I was using a stock ATT GS3. I rooted, then performed backup with Titanium backup. Then I installed CM10 rom. For some reason I cannot restore my SMS/MMS. I tried to restore using SMS backup restore as well. I thought the .xml backup would be able to restore with any of the sms restore programs. I need to find a way to restore my SMS/MMS on CM10. Thanks for the help.
hockey25stud said:
I was using a stock ATT GS3. I rooted, then performed backup with Titanium backup. Then I installed CM10 rom. For some reason I cannot restore my SMS/MMS. I tried to restore using SMS backup restore as well. I thought the .xml backup would be able to restore with any of the sms restore programs. I need to find a way to restore my SMS/MMS on CM10. Thanks for the help.
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go into the titanium backup app main screen->menu->restore data from xml...->find the place where you saved your xml file-> have a good day
I had 2 messages after attempting to restore from .xml. One said complete and the other said failed. That said my messages are back so I am happy! Thanks you sooooooooooooooooooooooo much!
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Tonight I upgraded from stock android 2.1 to Syndicate 2.2 ROM. I thought that I had backed up my sms and calendar data with titanium backup, but apparently I did not.
How can I recover my sms and calendar data from the clockwork nandroid backup? Note that the original backup that contains the data I need is not an EXT4 backup. Any help would be much appreciated.
elevans said:
Tonight I upgraded from stock android 2.1 to Syndicate 2.2 ROM. I thought that I had backed up my sms and calendar data with titanium backup, but apparently I did not.
How can I recover my sms and calendar data from the clockwork nandroid backup? Note that the original backup that contains the data I need is not an EXT4 backup. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Did you try restoring the data in those apps from Titanium and rebooting?
You can try restore/advanced data only from CWM but if there is any incompatible data you may get fc's which will require you to clear data for those apps. If it is that important then it is worth a try. Your calendar should have been backed up in Google and should restore with your contacts though.
elevans said:
Tonight I upgraded from stock android 2.1 to Syndicate 2.2 ROM. I thought that I had backed up my sms and calendar data with titanium backup, but apparently I did not.
How can I recover my sms and calendar data from the clockwork nandroid backup? Note that the original backup that contains the data I need is not an EXT4 backup. Any help would be much appreciated.
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First you would need to unyaffs the data img file from the nandroid backup:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/136176-how-extract-files-nandroid-backup-windows.html
Then get the mmssms.db from /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
and I'm guessing the calendar one is /data/data/com.android.providers.calendar/databases/calendar.db
This is theoretical because I haven't actually tried it. I've seen where the file isn't compatible with the sms software on a different rom. In that case, the titanium backups wouldn't work. For the future I would recommend using some sort of SMS backup software from the market. Good luck!
Thanks guys! I'll try both methods and report back.
To answer KG's question, on stock 2.1, the default calendar save option was to save appointments to my phone calendar and not the android calendar. I had the same issue with gmail, but remembered to backup the phone contacts before flashing. Titanium only backed up my 3rd party apps.
This was my first android ROM upgrade, so at least next time I know what not to do.
KG, your method did the trick. All my data is restored. I'm going to need to do another backup with mybackup root and reinstall the ROM, because some of the ROM software isn't there anymore, but at least my data isn't lost. Thanks for the help!
elevans said:
KG, your method did the trick. All my data is restored. I'm going to need to do another backup with mybackup root and reinstall the ROM, because some of the ROM software isn't there anymore, but at least my data isn't lost. Thanks for the help!
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Glad I could help. When I do something like change ROMs I backup with everything I got, Nandroid, Titanium, Mybackup, export contacts to SD and anything else I can grab. Something has to have my missing data when I need it ;-)
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After backing up messages from the stock rom and then restoring them on this rom, My phone soft reboots every 10 seconds and makes it impossible to do anything. ive tried this multiple times and I always end up having to restore the original nandroid backup from clockworkmod.
Ive been able to do this on other roms but this is the only one that i have problems with restoring my messages.
Is there another way to restore my messages or am I doing something wrong?
p.s the app i used to backup/restore my messages is ' SMS Backup & Restore' and gosmspro..
Titanium backup does wonders for me, coming from diff roms as well.
s8int117 said:
Titanium backup does wonders for me, coming from diff roms as well.
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Oh yeah I forgot to mention ive tried TB also. I backed up all my apps before flashing the new rom but the messages didnt get backed up just gosms pro..?
Restore nandroid(if applicable), backup any sms,mms,contacts storage in green highlighted [ ], then install ur desired rom, restore data from said backup.
I'm moving to the R4 release of Eugene's CM7 (From Jugg 5.0), and was wondering what the best way to backup my current data would be. Previously, I was forced to revert to Jugg 5.0 when multiple errors came up after trying to restore from TB. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm moving to the R4 release of Eugene's CM7 (From Jugg 5.0), and was wondering what the best way to backup my current data would be. Previously, I was forced to revert to Jugg 5.0 when multiple errors came up after trying to restore from TB. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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To backup your emails and contacts the best way is to use your gmail account. when you flash a new ROM it will ask you to sign in with your account and you will get all your emails and contacts back.
To get all your text messages and call logs back I use an app called SMS Backup +. It backs up all your SMS and MMS messages and call logs to your gmail account. After you flash a new ROM just press restore and they will all be back again.
To back up your user apps with data I use Titanium Backup and select the option to backup all user apps. This will back up all the apps you have downloaded with data included. Do not backup system apps with data because this may cause problems when flashing a new ROM. Once new ROM is flashed go back to Titanium backup and restore all apps with data.
You should be good to go.
Chochiwpg said:
To backup your emails and contacts the best way is to use your gmail account. when you flash a new ROM it will ask you to sign in with your account and you will get all your emails and contacts back.
To get all your text messages and call logs back I use an app called SMS Backup +. It backs up all your SMS and MMS messages and call logs to your gmail account. After you flash a new ROM just press restore and they will all be back again.
To back up your user apps with data I use Titanium Backup and select the option to backup all user apps. This will back up all the apps you have downloaded with data included. Do not backup system apps with data because this may cause problems when flashing a new ROM. Once new ROM is flashed go back to Titanium backup and restore all apps with data.
You should be good to go.
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Nandroid backups do this entirely however youb might experience issues with importing data such as applications. So of you just wanna keep a backup in case if emergency just do a nandroid, burbif you wanna carry over data from just do what Chochi suggested
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iLeopard said:
Nandroid backups do this entirely however youb might experience issues with importing data such as applications. So of you just wanna keep a backup in case if emergency just do a nandroid, burbif you wanna carry over data from just do what Chochi suggested
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As iLeopard said, always make a nandroid first. It will backup everything from the current ROM you are running. Just in case the new ROM doesn't work out for you or things don't run properly, just restore your nandroid and you are back to where you were before flashing the new ROM.
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As iLeopard said, always make a nandroid first. It will backup everything from the current ROM you are running. Just in case the new ROM doesn't work out for you or things don't run properly, just restore your nandroid and you are back to where you were before flashing the new ROM.
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Doesn't making a full user apps + system data Titanium Backup do the same thing?
Medikay said:
Doesn't making a full user apps + system data Titanium Backup do the same thing?
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No, when you backup system data you are backing up everything on your system. All the widgets, wifi settings, gps etc etc. You only want to backup the apps you downloaded. If you backup system data it could conflict with settings in the new ROM when you try and restore.
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No, when you backup system data you are backing up everything on your system. All the widgets, wifi settings, gps etc etc. You only want to backup the apps you downloaded. If you backup system data it could conflict with settings in the new ROM when you try and restore.
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Indeed. Personally I don't even recommend restoring applications. To ensure that you don't get any erros I suggest you download apps fresh from the play store
I am going crazy trying to figure out whats wrong with Titanium Backup. I am on a 4.3 rom (Tasks) and I made backups of my call logs/ sms and mms on android 4.2 and I can't find the option for it in Titanium Backup. I installed it from the playstore but its missing those restore options. I read that I needed to change the directory on android 4.3 to storage/emulated/legacy/Titanium Backup, I did that and still nothing. I also have supersu installed and grated permission to Titanium Backup, and still no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
i didn't face this problem at all
Yakul said:
I am going crazy trying to figure out whats wrong with Titanium Backup. I am on a 4.3 rom (Tasks) and I made backups of my call logs/ sms and mms on android 4.2 and I can't find the option for it in Titanium Backup. I installed it from the playstore but its missing those restore options. I read that I needed to change the directory on android 4.3 to storage/emulated/legacy/Titanium Backup, I did that and still nothing. I also have supersu installed and grated permission to Titanium Backup, and still no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I had that problem too. Try installing an older version of titanium backup. Sounds weird but that's what worked for me.
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I just recently Odined from MI7 to NB4 to flash the new Jedi update. I backed up everything in Titanium Backup, and then used Call Log Backup and SMS Backup & Restore to back up my texts. Since the KitKat updates, in order to restore SMS backups, the app doing the restoration needs to be set as the default messaging app (temporarily).
SMS Backup & Restore has worked fine for me while on Kitkat. I select my backup, click restore, it prompts me to set SMS Backup & Restore as the default messaging app, I click yes, and we're all good. However, when I click restore, I get no prompt to set the app as the default messaging app. I've tried clearing defaults of GO SMS, hangouts, I've tried installing other SMS apps to trigger the 'which do you want as default window' and still nothing.
I also backed up the SMS messages in TItanium, but a restore just hangs there.
Has anyone experienced this? Tearing my hair out right now.
I'll reply to myself.. while I didn't find a solution to the main issue, I worked out another way.
I had a previous nandroid of my unrooted NB4 base. I backed up my current and restored the original-- which still had my data (and SMS) intact. GO SMS has a built in backup tool, so I created a backup there, stored it on the SD, restored Newer Nandroid, and currently restoring the SMS through GO.
Sometimes the nandroid manager will split the backup, did you check to see if that happened?
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