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I have not seen any threads about this so I have to ask this now. I am tired of flashing new firmware but then having to update each game over wi-fi all over again. Using root explorer can I just save the files in the mnt\ASEC folder to my SD card & simply restore them after (ex. \mnt\asec\com.gameloft.android.GAND.GloftAsp6.asphalt6-1.asec)? Or is it mnt\secure\asec\ com.gameloft.android.GAND.GloftAsp6.asphalt6-1.asec? Do I have to change permissions? Is this even the folder that has the full updated data or am I looking in the wrong spot? And then should I install individual game's APK after the transfer?? I would think this would allow someone to save games and share them with other xperia play users as well? Any help is much appreciated.
Why not backup all your games in titanium backup with data before flashing new firmware?
I really did not think of that. :| I know I can restore the app(or game), but would I be able to restore the apps data on a different firmware without getting problems or fc's? Especially when flashing different custom ROM's I know certain apps may not work when you try to restore the data as well.
cyrusalmighty said:
I really did not think of that. :| I know I can restore the app(or game), but would I be able to restore the apps data on a different firmware without getting problems or fc's? Especially when flashing different custom ROM's I know certain apps may not work when you try to restore the data as well.
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Games should be fine when transferring from one ROM to another because games are supposed to run on different devices and they don't really take a phones hardware profile/rom into consideration when running...
I transferred stock to cyanogen and didn't have any issues, Apps like video players/ad blockers/audio player might be a bit of a bother but you could easily reinstall them.
Well this sounds like a good solution to me and its simple too. And since I have always used used titanium backup anyways it would seem I have always had backups to my games. Now you see why I had to ask.lmao. Thanks for pointing this out and hopefully this helps someone else out.
Ok im back to the same question again about where the actual game update data is stored again. I was successful before restoring game on my phone ,but say I want to share my games (that are already updated) with a friend on another xperia play, then is there a folder that I need to manually transfer over to their SD card that has game data? Basically I did backup of the games with "TB" on my phones SD then I put that SD card in other xplay,restored to root of phone, booted up game fine without need to update over wifi message but after reboot. I got the same damn message.... ??
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After reading on different sites I think that on the SD card I have to have a folder called Gameloft/Games/(x). X will be a specific folder for game (EX.GloftA6HP for Asphalt 6, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is Games/GloftBPHP ). Without this Data file in proper place I guess you are forced to do updates over like me.lol. If anyone cares. Hope it helps.
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Is this software any good for something? I mean since i can do nandroid backups and all other kind of backups with toolkit, im trying to find a reason for not uninstall it.. And forget about it..
Looking for some answer like Yeah.. Thats a good software for doing xxxxxx wich you cant do with CWM or toolkit and in fact go do it now cuz your phone will get xxxxxxxx awesome enjoy...
Thanks
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TiBU backs up your apps and then restores them after you flash/wipe, that way you dont have to re-download them all.. You can do a batch install and install them all quickly.
It can also freeze/hide apps, repair market links, clear the Dalvik cache, extract apps from your Nandroid and sync your backups with Dropbox or Box.com. In general, it's pretty awesome.
Backup and restoring apps without downloading, like WiredPirate said, is probably the best use, especially if you flash different roms a lot.
Its really worth it! It use to piss me off every time I flashed a new from I had to start all over in angry birds but now I can just backup my Angry Birds data and flash a new rom then restore my Angry Birds. Its worth the price.
"I Like It A lot"
it's a devil tool buy you hell lots of time if you flush different roms now and then.
you can also create an "update.zip" and restore everything from recovery, huge time saver
What these guys said. If you insist on constantly flashing ROMS like I do you will soon realize its worth. Especially batch restore. Worth it alone for that. I can choose the apps I want and let it install automatically, no need to keep pressing accept and done after each individual app. Saves battery with screen off and I can carry on doing something else.
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it's worth every penny, the developer is great, they have kept it up to date and have avoided the temptation to make a new version to force people to re-buy the app.
Been using it for almost 2 years, buy it!
Aite im gonna thank you all guys.. i own the app.. and the last time i flashed a rom it didnt want to restore the apps and i had to re download everything... maybe im still noob at it..... guess i just have to look closer at it and see what i did wrong last time..
thanks
msedek said:
Aite im gonna thank you all guys.. i own the app.. and the last time i flashed a rom it didnt want to restore the apps and i had to re download everything... maybe im still noob at it..... guess i just have to look closer at it and see what i did wrong last time..
thanks
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Worse case scenario, re install the apps then use Ti to restore the data for the apps you care about (usually what I do anyways)
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Titanium is needed to restore your app data. A nand restore can't do this since it restores the previous rom that you created the backup from.
Use the guide in my sig when you install your next rom man.
It runs you through basic TB usage.
Before ICS, restoring wasn't such a hassle because I could use Titanium Backup. I guess that doesn't work too well with any ICS ROMs (or, at least, AOKP).
So for those of you on either AOKP or CM9 - how are you restoring your **** after you wipe/flash? At this point, I'm doing it all manually which probably takes about 1-2 hours; 1-2 boooring hours!
Any tips?
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Before ICS, restoring wasn't such a hassle because I could use Titanium Backup. I guess that doesn't work too well with any ICS ROMs (or, at least, AOKP).
So for those of you on either AOKP or CM9 - how are you restoring your **** after you wipe/flash? At this point, I'm doing it all manually which probably takes about 1-2 hours; 1-2 boooring hours!
Any tips?
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I use My Backup Pro. Best backup app ever!
I used TB for a bit but found it giving me too many issues.
I know a lot of people prefer manual with the ICS leaks but I've had no issues since switching to My Backup Pro.
I dont restore....I like a clean rom.
ralexand said:
Before ICS, restoring wasn't such a hassle because I could use Titanium Backup. I guess that doesn't work too well with any ICS ROMs (or, at least, AOKP).
So for those of you on either AOKP or CM9 - how are you restoring your **** after you wipe/flash? At this point, I'm doing it all manually which probably takes about 1-2 hours; 1-2 boooring hours!
Any tips?
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Why aren't you able to use Titanium Back up? TB is what I used to restore my apps from a GB rom onto AOKP ICS.
I've used AOKP build 34 and cm9 alpha 3 and I've been able to use Titanium backup on both ROMS for Apps and App data. Others have said App data is probably a bad idea but so far I have had no trouble with it. Just make sure you don't restore system data. I accidently did that on my first flash, which was to the AOKP ROM and it screwed up SMS. However, just restoring Apps and data has worked fine for me on CM9 alpha 3 and AOKP 34, although others have said not to restore data for apps either so that's your call.
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I've used AOKP build 34 and cm9 alpha 3 and I've been able to use Titanium backup on both ROMS for Apps and App data. Others have said App data is probably a bad idea but so far I have had no trouble with it. Just make sure you don't restore system data. I accidently did that on my first flash, which was to the AOKP ROM and it screwed up SMS. However, just restoring Apps and data has worked fine for me on CM9 alpha 3 and AOKP 34, although others have said not to restore data for apps either so that's your call.
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Second on this as when I restored on ICS with TB it was only with apps and app data as well. System data is always pretty bad when you are restoring on a different Rom I think. I remember trying once when I flashed to CM7 and it completely screwed up the Rom and I had to wipe and reflash.
Its just not recommended guys its not like you can't do it. It was basically said so that there are not 100 posts about this not working and that not working all the while its because of a rogue app that had bad data. Try it if you want restore everything but if it goes bad for you then what... You got to start from scratch.
I am quite sure you do not need data restored for everything. Just do your apps and spot check which ones need data restored and get fix permissions from the market. If you get FC's after re installing data just run that to fix it up...
So TB away if you like but remember don't start complaining about bugs in rom threads if you do...
the recommendation from the install guide for cm9 tells to use "appbak" from the market, all it does is back up a list of apps you have then sends you to the market to download them fresh again, also i have noticed that gapps will automatically download many of the free apps saved to my account when i do a fresh install of a rom... you can always just download the apks from a third source and store them on your sd for quick install as well
My knowledge of roms and the like is very limited, so forgive me if this seems like a dumb question.
Basically, my Nexus is a huge distraction during school, but I don't want to purchase a dumb phone. So instead, I'd rather have a rom I flash in the morning that has everything but productivity apps deleted and then a rom I flash at home that has everything. However, I'd hate to flash a rom and not have it save what apps I have deleted.
Is there any sort of solution for this?
Have a ROM setup exactly like you like, save it as a nandroid backup. Then setup the other one, save it as a nandroid. Then you can restore back and forth. Honestly though this is going to be a huge hassle, as you're gonna have to backup the current ROM every time you switch so that you come back to the same spot.
My advice? Learn how to be responsible with your phone and pay attention in class. A simpler solution if you really have no self control is a second launcher that has the distracting apps hidden.
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Intervenient said:
My knowledge of roms and the like is very limited, so forgive me if this seems like a dumb question.
Basically, my Nexus is a huge distraction during school, but I don't want to purchase a dumb phone. So instead, I'd rather have a rom I flash in the morning that has everything but productivity apps deleted and then a rom I flash at home that has everything. However, I'd hate to flash a rom and not have it save what apps I have deleted.
Is there any sort of solution for this?
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You don't need to flash multiple roms, the luxury of being rooted is you have full control of your device!! Download Titanium Backup from the Google Play Store. This app allows you to make backups of your apps including all the data that is associated with it, and if you feel the need to remove them in the morning you can do so and then when you are home you can restore them one by one or do a batch restore and restore them all at once. You have the option to restore them with or with out data as well. Example being would be games like Angry Birds lets say and you are on level 9,000 but don't want to delete it or lose it flashing another rom then you back it up and can uninstall it and then restore it whenever you want!! This would be the same for flashing a new rom, when the new rom boots up re-download Titanium from the Play Store and then restore all apps you have saved..
I know there are issues with some apps when restoring data from ICS to GB, as I have experienced the lot of FCs that occur when you do so. Searched quite a bit to see if there was anything like this posted, so forgive me if I didn't have the correct parameters in my search and missed it.
It got me thinking...
Is it possible to edit any of the files within the Titanium Backup data to make it compatible from one to the other and vice versa or would it "brick" the data?
If it's possible, would someone be willing to share their Titanium Backup of GB data (from Temple Run or Fruit Ninja preferably as it seems to effect games more often than not) so I can look into it a bit further [EDIT: by comparing the data files to my ICS backups]?
If not, then I guess we're SOL.
Yea, some of my saved games wouldn't even load back on gb. Had to start all over again on blast monkeys.
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Jaxp3r said:
I know there are issues with some apps when restoring data from ICS to GB, as I have experienced the lot of FCs that occur when you do so. Searched quite a bit to see if there was anything like this posted, so forgive me if I didn't have the correct parameters in my search and missed it.
It got me thinking...
Is it possible to edit any of the files within the Titanium Backup data to make it compatible from one to the other and vice versa or would it "brick" the data?
If it's possible, would someone be willing to share their Titanium Backup of GB data (from Temple Run or Fruit Ninja preferably as it seems to effect games more often than not) so I can look into it a bit further [EDIT: by comparing the data files to my ICS backups]?
If not, then I guess we're SOL.
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While I admire the initiative to learn to bend android to your will... This ^^^ idea would be very involved, take some specific tools, (to extract the images), and incredible know how to alter things accordingly. Pretty sure the process would involve flashing your target operating system, creating a TB back up of said game, app, etc, then painstakingly diffing it against your existing backup from other android version.
Might just be easier to start fresh with the game or app on gb, ics, jb, Froyo, whatever, then create a new group in TB where you backup said data, based on version of android.
That's what I do.
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
Can't you just backup the app/data, then on a fresh flash, install the app form Market, the restore data with TB?
jamieg71 said:
While I admire the initiative to learn to bend android to your will... This ^^^ idea would be very involved, take some specific tools, (to extract the images), and incredible know how to alter things accordingly. Pretty sure the process would involve flashing your target operating system, creating a TB back up of said game, app, etc, then painstakingly diffing it against your existing backup from other android version.
Might just be easier to start fresh with the game or app on gb, ics, jb, Froyo, whatever, then create a new group in TB where you backup said data, based on version of android.
That's what I do.
"Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature!" Linus Torvalds, 2001
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I'll look into it this weekend if I have time for the multi-flashing, else it would be great if someone could share their GB Titanium Backup of some app (as mentioned, preferably Temple Run) and I would just dive right in.
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Can't you just backup the app/data, then on a fresh flash, install the app form Market, the restore data with TB?
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Unfortunately no, not when going from ICS to GB. From ICS to ICS or GB to GB, yes.
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Unfortunately no, not when going from ICS to GB. From ICS to ICS or GB to GB, yes.
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Hmm, odd, because I have gone back and forth from ICS to GB and back without a problem
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Hmm, odd, because I have gone back and forth from ICS to GB and back without a problem
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If that's the case, my guess is that it's dependent on the app then.
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Had no time to do multiple flashes this weekend. If someone else has time to do so, or if they're already on GB, it would be appreciated if you could post your Titanium Backup of an app (Temple Run preferred).
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Hmm, odd, because I have gone back and forth from ICS to GB and back without a problem
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As usual, HipKat is correct. :good:
I had some time to flash Reloaded this morning and did a restore of my Temple Run's Titanium Backup (TB from now on). Lo and behold, it force closed right away. From there, I went into manage applications to clear the data. After clearing, I opened Temple Run again, to do a run so I could prep it for a TB, to compare the GB files to the previous ICS files that I had.
After clearing the data, however, it seemed to get rid of the FC issue, but still maintained the TB data, meaning that the ICS data was still intact, and functional after flashing back to GB. :victory::victory:
Hopefully this is the case for everyone. I'll report back shortly to see if it works again, because I believe I have a faulty download of the Reloaded .zip causing Aroma to not install everything that I selected. I'm currently re-downloading the .zip as I type this out, so I'll be re-flashing shortly. Once I re-flash (and hopefully the Aroma options carry over this time), I'll check and see if the TB data will be maintained again.
I don't know if it's fixed, because I've been of Reloaded for a while, but as it was, installing TB from Aroma caused and FC. What I do is add the tb app and it's lib file to the ROM.zip before I flash it so it's pre-installed
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I don't know if it's fixed, because I've been of Reloaded for a while, but as it was, installing TB from Aroma caused and FC. What I do is add the tb app and it's lib file to the ROM.zip before I flash it so it's pre-installed
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Yeah..I am seeing no probs either. I have been back and forth from GB and ics all week. I usually flash the fresh ROM, then go to market and install tb fresh before restoring app and ata, no fc at all...all is well
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