Ok, so I'm new to the Evo and I rooted my phone. I still don't know all about all the terms. My problem is is that I flashed CyanogenMod with Rom Manager and I had a boot loop. I looked online and I saw that a full wipe would do the trick. So I did a full wipe and yay! It works! Except... no data. No contacts no nothing. No preferences. I have already reflashed the ROM and it still does nothing. How do I get my data back? HELP!!
Did you do a backup
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Did you do a backup
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Thanks for replying so fast, I hate this anti-spam thing
Yes, I did. But I'm afraid If i restore it I'll lose the mod.
Stupid question but I've never done ROM MANAGER but does it do gapps separetely? Like are you missing the key Google function
Edit; think I read that wrong. Restore, start anew. No access to a pc?
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What Google Functions?
like voice search or something?
Yeah sorry about that, totally got the wrong impression from the posts.
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Yeah sorry about that, totally got the wrong impression from the posts.
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woah woah wait, so what do I do?
Sorry, you mean data like connection? Guess I thought you meant data like ... gapps.
You have the market and such, right?
Not sure how you'd lose data "data" so I just assumed ... like I said, never used ROM Manager so not familiar. You mean cell data, right?
Edit: and restoring is safe and easy .. for situations just lime this. You don't really "lose" the mod ... you just revert back and then reflash the Rom / mod as normal.
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conqu1stador said:
Sorry, you mean data like connection? Guess I thought you meant data like ... gapps.
You have the market and such, right?
Not sure how you'd lose data "data" so I just assumed ... like I said, never used ROM Manager so not familiar. You mean cell data, right?
Edit: and restoring is safe and easy .. for situations just lime this. You don't really "lose" the mod ... you just revert back and then reflash the Rom / mod as normal.
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Like I said, contacts and no market, no voice search, none of my user preferences before I flashed the ROM.
Well, I'm drunk , but sounds lime gapps. Gapps are NOT included with aosp ROMS which is what ya got. Look in ROM Manager ... Google apps listed? Sounds like the case.
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Then you'd go through and do it again, redownload apps with titanium backup or such, restore contacts with Google sync .... etc. Like i said,never used, but can't see how it'd be included in rom manager if not elsewhere so there must be an option ... ill link gapps in seconds.....
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Sorry, can you please explain what you're saying? I don't get any of these terms.
Ok, for whatever reason you want to flash CM6, which is here;
http://goo-inside.me/cm/supersonic/
Then, you'd want to "optionally" install the "gapps" (Google proprietary applications) which include Gmail, Talk, Market etc etc etc etc etc all the jazz you need.
Sounds like you don't have the "gapps" as they call em, here;
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
Like I said, I have NEVER used ROM Manager to download ROMs ... I get em at the computer and transfer them.
Thus, if you could this; you'd download both "latest" CM6 and GApps and flash them both. AFTER you wipe, AND AFTER YOU HAVE MADE A BACKUP.
That sounds like the issue.
Once again, not sure how this is handled with ROM Manager ... gotta figure they have it set up for easy use.
edit: honestly hope that helps, I"m drunk ... but gapps 11/14 is golden.
You should be good.
I know this **** can be sort of "intimidating." Depending on how you want to use the word. It's not the end of the world, that's why backups are SERIOUSLY AND HONESTLY IMPORTANT.
Thanks, but I still don't get it. ARGH! Only if they had TeamViewer on Android lol.
Which gapp should I use
Ok, I mean, this will be a waste of a post ... but have you NEVER seen some sort of GOOGLE APPS listed in ROM Mangager?
ROM Manager is NOT necessary ...
If you have a computer, download these files and place them on the "ROOT" of the SD Card ... That's the BASE of the SD CARD - NO FOLDERS.
Can you do this?
If you used Titanium Backup before switching to CyanogenMod, you could have copied over your user-installed (downloaded) apps, preferences, etc. However, you didn't, so you're S.O.L. Your only choice now is to download the gapps package, flash it from recovery, and then you'll have the Market and other proprietary Google applications. Then you can start reinstalling your apps manually, and changing all your settings.
Trust me, Titanium Backup Pro is worth every penny.
Shoot for 11/14 (of 2010 - obviously ) for the gapps.
If you can download them with your phone and bump to your SD card .... that's good too.
Don't make it harder than it has to be! hah and here I am, drunk, saying that ... we can do this, we can get this done in 5 minutes.
Basically, SENSE based ROMs have all the jazz included ... AOSP (Android Open Source Project) comes with GApps separate ... legal ****. It's simple. You wipe and flash as normal, and after flashing the ROM (CM6 - .1.1 or .1.2) you then flash the "Google Apps." You NEED the Google Apps ... that's the icing on the cake. Without that .... I mean, dunno how else to say it, but you need it.
Ok, so instead of installing all the apps and stuff, should I just restore my backup and then buy Titanium Backup pro?
Wait, actually, i have a backup of my phone BEFORE I downloaded CyanogenMod
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If you used Titanium Backup before switching to CyanogenMod, you could have copied over your user-installed (downloaded) apps, preferences, etc. However, you didn't, so you're S.O.L. Your only choice now is to download the gapps package, flash it from recovery, and then you'll have the Market and other proprietary Google applications. Then you can start reinstalling your apps manually, and changing all your settings.
Trust me, Titanium Backup Pro is worth every penny.
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This is what they say. Word of warning. Backing up user data can be "troublesome." But apps themselves and such, yes - this!
It's not "necessary," but something you might be interested in.
BUT SHOULD I RESTORE MY OLD ONE? WILL IT BE EASIER
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Ok so I rooted my phone full unlock.
So I get titanium backup (running ROM baked the latest 9.6 i think?)
Install it it says it does not see root? or busy box? it says it cannot acquire root privileges.
So I dl busy box install it and it still says it does not see root?
Am I dumb why wont this work?
Also all my contacts should be synced to my gmail right?
I tried to resync to get my contacts back and I have no contacts lol so what did I do wrong?
Thanks
What root method did you use?
The idiot proof guide.
Toasts I think it was.
Can you boot into recovery? power off phone then hold the vol down and power button. Select recovery and hit the power button. It should give you a list of options one being install zip from sd card
Yeah I can install from sdcard
Im running Baked ROM 9.6
I downloaded the titanium backup from the market though.
Is that how I am supposed to install it?
I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue
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I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue
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Ok thanks
You know anything about the contacts?
Also to do a full wipe do I just go to rom manager restore my old one (the one I saved before flashing this rom) then wipe the cache and user data then flash the baked rom again?
Sorry still learning thanks for the help btw
I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results
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I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results
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Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today
JustHereTryingtoLearn said:
Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today
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Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.
BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?
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Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.
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O I tried that with my last phone and I was told to flash the baked rom with ROM Manager from marketplace but Ill try that!! It cant mess anything up right?
huoter said:
BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?
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Thanks to both of you. First this is my 2nd rooting, my first phone messed up so I know some but not much.
Anyway Im having trouble with titanium backup yes.
Also no I think my contacts are gone I *thought* I synced them through my google. I clicked sync in the accounts and stuff for my contacts but when I try to import them it says they are not there lol.
If they are its not that big of a deal lol
Yes baked snack is a good ROM I didn't mean to imply that it wasnt. Sorry if it did. I have used it myself.
The reason I said try another ROM is strictly for troubleshooting.
You can log into you gmail account to check to see if your contacts are there. If they are we need to figure out why they are not syncing. If they are not then that's why they are not syncing. I hope that helps
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no contacts in Gmail UGH
o well got titanium backup working!
Just checking, go to contacts hit menu and click view. make sure google is checked. it probably is but just making sure.
sign into gmail and click contacts. do you see your contacts there? you may have saved them to phone without even knowing it. you can set it to default save contacts to google instead of phone.
if your contacts are in gmail contacts and still wont sync with the phone, disable google sync for everything and make it sync with exchange activesync, it should be able to sync your contacts that way then.
Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(
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Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(
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That's why your contacts won't sync unfortunately. I'm not aware of a way to restore those. Hopefully you didn't have too many.
I'm glad you got titanium backup running but would you mind if I asked how that way if someone else has that problem they know how you fixed it?
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Yeah I did a complete wipe and just flashed the rom again I did it in rom manager though
when say going from stock 2.2 to cm 6.1.1? What id like is to say, take a list of my currently installed apps on the froyo, or from a backup, and make a list of them to be installed, with the accounts and what not set up. or, mount a backup so i can look at the apps i have installed and their passwords.
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Titanium Backup
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You can use titanium to install apps from other android versions? Because with the backup that comes with cwm, i tried restoring just the data after going to cm 6.1.1 and i got a weird little half brick device until i manually booted into recovery and reinstalled the rooted stock back up i made. now i wanna go back to cm 6.1.1 but i dont feel like writing a bunch of stuff down.
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You can use titanium to install apps from other android versions? Because with the backup that comes with cwm, i tried restoring just the data after going to cm 6.1.1 and i got a weird little half brick device until i manually booted into recovery and reinstalled the rooted stock back up i made. now i wanna go back to cm 6.1.1 but i dont feel like writing a bunch of stuff down.
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Works for me when I say restore back a 6.1.1 after running some 2.3. Usually I'm restoring (apps + data) stuff like setCPU_donate and other 3rd party apps and settings. Couldn't hurt but I'll tell you, messing with restoring anything other than a full rom backup in CWM makes me a bit nervous. Luckily there are alot of things to do what you're asking.
Yeah it made me nervous too after i did it. I didnt figure that user data itself would cause a perma brick though. But i was almost completely sure it wouldnt work at the time. And now i am completely sure. Yeah i downloaded titanium back up, and i backed up the apps i wanted to save the account info for, so we'll see what happens after cm gets done doin its thing.
Yes, Titanium Backup will backup not only the app, but also the user data as well - which is *way* handy.
It'll also backup system apps, so you do need to kinda watch what you're restoring (the free version of Titanium Backup makes you manually confirm every single app you restore, so it's a bit harder to screw up). It's a pretty sweet app, highly recommended.
Installing/restoring between versions is no problem.
yeah, it is pretty handy. Except when it came to swype.
Quick Q for Titanium. When I do a batch operation, it still asks me if I want to install the apk and then another if i want to open it or hit done. Is there a way to bypass those screens?
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Quick Q for Titanium. When I do a batch operation, it still asks me if I want to install the apk and then another if i want to open it or hit done. Is there a way to bypass those screens?
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Only if you buy the Pro version or whatever. It's not too expensive. I actually kinda like those screens, as it gives me a double-check so I don't install something I didn't want to.
Hello All,
Background info:
Cyanogenmod 7 , Nightly #17, 1/27/11 is what I currently have
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Tried this on Build #18 and #20.
Basically after I install the 18 or 20 I get no errors. I then go to Titanium Back up and restore my apps. (Only apps , no system data )
Is anyone else having this issue or is this all on my end and if so i'll be investigating further.
THanks!
Kyle
EDIT: I Have forgot to mention that yes I did do a Back Up before i installed it. I have done this everyday but until 18 and 20 this is arose >.<
Well I'm not sure if you did, because you didn't specify, but did back up the data as well? Because there is a backup all apps and a backup all apps with data option, the second is about 6 boxes down from the first option. That seems to be the problem. I hope this helps any...
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Well I'm not sure if you did, because you didn't specify, but did back up the data as well? Because there is a backup all apps and a backup all apps with data option, the second is about 6 boxes down from the first option. That seems to be the problem. I hope this helps any...
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Haha yea I did, i do a backup every night b4 install the new build. But not i cant seem to keep that data.... Ill edit my OP for saying that i did do a back up orignally
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Haha yea I did, i do a backup every night b4 install the new build. But not i cant seem to keep that data.... Ill edit my OP for saying that i did do a back up orignally
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Well I'm saying on the titanium backup, make sure to check the 4th option to back system data and apps. You can always check you SD card to make sure its there. I do the same and able to keep my data, also when you flash a build you don't have to wipe the data and cache, because it just updates since its technically an update.
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Well I'm saying on the titanium backup, make sure to check the 4th option to back system data and apps. You can always check you SD card to make sure its there.
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yup i did that, been doing the same thing since i used lithid kanged builds, now i suddenly cant use that data?
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yup i did that, been doing the same thing since i used lithid kanged builds, now i suddenly cant use that data?
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And when you restore, you run the backup and restore all apps and data? And what data is missing, like the adw launcher settings, ect?
among other things like my twitter login and facebook and my vlc ****, though my ADW ex is still there which seems odd
i also cant open my market :/
additionally i get a error saying Google talk authentication failed...
Swype wont restore itself anymore, some apps like FB did restore the data this time, VLC did not, twitter didnt, my market is borked.
Not complaining, just seeing if anyone else has had issues?
Well wow, I don't know what to say. I would say try to re-flash your google gaps, and flash the newest set. I had some issues with older versions. I will keep trying to look into it.
link to google apps: http://www.mediafire.com/?qgt15ftd3gdby6v
yup i flashed what was in the clockwork mod file just now, 1/15/11, ill use this set to see what happens. It seems like my phone isnt linking to google since my icons are grayed out instead of color in the notifications bar
Yea, it doesn't seem like it is linking. But let me know what happens.
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Yea, it doesn't seem like it is linking. But let me know what happens.
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kk, installing now, ill let you know ^_^
no good, "Google Talk Authentication failed" App market closes on opening, my power widgets i notcied reset to stock CM7
This is all bad but i CANT complain
ima revert back to my old build i think for #17 i did a back up of it just in case 20 didnt work
That really sucks man. I know it isn't the google apps because I'm using the same package. The last thing I can think of [that worked for me] is try to go back to build 20, use titanium backup to restore your apps, JUST the apps, no data, restore. It should work. Then backup all your apps and data and backup your rom.
Ok I have a lot of backups stored in TI, but I am wanting to re flash my ROM and wipe data ect..
My question is can I somehow make a backup of just the apps that are installed on my phone right now, so when I start to put the apps back I can flash all the apps I have now instead of going and unchecking all the apps I don't want installed right now?
I hope that makes sence, I'm not good at expressing what's in my brain onto txt...
Thx for help.
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Would be good if there was a question lol
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There is a question..
And the answer is yes, select batch back up and only select the files you want to install, instead of just selecting all.
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I know how to do that. But I have a lot of apps that are backed up but not installed so it would take a while.
I just want to know if there is a quicker way.
I guess I could ask like this;
Is there a way to backup all current installed apps, then flash a new ROM or wipe data, and then re-install just the apps that u just then backed up? Completly ignoring all other backups of apps that are stored there.
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I know how to do that. But I have a lot of apps that are backed up but not installed so it would take a while.
I just want to know if there is a quicker way.
I guess I could ask like this;
Is there a way to backup all current installed apps, then flash a new ROM or wipe data, and then re-install just the apps that u just then backed up? Completly ignoring all other backups of apps that are stored there.
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Yes, you can backup the current apps installed. There's an APP in the market called App Backup & Restore. This backs up all apps in your phone (giving you the option to check/uncheck which ones you dont want) and allows you to restore those apps with ease.
Check it out...I hope this is what you're looking for!
You could also back them up with a nandroid and do an advanced restore data and get all your current apps back.
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You could also back them up with a nandroid and do an advanced restore data and get all your current apps back.
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You and I seem to think alike kenny, but you're always a bit ahead of me! I was thinking this same thing, or the other option, still in TB, would be to batch restore and then click the box "deselect all" so then you only have to go through and check the ones you want instead of unchecking the ones you don't. I think this was mentioned before as well.
I was wondering if you could provide a bit more info on the advanced restore data. I know it's an option available in CWM, but I'm wondering if there are situations where it wouldn't work as well as using some backup app. I think I read that if you were switching versions, like Froyo to Gingerbread, it probably wouldn't work well. But I've got the nandroid backup from EI22, just after I rooted and applied the GPS fix and silent camera mod, and I think the custom ROMs I've seen lately are all based on that, so would it work OK? The advanced restore of data seems like it would be a bit easier (or at least simpler) than using an app, but I don't know too much about how it works. Any clarifications about this would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I was wondering if you could provide a bit more info on the advanced restore data. I know it's an option available in CWM, but I'm wondering if there are situations where it wouldn't work as well as using some backup app. I think I read that if you were switching versions, like Froyo to Gingerbread, it probably wouldn't work well. But I've got the nandroid backup from EI22, just after I rooted and applied the GPS fix and silent camera mod, and I think the custom ROMs I've seen lately are all based on that, so would it work OK? The advanced restore of data seems like it would be a bit easier (or at least simpler) than using an app, but I don't know too much about how it works. Any clarifications about this would be appreciated. Thanks.
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It should work fine. It only restores 3rd party apps and data and the data folder of your phone. The other stuff should be in your phones system folder.
Well personally I would just do a clockwork backup like the previous guys said, and then advanced restore my data onto the new rom. I've been doing this with Rom installs for 2 years and it's always worked pretty well.
Anyways, if you really wanted to use TB that bad to do it, I would go into your SD card folder, copy the TB folder onto the computer (All your old backups you don't want to get rid of would be in here) Delete the TB Folder on your SD card, then re-run TB again. Do a batch backup of all your apps (that you have currently installed). If you ever want any of the old backups of apps you don't currently use, they'll always be on the computer.
Make a new label & add all the apps you have installed right now & and that you want to restore on your new rom. Then when your new rom setup is ready to restore apps just filter that label you made & bach restore
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Anyways, if you really wanted to use TB that bad to do it, I would go into your SD card folder, copy the TB folder onto the computer (All your old backups you don't want to get rid of would be in here) Delete the TB Folder on your SD card, then re-run TB again. Do a batch backup of all your apps (that you have currently installed). If you ever want any of the old backups of apps you don't currently use, they'll always be on the computer.
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Heh, exactly what I was getting ready to recommend, as this is a very easy way to do exactly what he wants
Thanks for saving me from having to type it out
This seems kinda dumb because everytime I flashed a new ROM before, I actually couldn't avoid the process. However now I can't get it at all.
So as we know, when you flash a new rom after wiping data or whatever, go through setup and whatnot, your phone then starts downloading the massive amounts of apps you had previously had installed. Lots of people hate it and want to avoid it, however I flash new stuff a lot and wipe data a lot. Ever since I got my GNexus, I can't get it to auto download the plethra of previously installed apps. It sucks, going through and downloading 50 different apps manually everytime I want to wipe data.
Any suggestions why it isn't detecting a new setup or whatever?
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This seems kinda dumb because everytime I flashed a new ROM before, I actually couldn't avoid the process. However now I can't get it at all.
So as we know, when you flash a new rom after wiping data or whatever, go through setup and whatnot, your phone then starts downloading the massive amounts of apps you had previously had installed. Lots of people hate it and want to avoid it, however I flash new stuff a lot and wipe data a lot. Ever since I got my GNexus, I can't get it to auto download the plethra of previously installed apps. It sucks, going through and downloading 50 different apps manually everytime I want to wipe data.
Any suggestions why it isn't detecting a new setup or whatever?
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I think it depends on the rom you are using. I didn't have it with Manhattans rom for example but everytime I wipe and install the AOKP rom which I use all the time it works fine.
I think it has something to do with whether or not the dev of the rom has included Google auto restore process. I could be wrong though. What I used to do was use app manager to back up or titanium beforehand although I do think the auto restore is a lot easier.
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I think it depends on the rom you are using. I didn't have it with Manhattans rom for example but everytime I wipe and install the AOKP rom which I use all the time it works fine.
I think it has something to do with whether or not the dev of the rom has included Google auto restore process. I could be wrong though. What I used to do was use app manager to back up or titanium beforehand although I do think the auto restore is a lot easier.
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From what you say, maybe more the GApps package I'm installing? I would think that would be part of it. Its just weird. Does this on both CM9 Kang and GummyNex, granted both use same gapps package (kejar31)
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A possible work around would be to use TiBU and select just the apps you want back, +/- their data.
(auto restore works on bigxsie's rom but I stop it and use TiBU because it's faster out here in rural Aus)