Hi all,
I have a number of paid and other apps I want to make a physical backup with on my computer. I'd like to try to figure out what the .apk filename is, but the filenames are confusing and not relevant to the app that they represent. I have a Titanium backup as well as a nandroid backup, but again the filenames are not intuitive enough to figure out, and the nandroid backup is a gigantic 900mb compressed image.
That said, is there a way to figure out which filename.apk relates to which actual app?
Thanks,
Opethfan89
I'm not sure exactly how to do this, but I'm curious why you need a backup on a computer? Your purchase history is stored by Google, and apps can be re-downloaded any time you need. APK names are a mixed bag...kind of whatever the developer wants. There's probably info out there for each app, though.
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I have several Nandroid backups on my Eris, Is there a way to view what each one contains as far as Rom version? I would like to delete the ones I no longer use. Is it possible to delete certain backups?
paulj6567 said:
I have several Nandroid backups on my Eris, Is there a way to view what each one contains as far as Rom version? I would like to delete the ones I no longer use. Is it possible to delete certain backups?
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There are ways to view the contents of the .img files contained in a Nandroid BU, but if you are running a Win machine it may be more work than it is worth.
If you connect your phone to your PC you can move the 'unwanted' Nandroids from your sdcard to your PC thus freeing the space on the card. The file dates of the Nandroids should help you sort out which you want. Hope this is helpful
Cheers
paulj6567 said:
I have several Nandroid backups on my Eris, Is there a way to view what each one contains as far as Rom version? I would like to delete the ones I no longer use. Is it possible to delete certain backups?
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Rename them immediately after creation if you want to remember what they are. Use a file manager on the immediately successive boot of the regular OS. Leave the date & timestamp intact and insert the name and version of the ROM using only letters, digits, underscores and dashes.
The default naming scheme of the backup folders are BDS-YYYYMMDD-HHMM. For example, you might rename BDS-20100827-1912 to be BDS-KaosFroyo_V29-20100827-1912. That way you can easily identify what a specific backup is without much trouble, and also tell which is most recent if you have multiple backups of a single rom.
If you have forgotten what they are the easiest way to figure out what they are is to restore them to the phone.
And, yes of course, it is possible to delete individual backup folders using a file manager.
Thank You very much.
Hello! I didn't know where else to post, so I did it here. Please relocate this topic if it is in the incorrect place because I don't know any better.
Anyway. I've installed AK Notepad on my old ROM and did a Nandroid. I have only one note in there which I'd like to extract. I have extracted the data.img and system.img on my PC and I can find the .apk, but I can't find that one note that was written in there. Is there a way to find it? Or maybe if I can't extract the note, can I copy the settings somewhere in my phone so the AK Notepad will act as if it is that one on the old ROM where I wrote that note?
Um, why don't you just make a new backup, then restore the backup with the note, email or text the note or whatever, then restore your new backup you made, shouldn't take more than ten minutes.
Yes, but still, I would like to know if this is possible.
Ak Notepad APP database internal storage
/data/data/com.akproduction.notepad/databases/aknotepad.db
pretty sure Titanium Backup also lets you install things from nandroid backups. Not sure it it's apps (or apps + data only) or if it'll let you do "data only" restores. But if you've already got it installed, might be worth a shot.
Does anyone know where the Samsung stock music player saves its playlists... When I restore the music app from titanium backup it doesn't restore the playlists. I tried searching in my nandroid backup for any playlists files and I can't seem to find any.
From a quick look around, they seem to be in the SQLite DB inside Media Storage (com.android.providers.media) in the music_audio_playlists and music_audio_playlists_map tables.
Can you explain how I can find those map tables and how I can restore playlists files from previous Cwm backups
Thank you for the reply
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Can you explain how I can find those map tables and how I can restore playlists files from previous Cwm backups
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After I'd written the below, I figured there's probably a better solution. You should be able to just restore your Media Storage from Titanium Backup and you'll be all set (to find it, just filter "media"). You can safely ignore the rest, I'm just leaving it there since I already wrote it and it should be still technically correct.
The data is there in your CWM backup (data.ext4.tar\data\com.android.providers.media\databases\(either internal or external)\music_audio_playlists (and music_audio_playlists_map), but I think you're not comfortable with SQL judging by your reply.
The most straightforward solution I can think of for you without touching anything technical would be to make a nandroid backup of your current position, then restore your backup which contains your playlists. Use an app to backup your playlists for you (from a quick look, several backup managers include this function, including MyBackup Root), keep a copy of that backup somewhere, then restore your nandroid backup followed by your playlists backup.
If all that sounds like too much work, you could PM me your com.android.providers.media backup and I'll try and give you an SQL command to import it.
Thank you so much. I will definitely experiment with this and get back to you soon.
I have tried both methods and it works well. I can't thank you enough for your help
Hi everyone,
i hope someone can help me out with the following:
-Before moving to a new phone i've backed up data with an application....(i didn't do myself)
-After trying to restore it looks like the files are not good to be restored.....the fact is that the apps used to back up probably has not been reinstalled and the person now is not able to remember which one he used.
The file format for info,SMS etc. is .txt
and the file structure inside is something like:
{"subCategoriesSms":[{"address":"
"smsType":"TYPE_INBOX","status":"-1","checked":true,"label
if i could understand which backup apps use this set probably i could re-import.
-The phone where the backup was created was rooted, the new one is not....
Hope someone has a clue!
tx
Hi, I'm new to the forums so I'm not sure if I should be posting this question. I just wanted to backup a game because it's 1gb in size and I don't want to download it every time I mess with my phone. I just downloaded an app called "App backup & restore" which backs up whole apps on your phone. It saved it as a 38mb apk file. Can someone explain why is the file, that's supposed to be the whole app, so small and how am I going to restore the app with it? It just seems unnatural to backup a 1gb app to a 38mb file so I thought it's probably not backing it up correctly.