Hey XDA,
I installed a ROM in my GS2, restored using Titanium, got this error, looked for a solution, cleared contacts data, lost all my contacts (can't fix it) - installed another ROM, restored using Titanium, got same error.
It has become QUITE annoying since I can only use the phone until this message pops up and I have to clear data again.
I want a permanent solution to this.
Thanks!
Don't restore data on system apps when you do a restore.
In fact, unless the new rom doesn't have a system app that you really, absolutely must have from your previous rom, don't restore system apps at all.
When I first started using Miui I had this problem the first few days & I discovered by trial & error (and later read) that is good practice and gets rid of most of those problems.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Would I only restore apps and games? Not contacts? How would I get my contacts back? Would I just have to ask everyone again for their number!? D:
Restore contacts from your backup . Restore only apps from Titanium if no problem then you can start to restore apps and data one by one to find the culprit .
Easier if you had a recent nandroid backup .
jje
Yeah restore your apps, games & so on, you can usually restore the app/game data as well, but occasionally you'll get FC's if you do. If so, fix is the same, restore app only/not data.
You should normally be right to restore your contacts. If you find that's also causing you FC's, you can get an app like App Extractor from the Market which enables you to restore your contacts/SMS's from a Nandroid/CW backup. There are also lots of other apps on the Market which enable you to backup/restore your contacts/SMS's/call logs/etc.
Output95 said:
Thanks for the quick reply!
Would I only restore apps and games? Not contacts? How would I get my contacts back? Would I just have to ask everyone again for their number!? D:
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i have found the solution.
the problem is when you restore some of the apps AND data, which have a "sync" contact function will screw up the "sync" function.
All you have to do is to restore ONLY App for those apps (which "sync" contacts, for example, Hotmail or Whatsapp), then restore apps and data for the rest of the apps thru Tibu.
mine is perfectly fine now after a few trial and errors.
more info about it
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
unfortunately the process android process acore has stopped
Output95 said:
Hey XDA,
I installed a ROM in my GS2, restored using Titanium, got this error, looked for a solution, cleared contacts data, lost all my contacts (can't fix it) - installed another ROM, restored using Titanium, got same error.
It has become QUITE annoying since I can only use the phone until this message pops up and I have to clear data again.
I want a permanent solution to this.
Thanks!
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You need to install contact.apk and contact provider.apk in root, location is system/app
to root download superuser and root browser
Bobby Bijukchhe
fabianp said:
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
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well i cant restore app but i just restore data and it works ty!
if u have this problem,just plug in to u pc,install driver and copy paste 2 file that i attach...
if u have this problem,just plug in to u pc,install driver and copy paste 2 file that i attach...
ROM Toolbox
fabianp said:
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
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I think ROM Toolbox needs to fix up there Bugs!!!
Last Night
I used ROM Toolbox but only for changing settings and I ended up with the same error on my Desire HD, Testing Your theory now!
Cheers! Thanks Champ!
just some hints from developer point view, if any of the 3rd party application used the system id as application id, once the application fc for any reason, you will see the error, so, I would suggest you install apps that you totally trust that are stable, then try other apps later
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I'm experiencing this problem too. It starts after a while and affects everything and anything e.g. messaging, whatsapp, talk, drive you name it.
This problem started ever since I update to resurrection 2.6 could it possibly be because the update was in my phone and not on the sdcard?
Samzung said:
I'm experiencing this problem too. It starts after a while and affects everything and anything e.g. messaging, whatsapp, talk, drive you name it.
This problem started ever since I update to resurrection 2.6 could it possibly be because the update was in my phone and not on the sdcard?
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Hey, the problem is from the sdcard and not from your phone, I've experienced it and even flashing back to stock didn't solve it the only thing that did is clearing out the cache from contacts and contacts storage from application manager in the settings of the phone .
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what software u guys using to backup all the pics, videos, sms'es, contacts, apps etc?
i heard all data is lost after updating to 2.1
Nocturnal310 said:
what software u guys using to backup all the pics, videos, sms'es, contacts, apps etc?
i heard all data is lost after updating to 2.1
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All data on the phone is, SD card is fine, so pics and videos should be fine.
I've used Titanium for the apps, which in most cases also restores the settings too.
I use google sync, so Contacts are synced as soon as I add my google account to the phone (not sure how the other sync methods work for contact)
Finally, for SMSs I used the SE backup and restore app, and just chose SMS. there is an option for apps on there too, but I haven't used it.
Then, once 2.1 is installed, root, install busybox then use titanium to restore apps (don't restore system settings, as that caused me an issue with WiFi, app setting are fine though), then you will have all of your apps back, then open SE's backup and restore and choose to restore the backup you made earlier for texts
Contacts were auto for me, and photos and other SD contents will need no restoring at all, just view!
Copy and paste for my media files and SD card, and I used gmail and MyPhoneExplorer for my contacts. Titanium should do your apps and settings for them, but being a whole OS I just started from scratch with them.
Hello, I was wondering how do you go about backuping email settings? I like flashing roms, but im getting tired of entering 5 emails over and over again. each rom is slightly different with yahoo. sometimes it recognizes it sometimes it doesnt, and my school email all which i have to add manual imap and smtp, so u can see it becomes dreadful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Before you go telling me to search i have and i only found topics on touch diamon 2 which is WM and not android. KTHXBYE
Use K9 mail in the market instead and then backup the app+data in either Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro (and then restore when you flash a new ROM)?
doogald said:
Use K9 mail in the market instead and then backup the app+data in either Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro (and then restore when you flash a new ROM)?
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i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
jareddlc said:
i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
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I'm assuming you mean the android email app and not the gmail app. The info is probably stored in data/data/com.android.email/databases. There are quite a few databases in there and I don't know which one stores your email settings. You could pull them all to your pc and push them back after flashing the new rom. I haven't tested this and don't use the android email app so I can't really test it but have done this with other apps. Can't guaruntee it will work though. Just do something like:
adb pull data/data/com.android.email/databases/* /desktop(or wherever you want them on your pc)
then to put them back just use:
adb push (name of database) data/data/com.android.email/databases/
Just something to try if your familiar with adb at all.
jareddlc said:
i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
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You can try using Titanium Backup to do this - it will certainly back up email data - but my belief is that the issue may be that you will not be able to go across Android versions with the data. Trying to restore the 2.3 email data to a 2.2 ROM (never mind to HTC Mail if you move to a Sense based ROM) could just cause FCs.
K9 mail is really (at least IMHO) much, much better than the stock email app anyway.
Conap said:
I'm assuming you mean the android email app and not the gmail app. The info is probably stored in data/data/com.android.email/databases. There are quite a few databases in there and I don't know which one stores your email settings. You could pull them all to your pc and push them back after flashing the new rom. I haven't tested this and don't use the android email app so I can't really test it but have done this with other apps. Can't guaruntee it will work though. Just do something like:
adb pull data/data/com.android.email/databases/* /desktop(or wherever you want them on your pc)
then to put them back just use:
adb push (name of database) data/data/com.android.email/databases/
Just something to try if your familiar with adb at all.
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WOW conap himself
thx although i have issues with adb i tried getting droidexplorer to work. thx very much i guess its time to try to learn adb correctly
jareddlc said:
thx although i have issues with adb i tried getting droidexplorer to work. thx very much i guess its time to try to learn adb correctly
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You can use a root-aware file manager to do the same things if you want to avoid adb. (Root Explorer ($) or ES File Manager (free) )
Put them in a folder on your SD card someplace.
Using either method you should probably make sure first that the E-mail app is not running.
As doogald pointed out, in general backing up and restoring files from the data area of an app is not guaranteed to work, especially between version changes of the app software; but for the same version of the app it will probably work. You'll have to try it to know.
okay thx everyone. Ive been a community manager before, and this community is excellent.
Ive "solved" my issue. Thanks to everyone who let me know where the db is located at. I tried titanium backup and it allows me to backup the data portion i just flashed gsb 1.6 from 1.5 and then restored the backup then rebooted, works flawless. However something to keep in mind, i might keep a backup of the email app currently using so if i ever need to restore the backup i may do so, ifnot i may give k9 a try anywho thx everyone.
for those new and wanting to know as well, let me break it down.
1. titanium backup (Free version is fine)
- this app backs up the data portion of the application (settings)
2. backup your app with titanium backup.
3. wipe,flash,restore
or many suggest to adapt to a new email app to prevent any inconsistencies in data storage techniques (try k9 email app)
again thx to everyone
titanium backup never worked for me (just email) i have donate/pro version and i've sent a query to support and never got an answer.. i am using mail droid now.. but lemme try the extraction method. should try again with the newest one perhaps it might work... even backing up sms wouldnt work... rest all other program works with it.. (for my part that is)
dhruvaz said:
titanium backup never worked for me (just email) i have donate/pro version and i've sent a query to support and never got an answer.. i am using mail droid now.. but lemme try the extraction method. should try again with the newest one perhaps it might work... even backing up sms wouldnt work... rest all other program works with it.. (for my part that is)
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Same here as well, have tried multiple times & no luck. Any other solution available as of now?
My Back up pro has never restored email accounts either.
Fix?
would really like to get to the bottom of this as well.. quite annoying to restore accounts every time i flash a rom with wipe.
Bump...has a way to backup and restore all email settings of default email client been solved?
Restore default email with accounts with Titanium Backup Root
1. The key seems to be to restore "Accounts" from TiB (hope you have a backup) first.
2. Next, force stop the Email app from Settings and clear data.
3. Restore Email Data only
4. Reboot
5. Run Email
( I used Titanium Backup Root - free version)
I discovered that the app starts up with the restored Data from the App and immediately crashes with "account not found"
Email App stores the passwords in Accounts, so once Accounts are restored everything seems to work, (whew!)
Since I tried a number of things before Email started working, I'm not sure of the exact sequence of restoring the App and Data (I tried restoring the App and Data, which failed, then force stopped the app and restored the app only and then data only - someone please document the exact sequence, I don't want to risk losing my Email accounts as I don't remember the passwords )
I can confirm that your steps 1-5 work well (on CM 11), and that step 1 is essential for step 3.
Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
stickperson said:
Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
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1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
In the stock contacts application, you can export your contacts to your sd card beforehand. Then after you flash, just import them. I export the ones from my phone and it works every time.
This is the method that works for me before and after each flash of a new ROM. (I am assuming a full wipe for step 5 and 6 to get my apps back)
1. Backup using Titanium backup (batch/Run - Backup all user apps+system data)
2. Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore (found in market)
3. Backup SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore (found in market)
4. Flash ROM
5. Restore using Titanium backup (batch/RUN - Restore missing apps with data) (I am having trouble with Amazon apps and getting back data so YMMV)
6. Restore using Titanium backup (Backup/Restore - Filter (apps) - restore all apps with data)
7. Restore call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore
8. Restore SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore
Good Luck!
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1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
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1. Basically all the contact info.
2. Ok, makes sense that I lost the new texts. But what about contact info? Some friends were missing, but that was fixed when I synced with facebook so I guess it's ok. Just want to make sure I don't lose contacts when I flash again. I'll try some of everyone's suggestions though.
3. Well, oddly enough, now it sort of works. However, when I go into the HTC wallpapers I can't actually see them on the screen- I have to click the "preview" button to see them. When I click preview, sometimes a new background comes up in which case I can hit apply and it works no problem. Other times I click preview and there is a black background. I hit apply and get a message "Warning. Phone storage is full."
edit: even now, I go into my gmail contacts on my computer and can't find some of my friends' information. I am syncing contacts too.
Lately I had been having a problem with my contacts and messages, that I've seen mentioned on here a few times and I seem to have fixed it on my phone. Btw, I am stock, rooted, TWRP, S-ON. The symptoms I was having were:
20-30 seconds to open text messages
entering names to call/text/email would not auto complete
my "people you may know" screen would come up blank
my "linked contacts" screen would come up blank
I tried clearing cache and data on all the contacts storage apps, and wiping cache and dalvik cache, removing my google account and unsyncing facebook account, then wiping all contacts and resyncing them. None of these helped.
Thinking that possibly there was some kind of corruption in the contact database or app, or that I possibly caused something when I restored texts or contacts with Ti Backup at some point, what I did was create a new Ti Backup of Contacts Storage, and a Nandroid just to be safe, then I used Ti's Extract from Nandroid Backup feature to restore Contacts Storage (app + data) from the very first Nandroid Backup I made after I installed TWRP. I had to relink some contacts but everything seems to be working just fine now. From what I can tell, the app version on Contacts Storage hasn't changed, so I think it's a database or config problem.
Hope this helps someone, or leads someone to find the root cause and fix for those who may not have a good backup to go to. Good luck.
I'll need to try that
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I backed up the app in TB, wiped the apps data in TB and then restored the apps data again in TB. It helped with the contacts but the messages were slow to load on a few of the threads.
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When I had my iPhone, I can do iTunes backup to my Mac and when I have a new iPhone, I can do restore of the apps and data from the previous iPhone. It restore everything, including apps, the apps data, email configuration, etc.
For Android, there is "Backup My Data" under Settings --> Accounts. Does this do the same thing as the above?
For example, I tried to do this:
1). Check "Backup My Data"
2). Associate this with one of my Gmail account
3). Get a new Android phone and... I don't see "Restore" in the same Settings.
I DO see the settings to Backup My Data in the new Android phone, but I am afraid if I checked this, it will overwrite the data in Google's server
I am trying to figure out if Backup My Data can re-download all the apps installed in the older device, including the apps data. I don't care about email or contacts, since those are synced to my Gmail accounts.
lanwarrior said:
When I had my iPhone, I can do iTunes backup to my Mac and when I have a new iPhone, I can do restore of the apps and data from the previous iPhone. It restore everything, including apps, the apps data, email configuration, etc.
For Android, there is "Backup My Data" under Settings --> Accounts. Does this do the same thing as the above?
For example, I tried to do this:
1). Check "Backup My Data"
2). Associate this with one of my Gmail account
3). Get a new Android phone and... I don't see "Restore" in the same Settings.
I DO see the settings to Backup My Data in the new Android phone, but I am afraid if I checked this, it will overwrite the data in Google's server
I am trying to figure out if Backup My Data can re-download all the apps installed in the older device, including the apps data. I don't care about email or contacts, since those are synced to my Gmail accounts.
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Backup and restore works by backing up which apps you've installed, contacts, etc and, when you get a new phone, it will restore these items back. During a new phone booting on, fresh ROM, the setup allows the user to restore from Google account that you backed up to it. IT happens also when you flash new ROMs as well during setup. The backup function allows, before getting a new phone to backup and then restore in new phone during setup. The apps however will need to be reset to custom settings because the phone will redownload them from play store yet will not have any of the settings you previously did.
RevelationOmega said:
The apps however will need to be reset to custom settings because the phone will redownload them from play store yet will not have any of the settings you previously did.
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Ah, that's key. That means I have to redo ALL the settings in each app again. I was hoping Google backup will restore individual app settings AND data, as described in my 1st post. In Settings --> Accounts --> Google account, I have the "Sync App Data" checked, but I guess it's not doing anything to backup app settings and data.
OK, I guess I have to use Titanium Backup or Helium instead. With Helium, once I installed an app (whether it's Playstore or Amazon's Appstore), I can restore the data and it works exactly as it was in the old device.
lanwarrior said:
Ah, that's key. That means I have to redo ALL the settings in each app again. I was hoping Google backup will restore individual app settings AND data, as described in my 1st post. In Settings --> Accounts --> Google account, I have the "Sync App Data" checked, but I guess it's not doing anything to backup app settings and data.
OK, I guess I have to use Titanium Backup or Helium instead. With Helium, once I installed an app (whether it's Playstore or Amazon's Appstore), I can restore the data and it works exactly as it was in the old device.
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Yes, a custom backup (ie Titanium or Helium) backup your data from the apps. Google just contacts, etc for minimal restore from one device to next. One of those or related should work because they make an extractable file you can drag/drop from one phone to the next and be able to restore very well. Helium may be the better way to go. Ran into problems recently with Titanium since 4.4 but may be fixed by now.
does anyone else have the problem when installing a new ROM that Google doesn't restore the apps? I have had this problem nearly every time I have installed a new ROM, and eventually have to end up restoring (which is a total PITA.) I often wonder if I am missing something, as this drives me completely nucking futs.