What's the best way to backup your apps and rom as well as how the homescreen is set up. Usually I would just titanium backup my apps and make a nandroid.
You answered you own question, using TB
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haha thank you, I thought I might have done that. So, I assume you need the Pro version to do some sort of system image?
TI doesnt back up system images, it does backup of .apk's and sometimes their external data stored in /android and /data. I dont even remember what all the pro version lets you do, but i do know it lets you do batch restore jobs and thats a huge timesaver. you can back up your homescreen set up by finding the [DESKTOP] system app and backing it up, then restoring SYSTEM DATA ONLY. otherwise you might screw up your rom. the app is colored green
The problem I find with titanium backup is that there should be a flashable zip for it for new roms that don't gave it or a file managaer to install the apk.
Then when you flash a rom it says something about the phones old ID. At this point, do you always revert the ID back so that the apps are able to be restored. ? Or not ?
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typhoonikan said:
The problem I find with titanium backup is that there should be a flashable zip for it for new roms that don't gave it or a file managaer to install the apk.
Then when you flash a rom it says something about the phones old ID. At this point, do you always revert the ID back so that the apps are able to be restored. ? Or not ?
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You can create a flashable zip within the app itself. Hit the menu button at the top, then create zip, and change the name of the output zip to "titaniumbackup-xxx" and profit
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is it possible to have 2 nandroid backups? I want to have my original stock ROM saved and my current modaco one saved so I can flash the new 5.3 villain.
if so can anyone tell me the process?
thanks
lol the only limitation to the amount of nandroid backups is the size of your sdcard... and even if it is full you can move them to your pc.
ok thanks but how do I make sure when I back up using my recovery image I dint overwrite my old one? it doesn't give me an option to create a new one.
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have you looked at the backup? it is named by the options, the date and the time of the backup. so unless you create two backups at the exact same time (which you can't) or you manipulate your clock (which you won't) you won't be overwriting anything...
First off let me say if this is adressed in another thread or video, im sorry!
But my question is this: How does titanium backup work?
For example, if I run a full system recovery with TB and then flash the sbf file and then load gingerblur, can I then recover all of the settings and apps from titanium backup? If so, how might one go about doing that?
Another example would be, if I return my atrix for a new atrix for whatever reason, could I recover everything after that?
Thanks in advance for all your help guys!
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When you start tibu press menu then batch, then select "backup all user apps" (I think its first). Let it run. Then you can run SBC and Ginger blur then install tibu from the market, open it press menu, batch, then go about 1/2 down to "restore missing apps with data" and start it and when its done you have all apps with settings back.
A also highly recommend buying tibu premium as it makes most of this automated.
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Ok thanks for the reply! So titanium backup creates a recovery file on the phone that wont be erased and ill always be able to access it?
Also does it work if I get a new phone?
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Yes, that would be my question as that is where I am.
I have the directory on my sdcard-ext; I've copied it to the empty directory of the same name on the sdcard yet I can't seem to get at any of my old backups.
What did I miss in the process? Is there a way to make it LOOK at this saved data?
Well I don't know about not being erased; the program backs up the application and all of its data into a folder. You can do single applications or all of them.
If you are say, resetting the phone or doing a factory reset, this is essential if you want all of your applications back the way you had them.
I'm using two phones and when I got my second, I just installed TB on it and backed up the apps that I wanted transfered wwith data (mostly games and things that don't have cloud data) and copied them to the new phone to be restored.
I just bought the pro version that gives access to dropbox and other things but I haven't used any of the features yet.
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I believe TiBu's default location is in /sdcard/titaniumbackup (From root location). Now once you back up your apps all that information is stored in that "Titaniumbackup" folder. Now what you can do is copy that folder and where, even your computer and it's saved. You can even load that folder on a different phone and run TiBu on the phone and install the apps on that phone. Usually when you flash roms or even the SBF file it wont erase the internal SD card, at least I've never had an issue with my internal SD being erased in the last 2 years. Just take your titaniumbackup folder and put it on to you internal SD card and TiBu should recognize it no problem.
As far as how it saves it, I think it saves the .apk and it also saves another with the app settings.
Hope this helps clear some stuff up.
Ok cool, thank you very much for the help!
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Ok, I need your advice on this one cause I am a bit confused...
Ok lets say I am using a certain rom and have installed all the apps that I want. I have done a nandroid backup in case of something goes wrong.
Now, I want to flash another rom but want the apps that I already was using to installed in the new rom also. I know that I can backup with titanium but my concern is that when I will restore them will create duplicate folders or files on sd... is that going to happen or am I talking bull?
Can someone please suggest me a procedure to safely back up apps in order to use with another rom without messing up my sd folders or create duplicate files?
Also when I'll backup my apps do I have to back them up with their data also or not?
My apps are located on sd-ext and phone, none on SD so when I will restore them will they be placed where they were before?
It doesn't create duplicates.
You can use nandroid backup or titanium backup
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Shahrukh504 said:
You can use nandroid backup or titanium backup
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so after flashing new rom, can I use advanced restore to restore only data and sd-ext?
Can I restore a Nandroid from another rezound and It would flash my phone identically to there's. I just want to try my friends rom and I love how he has it set up and I thought it would be pretty easy to just flash/restore his nand
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Does any one know this answer?
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yes
Yes, you can. But it must be contained in a subfolder of nandroid, named HTXXXXXXXX
which is exclusive to your particular phone.
You can discover the name of that subfolder by doing a fake nandroid backup
of the phone you wish to restore to.
Then visualize the sdcard in windows explorer with phone "on" and remove the fake nandroid
backup you just made, replacing it with the preferred backup. Or do this connected to sdcard in recovery.
Either way, the good restore file must be on sdcard in nandroid/HTxxxxxx of new phone.
Then do a 'restore' in recovery and the old operating system is now on a second phone.
Go to Play Store and get updates and you're good to go.
and then, and then
Since it's your friend's setup, you'll need to get into Google Play Store
with your own account, and change other things to your name as well.
It will know all about your VZN account when you put in the sim.
It would be much simpler to flash the Rom and set it up yourself. The nandroid contains all the personnel info he has used on his phone before the nandroid. He (your friend) could fresh install the Rom then before setting anything up he doesn't want you to know do a nandroid.
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A popular function of the donate version of Titanium Backup is making a flash able zip to restore apps via recovery. I will be covering the steps to manage this successfully.
1.Open main menu of Titanium Backup and go to Special Features. There will be an option create update.zip. (This will only backup the apk of titanium Backup) Name it as TitaniumBackup xxxxxx and create zip.
2.Now open the batch section of Titanium Backup and locate the `Create update.zip from apps+data'. Proceed with the making of the zip.
3.If you have factory reseted or changed rom' then finish the setup of ROM and reboot into recovery. First flash the (TitaniumBackup xxxxxx) zip and reboot again.
4. Open titanium backup and grant supersu or superuser permissions. Reboot back into recovery.
5.Flash update.zip and let the process finish. It will reboot automatically and proceed to restore data. After the finish of this process reboot one last time if it asks you to.
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personally I still think backup is better instead make flashable zip, it took too long .................
I prefer batch restore too, purely because I like to check through the apps just to make sure apps that I don't want don't get restored
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I prefer batch restore too, purely because I like to check through the apps just to make sure apps that I don't want don't get restored
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You can do that while making the zip. And its faster then manually installing each app.
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Hassaan.W said:
You can do that while making the zip. And its faster then manually installing each app.
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Oh I batch restore! Pro version
way faster than batch.