[Q] Play Store not automatic restoring? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I've seen some other people with this problem, but whats with the Play Store not automatic restoring apps?
This cost me so much time today after quickly trying out CM10 which is naked with barely any features only to come back to CNA, and both times with wipe/factory reset, my apps would not restore automatically, i would have to go to the list of purchased/downloaded on play store and individually install each one...?!
thankfully I had a fairly recent titanium backup, but im wondering if this broke my market links with these apps??
anybody else having this problem?

UKROB86 said:
I've seen some other people with this problem, but whats with the Play Store not automatic restoring apps?
This cost me so much time today after quickly trying out CM10 which is naked with barely any features only to come back to CNA, and both times with wipe/factory reset, my apps would not restore automatically, i would have to go to the list of purchased/downloaded on play store and individually install each one...?!
thankfully I had a fairly recent titanium backup, but im wondering if this broke my market links with these apps??
anybody else having this problem?
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BUMP

Did you not create a full backup before flashing a completely new ROM?
Sywped from my GT-I9300 running Omega v28 & siyah 1.7rc1

What play store restoring apps?
Restore from Titanium Backup, it takes around 10-20 minutes..
As a good practice, i restore only free apps, i redownload paid apps from play store.

I have had a lot of trouble with the official Google Backup/Restore and custom ROMs. And this is across four different devices I've owned since they implemented that feature. Stock it always works fine after a data wipe, but when flashing a custom ROM it never recognizes it.
That said, recently it did start working for me on CM10. It did not work going from stock -> CM10, but it worked doing a clean install from one nightly to the next.

raptir said:
I have had a lot of trouble with the official Google Backup/Restore and custom ROMs. And this is across four different devices I've owned since they implemented that feature. Stock it always works fine after a data wipe, but when flashing a custom ROM it never recognizes it.
That said, recently it did start working for me on CM10. It did not work going from stock -> CM10, but it worked doing a clean install from one nightly to the next.
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As mach3.2 mentioned, it's probably wise using something like titanium backup to backup and restore apps when switching from one ROM to another as they tend to only work on rooted devices for a reason.
Sywped from my GT-I9300 running Omega v28 & siyah 1.7rc1

I did have a titanium backup, luckily. Usually what I do is restore all play store apps first, then use titanium to restore the apps not downloaded from play store.therefore I minimally use titanium backup, and never restore system says incase of incompatibility..
But what I'm pointing out is that for the first time since trying out CM10 and then reverting back to CNA, both times my play store apps would not automatically restore like usual...? Maybe it's a problem with the latest play store version?? (3.9.16)

UKROB86 said:
I did have a titanium backup, luckily. Usually what I do is restore all play store apps first, then use titanium to restore the apps not downloaded from play store.therefore I minimally use titanium backup, and never restore system says incase of incompatibility..
But what I'm pointing out is that for the first time since trying out CM10 and then reverting back to CNA, both times my play store apps would not automatically restore like usual...? Maybe it's a problem with the latest play store version?? (3.9.16)
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Whether or not you auto restore depends on the gapps package you install. It's not due to the current play store version, but rather because the package you used doesn't support it.
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najaboy said:
Whether or not you auto restore depends on the gapps package you install. It's not due to the current play store version, but rather because the package you used doesn't support it.
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Thanks, this makes complete sense because the only thing that changed was the gapps package.
I thought Google backed up the apps though? so how does it work that the gapps package backs up apps?
If I switch back to the previous gapps version will my apps auto restore?
I switched to the new gapps version because it has new gmail version etc

This is why I don't install GAPPs from a ZIP file - I get them from the Play Store so they always auto-restore...Just make sure you have the Play Store apk on your phone of course!

Figured out that the CM10 gapps packages, seem not to auto restore apps with Google play.
But no problem with CNA or AOKP gapps packages. - they restore my play downloaded apps right away

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titanium backup + damagecontrol 3.1.2 wont restore apps

Running DC 3.1.2 and a netarchy's 5 pt multi touch/fps fix kernel, Paid version of titanium backup.
I've fixed permissions
verified backups
installed app, apps + data, apps + system data
When i attempt to restore any app i've backed up on the sd card via titanium backup it wont restore them. It goes through, acts like it installed but when i reboot the phone and do the above mentioned things it just doesnt show up...
I should mentioned i came from stock rooted EVO 4G 1.3x ROM
Anyone ever heard of this problem before?
bump, anyone?
ANother thing its now doing is i was able to get the apps to show up in market, however they show as installed... until i click on the app then it asks me to install it.
Friggin weird.
anyone at all?
That's a weird one. I've been using Titanium quite a bit lately with no problems. You might just have to wipe and start over. Have you tried uninstalling / reinstalling Titanium? Its also possible there's a problem with your SD card. Do you have another one you could test with?
Did you go into settings / applications and put a check in the unknown sources box?
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Frank...
yes unknown sources is checked.
SD card as far as i know has no problems, ill try with a new one.
Thanks for the info.
im having the same problem. i have unknown sources checked, reflashed a couple times, and have even re-rooted. it works perfectly in both fresh and OMJ, but DC just fails. if you install the apps manually and then do a restore of app+data, it will restore the data properly, but it fails when you try to install from the backup.
-phil
ndboost said:
Running DC 3.1.2 and a netarchy's 5 pt multi touch/fps fix kernel, Paid version of titanium backup.
I've fixed permissions
verified backups
installed app, apps + data, apps + system data
When i attempt to restore any app i've backed up on the sd card via titanium backup it wont restore them. It goes through, acts like it installed but when i reboot the phone and do the above mentioned things it just doesnt show up...
I should mentioned i came from stock rooted EVO 4G 1.3x ROM
Anyone ever heard of this problem before?
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Same problem here...Fresh, Calkulin's EviO, Baked Snack, and Toasted Delight ROMs have all been able to restore just fine using Titanium Backup.
It's too bad...I really wanted to try DCs ROM, but I'm not gonna go through installing all my missing apps and setting up all the screens again.
Has anyone found a way to fix this yet?
MyRCode said:
Same problem here...Fresh, Calkulin's EviO, Baked Snack, and Toasted Delight ROMs have all been able to restore just fine using Titanium Backup.
It's too bad...I really wanted to try DCs ROM, but I'm not gonna go through installing all my missing apps and setting up all the screens again.
Has anyone found a way to fix this yet?
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Just make a nandroid backup, wipe, and try out DC 3.2.3 yourself. 99% chance everything will be fine.
cloud858rk said:
Just make a nandroid backup, wipe, and try out DC 3.2.3 yourself. 99% chance everything will be fine.
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The problem isn't loading the ROM. I'm able to install DC after doing a full wipe...it seems to be the only ROM that causes problem when trying to do a full Titanium Backup restore.

Custom ROMs not having market app

Im new to flashing roms/kernels so this might be a stupid question, but i cant seem to find an answer anywhere. How come some roms dont have the market app on them? Ive been doing a factory reset, cache wipe and dalvich cach wipe before each rom flash. Am i doing something wrong?
If you've been trying to flash CM7, you have to flash the latest gapps [google apps] with it. Also some developers make a separate flash with the rom, in case they are themed, and include them in their opening post.
Assuming you've backed up, as you were supposed to, prior to flashing anything, you should have a com.android.vending file to restore from.
Also, many have recommended using Astro or Titanium Backup to backup your applications, com.android.vending (Market) being backed up if you chose to back up all applications. So, you can always go in there and make it happen.
I flashed once and there was a themed version of the Market included and it looked great, but stopped working after the third entry, so I had to install my own backup to get it running.
Just an option.
I had a problem with this too, but i just needed to download the google apps package for cm7
Tonyphase said:
I had a problem with this too, but i just needed to download the google apps package for cm7
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There are explicit instructions with CM7 about making sure you get GApps. How did you miss it!

[Q] Google Talk no longer functions after titanium restore

I swapped out Roms (went from Stock 4.0.4 to deoxed/rooted stock 4.0.4 to AOKP v25 4.0.3 and then back to deoxed/rooted stock 4.0.4) and then restored from a titanium backup, and now google talk will no longer function.
The whole reason I left the AOKP rom is because gtalk wasn't working, so I assumed it was an issue with the ROM.
I've tried uninstalling it (root uninstaller) and restoring it, I've tried wiping the data, deleting the cache, etc. Unfortunately, it's not available on the market, so the only way I can reinstall it is via my single titanium backup. Anyone have any ideas?
Why did you restore app and data when all you had to do was flash gapps? Especially gapps from different versions nevertheless.
Yeah, it isn't the rom but user error so it seems.
The app and data was from a backup taken before I went to AOKP (stock, rooted, deodexed 4.0.4), so they're the same versions I'm trying to restore back onto my phone now that I'm back on that version.
Secondly, I am restoring everything so I don't have to recustomize everything and all of my old system settings come back in. Pretty sure this is standard practice? Perhaps if you didn't have a solution you could keep your snooty responses to yourself?
apols said:
The app and data was from a backup taken before I went to AOKP (stock, rooted, deodexed 4.0.4), so they're the same versions I'm trying to restore back onto my phone now that I'm back on that version.
Secondly, I am restoring everything so I don't have to recustomize everything and all of my old system settings come back in. Pretty sure this is standard practice? Perhaps if you didn't have a solution you could keep your snooty responses to yourself?
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"Restoring everything" from Titanium is probably restoring your problem too. When I flash a new rom with a wipe it takes me 15-20 minutes to let Google restore my apps, restore data only to specific non-system apps with Titanium, re-do my settings customizations.
Give it a try and maybe your stuff will work too.
Good luck.
Well I just said screw it, and restored from a nandroid backup I had taken instead of the Titanium version and everything is working fine.
Geezer Squid said:
"Restoring everything" from Titanium is probably restoring your problem too. When I flash a new rom with a wipe it takes me 15-20 minutes to let Google restore my apps, restore data only to specific non-system apps with Titanium, re-do my settings customizations.
Give it a try and maybe your stuff will work too.
Good luck.
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Yea, you're probably right. I'd used nandroid backups previously and just wanted to give titanium pro a shot with a full batch restore. Looks like I'll stick to using that for individual one-offs and nandroid for entire system backups. Thanks!
apols said:
Yea, you're probably right. I'd used nandroid backups previously and just wanted to give titanium pro a shot with a full batch restore. Looks like I'll stick to using that for individual one-offs and nandroid for entire system backups. Thanks!
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You can restore apps + app data, but its really never a good idea to restore system data, especially as a batch restore. If you must restore them, you should be a little more selective.
TiBU restore can be useless for a lot of things, especially on something like Google Talk, where you get it automatically with a GAPPS flash and it restores everything for you when you sign in.
Pretty simple actually, if a restored app is problematic, DON'T restore... especially not gapps like gtalk....
Everyone told you the same thing and I was the first. somehow that offended you at first, ungrateful egoist sunflower in a greenhouse with a fragile emotional issues being butthurt over nothing more like it.

[Q] Best way to quickly switch between ROMs?

What is the best procedure for switching between ROMs and still retain all of your data (contacts, call history, txt history, app data, etc)?
I have Titanium Backup Pro, which I assume would be best to use.
WhiteZero said:
What is the best procedure for switching between ROMs and still retain all of your data (contacts, app data, etc)?
I have Titanium Backup Pro, which I assume would be best to use.
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Contacts are synced with your Google account. Assuming its from one android version to the same you can usually do a batch backup of your data apps in titanium or create a filter for apps you specifically want to backup and restore on each rom and use that.
barnacles10 said:
Contacts are synced with your Google account. Assuming its from one android version to the same you can usually do a batch backup of your data apps in titanium or create a filter for apps you specifically want to backup and restore on each rom and use that.
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What about going from GB to ICS?
WhiteZero said:
What about going from GB to ICS?
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Going upward would be easy.
For your first question - the easiest way to moving around different Roms.
Rule of Thumb (to keep the data)
1. Don't do the factory reset.
2. Don't format the data
What you can do -
Format cache/dalvik.
In here, let me just focus on the moving the roms between the same version (stay on same GB or ICS, or moving upward). Downgrading Roms from ICS to GB is little different story and need lots of cautions because it could break your phone.
The easiest way would be using sfhub's No-data version one click odin. If you use this method, you can keep almost everything after the rom changed and the efforts to recover the original configuration would the minimum. You need to verify the each applications whether it works or not. Based on my experience, some few applications does not work after the rom change. If the app does not work, you can try to restore the app using TB. Sometimes TB works in here but other times it's not. But it's a good habit to make the whole system + app data backup thru TB. Many times for the apps not working after the rom change, you need to uninstall and reinstall it. It resolves the issue always.
The second easiest way would be using Calk's zip file. Sometime his rom comes with no-data version but the other times, it's not. So, try no-data version first if it's there. But if not, just use normal version without wiping anything (don't do the factory reset manually). His package will automatically format the system data, cache, dalvik, battery stat but user app & data. So, after applying his non no-data version rom, you need a little more effort. For example, if you are using different launcher, the system will move back to default tw launcher. So, you need to clean the tw launcher's data and make your launcher as default. The good thing is, your launcher configuration data is still there. Again, after changing the rom, some application may not work on the new rom. In that case, just follow the steps that I mentioned above.
For any other roms, it would be little more complicated because depending on the rom, it's totally customized. So, you need to follow the op's instruction carefully. For example, I had some problems on moving around the roms because I installed the Rom having some inverted apps (which is replacing the default system and user apps). If you try to install stock rom over those kind of roms, then there are high chances that overlapped apps are not going to work on the new rom. In that case, you need to find out the stock apps instead of inverted apps to uninstall the current app and reinstall the stock app.

CM10.2.0-RC1 question

so, I loaded CM 10.2.0-RC1 on top of CM10.1.3 and I tried it with a dirty flash and that didn't go so well. I did load GAPPS 4.3 as well and every Google app just crashed and when I connected to Play Store it would error every time I tried to download updates.
So then I tried it with a wipe of data and cache and no more app crashes and the Store worked fine but none of my previously installed apps restored to the phone. Is that a common experience or did I miss a step?
Forgot to use titanium backup to save them. Or it could be that you went ot fast when you installed and forgot to check the restore applicaiton setting first time you booted. AFAIK you're screwed.
So, after a clean flash, there are 2 ways of getting back the apps you had before...
1) Flash CM AND gapps before you boot for the first time. Make sure you use the right gapps. There is a chart here. The right one for CM 10.2 is gapps 20130813. Once booted, check to restore apps and settings right after you enter your google account info. This will start the lengthy process to install your apps. This will not restore your app data, only your apps.
2) better way IMHO: Do above, but uncheck restore apps and data. Use Titanium backup to restore your apps and data.
TIP: If you don't already have a Titanium backup of all your apps, flash back to your original ROM, install Titanium Backup Pro, and do a backup to your SD card. It is also advised to update all your apps via the market before doing the titanium backup on your original ROM. Hope this helps.
I just went from 10.0.0 to 10.2. I found that the 11/27 nightly worked better for me than RC1. PM me if you have any more questions.

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