[Q] back.up.a.rom.every.time?????? - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

when.i.flash.a.new.rom.is.it.should.i.always.do.a.back.up.of.the.rom.i.am.coming.from.because.i.went.to.restore.a.backed.up.rom
after.flashing.like.10.or.so.roms.and.it.was.not.there.anymore.so.should.i.back.up.a.rom.every.time.just.to.be.safe

Did you check on both phone and ext. sd card?
Edit: Also, the space bar is in the middle and doesn't have a dot on it.
+Cool story, bro!
+The "Thanks" you get from me is not just thanks, but can be laughing, props, +1, and so on

My space bar on my keyboard is shot but i looked every were but my ? Is do i back up a ROM every time or just the first time i flash
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meathammer386 said:
My space bar on my keyboard is shot but i looked every were but my ? Is do i back up a ROM every time or just the first time i flash
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Up to you

I only make a new backup if one or more of the following are true.
Its been a while.
Im about to flash a new build or untested rom.
I know I have recent data I dont want to lose.
Im experimenting with my own roms or mods.
I dont backup before every flash. For me its just a waste of time and space.
Whenever I add a new contact, I always make a new contacts backup by exporting to file.
Before I update an app, I back it up in Titanium. You never know when a new version will be worse than the previous one.
Also, after creating a backup, copy it to your computer. This way it wont get accidentally erased.
Any way you go, it is always recommended that you have an external copy of your latest backup, just in case.
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Wow this is old
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Help with titanium backup please can't restore backups

Hi I'm having an issue when I'm trying to restore my titanium backup apps. I cant figure it out. I installed the jellybam ROM and now I can't restore my apps. I'm using twrp recovery if that helps. I'm gonna post some pics. Titanium reads the apps but they don't show up on the restore screen. Any help please. I have searched on this forum and online before I posted.
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What happens if you verify the backups? The top option on that list in the second screen shot.
I pressed that option before anf here is what it shows. Its only showing like 3 apps.
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Remove the filter. Click hourglass on the top right, remove craigslist.
You may need to press the funnel button, if the filter shows as empty. Then you will be taken to the filters screen, where you will see craigslist is being used.
Holy shiznet bro that worked how the hell did that happen. I been beating myself up thinking that it was rom or flashing issues. I feel like a noob lol. Thanks a ton.
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AOKP media files lost !!

I flashed this rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36441591
And i knew it were gonna move many of my media file to another folder which i cannot find anymore i have : sdcard0/1 and emulated folder also I've been checking everywhere and i cannot find them anymore please tell me i didn't loose them forever !
I couldn't post in that thread because it is closed.. Ive read in the thread almost every page and no one posted this so yeah ...
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Install Quick pic from play store. Run media scanner. Its will search all media files.
bikrame said:
Install Quick pic from play store. Run media scanner. Its will search all media files.
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Couldn't find media scanner .. But how is that gonna find my music ? I really need my music had like 220 of them
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Check /storage/emulated/legacy.
Aerowinder said:
Check /storage/emulated/legacy.
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I did and it isn't there...
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Install new ROM
bikrame said:
Install new ROM
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Ugh... I really like aokp roms and its just killing me the fact that i can't use music whit this rom any other solution as of now ?..
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Anyone?
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Ugh... Anyone?
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What is changing to a new rom going to do for him? If his music is gone it's gone... Unless I'm missing something? Why isn't your music on your computer or somewhere else? How did you get it on your phone, lol? If it some where and you can't find it, pull everything from your storage places and put them on your PC and search both files with in your computer search index and see if you can find them... If they are there, then create a folder named /music and you will good to go. If they aren't there then get new music or however you got them there in the first place.
Im really getting fed up whit this ... The way it makes another folder where everything elses moves there is really nonsense i have lost all my game data's also my titanium backup
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shahkam said:
Im really getting fed up whit this ... The way it makes another folder where everything elses moves there is really nonsense i have lost all my game data's also my titanium backup
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So you are just going to vent and whine, or help me help you?
mt3g said:
So you are just going to vent and whine, or help me help you?
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Sorry did not see your post.
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mt3g said:
What is changing to a new rom going to do for him? If his music is gone it's gone... Unless I'm missing something? Why isn't your music on your computer or somewhere else? How did you get it on your phone, lol? If it some where and you can't find it, pull everything from your storage places and put them on your PC and search both files with in your computer search index and see if you can find them... If they are there, then create a folder named /music and you will good to go. If they aren't there then get new music or however you got them there in the first place.
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So i downloaded all of my musics whitin my device reason i never store music on my pc is because i barely do use it...
I guess i could do that too but i once remember i restored an backup and everything was in its place ? Its weird..
Also since i use various apps to get my music they are in different folders there js nothing inside my /music folder is this anything bad ?
I could download the music back also but takes quite a while + my lost game datas and precious images :/
Off topic : thoughts on the xperia t ? Im wanting to buy one..
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shahkam said:
So i downloaded all of my musics whitin my device reason i never store music on my pc is because i barely do use it...
I guess i could do that too but i once remember i restored an backup and everything was in its place ? Its weird..
Also since i use various apps to get my music they are in different folders there js nothing inside my /music folder is this anything bad ?
I could download the music back also but takes quite a while + my lost game datas and precious images :/
Off topic : thoughts on the xperia t ? Im wanting to buy one..
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I would start putting the music somehwere other then only on phone storage, just in case. I've accidentally wiped internal storage once, and I've had External sdcards go bad or just randomly out of no where lose all data in it. make a dropbox and do TiBu once a week and move them there your self with some type of file manager if you don't wanna pay the money for Titanium Backup pro. I also bet all your stuff is there you are just looking in the wrong places. What file manager are you using to look for your "lost stuff"?
mt3g said:
I would start putting the music somehwere other then only on phone storage, just in case. I've accidentally wiped internal storage once, and I've had External sdcards go bad or just randomly out of no where lose all data in it. make a dropbox and do TiBu once a week and move them there your self with some type of file manager if you don't wanna pay the money for Titanium Backup pro. I also bet all your stuff is there you are just looking in the wrong places. What file manager are you using to look for your "lost stuff"?
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Yeah dropbox is a good idea and i use root explorer and oi file manager tried whit both same results folders are not being shown but if i restore my nandroid backup they all come back ? Until i come back on a 4.2 aokp/aosp rom..
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list all the areas you are looking for the media... what is your recovery?
Aokp is awesome ROM. I dont mean to be rude but if you think those files are still there (in your phone) ;install different ROm or restore backup and pull al data from it. And wipe both internal and external cards. Amd install aokp and enter those files again via PC.
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list all the areas you are looking for the media... what is your recovery?
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Sorry for late answer but i looked into sdcard/storage0/storage1/usbdisk/ also checked emulated and legacy folder...
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bikrame said:
Aokp is awesome ROM. I dont mean to be rude but if you think those files are still there (in your phone) ;install different ROm or restore backup and pull al data from it. And wipe both internal and external cards. Amd install aokp and enter those files again via PC.
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Yeah ill do just that i guess aokp 4.2 is just perfect for me except it has low incall volume -.-...
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What apps do you install first after switching to a new rom

Hey guys!
The title says it all! I am wondering what apps you guys believe are a must have right after you flash a new rom.
My first ones are Xtreme Alarm clock and To.do. Both are brilliant at what they are meant to do!
Stryg
I don't download apps when i install a new ROM for the first time. I restore my apps through TWRP. I use app2zip to generate the scripts.
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Phone: Galaxy s2 t989
Rom: PACman 21.0.1
Kernel: PAC
I'm full of great idea's, but don't have the time to create them or learn the coding to create them. If you want to make one of my ideas a reality just message me and I will give you my idea as specific as possible.
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-launcher/lock screen
-line rider type game where you control the character
-2d fighting game like art of fighting for the SNES
-multiplayer fps where you create your own map with a creative mode (minecraft style)
-roller coaster tycoon style game
-get phone out of sleep mode
-many more!
Just message me which idea you want info on and I'll tell you!
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stryg said:
Hey guys!
The title says it all! I am wondering what apps you guys believe are a must have right after you flash a new rom.
My first ones are Xtreme Alarm clock and To.do. Both are brilliant at what they are meant to do!
Stryg
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Titanium backup and root explorer to get to all the files that I need to get to quick.
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richardlibeau said:
Titanium backup and root explorer to get to all the files that I need to get to quick.
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Yup!! With TB i am flashed and back to normal in 30 minutes!
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kj2112 said:
Yup!! With TB i am flashed and back to normal in 30 minutes!
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Yep, TB to restore all my app's with data, nothing lost.
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I let Google play download all my apps again. And 30 min. Holy [email protected]#t !!! Man that is a long time to restore your phone. I'm on AOKP and it don't even take me that long...
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Tb and flashable solid explorer.
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Dennisalex said:
Tb and flashable solid explorer.
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TB as usual, and Solid Explorer!
Titanium Backup and Rom Toolbox
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I first download titanium backup to restore ROM Toolbox, then use ROM Toolbox to restore all my other apps.
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Titaniun Backup
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I reinstall all necessary and desired apps from the play store by sliding going to the "my apps" page, and sliding over to the "All" apps pane and individually choosing. This is because I know sometimes, depending on what rom and phone I'm restoring to, there may be some apps that I see as obsolete and choose not to reinstall. Then, using the app "Datasync" I pull down all my old settings from the apps from my dropbox account back onto my phone. Saves me 30mins of reconfiguring many of the settings. I can also automatically back up to the dropbox account using "Datasync" so that it is always up to date.
Another alternative to datasync is carbon, from clockwork recovery. And for those that are wondering, I tried setting up some "social gaming" using datasync pro on my device and a friend's, so that we could play and beat games together, like angry birds levels, etc, but datasync does a full wipe and backup for both uploads and downloads, and not partial incremental changes like I originally thought, so my social gaming idea failed.
Titanium Backup! Ever since my G1 its been my method of choosing what to restore and backup. Lol I've had it so long its before there was a pro version and you donated to unlock certain features.
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titanium backup, root explorer and system tuner pro
Titanium backup and rom toolbox, sometimes Google play store doesn't download my apps so it's always good to have a backup with titanium. I also use apex launcher and have a backup made in that so I don't have to set it up again just click restore
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blatz729 said:
I first download titanium backup to restore ROM Toolbox, then use ROM Toolbox to restore all my other apps.
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Why not just download rom toolbox from the playstore instead of downloading tb to restore it?
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iburnhearts said:
Why not just download rom toolbox from the playstore instead of downloading tb to restore it?
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Maybe he has the paid version?
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Nothing....I'm a dirty flasher
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conyeje2 said:
I reinstall all necessary and desired apps from the play store by sliding going to the "my apps" page, and sliding over to the "All" apps pane and individually choosing. This is because I know sometimes, depending on what rom and phone I'm restoring to, there may be some apps that I see as obsolete and choose not to reinstall.
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I do this exact same thing when flashing a ROM from a clean start. Usually I do pick AdAway first from the list (I know it not on the Store anymore, so I install the APK from my SD. Then Root Explorer and XDA Premium, then whatever else I feel I want at the time.
On a side note does anyone know when the XDA app will be back up? It's been days (if not weeks?). My subscriptions don't show. That's the only (main) reason I paid for it. Easy access on the go to my threads.
bobbyphoenix said:
I do this exact same thing when flashing a ROM from a clean start. Usually I do pick AdAway first from the list (I know it not on the Store anymore, so I install the APK from my SD. Then Root Explorer and XDA Premium, then whatever else I feel I want at the time.
On a side note does anyone know when the XDA app will be back up? It's been days (if not weeks?). My subscriptions don't show. That's the only (main) reason I paid for it. Easy access on the go to my threads.
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Its been working fine for me. Clear app data.
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Partition issue

First of all sorry if this issue has already been addressed, I looked around could not find much on this issue, anyways I have been running deathstalker s3 for a while, I decided to try deathstalker s4 , it installed okay but the phone kept force closing any system app I tried to run , I reverted back to deathstalker s3 and my phone constantly displays low storage and says 330mb of free space, but in the settings > storage, it displays a lot of free space in the bar graph but none of it is useable, once again sorry if this has already been asked, any suggestions in the right direction would be helpful
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I would format the external sd and the internal sd and do a complete wipe and re download the rom to your external sd and flash the newly download ed rom
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Sorry for the late reply been working, here is a picture , the nunbers don't add up I'm not to sure why
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deltafire006 said:
Sorry for the late reply been working, here is a picture , the nunbers don't add up I'm not to sure why
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Do you have any nandroid backup stored on the phone? Those take up lots of spaces. If not you might need to do a format as suggested.
deltafire006 said:
Sorry for the late reply been working, here is a picture , the nunbers don't add up I'm not to sure why
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Check /data/media/ you must have some hidden files stored there.
Thanks for the help all of you 100% in the right direction, now I'm a lot closer but I think something else is hidding files, now I'm at 4.62gb out of 9.62gb after deleting the the clockworkmod backups, once again thank you for everyone's input
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same problem
I'm having the same issue I believe its some kind of block or something like that I downloaded an app called aparted and said it was an block called fats32? not sure what that is though just thought i would put it out there

Minion Rush

I installed Minion Rush and i spent a lot of time in it and then my phone messed up so i made a back up of everything and then i restored my phone and i am wondering because i can explorer my backups would i be able to restore my save for it. cause i've been trying to like taking the folder from data/data and using my old one no luck so i'm wondering is this possible? not sure if this right thread but it's on this device.
cgibbons51 said:
I installed Minion Rush and i spent a lot of time in it and then my phone messed up so i made a back up of everything and then i restored my phone and i am wondering because i can explorer my backups would i be able to restore my save for it. cause i've been trying to like taking the folder from data/data and using my old one no luck so i'm wondering is this possible? not sure if this right thread but it's on this device.
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i use titanium and it restores my app data. ie game scores and stuff
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I only have a full back up would it be possible to restore? Its data?
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cgibbons51 said:
I only have a full back up would it be possible to restore? Its data?
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In theory yes but unless u know what ur doing it'll never happen, as its more than just moving files around, u need to know how to decompile and recompile because the data ur looking for can't just be moved around
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soupysoup said:
In theory yes but unless u know what ur doing it'll never happen, as its more than just moving files around, u need to know how to decompile and recompile because the data ur looking for can't just be moved around
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That would explain why using my old files caused the game to crash
Last I looked titanium backup will restore from cwm and twrp backups.
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