I was just curious what file stores the System Settings such as Interface, Display, Sound, etc... inside Titanium Backup? I use Slim Bean if the ROM makes a difference where/how it gets stored. I love this ROM or just using custom ROMs in general but having to redo all the options for Nav Bar, Lock Screen, Notification Bar, etc...., etc.... gets very tiring. Transferring all System Settings causes problems more often than not, besides I like to do as fresh an install as possible but having to redo all Interface Settings, if you like to tweak every little thing, just gets tedious after a while.
Many thanks in advance to anyone willing to answer/help!
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I was just curious what file stores the System Settings such as Interface, Display, Sound, etc... inside Titanium Backup? I use Slim Bean if the ROM makes a difference where/how it gets stored. I love this ROM or just using custom ROMs in general but having to redo all the options for Nav Bar, Lock Screen, Notification Bar, etc...., etc.... gets very tiring. Transferring all System Settings causes problems more often than not, besides I like to do as fresh an install as possible but having to redo all Interface Settings, if you like to tweak every little thing, just gets tedious after a while.
Many thanks in advance to anyone willing to answer/help!
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There is no option for this. Yet even if there were I wouldn't recommend it for the fact that restoring system can harm a new flash and cause malfunction
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I am well aware of all the pitfalls of restoring System Files. I have read up on TB thoroughly and used it many times. I am confused though, because I know there is a file that restores the Interface Options and etc.. because if I restore all System Files then all of those settings get restored. Are you saying, that there is no one file that does this and that it is hidden within another file?
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I am well aware of all the pitfalls of restoring System Files. I have read up on TB thoroughly and used it many times. I am confused though, because I know there is a file that restores the Interface Options and etc.. because if I restore all System Files then all of those settings get restored. Are you saying, that there is no one file that does this and that it is hidden within another file?
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I don't believe there is an option for that because when it backs up it is very general, whereas for it to backup a ROM, it would have to be very specific and if you have an option that's on one ROM and not another it would try to restore a feature that isn't on that ROM causing problems
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That makes sense but it still makes we wonder what file is restoring those settings when I choose Restore All System Files, something has to be doing it because I have done this many times. (obviously for restoring settings across different ROMs I am not trying to restore any User Settings but I get your point)
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That makes sense but it still makes we wonder what file is restoring those settings when I choose Restore All System Files, something has to be doing it because I have done this many times. (obviously for restoring settings across different ROMs I am not trying to restore any User Settings but I get your point)
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Yeah o get your point. I used to choose that setting but I had to stop because for some reason whenever I used it, I would get. "Smspush has stopped" com.android.system has stopped. Hall kinds of crazy things and it was screwing up my phone pretty bad. I know one of the things it restores is your SMS and MMS
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Yeah, I know what you mean. A while back I did a very lengthy trial and error process and found the cause of the android.media.process errors. It was the Download Manager eng.prbassplayer and/or Downloads eng.prbassplayer files. I used the tried and true system of halving the files and if the problem is still there then halve that and so on. Very time consuming but always effective. I guess I am going to have to do the same to find my settings file, I was just hoping someone could answer it for me so I wouldn't have to go through all that work, lol.
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I'm sure that there are several out there that have a fair amount of customization scattered across the 7 screens. I typically group similar apps in Folders. Anyway, from the 7-8 search phrases I tried there was nothing useful that came up in the TB forums.
Will I have to reconfigure my screens every time I flash a ROM or is there a way to restore the icon/app arrangement? I'm not worried about the middle/home screen just the other 6.
Back when I used a WinMo phone I relied on Sashimi to handle all the icon/screen arrangements; or did it manually using a file explorer. Obviously the Droid directory/config structure is quite different. Not to mention that efforts to locate an app analogous to MyMobilier have turned up dust.
i use titanium backup. you can back up all your apps and there data as well as stuff like homescreens accounts wifi spots etc. when you need to pick which things to backup get all user apps and all the green system data. then restore it all when you switch roms.
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i use titanium backup. you can back up all your apps and there data as well as stuff like homescreens accounts wifi spots etc. when you need to pick which things to backup get all user apps and all the green system data. then restore it all when you switch roms.
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But it won't put back your widgets. I've heard of nothing that will.
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But it won't put back your widgets. I've heard of nothing that will.
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Widgets are live feeds so no is a limitation for now, best bet is what the other poster said
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I don't think there's anything that will restore widgets.
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it restores stock widgets and gives a little error screen for where other ones are. seriously how hard is it to re set like 2 or three widgets really?
Yeah mine came back with batch restore on titanium but like it was said. Other than stock needed to be manually added
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Agreed on the restore aspect of TiBu. I'm not too bad of a flash junkie so I'll deal for now. Still trying to dig up info on why the Market doesn't show my 40-50 downloaded apps after a flash and google sync though. I did get my app icons/folders restored to the Sense screens w/ TiBu, but it trashed the BAMF3.0 default. I have screen captures from ShootMe so I can manually restore the look next time I flash. Thanks for the replies.
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Agreed on the restore aspect of TiBu. I'm not too bad of a flash junkie so I'll deal for now. Still trying to dig up info on why the Market doesn't show my 40-50 downloaded apps after a flash and google sync though. I did get my app icons/folders restored to the Sense screens w/ TiBu, but it trashed the BAMF3.0 default. I have screen captures from ShootMe so I can manually restore the look next time I flash. Thanks for the replies.
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yeah i dunno about apps, but market.google.com will show you everything youve ever downloaded
True. Just wasn't crazy about clicking every single one to get them back after a flash. Hopefully the hurry-up-n-wait method suggested elsewhere will work; could take a couple of hours to "fully-sync" after a flash.
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I'm sure that there are several out there that have a fair amount of customization scattered across the 7 screens. I typically group similar apps in Folders. Anyway, from the 7-8 search phrases I tried there was nothing useful that came up in the TB forums.
Will I have to reconfigure my screens every time I flash a ROM or is there a way to restore the icon/app arrangement? I'm not worried about the middle/home screen just the other 6.
Back when I used a WinMo phone I relied on Sashimi to handle all the icon/screen arrangements; or did it manually using a file explorer. Obviously the Droid directory/config structure is quite different. Not to mention that efforts to locate an app analogous to MyMobilier have turned up dust.
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I use LauncherPro (free version in market) and there is an option to back up your screens (menu/preferences/backup home screen & settings). Does not do widgets, but I don't have a problem adding the few back that I do use.
After I flash a ROM I get all my apps back either via TiBackup or the market and once I switch to Launcher Pro as my home screen program I just do menu/preferences/restore backup and all my little icons are back where they should be.
Just make sure you restore the LPro backup AFTER you restore your apps or the backup won't be able to point to the right app.
With updates of ROMs being released so quickly, and not wanting to update rather than flash the full ROM, I'm going to start backing up using Titanium Backup.
I am quite happy to backup absolutely everything, but am cautious about restoring things like system settings. Ideally what I would like is to be able to restore all the apps that I had before, their data, and possibly the layout of my homescreens.
How would I do this?
Is there anything I should probably not restore that could mess things up?
Thanks a lot for any replies.
You can backup all apps and data and then restore them later, without worrying about side-effects. This backup will include your launcher and therefore screen layouts, but will not include widgets. You'll need to add them again manually after you restore (it's a permission thing - nothing other that your is allowed to put widgets on your home screens).
System settings is a different story. If you're going from one ROM to another, or changing FW, there could be conflicts and it could cause problems. I tend to always have a backup and only restore system settings if I need to factory reset for some reason.
If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
The easiest way is this: go into titanium backup and press the menu bitten on your phone. Then press batch. Then look for something that says backup all user apps. Click the bitten next to that that says run. Then check 'backup user apps + data' and then uncheck any apps you don't want backed up, and then click run on the bottom. This will backup all your downloaded apps and data, like saved games, etc. You can also do the same things for system apps, but I can't guarantee that they will all work. Hope this helps
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If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
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If you click batch all your apps are selected so you can backup all your apps with 1 clicks, even with the unpaid version. However with the paid version you can set up scheduled backups so it will backup automatically every week, or whenever you set it to
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If you click batch all your apps are selected so you can backup all your apps with 1 clicks, even with the unpaid version. However with the paid version you can set up scheduled backups so it will backup automatically every week, or whenever you set it to
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I was talking about restoring, not backing up. Have you ever restored 200 apps with the unpaid version? It's VERY boring
johncmolyneux said:
You can backup all apps and data and then restore them later, without worrying about side-effects. This backup will include your launcher and therefore screen layouts, but will not include widgets. You'll need to add them again manually after you restore (it's a permission thing - nothing other that your is allowed to put widgets on your home screens).
System settings is a different story. If you're going from one ROM to another, or changing FW, there could be conflicts and it could cause problems. I tend to always have a backup and only restore system settings if I need to factory reset for some reason.
If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend paying for the pro version, as it can become very boring having to click a couple of buttons for every app you want to restore. The pro version does all apps without the need for interaction.
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Thanks XD) but I'm talking more about the restore aspect.
@johncmolyneux
Thanks for your help. So I'm thinking the process will be along the lines of:
backup/restore > batch > backup all user apps
then
batch > restore missing apps with data > selecting app+ data
I will almost certainly buy the pro version of this app, as I'll be using it a lot.
One thing I am particularly anal about is restoring my vast collection of texts going back about 3 years - will restoring the GoSMS app and its data include all these. Probably obvious but I thought I'd ask just to make sure.
Also, I keep getting a message saying that I should check usb debugging as it might cause problems. What's that all about?
Thanks again.
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Thanks XD) but I'm talking more about the restore aspect.
@johncmolyneux
Thanks for your help. So I'm thinking the process will be along the lines of:
backup/restore > batch > backup all user apps
then
batch > restore missing apps with data > selecting app+ data
I will almost certainly buy the pro version of this app, as I'll be using it a lot.
One thing I am particularly anal about is restoring my vast collection of texts going back about 3 years - will restoring the GoSMS app and its data include all these. Probably obvious but I thought I'd ask just to make sure.
Also, I keep getting a message saying that I should check usb debugging as it might cause problems. What's that all about?
Thanks again.
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That's the process mate - you've got it.
Titanium Backup requires that you have USB debugging enabled, which you get to via Settings, Applications, Development.
As for backing up and restoring text messages, I simply could not recommend any higher an application called SMS Backup+ (free in the Market). It creates a folder in your Gmail account and automatically uploads all text messages to that folder. You can do a restore whenever you like. It's seamless and works perfectly. If you want to keep SMS then look no further! I've gone over easily 30 ROM flashes with it, and now a new phone, and have never lost a single message.
It also means, of course, that you can access you SMS from any browser, which is nice (Can't send from gmail though.)
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That's the process mate - you've got it.
Titanium Backup requires that you have USB debugging enabled, which you get to via Settings, Applications, Development.
As for backing up and restoring text messages, I simply could not recommend any higher an application called SMS Backup+ (free in the Market). It creates a folder in your Gmail account and automatically uploads all text messages to that folder. You can do a restore whenever you like. It's seamless and works perfectly. If you want to keep SMS then look no further! I've gone over easily 30 ROM flashes with it, and now a new phone, and have never lost a single message.
It also means, of course, that you can access you SMS from any browser, which is nice (Can't send from gmail though.)
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Ok, last question. Can I just have usb debugging enabled at the time that I backup and at the time that I restore. I prefer to not have it checked generally - lots of annoying pop up messages on my PC at work etc...
str0ppy said:
Ok, last question. Can I just have usb debugging enabled at the time that I backup and at the time that I restore. I prefer to not have it checked generally - lots of annoying pop up messages on my PC at work etc...
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Long time since I've clicked "thanks" instead of quote! Have a thanks
Yes mate - you can just turn it on and off for Titanium.
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Long time since I've clicked "thanks" instead of quote! Have a thanks
Yes mate - you can just turn it on and off for Titanium.
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Top man. Thanks again.
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Top man. Thanks again.
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No problem mate. Enjoy
Ok so one last question. I understand that Titanium Backup will save the data for my third party launcher, so will preserver all the homescreen arrangments. But if I use TouchWiz, would that count as a system and therefore not preserved if I only backed up and restored user apps and data?
Cheers.
str0ppy said:
Ok so one last question. I understand that Titanium Backup will save the data for my third party launcher, so will preserver all the homescreen arrangments. But if I use TouchWiz, would that count as a system and therefore not preserved if I only backed up and restored user apps and data?
Cheers.
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You might be able to backup and restore the data for touchwizz, not tried.
As far as system data, if the item is green in titanium is ok to restore, if its red, beware.
AFAIK, TouchWiz is just another launcher, so you should be okay to restore, but pay attention to the item colour, as mentioned by veyka.
Ok thanks a lot. Man of many questions at the moment, quite new to Android.
So last one...
When I set up the OS from scratch after a flash, when I get the option to either backup/restore to my Google account, what actually gets backed up then?
Cheers.
str0ppy said:
Ok thanks a lot. Man of many questions at the moment, quite new to Android.
So last one...
When I set up the OS from scratch after a flash, when I get the option to either backup/restore to my Google account, what actually gets backed up then?
Cheers.
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I'm not sure about this one as I've seen different things happen. Sometimes, I've had apps installed again after a new ROM flash, but other times that hasn't happened. I've also had inconsistent results with restoring wifi settings. The only thing I generally rely on Google to store is my contacts. Other than that, I use Titanium for everything, just to be sure.
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I'm not sure about this one as I've seen different things happen. Sometimes, I've had apps installed again after a new ROM flash, but other times that hasn't happened. I've also had inconsistent results with restoring wifi settings. The only thing I generally rely on Google to store is my contacts. Other than that, I use Titanium for everything, just to be sure.
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Ok, thanks.
Hi
I flashed the ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm (4.1.2):
I have Apex launcher pro and Titanium Backup ★ root pro.I made a TB backup in cm9 . I restored all of apps and data and it went well on ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm (4.1.2):. But
I would like to know how to restore all the widgets on ParanoidAndroid 2.55cm with Apex launcher pro home screens ?
I'm sure it's been discussed, but search gives too many results to find what I'm looking for, and it seems that the procedure is phone- specific.
I've been a long time CleanROM user, finally decided to upgrade to ICS based ROM.
I did upgrade without wiping data and Sense didn't work at all. After wiping and reinstall everything worked, but of course all m data was gone. I restored "all system data" from backup, and it killed Sense again.
So, what subset of the system data can I safely restore? I need things like SMS and call logs, bluetooth and wifi pairings, user account info entered in apps and so on.
stopeject said:
I'm sure it's been discussed, but search gives too many results to find what I'm looking for, and it seems that the procedure is phone- specific.
I've been a long time CleanROM user, finally decided to upgrade to ICS based ROM.
I did upgrade without wiping data and Sense didn't work at all. After wiping and reinstall everything worked, but of course all m data was gone. I restored "all system data" from backup, and it killed Sense again.
So, what subset of the system data can I safely restore? I need things like SMS and call logs, bluetooth and wifi pairings, user account info entered in apps and so on.
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Restoring SMS, call logs, bluetooth and wifi pairings are all fine. I have found, as you did, when you restore all data it really buggers things up.
I use SMS Backup&Restore from the Play store. Works great the several years I have been flashing ROM's.
I'm looking at the pre-upgrade backup- it has 1164 files. Which ones should I include or exclude from restoring?
I think I found SMSes in com.htc.messagescs, but I can't search in each archive file.
Yea you shouldn't do an "all data restore" when switching roms, especially when going from GB to ICS. You should ONLY restore data from apps, never restore system/settings data. Since roms are made differently (again, especially when going from GB to ICS) restoring settings/system data will mess up the rom. So just restore data from the apps you want, backup/restore SMS with SMS Backup and Restore, and then just manually change your settings and set-up your home screens the way you want. It takes an extra few minutes, but it will save you the hassle of things not working how they should.
SMS and MMS are stored in [SMS/MMS/APN]Dialer Storage.
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User account info within apps can usually be restored with restoring user data apps only. You will hardly ever restore "system apps". They are usually unique to the individual ROM, in my experience.
sitlet said:
Yea you shouldn't do an "all data restore" when switching roms, especially when going from GB to ICS. You should ONLY restore data from apps, never restore system/settings data. Since roms are made differently (again, especially when going from GB to ICS) restoring settings/system data will mess up the rom. So just restore data from the apps you want, backup/restore SMS with SMS Backup and Restore, and then just manually change your settings and set-up your home screens the way you want. It takes an extra few minutes, but it will save you the hassle of things not working how they should.
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So, why do I need Titanium Backup, if I have to use a separate app to restore SMS? What do I do about the call logs? Are they part of the system or user app dataset?
stopeject said:
So, why do I need Titanium Backup, if I have to use a separate app to restore SMS? What do I do about the call logs? Are they part of the system or user app dataset?
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The only thing I use TB for is to backup/restore apps and their data.
Call logs are located in "[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage". Not sure if it is system data or user data set.
Also, here is a good How-to on backing up SMS/MMS and Call logs. Have not had the chance to try it out myself. LINK
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So, why do I need Titanium Backup, if I have to use a separate app to restore SMS? What do I do about the call logs? Are they part of the system or user app dataset?
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You CAN use it to restore sms, however that usually will also restore call history etc, which again, can cause you problems, especially when going from GB to ICS.
Thanks everyone.
I restored GB from nandroid and made 2 backups in different directories. One for user apps+ data, another one for system data. Wiped, installed an ICS ROM. Restored apps+data from the first backup. The results were mixed.Some apps restored with their settings intact, other ones lost all customization and account info.
Next I switched to the system backup and restored only data files (green in TB). Not all of them, only ones with the names that made sense. It gave me SMS and call logs, BT pairings, FB account. The list of WiFI APs was restored, but yheir keys passwords were not. None of the widgets came back. I had pretty time consuming setups with Beautiful Widgets and Circle Launcher and was hoping to continue using it.
It seems that there is no easy way to switch ROMs without some butt hurt.
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Thanks everyone.
I restored GB from nandroid and made 2 backups in different directories. One for user apps+ data, another one for system data. Wiped, installed an ICS ROM. Restored apps+data from the first backup. The results were mixed.Some apps restored with their settings intact, other ones lost all customization and account info.
Next I switched to the system backup and restored only data files (green in TB). Not all of them, only ones with the names that made sense. It gave me SMS and call logs, BT pairings, FB account. The list of WiFI APs was restored, but yheir keys passwords were not. None of the widgets came back. I had pretty time consuming setups with Beautiful Widgets and Circle Launcher and was hoping to continue using it.
It seems that there is no easy way to switch ROMs without some butt hurt.
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Remember you ate switching base, not just the ROM. So things will be a lot different and so much so that it will probably bork things up.
Also my backup pro is a great tool! Try out the free version in the market.
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Also my backup pro is a great tool! Try out the free version in the market.
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Why do you think it is better than TB?
Strange, it looks like some people here change ROMs on a daily basis, and I thought that the whole process of transferring the maximum possible amount of settings has been well researched and documented by now.
stopeject said:
Why do you think it is better than TB?
Strange, it looks like some people here change ROMs on a daily basis, and I thought that the whole process of transferring the maximum possible amount of settings has been well researched and documented by now.
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Not necessarily better I just prefer the ui more. Each has their own pros and cons. Tommytomatoe turned me onto it back in the OG days and I've never looked back. (that guy is a genius) I got MBP on sale for 2.99 and I think it's well worth it. I still use TB, just not as much...
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I'm sure it's been discussed, but search gives too many results to find what I'm looking for, and it seems that the procedure is phone- specific.
I've been a long time CleanROM user, finally decided to upgrade to ICS based ROM.
I did upgrade without wiping data and Sense didn't work at all. After wiping and reinstall everything worked, but of course all m data was gone. I restored "all system data" from backup, and it killed Sense again.
So, what subset of the system data can I safely restore? I need things like SMS and call logs, bluetooth and wifi pairings, user account info entered in apps and so on.
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Sometimes crossing over leads to problems, had that trouble also going from GB to ICS!
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The past few times I've done a full titanium backup (All apps and system data), it will reboot immediately after finishing. It has done it on 2 different ROMs (Flex and Mean). Anyone having this issue? Did I miss the change log for TB and this is now supposed to happen?
You should avoid restoring system data, especially across different roms. Only user apps/data.
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You should avoid restoring system data, especially across different roms. Only user apps/data.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
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Thank you - yes, I typically do not restore any system data, but I do back it up just in case and also - I am a pack-rat.
Just to clarify - I am getting the reboot after the backing up of apps/data - not on the restore.
Ah, my mistake. Did you try un installing and then reinstalling titanium, then run the backup again. Or maybe creating a new backup folder?
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Ah, my mistake. Did you try un installing and then reinstalling titanium, then run the backup again. Or maybe creating a new backup folder?
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Titanium is reinstalled whenever I flash a new Rom, so at least one of these instances it should have been a fresh install. I have not done anything with the backup folder, I like that idea. I think I'll dump all by backups and create them all again. Thanks for the idea.
Yea, I've had to do that before, it sucks, but sometimes things get corrupted.
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Update: one backup in particular was causing it to bring the while phone down. It was the wifi access points saved by titanium.
I noticed this was the last thing it was backing up before the reboot, and also ran the verify backups batch run, which turned up the bad backup.
Deleting that one particular backup did not make a difference. Had to manually go into the wifi settings and "forget" all the networks I don't use daily, and then it would make the backup just fine without crashing.
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Nice, glad you figured it out
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Searched high and low and couldn't find this thread, so figured out essentially the same solution on my own after couple hours of running batch backups and reboots. Backing up the xml version of WiFi Access Points and only if WiFi was actually on was the culprit, but the reboot usually happened 1-5 apps after it, so it took me a while to pinpoint the exact cause.
Figured I would just uncheck it every time I run a full batch backup, but your solution of forgetting unused APs in WiFi settings did the trick for me. It must have been some public AP with a weird name that Titanium didn't like. Thanks again.
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Update: one backup in particular was causing it to bring the while phone down. It was the wifi access points saved by titanium.
I noticed this was the last thing it was backing up before the reboot, and also ran the verify backups batch run, which turned up the bad backup.
Deleting that one particular backup did not make a difference. Had to manually go into the wifi settings and "forget" all the networks I don't use daily, and then it would make the backup just fine without crashing.
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Lew182 said:
Update: one backup in particular was causing it to bring the while phone down. It was the wifi access points saved by titanium.
I noticed this was the last thing it was backing up before the reboot, and also ran the verify backups batch run, which turned up the bad backup.
Deleting that one particular backup did not make a difference. Had to manually go into the wifi settings and "forget" all the networks I don't use daily, and then it would make the backup just fine without crashing.
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BIG thanks for figuring this out - was having the same problem with HTC One S, and it was driving me mad - I have a PIN on my SIM card, so every time it backed up during the night, the phone sat at the PIN entry until I entered it in the morning...meaning my phone was "offline" for a few hours!
In my case, I found it was actually a duplicate SSID that seemed to cause the problems - not sure how it got in there, but was probably when migrating backups from one phone to another. The duplicate only seemed to cause problems for the XML backup - deleted it, and all is well!
Stephen...
I've had this problem for awhile now myself, have written to Titanium Backup support twice now and they still haven't responded. How Rude! Especially since I'm a paid customer and I told them this was causing my backups to fail.
Like y'all I was able to determine it was the XML version of Wi-Fi Access Points that was causing the crash, but since there's no easy way to exclude just a single file, I had to create a FILTER I named "Not Excluded" and added everything except the Wi-Fi XML file to it. I then used that Filter in the scheduled Backup job. The only problem with this method is I have to remember to manually check for new items I've installed and manually add them to that filter group myself or they won't get backed up.
I can't believe they won't address this issue for us, particularly when their release notes say they did so for another model phone.
Oh and unfortunately, I did try the suggestion here about removing/forgetting the open Wi-Fi networks saved in my list but that didn't help. It still crashed on that one file.
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I've had this problem for awhile now myself, have written to Titanium Backup support twice now and they still haven't responded. How Rude! Especially since I'm a paid customer and I told them this was causing my backups to fail.
Like y'all I was able to determine it was the XML version of Wi-Fi Access Points that was causing the crash, but since there's no easy way to exclude just a single file, I had to create a FILTER I named "Not Excluded" and added everything except the Wi-Fi XML file to it. I then used that Filter in the scheduled Backup job. The only problem with this method is I have to remember to manually check for new items I've installed and manually add them to that filter group myself or they won't get backed up.
I can't believe they won't address this issue for us, particularly when their release notes say they did so for another model phone.
Oh and unfortunately, I did try the suggestion here about removing/forgetting the open Wi-Fi networks saved in my list but that didn't help. It still crashed on that one file.
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Hey guys, I just ran into this problem and I figured out how to workaround it without having to add new apps when needed. Instead of creating a filter that includes the XML WiFI Access Points, I excluded it. After I created label, I think it wasn't until I backed out, came back in, then (maybe) created filter did I see the invert option in regards to the label. So I checked it and the label, then I noticed XML WiFi's weren't even listed in main list as I had it filtered (excluded), then I selected the filter (didn't try label) in the scheduled task, then voila! It worked! I just wanted to share so anyone with this problem can utilize this solution.:good:
This solution actually worked for me on my Galaxy note 2. I Could not figure out why my phone would reboot after running TB every night. I deleted both WiFi entries and ran the backup with no reboot. Thanks
I see lots of people restoring data or app backups after a clean ROM flash. Do you think this adds of the instability problems so many people have, while others have very few problems?
I have done it on five phones, countless ROMs and have never ever once had a single issue.
I could never ever NOT restore data.
It's like losing everything I ever did on the app [whether it be countless hours of Ski Safari, Angry Birds, etc]. However on apps like Facebook, twitter, and stuff like that, I could live without the data, but it's nice because I don't have to relogin.
I bounce around on several ROMs from time to time checking out whether I want to run one or another as a daily. Been jumping over to AOSP and AOKP recently to try to get things going, but haven't gotten things quite to my liking.
The ability to reload my entire ICS Sense 3.6 system with a quick Nandroid restore has been invaluable and made that possible. I even store older Nandroids on my PC, and keep an extra one on my sdcard (well, it is 64g) in case I want to roll back a few versions to experiment.
For instance, when Amon Ra 3.16 came out with the fix for rooting in the dev options, I restored my original Global RUU install that I couldn't root with 3.15, rooted it, then backed it up for legacy purposes.
Same thing with my tablet; have played with several ROMs for my tablet, emboldened by the fact that I can always roll back a Nandroid.
hgoldner said:
The ability to reload my entire ICS Sense 3.6 system with a quick Nandroid restore has been invaluable and made that possible. I even store older Nandroids on my PC, and keep an extra one on my sdcard (well, it is 64g) in case I want to roll back a few versions to experiment.
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You misunderstand the premise of the question, we're not talking about nandroids. We're referring to changing ROMs and then restoring data and apps from the old ROM to the new ROM. I see people doing this all the time, then they litter the threads complaining of things not working. I don't doubt it's possible to do this on a select and intelligent basis, but in the general population I don't think it works well.
I use gobackup (the older version cuz its free lol) and it restores data fine including game levels and all that good stuff like Facebook sign in
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You misunderstand the premise of the question, we're not talking about nandroids. We're referring to changing ROMs and then restoring data and apps from the old ROM to the new ROM. I see people doing this all the time, then they litter the threads complaining of things not working. I don't doubt it's possible to do this on a select and intelligent basis, but in the general population I don't think it works well.
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Apologies. There are many kinds of backups. As to those kind of backups, before preparing to switch ROMs, I run App2zip backing up all my apps and data to a flashable zip file. Once the new ROM is settled in, I will flash that back. Some apps are routinely not well-behaved on restore, e.g. Swiftkey, PowerAmp, and those I'll simply uninstall then restore a Titanium backup.
I have had very little problems restoring app data this way. The one thing I do NOT do is restore the actual \data partition itself in between ROM flashes, and I don't just batch restore from Titanium or from Rerware's MyBackupPro. Those are for piecemeal restores when data in a particular app becomes problematic.
I agree that you can't just "run a restore" and expect good results; but if you're deliberate and careful about it, you can minimize disruption between ROM flashes.
As often as I flash, I'd never have a working phone if I didn't do restores. I restore apps and selectively restore app data...mainly games, and apps that are a pain to set up.
Titanium baby.
When I use adb to backup I only make it backup apps/there apk never do system or shared, things like media and personal files I take off of the phone and put on pc before adb. There's several ways to backup your contacts to current places so you don't have to type them in again
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There's several ways to backup your contacts to current places so you don't have to type them in again.
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You mean you don't let Google restore your backups automatically? I assumed everyone did that... weird.
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You mean you don't let Google restore your backups automatically? I assumed everyone did that... weird.
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I hate that. Half the time it ends up restoring stuff I've already uninstalled.
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