I am new with this and I have one question.
Is it possible to back up wifi passwords, email accounts and all those stuff, before flashing a custom ROM so I can just restore them after flashing.
djvesic said:
I am new with this and I have one question.
Is it possible to back up wifi passwords, email accounts and all those stuff, before flashing a custom ROM so I can just restore them after flashing.
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Yes. Root your phone and use a backup app like Titanium Backup. Then save the folder somewhere, flash the new custom rom, restore the folder and then everything else you want with the app.
Tyxerakias said:
Yes. Root your phone and use a backup app like Titanium Backup. Then save the folder somewhere, flash the new custom rom, restore the folder and then everything else you want with the app.
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I have Titanium Backup.
Is there anything else I should backup other then "Backup all user app + system data"?
djvesic said:
I have Titanium Backup.
Is there anything else I should backup other then "Backup all user app + system data"?
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No, just copy the TitaniumBackup folder with all the backups somewhere that won't get lost.
Also, when you restore after installing another rom, DO NOT restore the system data. Only the user stuff. Or at least not all the system data. For example wifi points are ok, but don't restore any system apps.
Tyxerakias said:
No, just copy the TitaniumBackup folder with all the backups somewhere that won't get lost.
Also, when you restore after installing another rom, DO NOT restore the system data. Only the user stuff. Or at least not all the system data. For example wifi points are ok, but don't restore any system apps.
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Is it a problem for you to be a little more specific, please.
When I look at "Restore" section of Titanium, I don't see how can I restore only wifi points or email accounts.
djvesic said:
Is it a problem for you to be a little more specific, please.
When I look at "Restore" section of Titanium, I don't see how can I restore only wifi points or email accounts.
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Press the option button on the main page from TB.and scroll down to:
Backup data to XML....
Than you can choose to back up your WiFi,email and call log.
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You can restore user app and data without any problem but if you want to restore system data then always use xml (TitaniumBackup will suggest you for that). If you will not use xml for system data then after restoring data your phone will crash and a lot of services will not work and terminate itself.
and finally you will have to reflash again.
rl421403 said:
You can restore user app and data without any problem but if you want to restore system data then always use xml (TitaniumBackup will suggest you for that). If you will not use xml for system data then after restoring data your phone will crash and a lot of services will not work and terminate itself.
and finally you will have to reflash again.
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I did xml backup for messages, wifi and call logs and I did "Backup user app+system data".
Is that what are you talking about?
djvesic said:
I did xml backup for messages, wifi and call logs and I did "Backup user app+system data".
Is that what are you talking about?
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yes.
Always use XML for system data restore.
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hello there guys..,
here i am a newbie asking question that probably has been asked so many times..,
so let get to the point then..,
i want to know is there a way to move app to sdcard without installing custom rom??(maybe by just rooting)
is there a way to save user data?? most preferbly saving the game data??
cause most of the time if i have to install custom rom/ got back to stock rom / or install other custom rom i have to clean all the data (dalvick chace and etc) including the user data
*if this question has been asked/discused please give me the link,
1. Check out move2sd enabler or link2sd.
2. Titanium backup.
All of these require root.
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hi there mihir287 thanks for replying..,
okay will do that..,
but other how does you do the back up n restore it with titanium backup??
cause last time i tr it just back up the app..,
there are three tabs on the top: overview, backup/restore, and schedules. go under backup/restore to restore (this restores apps one at a time). to restore pretty much all of your backed up apps, hit the menu button and then select batch. scroll down to restore and run the operation of your choice
sweetnsour said:
there are three tabs on the top: overview, backup/restore, and schedules. go under backup/restore to restore (this restores apps one at a time). to restore pretty much all of your backed up apps, hit the menu button and then select batch. scroll down to restore and run the operation of your choice
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sorry for being such bird brain on this but does the titanium backup also backup the app data?? such for game it's saved data ??
el_arcon said:
sorry for being such bird brain on this but does the titanium backup also backup the app data?? such for game it's saved data ??
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Yes.
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okay thanks guys..,
will backup my apps and it's data and then think to upgrade to which room..,
thanks a lot..,
There is one more trick which utilize the custom recovery function.
Doing nandroid backup but instead of selecting all, we select only data to back up.
So after flashing new ROM, nand restore should only covered data not system applications etc.
I believe I read this somewhere in the forum but I forgot where, so, credit goes to him/her
FrenchOnly said:
There is one more trick which utilize the custom recovery function.
Doing nandroid backup but instead of selecting all, we select only data to back up.
So after flashing new ROM, nand restore should only covered data not system applications etc.
I believe I read this somewhere in the forum but I forgot where, so, credit goes to him/her
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nice point mate..,
will do that if i'm about to tweaks the phone again..
Hi.
I backed up all my user apps with titanium and now after flashing cm9 I don't see any apps in the batch restore menu (says 0 apps to restore).
The backup folder is configured to the right one and the folder have all my backed up apps.
Tried: reflashing, wiping, reinstalling TB, rebooting.
What can I do to see and be able to restore my apps?
Thanks in advance
Have you changed the backup location to point to where you have backed up all of your apps through Titanium? That could be why it is displaying that there are no apps that may be restored.
anthonypiccolo said:
Have you changed the backup location to point to where you have backed up all of your apps through Titanium? That could be why it is displaying that there are no apps that may be restored.
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This. Same thing happened to me. Have to tell TiBu what folder the backups are in and then it will load them.
yeah.
the folder is configured right as I said already....
ronlut said:
yeah.
the folder is configured right as I said already....
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Didn't see you've already done that. Hopefully someone else can help you out!
ronlut said:
Hi.
I backed up all my user apps with titanium and now after flashing cm9 I don't see any apps in the batch restore menu (says 0 apps to restore).
The backup folder is configured to the right one and the folder have all my backed up apps.
Tried: reflashing, wiping, reinstalling TB, rebooting.
What can I do to see and be able to restore my apps?
Thanks in advance
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As you did all the above you surely checked that TB's filter function does not prevent your applications from showing up, did you?
fxrb said:
As you did all the above you surely checked that TB's filter function does not prevent your applications from showing up, did you?
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yes :\
What else can I do?
check this
I hope this can help some....
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1887020
good luck
Is there any other app to restore te titanium backed up data....?
Make sure "Normal apps (apk)" is checked in Titanium Backup app
In order for the backup to properly be restored after OS upgrade/update, you would need to have the apk files. The apk files are backed up by Titanium Backup as apk.gz files ONLY if the Menu -> Preferences -> Normal apps (apk) is checked before you back up the apps. Otherwise, it would only backup the app properties and data and not the apk files.
So this is how it works:
Scenario 1: Menu -> Preferences -> Normal apps (apk) is checked
With Titanium Backup, you can restore the APP + DATA.
Scenario 2: Menu -> Preferences -> Normal apps (apk) is unchecked
With Titanium Backup, you can restore only the DATA, but you can do so only after you install the app either from playstore or manually (in case if you have the .apk file).
Hope this helps.
At http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-technical-faq.html it says "Please note that if you backup and restore all system settings across very different ROMs, you are on your own. Before restoring on a different ROM, it is strongly recommended to enable the “Migrate system data” option in the Titanium Backup Preferences | Restoration Settings.", but I do not see this "Migrate system data" option in the Restoration Settings. Do you see it?
Have you had good experiences using TitaniumBackup to restore all data (including system data like Wifi access points, SMS, etc) between unrelated ROMs, or have you had to use a combination of applications for your backup/restore?
Migrate system data is indeed present in Preferences.
As it say, if you restore system data, you're on your own. I personally only restore user apps, everything else is tied to my google account
Nandroid data restore yes use many times and works 90% of the time .The other 10% can give unexplained random errors .Users choice really on a rom upgrade say 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 probably ok and far less so on a big jump to 4.2.2 .
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Glebun said:
Migrate system data is indeed present in Preferences.
As it say, if you restore system data, you're on your own. I personally only restore user apps, everything else is tied to my google account
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Which version of TB are you using? I'm using the latest, 6.0.5, and don't see it anywhere (I must be missing something). When I hit the menu button to bring up the settings menu, I don't see it there, and when I click on Preferences in that settings menu, I don't see it either. Where exactly is it visible to you? Thanks.
I use a combination of apps. I NEVER restore system data. It's not that hard to set my ringtones and wallpapers up. I just prefer as clean as possible.
I do however restore all my user apps with data.
I use sms backup+ to backup all my sms to gmail. I usually dont bother restoring them. Why bother? They're all in gmail now anyway.
Edit > Sorry for the off-site link....
Here is a bit more info about what I use and do.
http://androidforums.com/internatio...t/669118-info-my-backup-restore-routines.html
rootSU said:
I use a combination of apps. I NEVER restore system data. It's not that hard to set my ringtones and wallpapers up. I just prefer as clean as possible.
I do however restore all my user apps with data.
I use sms backup+ to backup all my sms to gmail. I usually dont bother restoring them. Why bother? They're all in gmail now anyway.
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Apart from ringtones and wallpapers, what other things are considered 'system data' that I might want to restore?
iamthemandroid said:
Apart from ringtones and wallpapers, what other things are considered 'system data' that I might want to restore?
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So you're aware of the whole /system partition = ROM and /data partition = USER?
Well /System technically is Read Only (hence ROM) so all /system data is still in /data with your user stuff
Data from any /system/app (such as messaging, email, browser) would be classed as system data. Also, any setting you make in settings /system/app/settings.apk or SecSettings.apk is also classed as system data
So like you mentioned in your first post... Your WiFi access points are set in settings, so this data is system data.
Its basically your configuration of the ROM stuff... and data from email and messaging client.
Hope that clarifies a little.
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Which version of TB are you using? I'm using the latest, 6.0.5, and don't see it anywhere (I must be missing something). When I hit the menu button to bring up the settings menu, I don't see it there, and when I click on Preferences in that settings menu, I don't see it either. Where exactly is it visible to you? Thanks.
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menu - preferences - migrate system data.
I'm using the pro version, the latest one
Glebun said:
menu - preferences - migrate system data.
I'm using the pro version, the latest one
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Yeah definitely. Under "restoration settings"
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.
Pressing THANKS easier than typing.
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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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ezas said:
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.
Pressing THANKS easier than typing.
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Now I know this is a boob question but I've read so many conflicting answers.
If I switch roms and want to keep all data, eg game saves, app data, WiFi settings, launcher settings etc, what is the best practice to do so?
In the past I've used ROM toolbox pro to backup apps and then restore in new ROM?
But I've read that this isn't recommended?
What is recommended? Backup via recovery?
If so how is it done?
Assuming I'm switching ROMS completely? Eg CM11 to cloudy?
Valiceemo said:
Now I know this is a boob question but I've read so many conflicting answers.
If I switch roms and want to keep all data, eg game saves, app data, WiFi settings, launcher settings etc, what is the best practice to do so?
In the past I've used ROM toolbox pro to backup apps and then restore in new ROM?
But I've read that this isn't recommended?
What is recommended? Backup via recovery?
If so how is it done?
Assuming I'm switching ROMS completely? Eg CM11 to cloudy?
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Where did your read that? Its not a good idea to restore system settings but restoring user apps and their data is perfectly fine. If by WiFi settings you mean access point passwords then that should be fine too.
If your individual apps have a built in backup function I would also use that to backup your data just in case.
jr67 said:
Where did your read that? Its not a good idea to restore system settings but restoring user apps and their data is perfectly fine. If by WiFi settings you mean access point passwords then that should be fine too.
If your individual apps have a built in backup function I would also use that to backup your data just in case.
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Ah ok. Thanks.
Read it in a few threads.
So I'll just use ROM toolbox pro then.
So it can't be done via twrp backup of 'system'
Valiceemo said:
Ah ok. Thanks.
Read it in a few threads.
So I'll just use ROM toolbox pro then.
So it can't be done via twrp backup of 'system'
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A nandroid backup (backing up via recovery) is a backup of your entire system, not only apps but also your ROM--so basically if you restore a nandroid backup you're phone will be entirely restored to the way it ways when you did the backup.
jr67 said:
A nandroid backup (backing up via recovery) is a backup of your entire system, not only apps but also your ROM--so basically if you restore a nandroid backup you're phone will be entirely restored to the way it ways when you did the backup.
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Yes I know.
Just wondered if it was possible to back up only app data.
Valiceemo said:
Yes I know.
Just wondered if it was possible to back up only app data.
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I don't think you can do a backup of just your app data in recovery.
If you wanted to restore your user apps & data it's the data partition not system you would need to restore but the data partition is where recovery backs up to. How can recovery write to/read the very same partition that it's simultaneously backing up/restoring.