Using My backup pro to back up apps. It asks if I want to back up apks , data , or apks + data.
Is the apks+data option considered system data or user data? I know its not a good idea to use backups with system data on new Roms.
Does this option fall under that or is it OK to backup on any rom?
I have also used Titanium Backup and I know u have to be careful what kind u do when using it.
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Apps and data is safe. Thats stuff like your login for xda, game levels, etc.
Just look through the list and verify they are only apps you installed and nothing system.
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Do you use Mybackup? Would it save any system apps? It doesnt give you any options there... just asks if you want to backup apps...then asks if apk, data or apk+data...
Sounds good. I'm a titanium backup user and you get everything under the sun on the backup list.
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Can anyone suggest a good backup that saves the apk and all the data?
I've tried titanium but it did restore some of the data, ie the dates on my calendar. I also tried mybackup root but it didn't restore some apps and others that it did restore had force closure issues.
I like the backup from cwr, is there way to only save apps?
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Usually, I just use nandroid. If you want to backup your apps, though, I am pretty sure that titanium backup does that.
I should have edit my original post, i meant to say that it didn't fully restore my data, like the dates on my touch calendar.
I do usually just make a nandroid but im planning to flash froyo so need just my apps and data.
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brendac87 said:
I should have edit my original post, i meant to say that it didn't fully restore my data, like the dates on my touch calendar.
I do usually just make a nandroid but im planning to flash froyo so need just my apps and data.
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Ti usually does a pretty good job, that being said I use Astro to backup apps and associated data. Astro will backup Ti also so you can avoid having to go to market for Ti after flash ...also Ti will not backup itself, Astro will.
Thanks i'll try that out.
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I have had great success using Titanium backup. Apps and data restore flawlessly. An occasional nandroid backup (from within ClockworkRecovery) is also great to do.
I already checked other threads about this topic, but I have more specific stuff to ask about backup of user apps + system data, since I'm doing the GB>ICS update with downgrade+fullwipe+root:
- won't the restore of system data bring back old gingerbread files/broken stuff (I had a problem with video recording, I don't want to bring it with me)?
- are the phone contacts part of the "system data"? Can I just backup those and not the rest of data, since I don't care at all about sms or phone settings in general?
- do i lose photos and videos in the SD card if i wipe-flash a new rom?
- can I choose which user apps to backup? I don't really need to backup 'em all
- after the full wipe, all i have to do is redownload TB, look for the backup in the SD card and restore it?
Maybe there was more, if i remember I'll post it here =)
- do i lose photos and videos in the SD card if i wipe-flash a new rom?
Nope
- can I choose which user apps to backup? I don't really need to backup 'em all
Create a label. Its under Filter options.
- after the full wipe, all i have to do is redownload TB, look for the backup in the SD card and restore it?
Yes. After you install TB the backups are already listed there with a Smiley face
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Hey buddy...
* for contact- you should backup ur contact to sdcard or ur gmail account.
* in full wipe, all contents like photos. And videos or others are not deleted.
* you can backup ur user apps and data using titanium backup and get back after flashing new rom through it do don't worry about user apps.
* yaa only redownload TB from play store and get back ur all user apps through it.
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but you shouldnt backup apps from gingerbread and try to restore them under ics
i heard with some apps this will bring you force closes
Ok then, let's say I backup contacts directly on the Gmail account, as for the apps, does the backup save the whole app or just the data/savings? I don't mind reinstalling all the apps since Gmail keeps them saved on my account, I just don't want to lose some settings and games' savings, what should I choose in the end?
Edit: and backing up apps moved to SDcard, does it bring them back automatically to SD when you restore? Or should I move to phone every app I want to backup?
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Ok then, let's say I backup contacts directly on the Gmail account, as for the apps, does the backup save the whole app or just the data/savings? I don't mind reinstalling all the apps since Gmail keeps them saved on my account, I just don't want to lose some settings and games' savings, what should I choose in the end?
Edit: and backing up apps moved to SDcard, does it bring them back automatically to SD when you restore? Or should I move to phone every app I want to backup?
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titanium will do this job
if you want to backup it will ask u wether u want to backup only the data or the whole app
if u restore it will ask this again
Great! So if I backup the app data only, then reinstall the app on ICS and restore its data, I shouldn't encounter the compatibility problems you mentioned, right?
Exactly
I did it several Times this way and all went great
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What's the best way to restore in titanium backup after flashing to a new ROM?
From an apps perspective, have the phone setup the way I want, apps frozen, etc I thought after flashing, I would be able to restore to that setup, but clearly doing something wrong. I do a batch restore and wind up will old apps, unfrozen apps and basically have to do the whole setup over.
Assuming this is user error, and hoping someone can provide insight. Do you create an update.zip and flash to that?
Thanks.
I don't believe you can save frozen app setups and such. All the update.zip does is allow you to flash titanium backup in recovery so you don't have to download it from market again and is just installed as a system app
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pmgreen said:
What's the best way to restore in titanium backup after flashing to a new ROM?
From an apps perspective, have the phone setup the way I want, apps frozen, etc I thought after flashing, I would be able to restore to that setup, but clearly doing something wrong. I do a batch restore and wind up will old apps, unfrozen apps and basically have to do the whole setup over.
Assuming this is user error, and hoping someone can provide insight. Do you create an update.zip and flash to that?
Thanks.
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You can choose what to restore when you you do that batch restore.
Maybe you are not setting it up right?
Every other night i have TB set to backup new data for selected apps,
New versions of selected apps
System data like messages, call logs, etc...
I can then restore them almost perfectly. Opera bookmarks give me fits, but that's about it.
Hi,
I see in titanium backup you can select a batch backup or restore of user apps.
Can you restore using batch just user data obviously I do not want to do system data since that can cause problems.
Thanks,
Bryan
I know you select and restore user apps + data in batch and ignore system apps while restore.
Just user data not sure.
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vikraminside said:
I know you select and restore user apps + data in batch and ignore system apps while restore.
Just user data not sure.
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True..
When I install a rom upon reboot it will automatically install apps from market which is ok so then instead of going to each app and restoring data only would be nice to batch it.
Thanks,
Bryan
The general consensus is that restoring data can introduce problems but there are people who do it.
Personally, if I can keep data in Google I have it in Google. Otherwise I try to pick apps that have their own backup/sync routine. Rather than doing a wholesale restore of data, I'd be selective and restore data where I really need to. If you have problems you can uninstall the app and then reinstall the app asking from TiBu without data, or just install a new copy from the store.
And of course have a nandroid backup.
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The general consensus is that restoring data can introduce problems but there are people who do it.
Personally, if I can keep data in Google I have it in Google. Otherwise I try to pick apps that have their own backup/sync routine. Rather than doing a wholesale restore of data, I'd be selective and restore data where I really need to. If you have problems you can uninstall the app and then reinstall the app asking from TiBu without data, or just install a new copy from the store.
And of course have a nandroid backup.
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Hi,
I always thought the problem was restoring system data but not user data? I am only looking to batch install user data picking the apps I want and having it saved for future batch restores.
Thanks,
Bryan
I have one suggestion /data/data is where user data is being stored. You can multi select those directories using es file explorer compress as single zip file and restore it back by extracting at /data/data
I tested with an app manually it worked. Even permissions were retained.
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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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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
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use titanum backup dude and restore app+data to save u data
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Obvious troll is obvious.
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