Enable notification on S3 please help - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

On iphone you can enable notifications for an app by jist going in settings- notification
but in android we need to go in each to enable them
why ? isnthere a way to enable all notifications without going in the app?

abelle_abelle said:
On iphone you can enable notifications for an app by jist going in settings- notification
but in android we need to go in each to enable them
why ? isnthere a way to enable all notifications without going in the app?
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As far as I know, each app individually controls the notifications it can send - in some cases you even can't enable/disable them. On the other hand, you can disable the sync of certain accounts which, in turn, could disable most notifications of the corresponding apps, but there's no way to batch enable all notifications.
why? Good Question

Cloxed said:
As far as I know, each app individually controls the notifications it can send - in some cases you even can't enable/disable them. On the other hand, you can disable the sync of certain accounts which, in turn, could disable most notifications of the corresponding apps, but there's no way to batch enable all notifications.
why? Good Question
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its just annoying to enable notification u need to run the app first everytime after a full restore
i have like 300 apps on my phone so its impossible for me to do it every now and then

abelle_abelle said:
On iphone you can enable notifications for an app by jist going in settings- notification
but in android we need to go in each to enable them
why ? isnthere a way to enable all notifications without going in the app?
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its because android has a fully open source operating systems, so the app and game developers have to use there own notification settings, so you have to enable or disable the notifications in the app itselfs, there is no app that works perfectly that can switch them all on or off.
i hope i helped you, by the way try out FoxHound Rising 1.9 s3 rom because its mind blowingly awesome
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abelle_abelle said:
its just annoying to enable notification u need to run the app first everytime after a full restore
i have like 300 apps on my phone so its impossible for me to do it every now and then
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mate use titanium backup and backup your app data and settings then copy your titanium backup data to a safe place then install your new rom and then install your apps including titanium backup and then place your titanium backup data back into the original location and restore the data for the apps you have installed that you have backups for, this will save you alot of time

thats what i do
i make a titanium backup and then restore the user apps with data
but still you need to atleast start that app once to recieve notifications
for example : Whatsapp or drippler or facebook
unless you are talking about backing up some system apps too using titanium backup that are responsible on notification settings
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abelle_abelle said:
thats what i do
i make a titanium backup and then restore the user apps with data
but still you need to atleast start that app once to recieve notifications
for example : Whatsapp or drippler or facebook
unless you are talking about backing up some system apps too using titanium backup that are responsible on notification settings
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i know what you mean... but most apps you need to log in atleast once just to activate the app such as log in account details or get past the tutorial, but saying that i have not had a problem using titanium backup it remembers all the settings and log in info if you backup correctly

well yeah but i dont get notifications for other apps either like Crickbuzz and apps does not requires login or anything
i do a full backup/restore for all user apps only with data using titanium backup
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lordkingdavo said:
... i have not had a problem using titanium backup it remembers all the settings and log in info if you backup correctly
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True. Apps saved via Titanium Backup keep most settings stored - such as login data, notification settings, ringtones settings.
I keep my backups on the external SD, so when I factory reset I can restore the apps just as easily. It would take one big time effort to configure each app, but after that you shouldnt need to do it again... ever.

Cloxed said:
True. Apps saved via Titanium Backup keep most settings stored - such as login data, notification settings, ringtones settings.
I keep my backups on the external SD, so when I factory reset I can restore the apps just as easily. It would take one big time effort to configure each app, but after that you shouldnt need to do it again... ever.
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well said my friend

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Google Backup - Clear

Have a question about the google backup option, where it automatically downloads and restores apps. Is there a way to clear out the apps it has in memory, and then back up fresh? I used it a while back, and now I have a nice clean set up the way I want, but when I turned it on it starts downloading all the old apps I no longer wanted.
Any ideas how to reset or clear out that list?
Thanks!
Stevez48 said:
Have a question about the google backup option, where it automatically downloads and restores apps. Is there a way to clear out the apps it has in memory, and then back up fresh? I used it a while back, and now I have a nice clean set up the way I want, but when I turned it on it starts downloading all the old apps I no longer wanted.
Any ideas how to reset or clear out that list?
Thanks!
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I've never found a way to clear google's list of apps on their side. However, if you skip google setup during the initial setup of the phone, and then setup your account later, it will not automatically download your apps.
Cool. I didn't know that.
You should try titanium backup. The 5 is worth it. After I install a new Rom I skip all the initial setup and just restore with Ti backup and reboot and everything is perfect
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It is actually what I use. Just have been curious about the Google Backup and restore service for a bit now. Thanks for the reply
Curiously though, no-one knows how to do this.. lol
desai827 said:
You should try titanium backup. The 5 is worth it. After I install a new Rom I skip all the initial setup and just restore with Ti backup and reboot and everything is perfect
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+1 - I found Titanium Backup to be one of the greatest apps. I had a ton of issues with Google trying to re-download all of my apps and created a mess of things. I just keep a backup copy of Titanium Backup on my sd card (the .apk) so I don't even have to open the market to download it. Restore apps after rebooting into my new rom and done! No More issues.
if u want to get rid of a app when u turn Google backup on you got to let it install and them uninstall it and sync
If you go to the web based version of the Android market you can edit what apps are associated with what phone. I actually have an old Droid that I mainly use as an alarm clock in the docking station and I just download apps from the online market and then I have the option of which phone I want to send it to.
dirtyfingers said:
If you go to the web based version of the Android market you can edit what apps are associated with what phone. I actually have an old Droid that I mainly use as an alarm clock in the docking station and I just download apps from the online market and then I have the option of which phone I want to send it to.
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How do you do that? I've been trying to figure that out forever.
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[Q] I can't install any nonmarket apps.

Unknown sources is checked. When I get the black screen that has 2 grey buttons at the bottom, install and cancel, nothing happens when I press the install button. Oh, and I am installing vcast because I need it to update to 2.3.4.
Try a factory reset?
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I suppose that could work. How would I backup and restore my data (I'm rooted)?
Titanium backup is a good choice. You have the option to backup all apps and system data, although I rarely back up system data because it could be what is causing the problem. Your contacts should be linked to your gmail acct but you can use any number of market apps to backup contacts, SMS messages, and call logs.
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Have you tried to install more than one non-market app? The .apk itself may just be bad and not your phone. If a different app works you could try an alternate download of the VCast .apk. Id give that a shot before doing a factory reset.
Which VCast app are you trying to install? Theres a few VCast apps that shows up in the Market for me.
T3HBR1AN said:
Have you tried to install more than one non-market app? The .apk itself may just be bad and not your phone. If a different app works you could try an alternate download of the VCast .apk. Id give that a shot before doing a factory reset.
Which VCast app are you trying to install? Theres a few VCast apps that shows up in the Market for me.
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I am trying to reinstall Vcast apps, music, and video. I also need to reinstall city id, blockbuster, and vzw navigator.I'v tried to install many different nonmarket apps (amazon, amazon apps I've downloaded, emulators, etc).
CadenH said:
Titanium backup is a good choice. You have the option to backup all apps and system data, although I rarely back up system data because it could be what is causing the problem. Your contacts should be linked to your gmail acct but you can use any number of market apps to backup contacts, SMS messages, and call logs.
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System data is preserved in a factory reset, right? And I would backup to the sd card, remove it, and do a factory reset later, correct?
i had this problem before...two suggestions: 1) if you have screen filter app, disable it before installing the app 2) juicedefender app may be interfering with non-market app downloads, try configuring the settings or disable/unistall the app
1) did the trick for me...i hope this helped!
Arbybear said:
System data is preserved in a factory reset, right? And I would backup to the sd card, remove it, and do a factory reset later, correct?
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I'm sorry for rebumping this older thread, but to the OP did you uninstall these apps? I usually freeze them. If you did and want quick resolve just back up your data with Titanium as others have stated and then SBF. SBFing will bring you back to 100% brand new out of the box status. You can find info here in the General section if you uncertain on how to SBF... don't be afraid it's easy
SBF Tutorial
Pixelation said:
I'm sorry for rebumping this older thread, but to the OP did you uninstall these apps? I usually freeze them. If you did and want quick resolve just back up your data with Titanium as others have stated and then SBF. SBFing will bring you back to 100% brand new out of the box status. You can find info here in the General section if you uncertain on how to SBF... don't be afraid it's easy
SBF Tutorial
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Yes I am going to sbf to 2.3.4 right now. Thanks for the help.
Eyedeaa said:
i had this problem before...two suggestions: 1) if you have screen filter app, disable it before installing the app 2) juicedefender app may be interfering with non-market app downloads, try configuring the settings or disable/unistall the app
1) did the trick for me...i hope this helped!
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Same problem on my phone cannot press install button, fixed by turning off screen filter app. Thanks for the advice.
Eyedeaa said:
i had this problem before...two suggestions: 1) if you have screen filter app, disable it before installing the app 2) juicedefender app may be interfering with non-market app downloads, try configuring the settings or disable/unistall the app
1) did the trick for me...i hope this helped!
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I simply cannot express my gratitude enough! For months I'd had the same problem and had tried everything or, so I thought. After some serious googling I came across your suggestion and it surprisingly worked; disabling Screen Filter did the trick. At last I can finally enjoy installing downloaded apps at my leisure! Thank you so much for the suggestion!!

[Q] Excluding Specific Apps from Titanium Backup Schedules

Hi,
How can we put a negative filter on Titanium Backup so that it excludes specific apps instead of selecting for it (as does the default positive filter)?
For example, I want to exclude Seek Droid from TB's "Backup New Apps" schedule, so that I will back up everything that's been recently installed, but not Seek Droid.
Thanks!
Sorry for bad english.
Tokimiya said:
Hi,
How can we put a negative filter on Titanium Backup so that it excludes specific apps instead of selecting for it (as does the default positive filter)?
For example, I want to exclude Seek Droid from TB's "Backup New Apps" schedule, so that I will back up everything that's been recently installed, but not Seek Droid.
Thanks!
Sorry for bad english.
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I would also like to do this. I have one app that I'd like to exclude from my scheduled backups. There seems to be an option in TB to create a negative filter, but I haven't figured out how to use it yet. Anyone have a walkthrough?
+1 for this feature too.
Tokimiya said:
Hi,
How can we put a negative filter on Titanium Backup so that it excludes specific apps instead of selecting for it (as does the default positive filter)?
For example, I want to exclude Seek Droid from TB's "Backup New Apps" schedule, so that I will back up everything that's been recently installed, but not Seek Droid.
Thanks!
Sorry for bad english.
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andrewNY said:
I would also like to do this. I have one app that I'd like to exclude from my scheduled backups. There seems to be an option in TB to create a negative filter, but I haven't figured out how to use it yet. Anyone have a walkthrough?
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krisg1984 said:
+1 for this feature too.
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To exclude apps with the help of a filter.
- Start Titanium Backup
- Touch the Search-icon
- Touch the Funnel-icon (in the upper right corner)
- Scroll down and and create a label
- Check the box where it sez something like "reverse order" or smth (my locale is swedish), the box is on the same line as the "Create label"-button.
- Go to the Apps-list, longpress an app and assign a label
Now it should be possible to use a filter to exclude an app in a scheduled or manual backup
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Heh, i think my fingers was faster than my brain there, the box you can check is ofc only for excludning labels in the search.. not excludning filters when you schedule a backup.. this is what happens whan you write a "walkthrough" before you test it..
Only other way, I can think of, is to make a label the same way as described and then simply exclude that app from that label, and then remember to add every app to the label every time you install a new one.
any news on this? TB backs up all google music cloud data. and syncs multiple gigabytes into dropbox every night. (
Create a label and select the apps you want to exclude from the backup (using "Add/remove elements" when editing the label). Enable the label and then click the "Inverse (exclude labels)" checkbox. Configure the other filter settings as desired then save the filter and use it for your backups.
ah got it. thank you so much )
Works for one time backups, not scheduled backups.
goodtimes50 said:
Create a label and select the apps you want to exclude from the backup (using "Add/remove elements" when editing the label). Enable the label and then click the "Inverse (exclude labels)" checkbox. Configure the other filter settings as desired then save the filter and use it for your backups.
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This method does work but it won't allow you to automate the backups while excluding certain apps.
I am trying to automate moving user apps to the sd card once a week. Some apps however need to be on the internal memory for the widget to work; pandora, shazam, tiny flashlight, google music*, etc.
I was trying to label these certain apps to be excluded from internal user apps that can be selected in the schedule. So far i have run out of ideas.
I would love this to be implemented into the app, and I'll be writing a review onto the play store.
If anyone has a work around I'd appreciate it.
goodtimes50 said:
Create a label and select the apps you want to exclude from the backup (using "Add/remove elements" when editing the label). Enable the label and then click the "Inverse (exclude labels)" checkbox. Configure the other filter settings as desired then save the filter and use it for your backups.
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Does not really work. I excluded one app (Google Music) and it just backups this one!
Very annoying, that such a simple feature is missing...
I totally agree that this should be added. It should be trivial.
Not having such a simple feature lowers the value of custom filters a great lot, and of the app itself as well.
any update?
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maybe someone can alert the developers at TitaniumTrack.
klau1 said:
any update?
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maybe someone can alert the developers at TitaniumTrack.
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Seriously... I really need this... haha
skim7x said:
Seriously... I really need this... haha
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The method posted above worked perfectly for me. Backup always froze when backing up GOF2, so used the above method to exclude that program, and it worked perfectly - all other apps backup up.
n7000, OMNI ROM 4.4 nightly (2014-02-09), Titanium Backup 6.1.5.2.
Dosent work for me
I tried but still can't get it to work.
Let's say I have 2 apps, xda and Facebook. If I don't want facebook (filter label 'no facebook') I set up a filter to exclude facebook. When I schedule a backup with no filtering, it backs up both, if i schedule a back up with filter' no facebook', it just backs up face book.
How can i back up everything but the Facebook app?
goodtimes50 said:
Create a label and select the apps you want to exclude from the backup (using "Add/remove elements" when editing the label). Enable the label and then click the "Inverse (exclude labels)" checkbox. Configure the other filter settings as desired then save the filter and use it for your backups.
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I don't know if you will see this reply as your post is from back in 2012, but I wanted to reply back with a big thank you. Using this method I can greatly speed up my backups by excluding things that don't matter like Facebook, and other apps that don't have local data that matters.
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I agree, the filter advice is helpful! (Another many months later ). I can understand why some people thought it doesn't work, because it's unintuitive and it's easy to confuse filters and labels, but once you know how it works, it's pretty powerful and not too complicated either.
This thread is relevant now in that Titanium Backup is causing an authentication issue for WiFi connections in Lollipop when it backs up the two "WiFi Access Points" apps, requiring you to re-connect with WiFi after the backup completes.
Creating a filter that excludes these apps via label, as described in this thread, will prevent the authentication issue (when using TB).
Another decent thread on this is at: http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2pdv2y/wifi_authentication_issues_with_nexus_5_after/cmw5vx9
The Google thread on this is at: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=81896
found this
http://androidforums.com/threads/useful-titanium-backup-setting.702456/
Great, got it to work too. Thanks all!
I will admit, this feature isn't terribly obvious. But with simple instructions this has saved me a ton of time and storage space.
Thank you to all who have taken the time to explain it for us uninformed.
The people who are having issues, it sounds like you are creating the filter but selecting the app(s) you don't want in the backup. Some one explained that you select the app(s) you DONT want backed up then press "invert selection". This speeds up the process of creating the filter if you only need to filter out a small number of apps. Otherwise, when you create the filter, just select the apps you DO want to backup.
Once I realized I can filter apps, I just created a filter, selected all apps and went through and deselected the apps I don't want to backup. I did it this way because I wasn't sure what I wanted backed up.

[Q] auto install of apps after flashing new rom - why

hello
i noticed recently after moving to ICS, that after I flash a new rom, all my old apps start to download and install automatically.
Downside is I may not want all apps to install and then when an app installs it just installs but its old settings are not applied.
This never happened before when I was on GB.
I used to be able to batch install apps via titanium as well as restore the apps old settings.
is there a way to get back to what I am used to or have better control over apps re installing following the re flashing of a rom?
thanks
It's a default back and restore android feature, just reboot the phone or something, it's gonna stop it.
When you set up through setup wizard, it has a checkbox asking backup/restore checked. Just uncheck it. This was also in gingerbread setup wizard.
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glacierguy said:
When you set up through setup wizard, it has a checkbox asking backup/restore checked. Just uncheck it. This was also in gingerbread setup wizard.
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is this different than the option under Settings, Privacy - the 2 check boxes to "back up my settings" and "automatic restore"
do you use either of these or do you rely on an app to do this for you?
titanium or myback up pro?
thanks
Idk if its different, I just know I uncheck when doing setup wizard. I always manually install all 150-200 apps... It's a pain in the ass, but I know its cleaner that way over titanium backup and its faster than auto restore.
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glacierguy said:
Idk if its different, I just know I uncheck when doing setup wizard. I always manually install all 150-200 apps... It's a pain in the ass, but I know its cleaner that way over titanium backup and its faster than auto restore.
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wow, thanks
i think i will try mybackup pro as it looks as if it can save and back up more things than titanium (sms, apns, ...).
with how frequent updates are coming out to roms i am looking for more convenience to get back up and running faster after taking the new rom
thanks, i also came over to caprom from speed and I think i am preferring it so far, although both are pretty good
thanks
Also I found this when I opened the market the first time too... Just git the X in the top right corner...
I opened market within 10 minutes of flashing the leak so I got/caught it early..
But ya.. Uncheck the option during setup
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Option in TiBU
This only works for those of us on Rooted Systems using CWM and Titanium Backup Pro. May work on standard but IDK, I use Pro.
One of the best ways I found to have full control over what gets re-installed on a flash of a new ROM with or without the latest Gapps "Restore from Google Account" tick box is to First do a CWM Nandroid Back Up of the current ROM with all the apps you want to keep updated through Play Store.
On install of your New ROM in the setup wizard, set up your Google account, un-check the "Restore account from Google" if it is there. turn on and connect your WiFi if you want. Go to Playstore and install your Titanium Backup and Pro license. Set up your TiBu prefferances and reboot the phone. Sometimes this needs to be done to get TiBu all the way up and running. then launch TiBu and go to Menu>Extract from Nandroid. Surf to the clockworkmod folder if you have to and sellect the backup you made. It will take a minute or more but there will be a list of apps and an option to restore Apps+Data, Apps only or Data Only. Make your tick box app selections and then hit the green check mark at the top right in TiBu.
This is way faster than the Play Store download speed and if you select Apps + Data your games and such will be right where you left off.
Then you can go to Play Store>My Apps and update any apps that need it since the Nandriod Backup was done.:good:
Titanium can backup your sms, bookmarks, call logs, and wifi access points...
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[Q] Unable to give notifications on Facebook Alerts, Facebook Messenger

Here is the problem. I've been using custom ROMs since they became available on S3. Most of this ROMs recommend doing a WIPE prior to flashing via CWM for a clean install. It was ok but then I noticed that my Facebook App, Messenger and even inlcuding the built-in Email app doesn't give me any notfications whatsoever. But if check the said apps, new messages and alerts are there, the only difference is there are no LED Notifications and No Tones and No Alerts even at the Pull Down Notification Screen. I have checked the app's settings regarding sync and everything is ok. I tried both this methods, restoring apps from Titanium Backup and restoring the app's apk files which I managed to save thanks to Android Assistant. I even tried uninstalling those apps then downloading them again from PlayStore, only to encounter the said issues.
What can I do about this? Since then I was forced to just directly flash the ROMs without any Wipe.
System settings?
So does that mean you have checked the system settings as well?
Yes I did
Beastify said:
So does that mean you have checked the system settings as well?
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Yes. I've checked everything. Quite strange actually
Yeah I came across this problem as well, but my email notifications and everything all show up except facebook. Whenever I get a notification for facebook, it is only through email and not through the actual app itself. It doesn't bother me that much but would be great if someone had an idea how to fix.
Any updates on this?
I have an original SGS, but always go through the same problem whenever I clean install a new ROM.
I've found out that if:
- I restore app+data from Titanium Backup -> No notifications
- I install app from Play Store, then restore data from TB -> No notifications
- Complete fresh install of app from Play Store -> Notifications work.
Such a pain having to follow this method, and makes me wonder if something is going wrong when TB is restoring.. food for thought anyways, hope this helps!
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Any updates on this?
I have an original SGS, but always go through the same problem whenever I clean install a new ROM.
I've found out that if:
- I restore app+data from Titanium Backup -> No notifications
- I install app from Play Store, then restore data from TB -> No notifications
- Complete fresh install of app from Play Store -> Notifications work.
Such a pain having to follow this method, and makes me wonder if something is going wrong when TB is restoring.. food for thought anyways, hope this helps!
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Data from another rom can mess apps up, if you restore data via titanium its probably from a different rom so that could be messing things up. Or the data in titanium could be corrupt download all apps from play store, and delete the titanium the backup folder and re backup see if that fixes it.
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Data from another rom can mess apps up, if you restore data via titanium its probably from a different rom so that could be messing things up. Or the data in titanium could be corrupt download all apps from play store, and delete the titanium the backup folder and re backup see if that fixes it.
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That certainly makes sense, cheers for the heads up!
Another question, something that probably won't work but makes me curious.
You know when you update nightlies, and it gives you that screen when you boot saying 'updating apps'? What is that process doing, and would that correct the data in any way?

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