I am going to get the galaxy nexus in the next couple of days and I was wondering if there is a way to transfer all the backups from my sdcard to the GN since the nexus doesn't have an sd card slot. Any suggestions?
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Hook up your old phone and put the files on your PC.
Hook up the GN and put the files on the GN. When you install TiBu you'll be able to see the files.
Be weary of batch restoring all the apps + data. There might be some incompatibilities.
martonikaj said:
Hook up your old phone and put the files on your PC.
Hook up the GN and put the files on the GN. When you install TiBu you'll be able to see the files.
Be weary of batch restoring all the apps + data. There might be some incompatibilities.
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When I put the the files on the pc, is the TiBu folder the only one I copy to my pc? Or do I have to copy the whole sd card?
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When I put the the files on the pc, is the TiBu folder the only one I copy to my pc? Or do I have to copy the whole sd card?
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If you just want the apps your old phone had, just copy the TiBu folder. (If you want your music, pictures, videos, etc., then copy the whole SD card). Then go into TiBu and select "batch," "restore," "app only." Again, like the post said above, I do not recommend restoring "app+data" as it will most likely cause problems (since you're coming from one phone to another).
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Currently, I am saving the ROMS I download into a folder on my SD card named "ROMS". Within that folder I have "Froyo", "Gingerbread" and "add-ons".
Once I finish flashing a ROM (ie. reset apps, contacts, get screens set the way I want, make sure all works..etc.) I create a back-up for that ROM and name it. If I ever add new apps or anything, I reback-up..overwrite the orginal back-up..and so on..
I leave the "ROM" folder alone. Is there any reason for me to keep the orginal ROM zips when I keep updating the "back-up" folder?
I think I am just using extra space on the card that is not needed by keeping BOTH the "back-up" folder and the orgianl ROM downloaded zip file??
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Currently, I am saving the ROMS I download into a folder on my SD card named "ROMS". Within that folder I have "Froyo", "Gingerbread" and "add-ons".
Once I finish flashing a ROM (ie. reset apps, contacts, get screens set the way I want, make sure all works..etc.) I create a back-up for that ROM and name it. If I ever add new apps or anything, I reback-up..overwrite the orginal back-up..and so on..
I leave the "ROM" folder alone. Is there any reason for me to keep the orginal ROM zips when I keep updating the "back-up" folder?
I think I am just using extra space on the card that is not needed by keeping BOTH the "back-up" folder and the orgianl ROM downloaded zip file??
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Best thing to do is backup all your stuff on your computer then you can delete whatever you want but leave your backups alone just invade you need them In a hurry
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I do kind of the same thing....I have a folder on my SD card named ROMS and folders inside of that. After I install the ROM I delete the zip from the SD card. When I download a new ROM (Warm Z TwoPointTwo Nightlies) I backup using Recovery in CWM and I also backup my apps using TitaniumBackup.
Then I flash the new ROM and restore my apps. If anything goes wrong (so far it has not) I can always restore from the Recover backup.
Hope this helps
I keep a text file in the directory where I backup my Nandroid backups which is a legend of the backups (which ROM's, mods, etc.). I tend to delete earlier backups where a subsequent backup is of the same setup only updated. I also note which backups are still on my SD card. Since I have a 32gb card, I tend to keep the stock ROM, my last good backup, and the last backup of any prior ROM (i.e. 3 backups) on the card, in case I can't get to my computer and need a quick restore.
I use either Rom Manager or CWR to create my back-ups. I have seen alot of references to Titanium. I recently flashed a CM7 ROM where Titanium is pre-installed. What is the benefit (if any) to using Titanium instead of RM or CWR?
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I keep a text file in the directory where I backup my Nandroid backups which is a legend of the backups (which ROM's, mods, etc.). I tend to delete earlier backups where a subsequent backup is of the same setup only updated. I also note which backups are still on my SD card. Since I have a 32gb card, I tend to keep the stock ROM, my last good backup, and the last backup of any prior ROM (i.e. 3 backups) on the card, in case I can't get to my computer and need a quick restore.
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A text file? Sorry..new to most of this..but is storing as a text file less storage space used? Also, is it a simple matter of going into root explorer..changing the file type to .zip to access it again if needed?
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I think he means making a legend as a text file and leaving the zips as is. Plus you wouldn't see much size difference by changing the extension to .txt and you'd be screwed if you got a bootloop since you'd have to change it back somehow.
Need help backing up apks since I've begun installing from non-market sources. Where are they stored in system and sd card directories? A game I just installed automatically put itself on the card and so I can't find it. MyBackupRoot doesn't seem to find them either when doing its nightly scheduled run. Thanks.
Some apps make their own directory for data and app storage but maintain a link on the phone as well usually in \data\data. Try Titanium Full version. It is mostly the link you need to backup since it tells the system where to find the rest of it. If most of the app is on the sd card and your backup goes to your sd card, you are essentially using double the space on your sd card if you backed that up too.
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Is there a simple tool or way to find the .apk location? I have 3 different file explorers but that's not the easiest way always.
The best is Root Explorer. It will search sub directories. Then just search for part of the apps name and all files will pop up.
In miui.us file exlorer sorts everything .apk .zip misc don't know if you can port this apk over or just flash miui.us cause it is amazing
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When I download nonmarket apps I put all the apks in an "app" category on my SD card to reinstall if I switch ROMs. I also backup the data with titanium.
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Well, it turns out that I'm happily wrong about two things:
-MyBackupRoot does snag those apks even if they aren't from the market, and...
-I found that out by reacquainting myself with AntTek App Mgr. Root, which shows every apk on the SD card and has install features too! So that's a nice way to find them, free of charge. And so they're backed up and safe
I just bought the SGH-T989 from my Vibrant. Now, I did rooted the phone already but how can I transfer all the apps in my Titanium backup to my new phone? I just want all the app data to restore to my new phone. Thanks!
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Do you have the Titanium backup data on the Vibrant's SD card? If so, just move that to the new phone. Also, Titanium has Dropbox capabilities so that also makes it easy to move the files.
Otherwise, just plug the phone into your PC, drag the files over, then drag them to the new phone. Once on the phone and in the Titanium backup directories it will recognize them and makes it easy to restore.
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Do you have the Titanium backup data on the Vibrant's SD card? If so, just move that to the new phone. Also, Titanium has Dropbox capabilities so that also makes it easy to move the files.
Otherwise, just plug the phone into your PC, drag the files over, then drag them to the new phone. Once on the phone and in the Titanium backup directories it will recognize them and makes it easy to restore.
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I don't have it in my SD card but have it in my vibrant. I went into the to titanium backup folder and saw all the .apk zip files. Can I unzip all of the .apk files and drag them into my Galaxy S2?
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I broke the screen on an s3 and just got my new one from Assurion. What is the easiest way to transfer everything from one to the other? Especially sms, pics, etc...
Thanks!
markdjr said:
I broke the screen on an s3 and just got my new one from Assurion. What is the easiest way to transfer everything from one to the other? Especially sms, pics, etc...
Thanks!
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Did you take a Nandroid backup of your phone?
I had the same problem, broke the screen on my first S3, I was able to restore the Nandroid backup I took on the new S3 and it was like nothing changed.
Thanks for following up but it's unrooted. I don't want to root the phones for now.
markdjr said:
Thanks for following up but it's unrooted. I don't want to root the phones for now.
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Sprint store. Or root. Take your pick.
You could move all your files from the internal sdcard to the external... if you have one. And then put the sdcard in the new phone. Pics are on the internal, and prolly your SMS as well.
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The most sprint can transfer is contacts I believe anything else you would have to transfer if your data is on your external SD card then u should be fine but as far as SMS you won't transfer those unless u can actually get into the phone and download an SMS backup app or root In my opinion I would just root it will make sure everything transfers
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Contacts SHOULD be backed up to Google. You can check by looking at Google contacts on your computer and see if they are there.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync will backup SMS to your gmail in a folder so you can restore them easy.
If you don't have an external SD card to transfer pictures, you can plug your phone up to the computer and get them or use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sweesoft.sweethome to back them up over WiFi.
If you use Apex or Nova launcher you can backup your launcher settings and hone screen layout so that would be an easy restore.
If you want to backup your apps (not the app data) you can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup to copy all of the apks to your SD card which you can then plug up to the computer and transfer them to the new phone for restore.
I think that covers everything. Haha.
Hello,
So I connected my Note 2 to my pc, and noticed that there was a lot of space being taken up by Titanium Backup, so I cut/pasted the files somewhere else, but my computer did not show that any space had been freed up. So then I navigated to the CWM folder, and cut and paste the only backup I have from the phone to my pc, and now on my computer shows it taking up 0 space. But when I look at the folder in the phone itself, it says CWM is taking up 3.15gb. Any help is much appreciated. I've already changed the destination of Titanium back up to my SD card. Below is a link to the screen shot of the space CWM is taking up on my phone.
http://db.tt/0Vc78M8T
Are you taking the entire cwm folder or just the backup folder? Because the is a folder labeled blobs inside the cwm fold er. That's where all the space is taken up.
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Weird, when I right click the whole cwm folder, it says it's taking up no space. Do you know for a way for the backup to go to my sd card instead of the phone drive?
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Weird, when I right click the whole cwm folder, it says it's taking up no space. Do you know for a way for the backup to go to my sd card instead of the phone drive?
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I'm sure under the backup section on cwm there is an option for external. I would check but I use twrp
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kintwofan said:
I'm sure under the backup section on cwm there is an option for external. I would check but I use twrp
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I think I'm going to flash twrp and then just delete the CWM folder all together from my phone. Thanks for your help!
I had the same exact problem and ended up uninstalling Titanium Backup and Rom Manager and now I'm using Rom Toolbox with TWRP. I was kind of attached to TB and RM (and CWM) since I've been using them for so many years, but RM got wonky and annoying, and I don't even want to talk about when I tried to upgrade to the touch version.