You have to have a nandroid back up of a ROM with working SMS
Go to titanium backup
Setting
Scroll to "Extract from nandroid"
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Click it
Choose the most current backup
Click the icon to the right
The screen will populate with all the apps
Scroll to messaging
Check it
Check app and data
Click the green check mark
When its done, reboot.
Your done and it always works.
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I always hate when Google restores contacts. The pictures look like crap. If you use large pics for contacts and want to keep them looking great on the screen. Set all contacts as you like. Do a nandroid. This way you will always have it. When I fash a ROM, before I reboot, I mount the system, go to advance/file manager. Navigate to system/app, delete the Google contact sync apk. You can also freeze the google sync in tbu, if you dont want to delete it. This will stop Google from screwing with the pics. Then just reboot. I do this and don't really care that gmail doesn't have my contacts. There are other ways to do that. As long as you know what your doing in that file manager, you can delete all kinds of not needed crap. I myself delete all the ringtones before rebooting after flashing.
You most mount the system to get into the system stuff.
I also restore my contacts this way.
Follow the same steps as above except
Check the "contact storage" box
Click "data only"
Clicking app and data may cause a contact fc if going from different ROMs
Click the green check
Reboot when its done
If you choose to not delete the Google sync. Freeze it in tbu. Delete all contacts and do steps above in tbu.
Again make sure you have a good nandroid first.
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helpful thank you!
Nice write up bro...good job..very informative.. thank you
I cannot seem to get this trick to work. I am on a ported 4.4.2 rom for the Verizon note 2 and this will not work.
@DaFox is a pimp. TBO rocks too.
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I was wondering if I could move all of my apps into a zip folder and install them I have a feeling my have tried this in the past and it failed. Is this even possible? If so is there something special I have to do? I really hate having to manually install apps, through titanium backup when ever I wipe my phone.
Stalte said:
I was wondering if I could move all of my apps into a zip folder and install them I have a feeling my have tried this in the past and it failed. Is this even possible? If so is there something special I have to do? I really hate having to manually install apps, through titanium backup when ever I wipe my phone.
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if you use the Titanium Backup Donate verision. It installs them for you at once. You dont have to manually install each app.
+1 on titanium backup. The donate version is worth the money.
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+1 more on titanium paid version. Also, if you really want a flashable zip of your apps titanium has an option to create one!
nebenezer said:
+1 more on titanium paid version. Also, if you really want a flashable zip of your apps titanium has an option to create one!
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Is that ability in the free one or just the paid version
EDIT: Never mind I found it
Greatest App EVER MADE
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learn to make a zip file.
find an update.zip with an app folder in it
erase everything except the apps folder
add your apps
re-sign the zip using autosign.bat or any other # of ways
flash it
i tried to attach one of my empty zips that i use as a template but its not letting me attach it
MagnusRagnarok said:
i tried to attach one of my empty zips that i use as a template but its not letting me attach it
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here you go Link
add the apks into /system/app [Edit:assuming there system apps just though of that :/]
resign
flash
So I am running a custom ICS rom on my epic touch but it comes preloaded with Nova Launcher which I don't like, I keep getting update notifications for this and its annoying since I'm using Apex Launcher. How do I uninstall this permanently?
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If it doesn't show up in your application listing then you will have to use a program like titanium backup (free from the play store) to uninstall it.
Just back it up first in titanium backup first just in case.
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borkan said:
If it doesn't show up in your application listing then you will have to use a program like titanium backup (free from the play store) to uninstall it.
Just back it up first in titanium backup first just in case.
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I have Titanium Pro, how would I uninstall it though?
If it's like TB (basic) just find the launcher on the list, short tap and tap "Uninstall".
(Long tap will give separate options that you don't need for uninstall.)
*Edit*
I apologize if this sounds like I'm patronizing - I made this mistake when I first used TB.
Since then I have found that I'm not the only one that tried the long tap first.
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If it's like TB (basic) just find the launcher on the list, short tap and tap "Uninstall".
(Long tap will give separate options that you don't need for uninstall.)
*Edit*
I apologize if this sounds like I'm patronizing - I made this mistake when I first used TB.
Since then I have found that I'm not the only one that tried the long tap first.
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What he said.
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Another way to get rid of all junk (at least for me and other many people) apps is using Calkulin's Bare Rom converter in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535776
Download it and run it from CWM recovery. Nova launcher is one of the apps included in his tool.
This worked!!!
kobridge said:
Another way to get rid of all junk (at least for me and other many people) apps is using Calkulin's Bare Rom converter in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535776
Download it and run it from CWM recovery. Nova launcher is one of the apps included in his tool.
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Or another option is to navigate to the system/app folder and just delete the offending apk file.
Here's the deal, my contact's images are still on my phone in the contacts list and when making calls. But, they are gone from my text messages. I have wiped cache/dalvik, fixed permissions, cleared data from the app, reflashed my rom. Any body hae any other ideas of what might synch the images back up?
what rom are you using?
and have you tried removing/re adding or changing the contact picture and see if it shows up?
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what rom are you using?
and have you tried removing/re adding or changing the contact picture and see if it shows up?
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I'm on MikG3.11
I haven't done that, most pics are synched from FB and a few are from my gallery but, none are working, its so weird. If I bring up a contact and check our message history from there, everything is right but, if I access the messages from the app drawer or desktop shortcut, no images.
????
try what i suggested, if that dont work i suggest a rom reflash or trying to contact MikG
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Here's the deal, my contact's images are still on my phone in the contacts list and when making calls. But, they are gone from my text messages. I have wiped cache/dalvik, fixed permissions, cleared data from the app, reflashed my rom. Any body hae any other ideas of what might synch the images back up?
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Mine does that when I fix permissions to fix it go to the file in the pic and select files
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then set the permissions back to the way they are below
That should get them working again.
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Mine does that when I fix permissions to fix it go to the file in the pic and select files
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then set the permissions back to the way they are below
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That should get them working again.
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That a different approach, will try later, ROM toolbox isn't cooperating right now.
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Mine does that when I fix permissions to fix it go to the file in the pic and select files
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then set the permissions back to the way they are below
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That should get them working again.
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I can confirm that this worked with me on ICS.
Just dont know how to:
1. I can select them all
2. But when I press permissions by long press on the list it just changed the permissions for only the file which was just under my finger. Not to all of them.
So I had to do them one by one...
If anybody can instruct me how to change the permission for the whole selections I would be grateful.
I'm on marshmallow 6.0.1 Mr.wonderful coming from pd1 marshmallow, did a tb before wiping, updated and flashed Mr.W 6.0 and tried to restore my apps but for some reason titanium is not recognizing my backup any ideas why and is there a way I could restore them?
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You did notice that your 3rd screenshot shows only one backup, right?
The same screenshot shows: (click here to change). Use that to select one of three options to possibly try to get synced to where the actual backups are. Think of the alternatives as permission choices. If you see this "This folder does not have write permission", you can't select that location- it may even be hid if it's on your micro sdcard that you're trying to sync TB to but there's no write permission allocated there.
Ultimately, you may have to move those backups to a folder you create with the 2nd option with TB. I'd suggest you have those backed up on PC to prevent loss; the TB prompted move process is dysfunctional for me. You may have success with simply creating the folder with TB and then copying the backups there.
Marshmallow has limited the access and write privileges. Maybe it's PE1 security update that changed but manage with what you can by moving to favorable location.
I've read posts suggesting /Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup will allow TB to protect backups but unless the path includes /mnt/media_rw, didn't work for me. Mine is /mnt/media_rw/sdcard volume name/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/.
If Titanium Backup creates a folder, it will have the owner and permissions it needs to save and read the backups.
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Looks like your backups got wiped. Mine have been wiped multiple times unfortunately. I have mine on my external SD card and it's still happened. From what I can tell, when the app points to the backup location and is uninstalled it'll remove all of the backups too. I never uninstall apps before flashing something new but I have a feeling when I used Odin it played some magic and poof went the backups because that is the only time they ever vanish. In fact the com.keramidas folder mentioned above that I make myself gets removed also.
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My backups are in my SD card and internal trying to see if it makes a difference but in both locations it still don't recognize them even though they are there
I have old backup folders and they appear with no problem
It might be that folder or something as that's the only that don't show up
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Hello,
Lately and after PJ1 update, gallery starts to behave oddly, no thumbnails for most photos. Also Whatsapp(updated) freeze whenever I choose a photo to share through gallery!
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jam97 said:
Hello,
Lately and after PJ1 update, gallery starts to behave oddly, no thumbnails for most photos. Also Whatsapp(updated) freeze whenever I choose a photo to share through gallery!
Any ideas, suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Go to settings/application/application manager and search for gallery
Press storage
Clear data and cache
Reboot device and all will be good
Try smart manager also just press clear all tab
Clear data of app that you are trying to share with also maybe that app causing this issue.
Trex888 said:
Go to settings/application/application manager and search for gallery
Press storage
Clear data and cache
Reboot device and all will be good
Try smart manager also just press clear all tab
Clear data of app that you are trying to share with also maybe that app causing this issue.
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I did clear data and cashe for both gallary and whatsapp, also used Smart Manager to clean all and deleted .thumbnails folder manually but the problem still exist!
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jam97 said:
I did clear data and cashe for both gallary and whatsapp, also used Smart Manager to clean all and deleted .thumbnails folder manually but the problem still exist!
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Download 3rd party gallery app and try problem same or not
Trex888 said:
Download 3rd party gallery app and try problem same or not
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The problem just with stock Gallery, especially if I choose sort by time!
I get the same thing even after I did Factory data reset!
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