I have another problem. I factory reset my phone including the titanium backup so i cant restore my apps data. I made a image backup using my phone explorer software i was able to restore but my app data is still seemingly missing. what am i doing wrong? using s3 sgh-i747. i NEED MY APP DATA and have it on my pc
App data from data/data/ needs root to be restored but some apps will disagree with the data being restored so expect force close etc.
App data from /data/emulated/0/android/data can be replaced usually without issues but some apps use signed save data so again, some apps may disagree.
You can copy them directly from a root enabled file explorer if you can extract the data from the backup.
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shivadow said:
App data from data/data/ needs root to be restored but some apps will disagree with the data being restored so expect force close etc.
App data from /data/emulated/0/android/data can be replaced usually without issues but some apps use signed save data so again, some apps may disagree.
You can copy them directly from a root enabled file explorer if you can extract the data from the backup.
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so i am to copy folders that are on my pc? and paste them to those folders?
For the 0/android/data/ yes. For the data/data/ copy all of the app folders like com.*gamename.* into the data/data folder. Do not replace the data folder itself as the permissions will change affecting the subtree..
DO NOT RESTORE DATA FOR SYSTEM APPS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME IS BOOTLOOP!. Sorry for the caps lock but it is intentional to get the message across how serious I am. System apps must restore their data from the cloud or they won't see it. Encryption is a bugger (app data is encrypted for most system apps).
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I've been messing with my ATT SGS2 for a few months. I'd like to start from scratch now that I know which Rom I'm going to want to keep. I unrooted my phone and set it back to stock. However, I still have all the downloaded files, pictures, etc in the /sdcard folder. If I want to keep my apps only, can I delete EVERYTHING in the /sdcard folder(except for titanium backup folder) or are there some system files in the /sdcard folder that should not be deleted?
Some apps store their data in there, but usually re-create them on next boot of the app. It would be safe to say that you can delete most of the things, but I would manually delete them by mounting it as a mass storage on your computer and delete through that interface.
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I've been messing with my ATT SGS2 for a few months. I'd like to start from scratch now that I know which Rom I'm going to want to keep. I unrooted my phone and set it back to stock. However, I still have all the downloaded files, pictures, etc in the /sdcard folder. If I want to keep my apps only, can I delete EVERYTHING in the /sdcard folder(except for titanium backup folder) or are there some system files in the /sdcard folder that should not be deleted?
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You can delete the /sdcard contents if you want.
Any stock apps, files or folders will be automatically re-created when you
flash the stock rom. If you want to save your market apps, then just do a
backup using titanium full backup first.
Good Luck!
WARNING: Only use the following instructions if you at sure you want to reset your phone back completely to out of the box conditions and you have everything important to you backed up in a separate location from your phone.
If you would like to start from scratch you can enter the following number into the dialer
*2767*3855#
This will reset your phone to stock out of the box conditions, including wiping resting the internal sdcard.
Edit: FYI, the only thing that I know this dialer code will not reset to stock is the download mode binary counter - to reset that requires a usb download mode jig.
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Yo If you want to save your market apps, then just do a
backup using titanium full backup first.
Good Luck!
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Do a little more reading on how to use TiBU before you rely on this advice. One major caveat is that you never restore system data with TiBU, especially when going to a different ROM from the one you did the backup on. All kinds of bad things will happen if you do. The same can be said when switching phones. Some of my apps that I restored from my Captivate did not work properly on my SGSII. I had to reinstall them from the Market and then restore their data separately. Luckily I did not lose my Angry Birds progress.
Thanks, all! I am currently using unnamed and will be going back to it after this. Just want to wipe everything and start fresh.
I plan to wipe everything and reinstall some apps that I had. In order to reinstall the app data, all I need to do is save the Titanium Backup folder to my computer and then move it back over after the wipe and Rom install, correct?
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Orionsax7 said:
Thanks, all! I am currently using unnamed and will be going back to it after this. Just want to wipe everything and start fresh.
I plan to wipe everything and reinstall some apps that I had. In order to reinstall the app data, all I need to do is save the Titanium Backup folder to my computer and then move it back over after the wipe and Rom install, correct?
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If you have an external sdcard you can move or copy the titanium backup
there too. As long as you do not manually specify formatting the external
sdcard the titanium backup folder will remain fully intact.
Just remember when you do a titanium restore to only use the
"Restore Missing Apps with Data" option only.
Stay away from the option to restore "Missing Apps+All System Data".
Good Luck!
Gotcha! Thanks again!
I just go into settings>privacy and do the factory reset there.
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I want to fotmat/wipe my phone to like t's first day But first I want to backup my contacts-sms-photos-videos-music-voice recordings-apps(and datas they have) on my computer to restore them later...
So how can i backup them completely on my computer and format my phone to it's empty days?
Kamigiri said:
I want to fotmat/wipe my phone to like t's first day But first I want to backup my contacts-sms-photos-videos-music-voice recordings-apps(and datas they have) on my computer to restore them later...
So how can i backup them completely on my computer and format my phone to it's empty days?
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Based upon original phone firmware .
Kies contacts vids photos etc copy and paste to PC .
Format sd card via USB mass storage
Boot to recovery mode Factory reset and wipe .
jje
Additionally, app data can only be backed up (and by extension, restored) if you have root. I use Titanium Backup.
I have checkrom v6 and can titanium have backups on computer?
Save your Titanium backups to your internal or external SD cards, then hook your phone up to your PC via USB, transfer the backups to your PC. When you've formatted/wiped/reset your phone, transfer your Titanium backup back to your internal/external sd card. Restore. Done.
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I have checkrom v6 and can titanium have backups on computer?
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ok i can use that one apps and data but what about other stuff
Kamigiri said:
I have checkrom v6 and can titanium have backups on computer?
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Once you back up your app with titanium, the backed up data will be in /sdcard/TitaniumBackup on your phone. It's a good idea to copy this entire folder to your computer for safekeeping.
Then when you wipe your phone, this folder SHOULD still exist. Once you re-root (by reinstalling CheckROM, or rooting via other means), you can just restore your app data normally if the folder is still there. Otherwise, copy the folder back from your computer to the same location on your phone. (/sdcard/TitaniumBackup) Then restore using Titanium.
I've encountered issues when restoring App + Data through Titanium though. I find best results by re-installing the app fresh from the market, then restoring data ONLY.
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ok i can use that one apps and data but what about other stuff
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SMS can be done through Titanium as well. I believe the entry is called [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.x.x, where 2.x.x is whatever Android version you are currently on.
Alternatively, there are a number of apps on the market that can back up your SMS and MMS to your Gmail account. As of now though, they can only restore SMS, and not MMS. I use SMS Backup +.
As for the other stuff, contacts should be automatically synced to your Google account. Check to make sure though. Settings > Accounts and sync, check your Google account. Make sure "Sync Contacts" is checked. When you re-enter your Google account settings after a factory reset, it should pull your Google contacts down to the phone automatically.
For everything else, see JJEgan's post above.
ctomgee said:
Once you back up your app with titanium, the backed up data will be in /sdcard/TitaniumBackup on your phone. It's a good idea to copy this entire folder to your computer for safekeeping.
Then when you wipe your phone, this folder SHOULD still exist. Once you re-root (by reinstalling CheckROM, or rooting via other means), you can just restore your app data normally if the folder is still there. Otherwise, copy the folder back from your computer to the same location on your phone. (/sdcard/TitaniumBackup) Then restore using Titanium.
I've encountered issues when restoring App + Data through Titanium though. I find best results by re-installing the app fresh from the market, then restoring data ONLY.
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Thanks, really; But the thing is i want to completely wipe my phone like it's first day then i want too root it and install my old apps and my photos contacts etc...
Kamigiri said:
Thanks, really; But the thing is i want to completely wipe my phone like it's first day then i want too root it and install my old apps and my photos contacts etc...
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Then copy the TitainumBackup folder to your computer, wipe, then copy it back. This is pretty clear. MistahBungle even gave that suggestion above in post 5.
Kamigiri said:
Thanks, really; But the thing is i want to completely wipe my phone like it's first day then i want too root it and install my old apps and my photos contacts etc...
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If you have the original firmware then i have given the instructions .
If not find your original firmware and flash that .
Root the phone install Titanium and restore .Copy and paste photos etc back .
jje
done!... Thanks for everything everyone ^^
Hi All,
Quick question - on my current HOX I've saved all my apps plus user settings. I copied the Titanium Backup folder contents to my PC. Can I simply copy from my PC to my new HOX+ and then run Titanium restore? I assume I can't copy over user system settings but would like to keep all my app settings.
One more question - do I need to run AT&T setup to enable my phone?
Thanks!
when i moved my TB from the one v to the X+ it worked fine
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Hi All,
Quick question - on my current HOX I've saved all my apps plus user settings. I copied the Titanium Backup folder contents to my PC. Can I simply copy from my PC to my new HOX+ and then run Titanium restore? I assume I can't copy over user system settings but would like to keep all my app settings.
One more question - do I need to run AT&T setup to enable my phone?
Thanks!
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That's exactly what I did (HOX->PC->HOX+ Titanium Restore). However, I didn't restore the data. The major item that has user data is email, and I've never found that restores properly. So I just re-synched everything. I guess if you have game saves, then just restore the games with user data. I would be careful with any system type apps, in restoring the data, since you are also over-writing or duplicating the system app itself.
Your phone should run fine without running the AT&T setup (what exactly is that anyway? I don't seem to remember having that pop up on my phone...). And yes, as others have said, you should be pretty safe restoring apps and data except for system apps. If you really want to, I suppose you can try restoring just the data for system apps, and if you start to have problems you can Clear Data for the problematic apps.
I have recently found the way to have root on the secondary user in my N7, which means that now I can use TiBu with only one problem... when I restore the Data of an App, I think TiBu it's not sending it to data/user/10 (the data folder of the second user)...
Is there a way I can change it?
Hi,
I see in titanium backup you can select a batch backup or restore of user apps.
Can you restore using batch just user data obviously I do not want to do system data since that can cause problems.
Thanks,
Bryan
I know you select and restore user apps + data in batch and ignore system apps while restore.
Just user data not sure.
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vikraminside said:
I know you select and restore user apps + data in batch and ignore system apps while restore.
Just user data not sure.
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True..
When I install a rom upon reboot it will automatically install apps from market which is ok so then instead of going to each app and restoring data only would be nice to batch it.
Thanks,
Bryan
The general consensus is that restoring data can introduce problems but there are people who do it.
Personally, if I can keep data in Google I have it in Google. Otherwise I try to pick apps that have their own backup/sync routine. Rather than doing a wholesale restore of data, I'd be selective and restore data where I really need to. If you have problems you can uninstall the app and then reinstall the app asking from TiBu without data, or just install a new copy from the store.
And of course have a nandroid backup.
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ezas said:
The general consensus is that restoring data can introduce problems but there are people who do it.
Personally, if I can keep data in Google I have it in Google. Otherwise I try to pick apps that have their own backup/sync routine. Rather than doing a wholesale restore of data, I'd be selective and restore data where I really need to. If you have problems you can uninstall the app and then reinstall the app asking from TiBu without data, or just install a new copy from the store.
And of course have a nandroid backup.
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Hi,
I always thought the problem was restoring system data but not user data? I am only looking to batch install user data picking the apps I want and having it saved for future batch restores.
Thanks,
Bryan
I have one suggestion /data/data is where user data is being stored. You can multi select those directories using es file explorer compress as single zip file and restore it back by extracting at /data/data
I tested with an app manually it worked. Even permissions were retained.
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