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Titanium Backup help needed

just wondering if anybody could just give me a little guide or help with how to use titanium back up. im wanting to back up favorites. gba emulators saves, scenes, saved accounts like facebook accounts and pandora. also the backing up up apps has be a little confused. thank you in advance.

To save regular apps? Like ones from the market?
If so, just click the app and press backup? Don't see how that could be confusing.
If that's not working, at the bottom press "Problems?" and install Busybox

I'm also looking for help w/ titanium backup. For some reason, when I try uninstalling stock apps like peep/sprint zone, it doesnt do anything... The app is still in the list of programs. I dont get why.
I have root access...

Mu5ic92 said:
just wondering if anybody could just give me a little guide or help with how to use titanium back up. im wanting to back up favorites. gba emulators saves, scenes, saved accounts like facebook accounts and pandora. also the backing up up apps has be a little confused. thank you in advance.
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I was in the same boat when I first got it. Much better now.
Here are a few tips:
1) use the filters. It's much easier to see User apps only. Choose "Click to edit filters" and then select the User radio button and Apply. This will show you all of the apps you've installed from the market. Then go to Menu > Batch > Backup All User Apps Run button, then choose the apps you want to backup from the list.
2) Do the same as #1 but filter for System apps. After choosing Batch, choose Backup All System Data Run button. The only real system apps I backup are:
-[ACCOUNTS] - but you don't really have to do this because if you flash a new ROM or something, you can just sign back in to your accounts at the beginning
-[USER DICT] - user defined saved words in dictionary I'm assuming
-[DESKTOP] HTC Sense - this will save where your icons are on the screens if you're using the Sense UI
-[BOOKMARKS] - this one is obvious
-[SMS/MMS PREFS] Messages - I think this saves your messages that are currently on your phone
-WiFi Access Points - all the Wireless networks and settings you've previously saved
Obviously you can backup whatever you want, these just seem to work for me.
3) Note that you can combine 1 and 2 by filtering All and All on the filtering screen, then Batch button, then Backup All User Apps + System Data run button. I just use it this way because it makes it a bit easier to filter out your user apps from all of the system stuff.
If anyone else has any tips or see that I'm using this in a whacked out manner, please let me know!

im having trouble getting it to work, its force closing when asking for super user permission, i know im rooted im using a cooked rom. I clicked the problems button also to install busybox which im pretty sure i already have and its downloading to 99% but wont go any further.

chandlerw88 said:
im having trouble getting it to work, its force closing when asking for super user permission, i know im rooted im using a cooked rom. I clicked the problems button also to install busybox which im pretty sure i already have and its downloading to 99% but wont go any further.
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I had that problem upon first installing it. Don't know how I fixed it...reboot maybe? Sorry I'm not more help, but you're not alone with that one.

To backup: Menu -> Batch -> Backup all user apps.

what about setting up scheduling .. how do you set it up so it just updates the back up every day ..

chandlerw88 said:
im having trouble getting it to work, its force closing when asking for super user permission, i know im rooted im using a cooked rom. I clicked the problems button also to install busybox which im pretty sure i already have and its downloading to 99% but wont go any further.
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Try reinstalling it.

Mu5ic92 said:
what about setting up scheduling .. how do you set it up so it just updates the back up every day ..
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Schedules > Edit > Backup All User Apps > set options and click Save > Click Enabled box

is there a way when your reinstalling all your apps you dont have to click "install" and "done" for every app?...its a bit annoying when you got a ton of apps ..

You won't have to click anything if you donate. Once you start it, it installs everything you want.
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I'm reinstalling my apps from Titanium Backup. I'm a really going to have to manually hit "Install" for each of the 214 apps that are being restored?

ejqr5 said:
You won't have to click anything if you donate. Once you start it, it installs everything you want.
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Oohh... ok , to be clear ..if I donate then it will auto install all my apps with out me having to hit "ok" for each app...that's well worth $4 !

I'm confused about how to work this too. My understanding is that BATCH MODE is supposed to do something...yet I don't see it doing anything.
I press one of the many run buttons, and it just takes me back to the Backup/Restore tab after. There's no indication that the program is doing anything to back anything up...for me at least.
And I'm sure there has to be a better way to do it than backup every single individual thing one-by-one. And also...why don't apps restore when I, say... Flash a new ROM (with the Clockwork/Rom Manager file still on SD), and reinstall ROM Manager?
I'm just not getting this for some odd reason, and I'm a very quick learner with everything else Android.
NOTE: I have the donate version btw.

It's more like BATCH>RUN>RUN...
Select Menu/Batch, select "Run" next to the batch operation you would like to do, then select Run again at the top of the next screen. It should be very obvious that it starts doing backups or whatever you selected.

workingaplan said:
It's more like BATCH>RUN>RUN...
Select Menu/Batch, select "Run" next to the batch operation you would like to do, then select Run again at the top of the next screen. It should be very obvious that it starts doing backups or whatever you selected.
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Ok that worked. You know what it may have been? I was accessing the Batch menu from the Backup/Restore tab and I wasn't getting these options. Because I just did what you told me from the opening screen, and it worked. I'm all happy now.
Thank you

[HOW TO] Manually Update PRL

I found the answer to my problems...I had to get REALLY creative with my search terms and do a lot of poking through old threads.
So I figured I would change this to a [HOW TO] and maybe be of assistance to future generations.
What is PRL, you say?
http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=11 said:
(Preferred Roaming List)
The PRL is a list of information that resides in the memory of some kinds of digital phones. It lists the radio frequencies the phone can use in various geographic areas.
The part of the list for each area is ordered by the bands the phone should try to use first. Therefore it's a kind of priority list for which towers the phone should use.
The PRL helps determine which home-network towers to use, and also which towers belonging to other networks to use in roaming situations (areas where the home network has no coverage.) When roaming, the PRL may instruct the phone to use the network with the best roaming rate for the carrier, rather than the one with the strongest signal at the moment.
Since a PRL tells the phone "where" to search for a signal, as carrier networks change over time, an updated PRL may be required for a phone to "see" all of the coverage that it should, both with the home network and for roaming.
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Note for CM users: CM users will have to update their PRL through a Sense ROM. At this time CM does not support EPST codes.
-Do a full Nandroid Backup,
-after you do your Nandroid Backup wipe the Cache, Dalvik Cache, and Data,
-then flash a stock-based ROM (i.e., Fresh, Myn's, etc.),
-update your PRL,
-and then do a Nand Restore back to CM.
Note: Most people should be able to update their PRL through Menu > Settings > Systems Updates. For some this may not work (like me!), the instructions below should allow you to update your PRL manually from a file on your SD Card.
Here's what you need to do to manually update your PRL:
1. Download your desired PRL (I have attached the 3 newest versions below), unzip it, and save it to your SD card. I found This List from another post, which also links to This Thread on PPC Geeks.
2. If you are on a 2.1 or lower ROM skip to Step 6.
3. If you are runing a 2.2 or higher ROM, download the old EPST.apk (attached below) and save it to your SD card.
4. Use a Root Explorer (I used ES File Explorer), mount the system as R/W, and rename the EPST.apk file found in /system/app to EPST.tmp.
5. Now copy the EPST.apk you just downloaded from your SD card to /system/app, then tap and install it. Once the installation is done unmount the system and close your explorer program.
6. Open your dialer and dial ##775#, a prompt will appear asking for a password, you must enter your MSL here (I got mine from Sprint when I was having a problem with my ported phone number showing up).
6. After a moment you will see a list of all the PRL files on your SD card, choose the PRL file you wish to use and tap "OK".
7. Press the Menu button and tap "Commit Changes".
8. The phone should reboot itself after 10 seconds (you can tap "OK" to reboot immediately).
To verify: Menu > Settings > About Phone > Software Information (default...in CM it's listed under Status).
Note: Once you have updated your PRL, you can do a Nand restore and the PRL you just updated will remain in place.
I cannot take credit for any of this, I am just putting it all in one place to make it easier on n00bs like me!
Much thanks to the posts by: kperry1911, kyouko, myndwire (for the link to the Android forums which allowed me to find more info) and ch_ee_ko (which led me to kyouko's post)
***I will leave my original post in case it helps in people's searches***
Hey guys, wondering if anyone can tell me wtf?
I was on CM-6.1.1 and had PRL 60668, I flashed Myn's to update PRL, and now my PRL is 40434.
Tried again, it acted like it was updating, but no change. Flashed to Fresh 3.4 and same story, acted like it was updating but no change afterwards.
Thanks in advance, I poked around this forum, and I also tried XDA and Google search...Just found a bunch of unrelated crap.
*Edit* I have the newest Radio, PRI, and NV.
I just tried using fresh 3.5.1, stil no change.
I've now also tried using a stock rooted 3.7 ROM, still no dice. Any insight would be welcome! Thanks!
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*EDIT* Post removed, see above *EDIT*

Do these steps work with Gingerbread Sense?

So can anyone conficonfim these steps, method's work, also open is your still watching Angeles checking this thread did you get your prl issue fixed?
Edit: Okay Im running sense 2.1 ROM, Synergy RC2, I didn't need to install the 2.1 Espt APK --- I just downloaded and unzipped the pro to the root of my SD card then went to the dialer and pressed ##775# press on the prl update choose the unzipped prl file then press menu choose committ then phone will reboot and you should have the updated prl in software setting!

i tried updating to verizon prl via this guide
everything worked and when the phone rebooted i'm still on the sprint 60683 prl.
any advice?
anyone try this yet?

Is there any way to tell what is the best prl for my area. I'm about 25 mins southwest of Chicago, and get really good service everywhere around my house. Go figure huh?
LOL thanks in advance.

##775# Doesnt do anything on the phone.

BoostmyXb said:
##775# Doesnt do anything on the phone.
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Did you read steps 3-5 in the first post?

sitlet said:
Did you read steps 3-5 in the first post?
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yes, when i try to rename the EPST in the system app it saids fail it wont let me rename the file to EPST.tmp, and i dont want to just copy and paste because it saids to rename it.......am i doing it wrong?

yes, when i try to rename the EPST in the system app it saids fail it wont let me rename the file to EPST.tmp
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You dont have to rename it to that, just rename it to something else, like EPST_old. Also, are you sure you mounted as r/w first?

sitlet said:
You dont have to rename it to that, just rename it to something else, like EPST_old. Also, are you sure you mounted as r/w first?
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Nope i guess i cant do it then because im not rooted.

BoostmyXb said:
Nope i guess i cant do it then because im not rooted.
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Yea you need to be rooted. Root Explorer shouldn't have even opened if you are not rooted.

Just curius how hard is it to revert back to your old prl if this does not help
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[Q&A] [MOD] Enable Native Tethering without limits

Q&A for [MOD] Enable Native Tethering without limits
Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer. Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :smile:

After all that, it was the default.xml too...
First off, BIG thanks to everyone in this thread!
I finally got this to work on the Tmo stock ROM by rooting, s-off, apply .zip as instructed in OP. I was then able to change the APN through the interface, but this does NOT change the APN and several other settings in "default.xml" under /system/customize/ACC, so still blocked. Use ES File Manager in root access mode to open and edit the "default.xml" file. If in doubt, make a copy of this file in case you muck it all up!
The strings I changed were as follows, from the top of the default.xml file to the bottom:
"isTetherBlockCheck">false (was set to true on my system)
"tethering_guard_support">false (was set to true on my system)
"fixed_apn_for_dun">fast.t-mobile.com (was set to pcweb.tmobile.com)
"TetheringGuard_Rule">0 (was set to 4 on my system)
Save the changes, reboot and good to go.

[Note: I just followed the previous thread, and wa redirected to this one...]
OK....I know this is a little late... But I wanted to check to see why there were minor inconsistencies.
First, I am running rooted stock, S-off.
I did this whole thing way out of order...so bear with me:
1. First I used the sqlite editor and changed every occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile" in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
2. Next, I copied the settings.odex from /system/app/ folder and put it into my sdcard/Download folder (this was probably useless step). Also, just to be cautious, I copied my settings.apk to the same /system/app directory, renaming it system.apk.bak.
3. I downloaded the tethers.zip and the settings.apk onto my SD card.
I then flashed the tethers.zip in recovery... Stupidly, I forgot to mount the system partition (even after reading a reminder that this needed to be done by Fenny).
4. I rebooted my phone, went into the/system/app folder and moved the settings.odex to my /sdcard/Download folder (so now i had two in there!).
5. I then changed the APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 and saved them.
6. Next, I moved the settings.odex file back to /system/app.
7. I then copied the default.xml from /system/customize/ACC to my sdcard/Download folder and opened it in a more robust text editor.
I changed one occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile". There was also a value for "tetheringuard_rule" set to "4", which I changed to "0". I saved that default.xml file and copied it back to /system/customize/ACC. Plus I made two additional changes per slayerBills comment above. (Thank you!!)
8. Lastly, I copied the downloaded settings.apk file and replaced the file in /system/app (Note: I still had my original one named settings.apk.bak)
9. I made sure ever file I copied over to the system had the correct octal permissions of chmod 644.
The thing I don't understand is how my settings.oak changed. One version I downloaded from the OP (in the other thread), but before I replaced that so-called pristine copy, I decided to keep it. What is strange is that the downloaded settings.apk is 19.75Mb, my original before I started any of this was 20.41Mb, and then if the tethers.zip contained another version, then that version was 20.08Mb.
It may all be negligible...But it Judy seemed odd to me.
Lastly... my question is this: provided i did everything correctly above, if i had already received the upsell notice from TMO, will the above effort benefit me at all?

syntropic said:
[Note: I just followed the previous thread, and wa redirected to this one...]
OK....I know this is a little late... But I wanted to check to see why there were minor inconsistencies.
First, I am running rooted stock, S-off.
I did this whole thing way out of order...so bear with me:
1. First I used the sqlite editor and changed every occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile" in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
2. Next, I copied the settings.odex from /system/app/ folder and put it into my sdcard/Download folder (this was probably useless step). Also, just to be cautious, I copied my settings.apk to the same /system/app directory, renaming it system.apk.bak.
3. I downloaded the tethers.zip and the settings.apk onto my SD card.
I then flashed the tethers.zip in recovery... Stupidly, I forgot to mount the system partition (even after reading a reminder that this needed to be done by Fenny).
4. I rebooted my phone, went into the/system/app folder and moved the settings.odex to my /sdcard/Download folder (so now i had two in there!).
5. I then changed the APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 and saved them.
6. Next, I moved the settings.odex file back to /system/app.
7. I then copied the default.xml from /system/customize/ACC to my sdcard/Download folder and opened it in a more robust text editor.
I changed one occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile". There was also a value for "tetheringuard_rule" set to "4", which I changed to "0". I saved that default.xml file and copied it back to /system/customize/ACC. Plus I made two additional changes per slayerBills comment above. (Thank you!!)
8. Lastly, I copied the downloaded settings.apk file and replaced the file in /system/app (Note: I still had my original one named settings.apk.bak)
9. I made sure ever file I copied over to the system had the correct octal permissions of chmod 644.
The thing I don't understand is how my settings.apk changed. One version I downloaded from the OP (in the other thread), but before I replaced that so-called pristine copy, I decided to keep it. What is strange is that the downloaded settings.apk is 19.75Mb, my original before I started any of this was 20.41Mb, and then if the tethers.zip contained another version, then that version was 20.08Mb.
It may all be negligible...But it Judy seemed odd to me.
Lastly... my question is this: provided i did everything correctly above, if i had already received the upsell notice from TMO, will the above effort benefit me at all?
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Edit: Despite my unorthodox sequence of steps, and the fact that I didn't need to download the separate settings.apk (in fact, I used my original settings.apk (I believe) and only made changes to the default.xml and the telephony.db (plus the ipv6 to ipv4 APN change).
[Even though I got the ominous 3GB warning message yesterday informing me I could no longer share my mobile data, I have since used another 3GB with it tethered to my laptop.]
I did forget to change my user-agent/string at first, but it didn't cause be any problems. Had anyone ever heard of T-Mobile surprising you with a supplemental bill for data? Just curious....

Update a week later:
I know the steps I list above are a little hard to follow, but at the end of the day (after I copied back my original settings.apk which prevented settings from crashing), I have not had a single problem tethering whatsoever.
Before I came to this thread (or the original one in Development), I had received the 3GB shutoff warning with offer to buy more data. This particularly pissed me off because for budgetary reasons I don't have Wi-Fi in my home this month, but every month in the past 3 years I have used Wi-Fi...which meant TMOUS never had to provide me more than a few hundred MB data per month under my "unlimited data" plan.
So after several years of over-paying for "unlimited data" and using but a fraction of it, I was certainly not going to pay for more data this month just because I hit the 3GB mark.
That said, I am being quite voracious in my data consumption by tethering to my laptop. Even though I am using a hotspot from an Android phone using carrier data, I am consistently getting ~1.5MB/s download speeds! That's about 80% of my ISP speeds.
At this point I am about a week from the end of my billing cycle and I have used 16GB from tethering alone.
Is there any chance TMO will make noise about this in the future?

Tether.zip
I tried this on my T-Mobile HTC ONE M8 4.4.4 and now can't access my settings/ Keeps saying settings have stopped. Can i roll this zip back or do I have flash my rom. Really don't want have to reinstall everything.
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Karl
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Ok... I posted above recently that everything was working fine. And as far as data being able to be downloaded, I imagine it still is.
However, in the last 2 days, when I turn on "mobile network sharing", I get a Sense toast notification that I have too many connections to my hotspot.
But I only ever have one...I have never tethered to multiple devices. In fact, when I check under the mobile hotspot menu choice, it says "one user connected"....even if I have disconnected from, say, the laptop I was using.
In other words, as soon as I turn the mobile hotspot on, and connect one device, it states there are too many devices. If I disconnect (and wait 4 or 5 minutes), it still shows one user connected. One user too many apparently.
This has got to be another method of preventing data use.
Anyone have any ideas?

Viperone ROM tether help
Hello everyone,
I have the ViperoneM8 3.0.0 ROM installed on my phone, and I can't seem to edit my APN settings. The only thing I can edit is the fast.t-mobile.com name but nothing else. I installed APN Shortcut app, but when I clicked on it, it leads me back into stock settings again which is weird. Is there way to fix this?
Thanks

settings broken
dre168 said:
I tried this on my T-Mobile HTC ONE M8 4.4.4 and now can't access my settings/ Keeps saying settings have stopped. Can i roll this zip back or do I have flash my rom. Really don't want have to reinstall everything.
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Karl
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i had the same issue after using tether.zip. deleted settings.odex from /system/app,and it is working for the last 2 months.
also, sunshine worked on my 4.4.4 tmo m8,and after altering apn under
'settings/mobile data/access point names/t-mobile data(fast.t-mobile.com)"
apn protocol and roaming protocol to ipv4, and saving(which s-off is needed for), i have used 27gb tethering in this cycle, and account shows zero tethering used!
SUCCESS!

That's great...

Copy / Paste from my post in the original thread.
blakejohnson86 said:
Hey Guys, for future reference, I have not noticed anyone ask yet, as I was searching around for this answer myself, but to enable unlimited tethering on a GPE 5.0 ROM, it's a combination of a few steps:
Use an SQLite editor to open the following database on your device "/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db", select the "global" table, and then create the key "tether_dun_required" with the value of "0" (I have not tested this, but even without root, this is possible by issuing the command "settings put global tether_dun_required 0" over ADB.)
Change your APN settings to IPv4 instead of the usually default IPv6 or IPv4/IPv6.
Add the string "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" to your build.prop file. (I have not tested this, but the tool here seems to do this automatically for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-hotspot-entitlement-bypass-v1-1-5-9-t2705152)
Reboot
Source: http://pocketnow.com/2015/01/01/nexus-6-tethering
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I attempted to use this zip on my phone and now I can't access my settings menu at all, can you help me out?

how do i install this, android noobie
i rooted my phone
how do i flash this rom?
few questions
1. How do i flash it? in recovery mode?
2. do i need to erase my current flash on my phone?
3. do i need to back up my phone?
4. once i flash it do i need to reload my phone data? thanks

Editing the files with SQLite editor as said earlier in this thread leaves me with 3G only capabilities on the newest stock lollipop.

[/COLOR]Hey Guys,
I'm at my wits end... I updated my phone to Lollipop with the newest Insert Coin rom and no dice. I've edited the following...
created secondary APN, with default and added "dun"
modified tether_provision_dun = 0
modified secondary APN's to IPV4
edited default.xml
edited (net.tethering.noprovisioning=true) in build.prop
downloaded and installed Bypass Entitlement App
Used Wifi Tether router
Used FoxFi
NOTHING works for me. I continue to get the prompt that I should buy an additional plan from T-Mobile when connected to my network. Help Por favor

Why not use something like clockworkmod tether, easytether, pdanet?

So has anyone found a way to get this working with the newest OTA?

Is there a way to block tether usage with lollipop?

Hi all, has there been any new workarounds? Nothing seems to work.
Cheers!

Will this work on the M9? I'm S-off and boot loader unlocked. The phone is from at&t but with metro pcs service.

transfer app data

i just want to tranfer app data from a rooted phone (app isnt working right on the phone) to a tab S im barrowing, but i believe i have to pay titanium to do that.
the tab s isnt rooted (would prefer not to root it as it isnt mine), any other options?

GreeleyXda said:
i just want to tranfer app data from a rooted phone (app isnt working right on the phone) to a tab S im barrowing, but i believe i have to pay titanium to do that.
the tab s isnt rooted (would prefer not to root it as it isnt mine), any other options?
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Whats the name of the app?

facefeed its like snapchat. it uses the front camera only
on my nexus 6 when i try to take a picture its inverted.
the app works on the tab s, but i want to transfer my convos over

GreeleyXda said:
facefeed its like snapchat. it uses the front camera only
on my nexus 6 when i try to take a picture its inverted.
the app works on the tab s, but i want to transfer my convos over
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Okay just looked in android/data after installing it and it was nowhere, what was it called? I think it might be storing data in the DATA/DATA folder which is only writable to if rooted so i believe, although i wounder how other apps manage to write data there ☺

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlabs.facefeed
and i believe its data/data > com.contextlabs.facefeed

GreeleyXda said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlabs.facefeed
and i believe its data/data > com.contextlabs.facefeed
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Okay i have your answer, this is an option for you and you will be able to do it without root.
You can use Android's backup function.
adb backup -noapk com.app.packagename
You will now be prompted to 'unlock your device and confirm the backup operation'. It's best NOT to provide a password, otherwise it becomes more difficult to read the data. Just click on 'backup my data'. The resulting 'backup.ab' file on your computer contains all the app's data in android backup format. Basically it's a compressed tar file. You can use the adb restore backup.db command to restore the backup..
Found this with a bit of googling, goodluck.
EDIT
And this is a great gui for
adb
http://forums.androidcentral.com/so...g/415287-open-source-adb-console-wizzrah.html

Save apps with settings for another ROM?

How do we set up our devices exactly how we like with the apps we like and customised settings for each app.... and then save them all onto the SD card so we can then flash in another flavour of ROM to try out and simply add our saved apps all set up and ready to go....?
It takes forever to re-set all my apps i like to use.... and as I'm hopefully going to have MultiROM working asap I would hope that I can simply flash in a ROM to try and 'add' all my apps to it with with one click but importantly with all their settings exactly how I use them.

I agree. Maybe you could try the Titanium Backup donate version. I think it has a "Create zip" option. I just can't comment further as I've never used it.
Not sent by me.

i use APK Organize
Works fine for me...
Just be sure you have your phone rooted and in debug mode...
use the "Backup / Restore" function and choose app + data

Bernsi said:
i use APK Organize
Works fine for me...
Just be sure you have your phone rooted and in debug mode...
use the "Backup / Restore" function and choose app + data
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Thanks for that.... looks worth having
however... I've now discovered that I lost the original full root access I had on KK when i installed CM12 and I'm gonna guess that full root access is tied in to the kernel and of course Android 5.x.x is built on a different kernel and therefore needs re-rooting....? CyanogenMod grants App and ADB root via menu in developer options but that is obviously a limited root access and not enough for APK Organise...?
When i try the APK organise it denies me the backup saying 'No root access'.... which surprised me initially.
I can't seem to find a working root-tool for Android 5.1.1. which is what I'm currently on in CM12.1.... anyone know where I can find please as this APK organise looks like a very useful tool to have working from within Windows and makes it easy to keep the backups on my laptop harddrive instead of the sd card

Use zipme available on playstore.
It makes zip flashable with apk data and also settins if selected ....
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160lightning said:
When i try the APK organise it denies me the backup saying 'No root access'.... which surprised me initially.
I can't seem to find a working root-tool for Android 5.1.1. which is what I'm currently on in CM12.1.... anyone know where I can find please as this APK organise looks like a very useful tool to have working from within Windows and makes it easy to keep the backups on my laptop harddrive instead of the sd card
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You don't need to root CM, simply enable root access in the developer options.
Apart from that, I've been using Titanium Backup pro for years and I'm very happy with it.
Edit: sry, I didn't see the upper half of your post. Anyway, the CM root access is enough for TitaniumBackup. Maybe it's the app that has to be updated for lollipop, I remember TitaniumBackup had some issues in the first days of lollipop, too.

Winb33 said:
Use zipme available on playstore.
It makes zip flashable with apk data and also settins if selected ....
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As luckyrumo points out these apps 'APK Organise' and the 'ZipMe' you recommend may well need updating to work with Android 5..... ZipMe hasn't been touched since 2013 according to the 'last updated' info.
I have Titanium Backup free version and tried using the backup app + data in batch prefs menu prior to having to do a wipe and clean install of CM12.... but when I reinstalled the Titanium backup app it failed to show the backups that were made previously and supposedly stored on my sd card along with everything else that has never been affected on the sd card. during ROM installations and associated full wipes... I think the backup disappeared when the app was wiped... I can't think of any other logical explanation....? I wonder if the paid version makes a difference...?
One particular app I use is Call Meter 3G which keeps track of my available contract free minutes by way of progress bar homescreen widget tracking any given monthly period and of course it does so by logging all my calls,messages and data use (tho I get unlimited data on my plan so that is not important). Because of the sheer volume and complexity of all the settings to get this app customised to work with my carrier plan it's a pain to have to set-it all up again when re-installing apps after flashing a custom ROM... and without the call logs you will always be starting part way thru a month so it won't be accurate until the bill cycles and a new month begins.
If I can get MultiROM working (no luck so far) having a one click install for apps and customised settings will make life much easier as I plan to try out ALL available ROM's alongside my primary. I only have one device at this stage so MultiROM is a no brainer for me... If I could just get it to install !!!!!
Nick

i also on CM 12.1 Lollipop 5.1.1... (Weekly 5 - JustArchi)
and i restored the apps + data (whatsapp + messages etc.) from CM 11 to CM 12.1 with no problems...
as i installed CM 12.1 in CWM, at restart system, i was asked for fixing root... i have choosen "yes"
for APK Organize choose root access for apps + adb in developer options and activate debug mode. should work, worked for me...