[Q] Titanium back up, restoring contacts, people app not working.....HELP!!!!!>>>>>
Right a long day this has been, I have moved from one Leedroid rom to another today (a gingerbread one).
Did a titanium back up before I flashed and now cannot restore my contacts.
When I do by restoring those two green icons such as contacts/calls and the messages one then the people app does not work at all.
Little help on what I need to do would be much appreciated.
And unfortunately they are not backed up through google.
Ricz100 said:
Right a long day this has been, I have moved from one Leedroid rom to another today (a gingerbread one).
Did a titanium back up before I flashed and now cannot restore my contacts.
When I do by restoring those two green icons such as contacts/calls and the messages one then the people app does not work at all.
Little help on what I need to do would be much appreciated.
And unfortunately they are not backed up through google.
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Did you restore only data or app+data in titanium?
Make sure you restored app+data.
Been there, done that.
Didnt work, best solution me thinks is restore the Nandroid back up, export contacts to sd and do it all over again unless someone has a better solution.
Wont do it now because im drunk.
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So I've successfully updated my phone to Baked Snack v1.4.
My question is, I made a full Titanium Backup of user apps + data before hand. Can I just re-download titanium backup and run a batch restore to get all of my apps back? or will that overwrite data that has been put in by the new ROM?
Thanks!
I have done so coming from 1.25 so you will probably be alright. I know I was having all sorts of problems coming from Android 2.1 roms but since they are both 2.2 go for it
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If you run a batch to get all your apps back, it should be fine. There shouldn't be a problem with overwriting data I believe because it focuses only on the apps.
Saying this, I've jumped around ROMS and restoring my apps has never been a problem using Titanium. I think you'e safe.
On some 2.2 ROMs, using Titanium Backup with result in Force Closes on some of the apps. No idea why but it definitely happens.
This is the entire purpose of titanium backup's existence.
thanks for the info. I started playing around with TitaniumBackup, and found out that I could restore individual apps, so I did that instead, cleaning house while I went and not installing apps I never used.
Follow up question though, does Titanium Backup store saved WiFi information / Text Messages? and if so, does anyone know which app I would restore to get back said information?
I've seen on this forum somewhere a mod that allows you to send you SMS to your google account so the nextime you setup your google account on the the phone it will bring back your SMS messages, I don't know if it does wifi or no. Post found here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697147
I addicted to looking at and trying out new roms but its so annoying that i have to download everything back and all my text are wiped bla bla i think some people might understand.
anyway i can install new themes but when its done loading that all my apps and everything is still the way i left it?
thanks in advance
First of, download and install Titanium Backup or Titanium Backup Pro. With it, you can backup all of your apps and their data. After doing that, go into recovery and make a nandroid backup of your current set up. Doing so will put your device back like it was just in case you don't like the new rom, theme or whatever it is you plan to flash. Afterwards and while in recovery, wipe everything except the SD card then flash your new rom. None of your previous apps should be installed.
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^^^^what he said^^^^
you beat me to it, lol
Flattering us won't help.
And well to get your apps back, backup with titanium, restore apps and data, not system settings. And for you second question, it depends on what the app themes, you can always re-do the icon.
And jeeze, I'm the last one in the 7:08, 7:09, 7:10 time reply train.
Also, I just learned about backing up adw desktop settings ...restores all folder and apps where they were when you backed up. Super convienent...use after restoring from titanium backup.
ok so i just got to install titanium backup (which i have already but have never used it) and backup my apps and data as is (does this include my text messages? )
and the difference between titanium and Nandroid backup is the titanium backs up my apps and nan backup takes me back to my last backup was just incase the current rom i installed is not to my liking or faulty? right?
Correct me if im wrong, i can take it
tell you guys the truth i just care about my text's messages being erased. i don't mind installing the apps again.
Download and install SMS backup+ from the market, it's free. Once you set it up (easy) it will back up all your SMS and MMS to your Gmail account. When you load a new rom you can restore all your txts as well. You can set it to back up automatically or manually, your choice. To restore just start the app nd click restore, boom, all sms are loaded back up.
Thanks alot guys i really do appreciate it.
Complimentary BJ's to all
Mybackup pro will do that call logs text msgs and mms
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KB112 said:
Download and install SMS backup+ from the market, it's free. Once you set it up (easy) it will back up all your SMS and MMS to your Gmail account. When you load a new rom you can restore all your txts as well. You can set it to back up automatically or manually, your choice. To restore just start the app nd click restore, boom, all sms are loaded back up.
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i got a new rom and clicked restore and it restored "0"
and i did back it up all 139 texts.
Did you check your gmail account? It should show all your texts saved to a folder. If it didn't, then you never properly backed them up.
Once you install the new rom, be sure you signed back into your account in the backup app.
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Hey,
Today at my first time, I Installed ROM and Kernal and Radio and all this essential crap.
Before I started, I went to HTC Sync software on my PC, and backed up all my files, Calender, People and thou..
But I guess I didn't notice that the SMS messages are not included on the backup list.
So now with my new ROM, when I synced back the files from the HTC Sync, it only bringed me back the Calender, People.. but not the messages,
Witch is pretty important for me, I had alot of important SMSs which I wish to restore.
When I installed the ROM I went through all the steps on the guide including the Wipe thing that I understood it is something backup?
Also I used the google's sync all the time,
Is there any option to get my SMSs from there?
Thank you very much,
Yarden.
As far as I know HTC Sync and Google Sync no backup messages.
You should have previously backup you messages with (for example) Titanium Backup.
If you haven`t Nanodroid Backup previous rom - you can`t restore you messages.
I don't love you..
oh crap. stupid ROM..
and what about the applications?
I see that they also gone,
Can they be restored?
No, apps can`t restore.
Before flash everything, I advise do backup all with TB, nanodroid backup and then flash all that you need.
These actions will help you keep all the data and, if anything, to restore everything as it was.
Good luck.
mcjordan92 said:
I don't love you..
oh crap. stupid ROM..
and what about the applications?
I see that they also gone,
Can they be restored?
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If you downloaded them through the marketplace they'll automatically download and install when you sign in with your google account on your phone.
sromer, titanium backup does not wipe messages. To backup messages use sms backup+ which is free. If you have a nandroid backup, restore that, backup messages and do your rom thing again.
MrYuiM said:
To backup messages use sms backup+ which is free.
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SMS Backup & Restore would also be a good choice
MyBackup has successfully restored sms, mms etc. for me 10+ times now. definitely worth using. great program!
If you want constant backups I use gosms and only use it yo schedule backups every day at 6, then all is good, but I'm going to start backing up on every text I get
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hello people!
i just switched to ICS cm9 from cm7.2, using titanium backup i backed up the whole system. now i am able to restore everything but not messages. i have no clue why this is happening. anyone?
Word of advice: You shouldn't be restoring everything since there's a lot of changes from gingerbread to ics. I would try to keep the restoring as minimal as possible, and set everything else up yourself (yes it'll take a little longer, but it's better than getting some obscure bugs come up)
As for SMS, you should be able to restore it, I was able to bring my SMS from 2.3 to 4.0. Try finding the SMS app in titanium backup and restoring it yourself. Make sure it's the right one, I believe there's two that say "SMS".
Also, don't forget to reboot your phone, your messages won't show if you don't reboot.
I use the SMS backup app
O! Thanks a ton man. Yea there are two SMS related backups. Saw both of them now. Restored successfully. Thank you very much. I'll keep up with rest advice of urs too.
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Hey everyone, first time post but a long time browser of the forums. Been flashing ROMs on my One X and have always had a problem of getting stuck in a bootloop when restoring NOT ALL but only some system data such as Mail settings, SMS messages and a few Bookmarks. So I thought I'd sign up and ask you guys the question. Currently I'm running the Team Venom ViperX 3.2.4 ROM but this has happened on previous ROMS that I have tried. Now I know from previous research that you shouldn't restore all system data in Titanium Backup, but surely a few SMS text messages and mail account settings shouldn't cause this? Or maybe im just being really dumb and not understanding the obvious. However I'd like to get an answer from this great community, as im getting tired of doing reset after reset. :fingers-crossed:
Many thanks everyone.
Brad.
It's not recommended to restore system apps/data using titanium. Don't do it especially between different Android versions, or between Sense/AOSP ROMs. It'll mess thing up, like you noticed. If you, for example, backup your mail settings in CM10 and restore in ViperX, it's not going to work.
As a solution, you probably shouldn't restore system data.
TToivanen said:
It's not recommended to restore system apps/data using titanium. Don't do it especially between different Android versions, or between Sense/AOSP ROMs. It'll mess thing up, like you noticed. If you, for example, backup your mail settings in CM10 and restore in ViperX, it's not going to work.
As a solution, you probably shouldn't restore system data.
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Wow, thanks for the extremely fast reply:good:, that has finally put my curiosity to bed lol. Thanks for the advice!
Many thanks.
Brad
One more thing: Instead of titanium, try these lil' apps
SMS Backup
Chrome Sync bookmarks to Google account.
Don't know about email... Have you tried restoring data only?
Yeah, got Chrome already but i'll definitely try sms backup. I managed to get my Mail account settings and SMS texts from Titanium Backup but I wont use TB for system data again!
Many thanks.
Brad.