I just came from a jelly bean from. I did nandroid restore to go to cm9. Im back on cm9 but None of my apps are on my phone. What did i do wrong? Any suggestions? I have twrp recovery.
hotboyray said:
I just came from a jelly bean from. I did nandroid restore to go to cm9. Im back on cm9 but None of my apps are on my phone. What did i do wrong? Any suggestions? I have twrp recovery.
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sounds like before you made the nandroid backup you didnt checkmark to backup the data partion. it wont back it up unless you tell it to. whats the size of your backup?
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sounds like before you made the nandroid backup you didnt checkmark to backup the data partion. it wont back it up unless you tell it to. whats the size of your backup?
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the size of the back up is 4.71 GB... I dont know what the problem is. I dont remember clicking or unclicking backup data partion. I was just so used to using cwm recovery.
hotboyray said:
the size of the back up is 4.71 GB... I dont know what the problem is. I dont remember clicking or unclicking backup data partion. I was just so used to using cwm recovery.
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at 4.71gb(that is huge!), your apps should be there, with their data too. you try restoring it again? watch the restore, see if there is an error when on the data part.
simms22 said:
at 4.71gb(that is huge!), your apps should be there, with their data too. you try restoring it again? watch the restore, see if there is an error when on the data part.
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I just restored this back up for the like the 3rd time today. I tried my other back ups also and none of them restored my apps and data. It said the restore was successful. there were no errors when restoring the data. this is what it said
[DAta]
skipping md5 based on user setting.
wiping data without wiping /data/media
...restoring data
... done restoring...
[data done(386 seconds)]
I didnt see any error messages on the log.
when the phone came on i didnt have my background. I have the stock live wall paper showing. google was asking for location consent again. Disabled apps were enabled again. Its like i didnt even have a backup. Its kind of just like stock. only certain things actually backed up. (for example lockscreen settings, (but no lock code just the options i set it as), it still has the message i set for the lockscreen,) My phone is not even logged in to my google account which is werid.
hotboyray said:
I just restored this back up for the like the 3rd time today. I tried my other back ups also and none of them restored my apps and data. It said the restore was successful. there were no errors when restoring the data. this is what it said
[DAta]
skipping md5 based on user setting.
wiping data without wiping /data/media
...restoring data
... done restoring...
[data done(386 seconds)]
I didnt see any error messages on the log.
when the phone came on i didnt have my background. I have the stock live wall paper showing. google was asking for location consent again. Disabled apps were enabled again. Its like i didnt even have a backup. Its kind of just like stock. only certain things actually backed up. (for example lockscreen settings, (but no lock code just the options i set it as), it still has the message i set for the lockscreen,) My phone is not even logged in to my google account which is werid.
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that backup is huge. i have a lot of apps, a lot! and lots of big games with lots of data, and my biggest nandroid took only 2gb. when you made the backup, was it with cwm recovery or twrp? my only other guess is that there is a corruption somewhere, or its too big to fit in the right partitions.
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that backup is huge. i have a lot of apps, a lot! and lots of big games with lots of data, and my biggest nandroid took only 2gb. when you made the backup, was it with cwm recovery or twrp? my only other guess is that there is a corruption somewhere, or its too big to fit in the right partitions.
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I made the back up with twrp. I think i do have a back up with cwm but its very old. I didnt see any error messages so maybe it is too big. i do only have like 10gb of free space. maybe the reason my nandroid was so big is because of my google play music? (isnt the offline music saved as data for the app?)
Should i delete everything and try to restore the nandroid?
hotboyray said:
I made the back up with twrp. I think i do have a back up with cwm but its very old. I didnt see any error messages so maybe it is too big. i do only have like 10gb of free space. maybe the reason my nandroid was so big is because of my google play music? (isnt the offline music saved as data for the app?)
Should i delete everything and try to restore the nandroid?
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ahh.. google music, makes sense. it could possibly be that you dont have enough space.
simms22 said:
ahh.. google music, makes sense. it could possibly be that you dont have enough space.
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Do you have a galaxy nexus also? what should i delete to free up some space?
I think the offline music is saved in the "sdcard" location that isn't normally part of a nandroid backup. Clean that up for sure.
Try cleaning up as much space as possible on the internal while leaving the backup intact. If you have at least 6 GB free the restore should go fine.
Plan B: Titanium Backup Pro allows you to open a nandroid backup and restore apps with app data.
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cmstlist said:
I think the offline music is saved in the "sdcard" location that isn't normally part of a nandroid backup. Clean that up for sure.
Try cleaning up as much space as possible on the internal while leaving the backup intact. If you have at least 6 GB free the restore should go fine.
Plan B: Titanium Backup Pro allows you to open a nandroid backup and restore apps with app data.
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I currently have about 14.51GB of space free out of 28.13GB. the backup still didnt restore my data. I guess im going to have to try the titanium back up pro. which sucks because i dont want to really buy the pro version.
simms22 said:
sounds like before you made the nandroid backup you didnt checkmark to backup the data partion. it wont back it up unless you tell it to. whats the size of your backup?
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Should cache be selected too when making nandroid backups?
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Should cache be selected too when making nandroid backups?
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No, cache has nothing to do with restoring apps+data.
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Hi guys .. I have had my Desire Z for a little while and I want to play around with ROMs now ... I am looking for a way to make a *full* backup of the phone .. That means the OS itself, all its settings (alarms, personalization stuff, stored passwords, installed apps, etc ..), all application and personal data (both on ROM and SD card), etc ...
That is, one backup that when restored, returns the complete phone including all its settings and data to the state the phone was in when the backup was created ..
Now there are two Market tools I've found that claim to do something similar: My Backup Pro and Titanium Backup, and I also hear that ClockWorkMod can create backups ...
But I don't know if these tools backup *everything* like I want, so any advice given here would be really appreciated ..
Ok, the only way to make a 100% backup is when you are rooted.
When you are rooted you can use titanium backup to back up all your apps, data & settings. Then when you install a new ROM you can easily restore everything.
The back up you do in CWM is called a nandroid and this backs up your entire ROM including apps, data & settings. as soon as you are rooted you will want to do this so you have a back up of your stock ROM incase anything goes wrong and you need to get your stock ROM easily.
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Ok, the only way to make a 100% backup is when you are rooted.
When you are rooted you can use titanium backup to back up all your apps, data & settings. Then when you install a new ROM you can easily restore everything.
The back up you do in CWM is called a nandroid and this backs up your entire ROM including apps, data & settings. as soon as you are rooted you will want to do this so you have a back up of your stock ROM incase anything goes wrong and you need to get your stock ROM easily.
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Ok thanks for that advice ...
So assuming my phone is rooted (it isn't now but I will do it once this issue is resolved), which method is better for me which backs up *everything* (stock OS, personal data, app data, media, settings, SD card stuff, etc ..) ? CWM or Titanium Backup ?
I have heard that CWM doesn't backup everything .. that it leaves some stuff out (not exactly sure what this is though) .. :/
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Ok thanks for that advice ...
So assuming my phone is rooted (it isn't now but I will do it once this issue is resolved), which method is better for me which backs up *everything* (stock OS, personal data, app data, media, settings, SD card stuff, etc ..) ? CWM or Titanium Backup ?
I have heard that CWM doesn't backup everything .. that it leaves some stuff out (not exactly sure what this is though) .. :/
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never ever ever use TiBU for backing up anything other than downloaded apps. (imo, some people may disagree, but I have never had success with TiBU outside of saving a few downloaded apps... and even then it seems to be hit or miss for me)
CWM is the best option for creating a full backup. when you restore a nandroid backup, it's like going back in time... everything is exactly as it was when that backup was created.
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never ever ever use TiBU for backing up anything other than downloaded apps. (imo, some people may disagree, but I have never had success with TiBU outside of saving a few downloaded apps... and even then it seems to be hit or miss for me)
CWM is the best option for creating a full backup. when you restore a nandroid backup, it's like going back in time... everything is exactly as it was when that backup was created.
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Hmm ... Are you absolutely sure that CWM backs up everything ? That is, the stock ROM, all my android's settings, sms, contacts, emails, list of apps installed, app data, my personal data (photos, videos, music, documents, etc ..) ? And does it also backup data from both the built-in memory and stuff on the SD card ?
Reason why I ask this is because this afternoon I came across a thread (can't seem to find it now) where somebody said CWM leaves some stuff out in backing up and then somebody else suggested using Titanium Backup ...
So I want to proceed with CWM only if you're dead sure that it backs up *everyyyyyythinggggg* ...
Btw, I don't mean to question to knowledge, I just want to be sure, thats all
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Ok, the only way to make a 100% backup is when you are rooted.
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+1
Root + Titanium Backup.
How can we back up the stock rom?? Cwm will not be present on the stock rom. So how?
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mmb_z said:
+1
Root + Titanium Backup.
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Conflicting statements people .. :/
CWM or titanium backup ?
Btw, does titanium backup also backup the stock OS/ROM ?
vikraam said:
How can we back up the stock rom?? Cwm will not be present on the stock rom. So how?
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When you root you will still be using your stock ROM, you then back up your stock rooted ROM. There is no way to back up an unrooted ROM.
Unrooted stock ROM's are available in the form of an official RUU most of which you will find if you read the stickies in the development section of the forums.
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ahmadka said:
Conflicting statements people .. :/
CWM or titanium backup ?
Btw, does titanium backup also backup the stock OS/ROM ?
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Titanium will not back up the os, you can use to back up all of the system apps and data. But as a previous poster said this is not good a good idea as restoring them tends to be problematic.
And don't worry about your sdcard flashing roms will not affect any data on your sdcard.
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mmb_z said:
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Root + Titanium Backup.
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NOoooOoOooOoo.
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the only thing you could theoretically lose are photos, videos, etc that are stored on the sdcard... but this would only happen if you deleted/formatted the sd card. otherwise, they just move with you from rom to rom.
I don't know what people think titanium backup is for, but seriously... it's not as magnificent as it is commonly made out to be. its only real use is restoring stuff from /data (ie apps and settings). even then, it is known to be problematic. I have used it in the past but I finally got sick of it when I realized that half of the time I used it to backup/restore it ended up doing more harm than good.
CWM is the best option for making a full backup of EVERYTHING on your phone (remember, your sd card is not part of your phone... it doesn't get backed up/restored via CWM). restoring a CWM backup will revert your phone to the exact state it was in at the time of the backup.
I used titanium backup and it worked for everything. Even backed the stuff up to my PC.
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I used titanium backup and it worked for everything. Even backed the stuff up to my PC.
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that's awesome, but you will encounter problems with Ti backup if you try to restore anything from /system after installing a new rom. if you've come from one aosp rom to another, you might get lucky and not have any trouble (especially if they are a similar flavor of aosp), but if you try to restore anything from a sense rom's /system to an aosp rom's /system, or vice versa, you're in for a lot of force closing and general bass-ackwardness.
op: the BEST way is a nandroid backup. if you try and restore titanium backup apps and settings over whichever rom you've installed, you can almost guarantee something will be broken... just do it the right way and do a nandroid backup via CWM and save yourself the trouble.
Guys I forgot to mention, my phone is NOT currently rooted (Yes I realize I should have mentioned this in the first post) .. so what can I use now to backup everything like I want ?
ahmadka said:
Guys I forgot to mention, my phone is NOT currently rooted (Yes I realize I should have mentioned this in the first post) .. so what can I use now to backup everything like I want ?
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Not much really, there are apps available to back up sms and contacts will be synced to Google.
todo backup by easeus...free too. works great
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1) Root.
2) Install CWM Recovery.
3) Nandroid.
There's your backup.
How do you guys do backups when you try out different roms? Am I bound to lose scores and settings in games and apps every time i change rom?
(sorry for what may be a stupid question, but i understood the answers given earlier that making a Nandroid recovery will also recover the rom at the time of the backup not just apps and settings)
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How do you guys do backups when you try out different roms? Am I bound to lose scores and settings in games and apps every time i change rom?
(sorry for what may be a stupid question, but i understood the answers given earlier that making a Nandroid recovery will also recover the rom at the time of the backup not just apps and settings)
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A nandroid back does a complete back of system, apps, data, and settings. When you restore a nandroid your phone will be restored to the exact point it was at before you preformed the nandroid.
To back up apps and data, you will need to use an app like titanium backup. you then can restore apps and data, including game save and scores after you flash a new rom.
But it is not advised to back up and restore system data and settings with titanium back up
before i rooted i took backups whit MyBackup.
after you get rooted, take Clean CWM backup of your phone.
when you are up and running on a custom rom, take CWM backup, and back up downloaded apps whit Titanium backup.
If you are going from sense rom to sense rom, you dont necessaryli need to wipe your data and apps, so you don't have to restore anything. If you are going for completely different rom, you need wipe everything, after you are running in new rom, you cant get just the apps from cwm backup, it would restore your old rom too, so now restore your apps and stuff from TI backups. and if you don't like the new rom, use CWM backup to go back to your last rom.
so you need both backups cwm and Ti..
and as said before app backups might cause some problems when going from rom to rom
I have been jumping between different MIUI roms, they are basically the same so i haven't wiped anything(except dalvik cache) when flashing new rom, so everything will stay the way they are, and no ned to restore anything, if that's the case.
What comes to the stuff on SDcard, it will be just fine, if you want to back up your pics/music/vids, etc from your sdcard, just copy them to your computer.
Please explain the difference between these options:
"Restore missing apps with data" (I assume this restores all the apps and the information within them. It should restore apps and they should act just like they did before I wiped, correct?)
"Restore all system data" (Exactly what data does this restore?)
"Restore missing apps + all system data" (this is obviously both of from above)
Here is my situation: I am installing a ROM (Synergy) and there are some small issues going on once I use Titanium to restore my apps and data. I played with the ROM before the restore and everything that was acting wierd is fine. These issues don't exsist until I restore. It must be some system settings. Mainly I have password information in my "Mail" app that only my IT guy has and getting it again is going to be a pain in the ass so I dont want to lose that data.
Any help is appreciated
Blipstein said:
Please explain the difference between these options:
"Restore missing apps with data" (I assume this restores all the apps and the information within them. It should restore apps and they should act just like they did before I wiped, correct?)
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That's correct.
It's not a good idea to restore system data across different ROMs as it can cause problems.
System data can be anything from apps that are in /system to the data that comes with them.
The problem is, that system data can conflict with your current ROMs system data.
And then you get weird issues like you are having.
mattykinsx said:
That's correct.
It's not a good idea to restore system data across different ROMs as it can cause problems.
System data can be anything from apps that are in /system to the data that comes with them.
The problem is, that system data can conflict with your current ROMs system data.
And then you get weird issues like you are having.
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So basically I should only restore "missing apps with data" ....and not "Restore system apps+ all system data" ????
Blipstein said:
So basically I should only restore "missing apps with data" ....and not "Restore system apps+ all system data" ????
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If you're switching ROMs, you absolutely should not.
Even if you're not I wouldn't restore system data unless you have a specifc reason to.
Text messages and call logs can be backed up via apps and most of the other system data is just settings that can be easily set again.
Plus, if you're changing ROMs those settings may not exist...causing issues.
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If you're switching ROMs, you absolutely should not.
Even if you're not I wouldn't restore system data unless you have a specifc reason to.
Text messages and call logs can be backed up via apps and most of the other system data is just settings that can be easily set again.
Plus, if you're changing ROMs those settings may not exist...causing issues.
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Ok...understood.
Through all of this reflashing and restoring I've been able to retain the account/password info in the "Mail"app. Hopefully it will still be there after this. I'll let you know.
Thanks
Blipstein said:
Ok...understood.
Through all of this reflashing and restoring I've been able to retain the account/password info in the "Mail"app. Hopefully it will still be there after this. I'll let you know.
Thanks
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Hey, before you do anything, you have to back up both the mail app settings and the accounts and sync settings...otherwise it won't have the information to sync.
Go into Titanium backup, select the mail app and back up data. Select the Accounts and sync settings and back up data as well.
Hopefully you get this before you do anything.
Sorry, I missed the part about your mail credentials in the OP.
When you backup or restore, use App + Data., and only backup and restore the apps you have d/l'd to your phone. They'd be the ones that are white. Can't get much easier.
mattykinsx said:
Hey, before you do anything, you have to back up both the mail app settings and the accounts and sync settings...otherwise it won't have the information to sync.
Go into Titanium backup, select the mail app and back up data. Select the Accounts and sync settings and back up data as well.
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So I just select the mail app in Titanium and select backup? Where is account and sync settings in Titanium to backup?
When I restore apps + data after I reflash, am I going to have to restore the mail app data separately?
Blipstein said:
So I just select the mail app in Titanium and select backup? Where is account and sync settings in Titanium to backup?
When I restore apps + data after I reflash, am I going to have to restore the mail app data separately?
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Open Titanium back up.
Click backup/restore
Click on "Account and Sync settings" and choose back up.
Scroll down to your email app.
Click it and choose back up as well.
Flash whatever ROM.
Restore those two apps data. [not the apps themselves, just data]
mattykinsx said:
Open Titanium back up.
Click backup/restore
Click on "Account and Sync settings" and choose back up.
Scroll down to your email app.
Click it and choose back up as well.
Flash whatever ROM.
Restore those two apps data. [not the apps themselves, just data]
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I somehow lost the info during all this. Can I reload a previous nandroid back up that I put on my pc? (i dont really even know what nandroid backs up....lol)
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Blipstein said:
I somehow lost the info during all this. Can I reload a previous nandroid back up that I put on my pc? (i dont really even know what nandroid backs up....lol)
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Yes. Just put it back on your sdcard, go into the recovery and choose restore.
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Yes. Just put it back on your sdcard, go into the recovery and choose restore.
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Ok. Am I going thru the reflashing process our just restore and reboot? Thanks so much.
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Ok. Am I going thru the reflashing process our just restore and reboot? Thanks so much.
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You just restore, it will recopy your old setup. All IMGs that were backed up.
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You just restore, it will recopy your old setup. All IMGs that were backed up.
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Wipe first?
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Wipe first?
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I'm 99.99% positive that it wipes first but I don't nandroid much.
You can, it's not like it will take you more than a few extra seconds.
Lots of useful information in the Titanium Backup Wiki.
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I have done all the steps for Titanium backup to restore mail settings, etc. Eventually I came the realization that not worth trying to save 15 minutes of time of entering in 8-10 account’s info. Most of the roms have issues, eliminating the issue where Titanium backup caused a problem across roms is worth a few minutes of additional setup. My process is run Full Titanium backup, full nandroid backup, copy to PC, VR Superwipe, re-partition SD (complete wipe), copy back the Titanium backup folder and new rom as well as superwipe, run superwipe, flash new rom. I never have any of the issues that many people report, then I restore apps, some with data from Titanium (eg. Games, etc. with saved data.) Bottom line I use Titanium to backup and restore user installed apps only, though I take a full backup.
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Here is my situation: I am installing a ROM (Synergy) and there are some small issues going on once I use Titanium to restore my apps and data. I played with the ROM before the restore and everything that was acting wierd is fine. These issues don't exsist until I restore. It must be some system settings. Mainly I have password information in my "Mail" app that only my IT guy has and getting it again is going to be a pain in the ass so I dont want to lose that data.
Any help is appreciated
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Here is something that might help. Are you trying to preserve the email account setup for an Exchange server? Or is this another email account type (pop/imap)?
I looked at my backups from Titanium, figuring that the server setup for my Exchange mail must be in there somewhere. After some poking around I found the file that contains everything including the password in clear-text. I know this is the password because I know my password.
I was able to find this in the file:
com.htc.android.mail-20110816-035214.tar.gz
Look for a similar file... the numbers are the date and time of the backup so they will be different for you.
I browsed the file with WinRAR (you can use any program that can open a tar) and found the file:
\data\data\com.htc.android.mail\.\shared_prefs\EASSetupWizard.xml
In this file I see something like:
<string name="password">
xxxyyyzzz
</string>
Where xxxyyyzzz is my exchange email password.
I found that the passwords for all accounts (including POP, IMAP, etc are in /data/data/com.htc.android.mail/databases/mail.db in the accounts table but the passwords are not clear-text. I think it just happens to be in the EASSetupWizard.xml file for the Exchange setup due to some sloppy programming on the part of HTC.
Brother has a Evo on 2.3.3 and receiving the install error with space on the phone. I figure just wipe it but not sure if the apps will be restored if I did. Can anyone verify if it does?
Unless you have selected the option to backup apps in the settings menu, then no, they will not restore. Thats the whole point of a reset, it wipes everything clean.
sitlet said:
Unless you have selected the option to backup apps in the settings menu, then no, they will not restore. Thats the whole point of a reset, it wipes everything clean.
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download titanium backup or mybackup pro(root), there is a version for non rooted phones as well and backup your apps.. restore when you get everything back up and running.
My suggestion is that you may want to restore all apps from market just incase one of your apps was causing the issue. Go to market.android.com and you can see all your apps in the upper right under I believe my market apps and will be able to click on each one and restore from there...
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Brother has a Evo on 2.3.3 and receiving the install error with space on the phone. I figure just wipe it but not sure if the apps will be restored if I did. Can anyone verify if it does?
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Try clearing cache to all his apps to free up space and maybe data to once he doesn't need it on.
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hey can someone help me with my restore.. i cannot restore .. when ever i restore the phone reboots.. plz ny help from ny one plz
Are you restoring system Data? If so then don't restore system data
Any custom ROM?
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I have found that some apps hang when restoring, no matter with data or app only, I think some apps just don't like being backed up or restored.
intel007 said:
I have found that some apps hang when restoring, no matter with data or app only, I think some apps just don't like being backed up or restored.
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i tried to install the app from market it still rebooted
intel007 said:
I have found that some apps hang when restoring, no matter with data or app only, I think some apps just don't like being backed up or restored.
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I asked the titanium devs why I couldn't restore system apps, it just hangs. They said they do not support backing up and restoring system apps and that they provide disclaimers saying this.
I think the advertising of titanium makes it sound like this function is one of its main features so I was disappointed with this.
Scott
scott_doyland said:
the titanium devs why said they do not support backing up and restoring system apps and that they provide disclaimers saying this.
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It's not an issue with system apps its random.
I can push apps to system, back them up, restore them and even do the same with native system apps so I'm pretty sure that's not it.
Even trying to restore certain games causes titanium to hang eg. Angry birds.
Maybe its more of an issue backing up rather than restoring.
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I have done some searching and other threads didn't exactly answer my question.
I understand that a Nandroid backup will take you back to the way your phone was before flashing a ROM.
My question is does that include all the installed apps? So like I have my SMS Backup & Restore, Defender II, and Dolphin Browser (just to name a few of the many). So does the Nandroid backup all these apps as well, or just what is on the internal memory?
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I have done some searching and other threads didn't exactly answer my question.
I understand that a Nandroid backup will take you back to the way your phone was before flashing a ROM.
My question is does that include all the installed apps? So like I have my SMS Backup & Restore, Defender II, and Dolphin Browser (just to name a few of the many). So does the Nandroid backup all these apps as well, or just what is on the internal memory?
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A nandroid backup is an exactly image of your kernel, system, data, and boot image as well. Your user applications are stored inside the data partition that means yes your applications are in your nandroid too.
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parusia said:
A nandroid backup is an exactly image of your kernel, system, data, and boot image as well. Your user applications are stored inside the data partition that means yes your applications are in your nandroid too.
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YAY Thanks you! I finally got everything working with my current ROM and wanted to experiment with some of the Jelly Bean ROMs, but wanted to make sure all my work wasn't going to go to waste, lol.
Keep in mind though, Nandoid back ups don't always flash/restore like it was before. It's a good temporary fix if something messes up, but not (in my opinion) a permanent solution.
If restored using backups a few times and they always came out buggy, I only use them in case of emergency!
Bluntified said:
Keep in mind though, Nandoid back ups don't always flash/restore like it was before. It's a good temporary fix if something messes up, but not (in my opinion) a permanent solution.
If restored using backups a few times and they always came out buggy, I only use them in case of emergency!
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If it at least restores the ROM itself and everything with that I am fine, which is what I knew it would at least do. Having all my apps there is just a plus! xD
It won't backup your images and songs, and it doesn't come out buggy.
doanthaitu said:
It won't backup your images and songs, and it doesn't come out buggy.
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I try to keep this files on the external as a necessary precaution in case anything ever goes, even when running stock ROM, lol. Thanks though