Has anyone found an app that backs up and restores widgets for Launcher Pro Plus? I've tried SGS Tools but it doesn't seem to work. It says that the widgets and homescreen are back up. Unfortunately when I try to restore, the widgets do not reload. I'm running Mammon Bonsai4All v1.0.2, if that matters. I've searched other threads for info regarding this problem, but to no avail. Thanks in advance for the help.
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I'm running the stock deodexed 3.29 but want to try out some of the other ROMs out there.
I plan on doing a nand backup and a Titanium backup for my apps and app settings.
But, is there any way for me to save my homescreen settings and then apply them again once I've restored all my apps?
Titanium should backup all your icons and widgets as part of the launcher data. What launcher are you using?
Note that normal widgets can't be restored properly. They will show up in the right place, but it will be an error message instead of the actual widget, and you will have to remove and re-add them. I believe this is an Android limitation. The special LauncherPro widgets don't have this issue.
I'm just running stock Sense launcher, save for a couple Rosie/lockscreen mods.
It's just a pain in the butt to go back in and re-add all my quick contacts and icons. I swear I did a Titanium restore before when going from 3.26 to 3.29 deodexed, and it did not restore anything on my home screens (it went to full OEM stock homescreen setup). Not sure what I'm missing then.
It should be the [Desktop] HTC Sense option, IIRC. You might have to reboot after restoring to get it to show up.
Noxious Ninja said:
It should be the [Desktop] HTC Sense option, IIRC. You might have to reboot after restoring to get it to show up.
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Hmmm. It's currently backed up so I'm assuming it was last time I restored also. Well I'll give it a shot again and see what happens. Worst case, it takes me an extra few minutes to set things up.
It's a system app, so if you were just restoring user apps+data, it would've missed it. Other than that, I'm not sure. It's been a while since I used the stock Sense launcher and had to restore it.
Ok thanks.
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Hi guys,i've just ran into a problem, whenever i install a new app and try to add it's widget to the homescreen i cant find them!i installed and re-installed many apps n even wiped cache but still no new widgets added to the widget list
Can someone please help me?
Thanks in advance
Every app doesn't have a widget. Read from the market description if it's even supposed to have a widget and then report back.
Thanks for you're help Hawks556,in the market it does say it has several widgets,and to be specific its PlayerPro..and to explain more i had PowerAMP and i uninstalled it,after i discovered this this problem i re-installed back and also it didn't have the widgets although its used to..
I appreciate you're help
Allright, just had to make sure there aren't any confusions. Tried the PlayerPro app myself and I have no problems with thi widgets. What rom are you using?
I am using Android Revolution HD Beta4 (gingerbread) and i didn't have any problems so far..sorry to trouble you my friend
Have you tried wiping dalvik cache from recovery?
Yea i tried that but also no result
The apps aren't installed on the SDcard by any chance?
Man you are my hero!i just moved them to the phone and the widgets showed up!i was just about to do a full wipe and re-install everything!thank you very very much!but just so i know,why didn't they show when they were on the SD carf?
I'm not sure about the exact reason but I think it's just built like that. It takes a while for the phone to initialize the sd card when you boot (you can see the icon in the statusbar). This in turn would probably result in some errors when loading the widgets from the sdcard as it's not ready yet. I hope you can make some sense of this
P.S. you can always hit the thanks button
Man am really thankful for ur help,and be sure i will press that button as soon as am back to my laptop,am using xda app right now..
Again,thank you
Is there a way that when you change your rom, you keep your apps (using titanium backup) but it keeps your layout (how you organised your widgets/folders/apps on your home page) ?
Also how do i get my market to sync with my apps so that it checks for updates?
Yes, but you'll need to re-add the widgets.
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Yes, but you'll need to re-add the widgets.
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Does not answer my question... lol
The stuff stays on the homescreens if you backup data along with the app in TB.
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The stuff stays on the homescreens if you backup data along with the app in TB.
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So if i changed from wildpuzzke rom to jokerdroid for instance, ti would restire my home screen or the majority of it since i have to re add widgets ?
Thanks
I don't know if it works with HTC sence, but I'm 100% it works with Launcher PRO
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I don't know if it works with HTC sence, but I'm 100% it works with Launcher PRO
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I doubt it as LP probably has something similar to an xml file with all the locations for the apps and widgets.
Titanium Backup not needed AFAIK.
Launcher Pro and some other launchers will have the option to backup home screen + other settings to memory card. That backup should include layout of widgets afaik. But u need all the previous widgets installed before restoring. Although u can also backup LPP and its settings with titanium backup.
EDIT : And is there "homescreens" stuff to backup on titanium backup. All i found is only "homescreen tips" (on CM7) which are not homescreens actually. Im using free version and don't know about pro version.
Hey guys!
I know there are already many short Threads about this, but I didnt found any, matching to me.
Whats the Problem:
I want to backup my HomeScreen with all App & Widget Positions. Also I want to backup my AppDrawer-Menu (Folders, Icon Postions etc).
I found 3 Solutions, so far:
-Using another Launcher, that can nativly backup these data (not matching for me- I like Touchwizz)
-Using "MyBackup" (many issues reported. only homescreen backup. <-- not even that bugfree)
-Using "TitaniumBackup"
I prefer TitaniumBackup!
In some other Samsung-Thread here I found the solution to simply backup the "twlauncher" with TB. But i cant find that file in TB!!!
Plz, can anybody tell me how to backup my Homescreens and AppDrawer-Folders?
With GoBackup Pro you can save the touchwiz settings even widgets as long as you use the original tw and not a modded one.
I use it with no problems at all and works like a charm.
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Hey Buddy, thx for your hint! unfortunately it doesn't work in my case. a backupp in JB isn't possible. There is also no possibility to autoinstall the backed up apps. I have to confirm every installation.
I know that it can be difficult to restore the TW-settings from ICS to JB, but I thought that it would work anyhow in some way, even if its not 100% as ist was on ICS.
Maybe someone got another idea?
My method.
Nandroid backup ..
Flash your new rom .
Recovery advanced restore restore data only.
It works but you may have conflicts on older apps with new firmware but i have rarely had that happen .
jje
I know this seems like a really silly question, but I can't figure it out. I have tried Google but all I get (with any query i try) is old threads and utilities for backing up, not where the stock "backup/restore homescren" files are for our phones. help! I backed up my homescreen before a restore and the stock backup app homescreen restore didn't work, and I would just like to know where the OS keeps it. thanks!