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about titanium backup

so i want to change again my rom again but now i have a lot of things on my phone that important to me
so i would like to use titanium backup but im not quit sure how to use properly
so can somebody explain to me how do i backup everything
and when i mean everything i mean like saves from games and sms and music and pictures and more
so please i need your help
thanks

Using Titanium Backup:
1. Menu -> Batch -> Select RUN Backup all user apps + System data
2. The backup will be in the folder on ur SD card. Copy and save it in case u earse the entire SD card
Using Recovery:
To backup enitre ROM which ever you are currently using. Reboot into recovery..
Currently I use Clockword Mod, so I know how to do it only by this one
1. Reboot into recovery mode.
2.Under Backup & Restore do the nandroid Backup which backsup the currently using ROM with data.
3. This will also be under the folder ClockwordMod in ur SD card backit up in case u do SD card formatting
For SMS, Call Logs & Pictures I use McAfee Wavesecure which I bought long back and backsup all the data.. not sure about Titanium backup for SMS & stuff...
I think this might help you.

Excuse a newbie question, but doesn't the nandroid recovery just take a snapshot of the current setup with ROM and all?
How do you use it with a new ROM?
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You use the nandroid if the new rom doesnt work or you of some other reason want to go back to the old rom.

aswinarun said:
Using Titanium Backup:
1. Menu -> Batch -> Select RUN Backup all user apps + System data
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Don't backup System Data if you are changing from one ROM to another, you will invariably get problems backing up system files that won't work smoothly with the new ROM. Just backup user apps.

Kalavere said:
Don't backup System Data if you are changing from one ROM to another, you will invariably get problems backing up system files that won't work smoothly with the new ROM. Just backup user apps.
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Hi,if i backup system data but do not restore them..will it still conflict?

JxXxn said:
Hi,if i backup system data but do not restore them..will it still conflict?
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No, that's fine. You can back both up and just restore apps and app data with no problem. I've never backed up system data I really don't see the point, I guess you could backup and restore to the same ROM, but i'd rather just start afresh each time.

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Just backup user apps.
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I couldn't agree more with this.
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Being able to backup system data selectively isn't a bad idea, i.e. Wi-Fi access points and literally one or two other things, if someone is after a system backup this is where nandroid comes into play, in my opinion.

I do agree backup for user apps. Also I would prefer Nandroid to restore the old ROM fully. Since I have been using some CM7 RC builds & also nightly builds.. i started to restore system data as well, which literally helps me to have all settings as well.
Also he can run Restore apps with data alone...
But it is upto OP which method he prefers..

Kalavere said:
Being able to backup system data selectively isn't a bad idea, i.e. Wi-Fi access points and literally one or two other things, if someone is after a system backup this is where nandroid comes into play, in my opinion.
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This is for sure, things like bookmarks, user dictionary, wifi are nice to be able to just restore.
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mistaliu said:
This is for sure, things like bookmarks, user dictionary, wifi are nice to be able to just restore.
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I may have gotten confused....
is there a method to selectively backup / restore bookmarks and wifi (wep/wpa passphrases) ?

fred_be9300 said:
I may have gotten confused....
is there a method to selectively backup / restore bookmarks and wifi (wep/wpa passphrases) ?
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Open the app and select Backup/Restore and long press on the system data you want to backup. You should exercise caution and not backup system data that will potentially disrupt another ROM. Wi-Fi Access Points, User Dictionary etc can all be found in there. Hope this helps.

Kalavere said:
Open the app and select Backup/Restore and long press on the system data you want to backup. You should exercise caution and not backup system data that will potentially disrupt another ROM. Wi-Fi Access Points, User Dictionary etc can all be found in there. Hope this helps.
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Or the way I did it was just go under the backup/restore tab and scroll till you find what you want to backup ie. Bookmarks, wifi, etc then you are just backing up what you want and need
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I have a question regarding Titanium that I hope you can help with...
I've just upgraded to the Gingerbread RUU, so I lost root and can't get it back, or frankly want to have it back, but I've backed up a number of apps with Titanium Backup, and is there any way to reinstall them?
They're all saved to my SD card, and Titanium Backup obviously refuses to work.
I can't and don't want to get root back, so is there any way to manually use these backups, or use them with another program?

vszulc said:
I have a question regarding Titanium that I hope you can help with...
I've just upgraded to the Gingerbread RUU, so I lost root and can't get it back, or frankly want to have it back, but I've backed up a number of apps with Titanium Backup, and is there any way to reinstall them?
They're all saved to my SD card, and Titanium Backup obviously refuses to work.
I can't and don't want to get root back, so is there any way to manually use these backups, or use them with another program?
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You can recover the apps by searching the TitanuimBackup folder and extracting the APKs from the Zip files. It's obviously not possible to recover the data as it's zipped up in a tarball and it requires Superuser rights to access if using Titanium, however I don't know that it's not possible to manually replace the data. If you unzip the tarball and extract the folder to your desktop. If it's the BBC News app for example the folder should look like this after you extract it.
'Data/Data/bbc.mobile.news.uk/cache
-----------------------------------/databases
-----------------------------------/files
-----------------------------------/shared_prefs'
I don't know if you can access Data/Data from the phones internal memory without root, I am using Root Explorer. Try with Astro, I am guessing you can read/write to Data/Data without having S-Off as I am not getting prompted to switch to R/W to delete files (I have Root and S-Off).
If you can read and write to Data/Data without root and S-Off you can manually copy and paste the data over after installing the app, it will take ages to do if you've got any number of apps and I am not ever sure it will work, but I suppose it's worth a go.
I hope this makes sense, it makes semi sense to me as I read it back!

[Q] Game Question - Files to backup?

So I have a weird question...
I play this game on my phone that has taken a bit of my time and effort (and money) but I need to re-flash my ROM. The game will not remotely save progress, so if I re-flash, I will lose everything and have to start over.
Somewhere, the game must have a file that it uses to save progressive progress... could anyone tell me where to look and what to pull from the phone before I re-flash that I might pull now, and push after so once the game is re-installed, it'll see this file and I might continue where I left off?
Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help...

Have u checked your SD card for a folder either with the games name or the developers name gameloft saves all my games from them in a folder called gameloft and then subfolders named for each game your other option is to backup the games data in titanium backup and then restore it after you flash your rom
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I always use titanium backup for my angry birds data
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Titanium Backup should do the trick. You can test it out by doing a nandroid backup then wiping and restoring with Titanium. I've never had titanium steer me wrong, so I can't see why it wouldn't work for you.
Using Root Explorer, you can also backup the app's data in /data/data/process name of app. Save that folder to your SD card and then put it back in the same location after reflashing.
If you're reflashing without wiping data, you shouldn't lose any progress. Do a nandroid just in case, of course.
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+1 for Titanium Backup, it will backup the apk and any data associated with it.

Titanium Backup is the truth
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Final Fantasy 3 save file help

I apologize if this doesn't belong here but since I am a noob I can't respond in any developers thread. Every time I extract the save file it corrupts and only the quick save remains untouched. I can edit it with the editor but as soon as I place it back into its location and try any saves, quick save included, the save file corrupts. And either the original quick save remains or I have to delete the file and have the app create a new save. I have triple checked permissions..rw-rw-r...and even if I could change it my phone says it can't change the permissions. I am at a loss here and am hoping someone has a solution to this. Thanks in advance!

aft_lizard01 said:
I apologize if this doesn't belong here but since I am a noob I can't respond in any developers thread. Every time I extract the save file it corrupts and only the quick save remains untouched. I can edit it with the editor but as soon as I place it back into its location and try any saves, quick save included, the save file corrupts. And either the original quick save remains or I have to delete the file and have the app create a new save. I have triple checked permissions..rw-rw-r...and even if I could change it my phone says it can't change the permissions. I am at a loss here and am hoping someone has a solution to this. Thanks in advance!
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My solution is to use Titanium Backup to store/save your FF3 data. So when you flash a new rom and wipe data, you also use TB to restore that FF3 data.
Bing bang boom, saved data.

_Burst_ said:
My solution is to use Titanium Backup to store/save your FF3 data. So when you flash a new rom and wipe data, you also use TB to restore that FF3 data.
Bing bang boom, saved data.
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Thanks..I will give that a shot.

aft_lizard01 said:
Thanks..I will give that a shot.
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So I tried that and the same thing happens. Corrupted save. I don't know if the SIII has some sort of security or if Square has some sort of security they put on these files.

[Q] Data Path Problem

I want to backup my "Angry Birds Star War" save files but i don't know where is it
The path should be "/data/data/com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwars.ads.iap/files/" on other devices but it isn't exist on T989.
Kindly please help.
Thank you very much.

Is your phone rooted? If it is you should download a backup app like Titanium Backup. You can use it to save both apps and data, meaning your save files would be preserved. If you want to back up the file to a hard drive, you can always copy the backup file that Titanium Backup creates to that drive.

333redrum said:
Is your phone rooted? If it is you should download a backup app like Titanium Backup. You can use it to save both apps and data, meaning your save files would be preserved. If you want to back up the file to a hard drive, you can always copy the backup file that Titanium Backup creates to that drive.
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Not rooted. So that i need to know the exact path for "adb pull" the file.
I can do that on other phone but not this one.
So what i need to know if the T989 apps are installed into "/data/data" ?
Or the angrys birds having a special version on T989 so that the package isn't "com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwars.ads.iap"
Thanks.

[Q] How to restore downloaded game data after clean ROM flash?

Hi All,
I have searched many many times for an answer to this and its driving me NUTS!!!
After a clean ROM install, I restore my games using Titanium Backup (both app and data), however for games with large data download requirements (such as most Gameloft games) the game makes me download the game data again. (some game data is up to 1GB)
The game data is sitting on my SD card - why the hell should I have to re-Download it?!?!?!?
There must be a way around this - I cannot be the only one!
Games I am talking about include: Asphalt 7, TDKR, great big war game, N.O.V.A 2 and many similar to this.
I am currently on ViperDHD rom, but have had this same problem before flashing other ROMs.
I don't understand why restoring my backup from Titanium does not work??
I want to flash clean Roms, but this is really holding me back - I can't be re-downloading GBs of the SAME data OVER and OVER again. I dont have the download capacity or time to do this each time.
Please tell me someone has an answer to this??

No one??
surely I cant be the only one with this problem?? :crying:

If its already there it should not redownload but the download sight does need to verify the data to see if its official. There is no way around it.
Also do not restore the data its already there, just restore the app and let market verify the data.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
If its already there it should not redownload but the download sight does need to verify the data to see if its official. There is no way around it.
Also do not restore the data its already there, just restore the app and let market verify the data.
Sent from my IceCold 8.8 HTC Inspire.
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Thanks for your reply.
Verify data is one thing, but the app completely re-downloads the data. I will try and restore the app alone and see what happens. I thought I would need to restore the data in order to restore my previous save game progress??
I have also seen someone say if I copy the data to a different location, run the app once, cancel the download, then move the data back to the original location, then run the app again it should work. So I will try that as well and see how I go...

alb0603 said:
Thanks for your reply.
Verify data is one thing, but the app completely re-downloads the data. I will try and restore the app alone and see what happens. I thought I would need to restore the data in order to restore my previous save game progress??
I have also seen someone say if I copy the data to a different location, run the app once, cancel the download, then move the data back to the original location, then run the app again it should work. So I will try that as well and see how I go...
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did you get any further with this? i have the same issue but not all my games. Asphalt7 nova3, nova2 all restore ok without downloading(im using directory bind with those, not sure if this is affecting it) but wild blood(also directory bind),realracing3 still want to download the data all again. Even though it's data folder is still there in sdcard. i have tried just to restore the app, app+data. The only way it seems is to delete the folder, download again, restore data and then i can pick up from where i left the game. but that's a bit slow.

how to restore nfsmw data via titanium back up.. it dowsnot download data it gives error.