.
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It backups and restores the application data storage.
If an app stores it's saves or some content on the sdcard, then that particular conten is not stored since it technically does not belong to the app and thus Titanium has no way of knowing what to backup.
I can however recommend for savegames etc to sync those folders on the sdcard with Dropbox. Not only will you have an offsite backup but it also includes the history of the last 30 or 90 days so if you f%#@ up ingame you can restore your old save.
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Which folders do I backup? does drop also back up the app itself
Back up everything just in case, it's there for if you ever need it.
Luckily I can help you as I made the mistake last night of restoring system data.
First of all back up EVERYTHING and place it in your external SD card if you wish.
When you've wiped the phone download Titanium Backup again and restore "missing apps + data" just the missing apps and data. Do NOT restore the system files, it will result in everything to stop functioning.
I worked Root of the phone and is with me Root Explorer program and I want to move the game data Ahan if I change the Roman or formate worked completed by Wayne continued but the problem I to move operate the game
Is the way or a certain movement needed do in Ahan operate the old data storage P game?
Probable solution
First of all: what version of English are you using?
If I understood these machine translated lines of text, you want to move application (eg. savegames) data between devices.
Try Titanium Backup - tell it to backup the application you wish to transfer data from. copy the so created backup files (package name + timestamp + gz/bzip2 extension) to a location like SD card (or even better to a cloud service like DropBox or GoogleDrive).
Install Titanium Backup on target device, configure it properly (set up the DropBox etc.) and then tell the Titanium Backup to restore the copied data from the archive (app or data only, as you wish). And there you go :good:.
kub4nek said:
First of all: what version of English are you using?
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I totally agree
But If you're talking about moving the data of the games to the external sd card, try this
Install games on your Ext_Sd Card
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Hey all
I got my S3 a couple of weeks back.. Used it amazing phone... Rooted it... Flashed slim bean... Flashed official Indian JB 4.1.1
And onto it right now
The thread heading!! With all this flashing the internal memory wipes out. And backing it up every time would be a hassle.
I have come from the galaxy ace where the app data would be stored in the ext sd card so there's no chance of loosing all the data... Like WhatsApp images preferences of apps... I actually lost my entire titanium backup
Had to restore manually
Any way I can transfer app data to extsdcard?
I have root and busybox.
DirectoryBind | Link2SD
jumbobombo said:
Hey all
I got my S3 a couple of weeks back.. Used it amazing phone... Rooted it... Flashed slim bean... Flashed official Indian JB 4.1.1
And onto it right now
The thread heading!! With all this flashing the internal memory wipes out. And backing it up every time would be a hassle.
I have come from the galaxy ace where the app data would be stored in the ext sd card so there's no chance of loosing all the data... Like WhatsApp images preferences of apps... I actually lost my entire titanium backup
Had to restore manually
Any way I can transfer app data to extsdcard?
I have root and busybox.
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Nope, can't move data from internal memory to extSD on S3 i9300 or i9305. It's a major flaw on Samsung's part imo.
There's an app developed by slig, it's called DirectoryBind that will allow you to move data across to your extSD. Works like a charm for 90% of games e.g. Gameloft where extra data can be over 500MB. I'm using DirectoryBind and it's works well, never had an issue, in fact only found one game out of thirty so far that I couldn't bind.
Note: if you use DirectoryBind you'll need to bind each app/game separately, you can't bind a folder like android/obb or android/data thinking it will automatically move the new installs across, this must be done per install.
If you just wanna move apk's across, then Link2SD will also work, but it won't transfer gama data.
Thanks for the reply
I'll try the directorybind
So now how do you manage flashing without losing data?
It's a big bummer :banghead:
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jumbobombo said:
Thanks for the reply
I'll try the directorybind
So now how do you manage flashing without losing data?
It's a big bummer :banghead:
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I haven't flashed yet, only rooted. I am considering flashing Pandoriam...
So about not losing data... I use MyBackup Pro and would most likely use it when I flash a new rom on my i9305...
If you move data across to your extSD with DirectoryBind, you can backup your config. in DirectoryBind, flash without losing the extSD data and then re-install your APKs and restore your config. backup in DirectoryBind... then you're back where you left off when you start any of the APKs from your launcher, they'll pull the data from the DirectoryBind (extSD) straight away.
Not sure if this answers your question? Another alternative would be to backup the data you'd like to keep with Titanium Backup.
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Thanks for the reply
I'll try the directorybind
So now how do you manage flashing without losing data?
It's a big bummer :banghead:
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Make sure you set your backup location in Titanium Backup to the external SD (like "/mnt/extSdCard/Titaniumbackup/").
The same for CWM backup data : do it on external SD. If you create ,ZIP compressed images, you have to transfer this manually to ext SD.
Once in a while (before a ROM-flash) I launch FTP-Server on my SG3 and transfer all data to my PC through WIFI.
Wireless FTP is no hassle, no wires, and the fastest way to transfer lots of data from phone to PC. (I get 8500kB/s transfer rate).
Also, buy a 64 GB SD !
+1 pat 357, that's exactly how I backup my stuff .
Regarding the possibility of transferring the data to the micro sd card this is what I did after having tried apps2sd (doesn't work) & directory bind (imo was quiet unstable and tiresome).
Basically, you're going to make your phone believe that your sdcard is actually your internal & vice versa. Of course, using this tweak will really only make sense if you own either a 32 or higher micro sd card. I run it on the latest jelly bean 4.1.1 (rooted, obviously) samsung official stock rom and works like a charm coupled to a class 10 64GB sd card. I use the initial 16GB (now consiered as external sd for the phone) for music or any kind of media file I feel like having around.
What I did was a fresh install : wipe dalvik cache/factory reset...then flash Rom; Root&install CWM; flash kernel (I used SiyahKernel S3-v1.7 available here) through CWM; flash tweak (ExtSD2internalSD) through CWM. Ticks like a clock ever since then.
Hope this helped, if it did, enjoy and of course, thanks a million to mattiadg for this amazing tweak.
hello everyone,
i know the easiest way is to download apk/obb files and save it to pc or external storage but is there another sure efficient way to backup game files instead of redownloding them every time we flash a new rom?
If you do as you say, and save the apk and obb file onto external storage (like the micro sd card slot you have built-in) you could just copy the obb files back to the internal storage and use something like titanium backup (also backed up to the sd-card) to restore the apk with all your saves on the ROM.
Perhaps the app "Migrate" from BaltiApps in the play store could do it in one go?
jackiass said:
If you do as you say, and save the apk and obb file onto external storage (like the micro sd card slot you have built-in) you could just copy the obb files back to the internal storage and use something like titanium backup (also backed up to the sd-card) to restore the apk with all your saves on the ROM.
Perhaps the app "Migrate" from BaltiApps in the play store could do it in one go?
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ok but what about games that doesnt have an obb file?(i downloaded elder scroll blades and was prompted to download a 800 mb update but games obb folder is empty and that large update is scaterred in the game data folder)
ron_hyatt said:
ok but what about games that doesnt have an obb file?(i downloaded elder scroll blades and was prompted to download a 800 mb update but games obb folder is empty and that large update is scaterred in the game data folder)
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Root. Then install titanium back up pro..
I, too, had that kind of game.
SF IV Ce.. bought the game.. then told me to download additional 2.5gb of file data.. or so.
Thought there was an obb or some sort of data.. but there was none. Instead.. there is .. if you use root explorer then browse to data/data/..
So whenever i flashed a new rom. I need to re download the whole 2.5 gb data. And thats when i thought if it can be backed up by the TB... AND rest my case.. it worked.. fast and easy..
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And when you're using TB PRO.
THERE'S an option to just restore all apps and its data at once. Sit back and wait for it to.finish.. just make sure that what you're about to restore are all installed files only and not the data of your system files..
Oh.. and.for data with the likes of NFS MW & REAL RACING 3. where there could be thousand files that are about 20-300Kb file sizes.. that could take about an hour if you copy paste it to another storage. So.to make it easier to copy/paste... I highly suggest you zip the whole nfs folder or even rear racing 3 data foler. Then copy the zipped file somewhere else.. its easier to.copy a single 2 or 3 gb data file than copying thousands of 300kb data files.. ehehehehe.. just unzip.it again in android / data folder when you're done restoring your rom
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ok but what about games that doesnt have an obb file?(i downloaded elder scroll blades and was prompted to download a 800 mb update but games obb folder is empty and that large update is scaterred in the game data folder)
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Check out Migrate. It's free and works through twrp. I haven't tried it myself for games, but it works flawlessly for normal apps, so if your game is not using obb, I'd think Migrate would work just fine.