this may be a stupid question but i was just wondering if my apps backed up on titanium will be ok to restore onto the s3? i know i probably shouldn't restore any data, just the apps. and if i have my data(wifi, contacts, etc) backed up with google will it just restore over onto the s3 with no issues? also, ive been reading around and rooting the s3 seems a bit more complicated and theres some issue about a flash counter also.
Just data should be okay, and rooting is just using ODIN with a pre-rooted firmware. The wifi and such could be backed up to your google account and contacts should be in your Google account if you have them backed up properly with google sync.
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Read the stickies for advice on how to root, flash, blah, blah, blah.
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Also, when I came to the S3, I restored apps and data from my previous TiBu backups just fine. Obviously no /system apps. One thing that I would suggest it to pull your Titanium folder off your previous phone card (you're gonna do this anyways when you transfer to your new phone) and put it on your PC. Open it up full screen and clean out some of those backups from previous builds or phones. Gonna have a new phone, might as well have it clean.
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I've done a few searches on the forum and several on Google, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I've been running a custom kernel with stock 2.2 for a while now, and the only thing keeping me from flashing another ROM (maybe deodexed stock 2.2? Not sure yet) is all the stuff I have on my phone right now. I guess it's not a lot compared to some of you guys. Around thirty or so apps and widgets from the market, along with all their settings, and all my contacts.
If I nandroid before wiping and flashing, how do I recover just my apps, settings, and contacts? Is that a good idea, or should I go with something like Titanium? Before I back up all that stuff, should I move my apps from my SD card to my phone? Sorry if you guys answer questions like this every day, but I can't find **** with the forum search.
tl;dr - Wanna know how to restore apps/settings after flashing new ROM.
Titanium is the way to go for that. It backs up all your apps, contacts, messages and settings. I never move my apps back to my phone from the SD before a backup and I haven't had any problems.
Ballin. Thanks for the suggestion. So I just go to "Backup all user apps + system data", wipe, flash, reinstall Titanium (?), and run the restore?
Sorta. I run two separate backups, one for user apps and one for system data. I only backup certain things in the system data list so doing the separate backups makes it easier for me to choose what I am and am not backing up. Only gotta do one restore though, and then a reboot.
Alright, cool. I'll give all this a shot. Appreciate the help, bro.
No prob, happy to help.
I recently started experimenting with newer gingerbread ROMS, which seem to work fine, but I can't see any of my previously purchased / downloaded apps in the market!
This is a big problem for me... how do I get to my old apps??
I'm sure I'm logged in with the right user account, and this happens on every single ROM out there.
What's the solution here?!? I need the apps I bought back!
help
come on guys, I need some help here.. I already tried installing 6 different roms,
Kings, Myn, Fresh, SNS and more... none of them show me my apps!
How can I get all my paid apps back??
Not sure but you should of used titanium backup.
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Yes, hindsight is always 20/20.. how about trusting Google to remember which apps I bought?
I've changed roms numerous times and the list of purchased apps are always present when I initiate the Market app. Have you actually signed in with your Google credentials? Have you made a nandroid backup of a previous setup? If so, restore the backup and your apps should be restored, at least the ones that were backed up. If you haven't, then a lesson has been learneand I mean that respectfully. The next time you get your EVO setup how you want, the first thing you should do is go into recovery and create a nandroid backup and the second thing you should do is maneuver to the /data/app/ folder and copy all of your 3rd party .apk files and place them on a folder on your computer or external drive. Update the .apk files accordingly.
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The charge/USB port on my current Epic has taken a dump...
Getting a replacement Epic...PLEASE confirm I'm doing this right.
I have:
Backed up ALL apps on Titanium and in SuperUser
Backed up ALL SMS and contacts as well to SD card.
Now, wipe to factory reset on original (it's rooted, and going back to Sprint)
Then just download Titanium on the new phone and I should be able to 'restore' to all my old apps, correct? Or can I install from the card?
Then use the SMS and contact apps to restore that info to new phone as well?
Also, no crazy kernels etc, I just like a stock, yet rooted phone (namely to remove bloatware crap, but really to run wifi/wireless tether)
Easiest root for GB? (I used the one click method with CWM etc all bundled together before on FroYo)
Or,
Just use the Toad Clean ROM?
Let's keep it simple...I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous lol
Also, I'm a truck driver, so if anything goes wrong, I have no way to find the answer, since my phone IS my internet connection (hence the need for the wifi/wireless; screw Sprint and their $30/mo lol)
THANKS!!
Well if youre getting a replacement and yet to receive it, youll likely have the official ei22 gingerbread. therefore youd wanna head over to this link to root it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339478
you should be able to use titanium backup for apps and also any other apps you used to backup sms and contacts will be backedup to your sd card. when you get your new phone, just take old sd card out and into the new phone... then proceed to download titanium and etc..
it has been in store for a bit, so I doubt it has GB already on it, so I'll either OTA, or google link update it...
I thought the transition would that simple, just wanted confirmation.
Thanks for that link...I'm looking at possibly doing the ACS ICS
Titanium Backup works well, but if you have CWM and a rooted epic you should just do a Nandroid backup and do an advanced restore with data only from that backup. All your info will be restored you just need to reroot your new epic, go to CWM and your good to go.
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Also im currently running ACS ICS and it runs great. I always like doing both titanium and a nandroid backup just to be safe that i have all my data fully backed up
Hello everyone,
I have been rooting for a long time since I had a G1. I never understood clearly how to transfer apps without the need to manually install them. Does creating a partition in the SD card to ext3 or ext4 have some factor to it? I would simply follow directions but didn't understand the process. Whenever I installed a new ROM, sometimes all of the apps would be install automatically and some ROMS would require me to install them manually. I also got Titaniumbackup Pro also. Is that still a good app to use to back up these days? Is there a popular app to back up text messaging as well or does many of the
Lately, I have been trying to find a good rom to use after many crashes of Andromadus V13. I am using the latest Anrdomadus Mimicry now and its great. Though, I realized that I didn't transfer any of my apps. As I was rooting a few ROMS previous to it, some would install a majority of the apps and others would require me to install them myself. Im curious of why this is so.
the auto restore is a function of the market, I don't like this method and choose no when I sign in (don't like wasting time and slowing things down cause of all the data over network or wifi
titanium back is my personal favorite way to restore apps on a new rom, there are other apps that will do this (romtollbox etc) tb will do texts but I have had issues with it
I use sms backup + for that and connect it to my google account
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Apps are tied to your Google Play account and normally get automatically re-installed after you start your phone back up after a new ROM. Except, sometimes installing your ROM gives your phone a new "name" and Google Play doesn't know that it's the same phone (even though it's on the same account). So, if you go to Google Play on your computer, you would have more than one choice of phones to download apps to - your old phone name and your new phone name. And I've also had the occasional app out of many that just doesn't re-install for some reason.
Two words : Titanium Backup (though mainly only useful if you can restore your old rom, run a backup, then flash the new rom back).
While google can half-ass restore your downloads (settings may not always be intact), Titanium Backup will actually restore all your backed up apps along with their full settings/etc. It can also restore your rom's Android ID so that restored apps don't conflict.
But yea since you already have it, you should know least that much. Personally I have not found anything better than 4EXT Recovery and Titanium Backup Pro when it comes to backing up and restoring data.
ps: it can backup your SMS/Call Logs/Wifi Access points, etc to XML files on your SD card which can be re-imported later, just in case the SMS/Etc backups performed are not compatible with your new rom's apps.
I have a GSM Nexus 4.1.1 rooted using my Mac and it's running the XenonHD rom. I rooted a while ago and do not really remember the nuances of it.
I would like to flash a new rom that includes the enhancements of 4.2 but obviously want to keep all my texts, music, programs, settings, etc. I have read around but need some definitive answers on steps to take to flash a new rom but keep my phone entirely intact. I also remember having problems with the google apps when I first rooted and flashed, and would love to avoid that.
Any advice would be appreciated, and my apologies if this appears to be redundant. I am just not very good with technology and would prefer to have all the facts pertinent to my situation beforehand. Thanks!
First of all - make a nandroid backup through your recovery menu. That way, if things go bad, you can flash your backup.
To backup messages, application data, programs etc, I'd recommend using Titanium Backup Pro. Its a few bucks but if you flash often, its money well spent for sure.
Remember though, that when you flash a new ROM, restoring all your apps and settings from a previous ROM can cause problems. I would recommend backing up messages and non-system application data only. You can restore apps through the play store and then use titanium backup to restore the data for the app.
Depending on the ROM you install - you may have to install the gapps separately. See the ROM thread for details on that.
Lastly, if going to a 4.2 ROM, make sure you have updated your recovery as there can be some SD card issues otherwise.