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Hello,
I recently got bored with my old ROM on my GIII so I installed a couple new ones today. On the final one I tried I no longer have a single Titanium Backup file on my SD card. All restore items show 0. I know these all worked and existed because I restored them earlier on in the day and all was well. I then installed my current ROM and nada.
My question isn't about getting these files back as its apparent they are gone (super sad), I double checked the sd card in windows and the only thing is all my pictures/videos and a single file for TB for the license. My question is is, will this occur in the future again? Do people have flaky luck with Titanium Backup? Each of the rom installs were done the same way, boot into recovery, delete data/cache, install from SD etc. I did it the same way both times. I just dont want to get burned again because whats the point of even backing stuff up right?
Has anyone had luck with the Cloud feature on Titanium Backup, does this work??
Thanks.
Did you flash an aosp/cm Rom? If so they are probably hidden down in sd/0...... if you have Phil's recovery fire up the aroma file manager and move then to root of sd card (move the whole folder)
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Edit that.....normal file manager will do, I thought you were stuck in recovery/no access to nandroid, just realised it's titanium backup your after....same might apply if you were on 4.2.x or cm/aosp
slaphead20 said:
Did you flash an aosp/cm Rom? If so they are probably hidden down in sd/0...... if you have Phil's recovery fire up the aroma file manager and move then to root of sd card (move the whole folder)
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Edit that.....normal file manager will do, I thought you were stuck in recovery/no access to nandroid, just realised it's titanium backup your after....same might apply if you were on 4.2.x or cm/aosp
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Ok cool thank you I will look when I get home.
thewalrusking said:
Ok cool thank you I will look when I get home.
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er.. there is no need to move the entire folder. just goto titanium backup menu > Preferences > backup folder location and click detect it will find the backup folder. Now select it and use it as current folder ..
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MoonBlade said:
er.. there is no need to move the entire folder. just goto titanium backup menu > Preferences > backup folder location and click detect it will find the backup folder. Now select it and use it as current folder ..
Just hit thanks if i helped
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Same thing happened to me.
Where did the backup go?!?!? Was it backed up on the phone and not on the SD card? That would be dumb!
The TitaniumBackup folder on the SD card is EMPTY and the "detect" found no backup files
SUPER SAD, I lost ALL phone numbers!!!
read the thread
Change the backup folder location to external SD when you back up to prevent this sort of thing.
Wayne Tech S-III
This!
zelendel said:
Change the backup folder location to external SD when you back up to prevent this sort of thing.
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THIS! :good:
yea the same thing is happening to me guys! help!
I backup ALL my apps like 150 and then when I flash ROM backups are gone but they are in my sd-ext card under titaniumbackup.? all of them are there. I cant figure HOW to restore them though. It says there are no apps to restore? again yes what is the point if I cant restore apps or it doesn't show me how to?
agustincards14 said:
yea the same thing is happening to me guys! help!
I backup ALL my apps like 150 and then when I flash ROM backups are gone but they are in my sd-ext card under titaniumbackup.? all of them are there. I cant figure HOW to restore them though. It says there are no apps to restore? again yes what is the point if I cant restore apps or it doesn't show me how to?
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Change the directory in TIBU to see your SD card instead of internal storage maybe?
zelendel said:
Change the directory in TIBU to see your SD card instead of internal storage maybe?
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Do I go to Preferences>Backup Folder Location ? How can I manually change it though I only press DETECT and it automatically finds sdcard and- oh wait I got it man! I just pressed DETECT and the WHOLE DEVICE and SDCARD options several more times and I guess it dug out the backups. Thanks for the quick reply 'preciate it!
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After a install of new rom TIBU shows all backups in verify, I have restore file from ext sd card but restore missing apps shows zero. Have used tibu a long time and never had this problem.
check the backup location and clear the filter
Ok, I can find backip folder, all files there how do you clear filters?
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Ok, I can find backip folder, all files there how do you clear filters?
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Edit Filters > Clear when you're on the list of applications.
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Ok, I can find backip folder, all files there how do you clear filters?
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finding it does nothing. you have to choose it in the preferences
Thanks for responding. When Im in applications and click edit filters it takes me to filters page hitting clear does nothing. Do I have to select anything?
Here are screen shots showing my verified apps and my filter page
that means that all that's backed up is installed
Edit - First issue sorted. Now have a new one.
Backup everything and put on a new ROM. Went to reinstall it all and selected all data/apps and it just says on 0%. So just did apps missing and exactly the same. Sos just did one app and same issue just freezes on 0%.
any ideas what might be the issue?
Just installed TB Pro and was working fine on my s2. But on my s3 it just sees the overview tab. Nothing else.
Have reinstalled it, installed busybox and upgraded superuser. And formatted the external SD card as its also showing
Backup directory: Not available
It has been rooted so not sure what the issue is, any advice would be great.
Re: Titanium Backup - Only showing overview tab
Open titanium, hit menu button/preferences/backup location/detect
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After its detected you may need to reboot for the tab to show.....
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If you haven't got a backup on your phone yet then I'm guessing it doesn't create a directory until you actually create the first backup
Thanks for the quick reply.
Managed to get it sorted. Took a while to find the external SD card.
It was under mnt and extsdCard.
Backup everything and put on a new ROM. Went to reinstall it all and selected all data/apps and it just says on 0%. So just did apps missing and exactly the same. Sos just did one app and same issue just freezes on 0%.
any ideas what might be the issue?
so it detects the backups now?
have you tried restoring a single app (not batch)? and have you tried it without data? (i never restore google apps data, only the apk/app, as they sync the data from google anyway)
You say you have updated / installed busybox BUT you know TT has its own? have you gone into preferences-trouble shooting and checked force system busybox?
same as above for SQLite?
do you have directory bind or a form of apps2sd (forgot what its called on the sgs3)? if so you might want to check follow all symbolic links...
FINALLY if all else fails you can set the app processing mode to auto indirect, or interactive... again try with just app and app n data (you can even try restoring data AFTER the app installs)
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so it detects the backups now?
have you tried restoring a single app (not batch)? and have you tried it without data? (i never restore google apps data, only the apk/app, as they sync the data from google anyway)
Yes after selecting the External SD and a reboot worked fine. And did a full system backup.
Then after a reset and installing a new ROM i went to restore and stuck on 0%. I tried just a single app and still nothing. (apk)
You say you have updated / installed busybox BUT you know TT has its own? have you gone into preferences-trouble shooting and checked force system busybox?
Yes i knew TT has it own, but thought that might have been an issue with no seeing external sd card. Since restoring it have not installed it since. As it is now not installed i have not ticked that section, but thanks for pointing out as would have missed that.
same as above for SQLite?
Have not installed SQlite, or dont think so.
do you have directory bind or a form of apps2sd (forgot what its called on the sgs3)? if so you might want to check follow all symbolic links...
FINALLY if all else fails you can set the app processing mode to auto indirect, or interactive... again try with just app and app n data (you can even try restoring data AFTER the app installs)
Will try that and see what happens.
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thanks for the info and advice/help
Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
So... now what? Other than the user error, things are going great!
Assuming the backup of your stock rom is still intact and now on your computer I would try flashing a new recovery like clockwork mod, clockwork mod touch are just re flash your team win recovery and and try to backup your current google rom again through your recovery "nandroid" hope it works for ya.
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May also be a sd card issue? Try removing in re installing your sd card. I am pretty sure the default save location for backups are in the internal. Memory but it might help...
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Success! It turns out I didn't try replacing the entire TWRP folder with the one I had copied to my computer. That's a relief.
Cool!
I'm having this problem too, now. It looks like if I delete any backup by hand (not with the TWRP interface), TWRP will no longer backup or restore? Crazy! Is my recent backup garbage, just because TWRP refuses to install it?
I had this issue too. here's my current back up path /storage/extSdCard/TWRP/BACKUPS/94937798/"name of your backup". I deleted the numbered part just to have shorter file path but it didn't work. So then i Deleted everything but the main TWRP folder and my Backup of course. then used TWRP to make a nandroid backup and doing that restored the correct full file path. Maybe try it and then place your old nandroid backup in the folder.
Twrp/backup/######/your nandroid backup.
Also your old backup does it display the file path it used to belong to? If so remake that path of folders in the TWRP folder
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I just read your post again.
Try moving your backup on external SD. Not in a folder then try to restore using Twrp you have find your backup location and select it and try checking the skip md5 verification. Make a nandroid backup 1st just to be safe
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
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I just got the same error today. I tried to make a backup with TWRP 2.6.0.0 on my Nexus 4 and it couldn't locate the storage device, even though I had other backups already that I could see! So I flashed TWRP to 2.5.0.0 and could back things up again!
Is this a bug with TWRP 2.6.0.0 ?
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I just got the same error today. I tried to make a backup with TWRP 2.6.0.0 on my Nexus 4 and it couldn't locate the storage device, even though I had other backups already that I could see! So I flashed TWRP to 2.5.0.0 and could back things up again!
Is this a bug with TWRP 2.6.0.0 ?
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I just had the same problems after upgrading from 2.5 to 2.6. Can't make a backup "E: Unable to locate storage device.". Can't see backups (list is just empty, but "E: Storage partition "//TWRP/BACKUPS/HT25ZW308588' not found" is in the console). I downgraded to 2.5 and everything started working again.
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
So... now what? Other than the user error, things are going great!
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TWRP 2.6 is a bit buggy - there is some evidence that installing HyperDrive Rom with 2.6 will bootloop the device, whereas 2.5.0.2 will not. I'd steer clear of 2.6.
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TWRP 2.6 is a bit buggy - there is some evidence that installing HyperDrive Rom with 2.6 will bootloop the device, whereas 2.5.0.2 will not. I'd steer clear of 2.6.
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Installed hyperdrive with 2.6 TWRP with out any problem. I will say from using a TWRP recovery on a different device that it does not like having the back up path altered
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Does anyone know what the /sdcard/TWRP/.twrps file is for? Is it general settings that I can safely delete? (without affecting my ability to restore ?)
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
Why aren't we using CWM? ^_^
Thanks
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I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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A simple as that. This did the trick. Thanks!
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I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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fixed after deleting the twrps file, many thanks.
mykeyin said:
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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I had the same problem, and this solved it. It does seem your assumption is correct. I just deleted the.twrps file and it started working again.
silberj said:
I had the same problem, and this solved it. It does seem your assumption is correct. I just deleted the.twrps file and it started working again.
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Sorted.
Hello guys, long time lurker, first time poster.
After my phone (gt i9100) drained out its battery, it got stuck in a bootloop.
Normally I think I would have to factory reset or flash the same rom again (SlimBean 4.3) and that would take care of the issue.
This time around, however I need to restore some information from the machine before tampering with flashing in any way.
I have not attempted flashing anything in the last couple of months, which is why the bootloop is kinda weird.
Would any of you guys be able to suggest anything?
EDIT 1: I've managed to extract the recovery image made by CWM, from the internal storage. Need to research whether I'd be able to restore information from it using Titanium Backup or a similar app.
The device boots into recovery / download mode no problem.
I have made 2 backups from CWM, though they're both on the internal storage, as the device has a problem mounting/ writing the backup onto the external SD card.
1. Can I export the backup in some way, to be able to flash a new rom and then restore the data?
2. Would flashing a different kernel help? If so, I'm not sure which kernel would be prefered for the SlimBean 4.3 rom.
3. Would flashing the rom once again get rid of my data (I suspect it would, though I don't have much experience with this)
I will be very grateful for you guys' feedback.
Thank you very much for any help.
@Sahagin
Two things you could do.
1. In recovery, go to mounts and storage and mount usb storage. From here you can connect to your pc and copy whatever files you need over to the pc.
2. Try flashing just the rom .zip and rebooting. This will not touch your data partition, where all your app data, pictures, saved files are.
To add to the above, Titanium Backup can extract some of the data from nandroid backups......it just depends what you want to recover.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
I am mainly interested in restoring text messages and some unsynchronized google keep data.
I have purchased and installed the Pro version of Titanium Backup which has this functionality. Tested in an emulator, seems to work for google keep, however not so much for the text messages themselves.
Gonna fiddle around with it for a couple more hours, if it doesn't work I guess it's my fault for not keeping a backup. Had to learn that the hard way.
@Sahagin This *might* help.......
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16915/where-on-the-file-system-are-sms-messages-stored
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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You could also try pulling the messages via ADB......
This is the file path as checked on my S5....
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
Edit....exactly the same file path on my S2 running stock 4.1.2.....(my S5 is on stock 4.4.2)....
Edit 2....this thread details the exact commands you need......
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12266374/backup-full-sms-mms-contents-via-adb
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
Personally I've deleted a couple unnecesary apps that were wasting space, and intend to make Chrome an option for Dual Window again as soon as I figure out how (it was removed, I believe in 11b, and the flex multi window mod is unable to enable it).
As more things occur to me, I'll do more things. What do you all plan to do?
So far, I've only installed greenify and titanium backup.. I'm honestly trying to figure out what else I want to do (been out of the root scene for about a year and a half between this and my old turbo, which didn't receive root until the time I got my v10)
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Disable System/OTA updates. See this thread.
Remove bloatware. See this thread.
Install ad blocking software. I am using Adaway via F-Droid.
Enable native Wi-Fi tethering app. See this thread.
I hope custom recovery comes soon.
Trying to get Titanium Backup to work but it keeps telling me I have insufficient storage space when I try to do any backups
Argent36 said:
Trying to get Titanium Backup to work but it keeps telling me I have insufficient storage space when I try to do any backups
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It's cause you already have backups stored. Double check your SD card files.
So far I have uninstalled bunch of bloat wares. And I was messing with the Verizon hidden menu so now I got 4g LTE on T-Mobile. Not really sure what I did though
mcbeat257 said:
It's cause you already have backups stored. Double check your SD card files.
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Ah thanks - that fixed it!
mcbeat257 said:
It's cause you already have backups stored. Double check your SD card files.
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Im getting the same error message. Ive tried everything to get it to work, but nothing. I dont have any back-ups saved.
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Ah thanks - that fixed it!
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Which file did you find the back-ups?
MrUnionFan said:
Im getting the same error message. Ive tried everything to get it to work, but nothing. I dont have any back-ups saved.
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Which file did you find the back-ups?
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It's either the LG Backup folder in your SDCard or the TitaniumBackup folder. Otherwise I would scan your SDCard.
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It's either the LG Backup folder in your SDCard or the TitaniumBackup folder. Otherwise I would scan your SDCard.
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lol...Im losing my mind. I went back in & found the back-ups. Thank you very much for your help. Its working now. Thanks again!!#
Also has anyone been able to edit the build prop without bootlooping?
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Also has anyone been able to edit the build prop without bootlooping?
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I pulled a copy to my PC and edited it with notepad ++ and it worked fine
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I pulled a copy to my PC and edited it with notepad ++ and it worked fine
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I dunno how you did that with adb so what did u do
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I didn't use adb
I used root explorer pulled it to my downloads folder then I connected the phone to my pc and pull it from there
But to see it in root explorer I had to mount read write options
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Tried editing to enable dual window with buildprop editor, rebooted into a bootloop. Recovery has the option to enable USB debugging. Using this, is it possible to undo the change in (for example) terminal emulator, rewriting the original line? That way I wouldn't have to factory reset. I already tried wiping the cache (wasn't expecting it to work, but it seemed harmless).
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I didn't use adb
I used root explorer pulled it to my downloads folder then I connected the phone to my pc and pull it from there
But to see it in root explorer I had to mount read write options
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That made me also go into a bootloop as well. Had to force wipe it again (good thing I backed up).
why is tbk saying SD card not writeable.. I want my backups there
rsswga said:
why is tbk saying SD card not writeable.. I want my backups there
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It might be because you didn't mount the SD card as writable?
can we do that now? Im so use to Samsung this is new... thanks
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rsswga said:
can we do that now? Im so use to Samsung this is new... thanks
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well i got it writing on sdcard...thanks
zatanas33 said:
Disable System/OTA updates. See this thread.
Remove bloatware. See this thread.
Install ad blocking software. I am using Adaway via F-Droid.
Enable native Wi-Fi tethering app. See this thread.
I hope custom recovery comes soon.
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To disable OTA updates I just froze the System Update application. Seems to have worked fine.