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[Q] Titanium Backup can't find the files to restore after installing new ROM.

After several tries, I finally successfully installed Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my Rogers Samsung Galaxy S3 for the first time. Unfortunately, Titanium Backup can't find the files to restore app+data. I've gone to Preferences > Backup folder location to detect where the backup is...and it says it's empty.
The weird thing is, when I'm in Clockwork Recovery mode and browse through the folders, the folder structure is identical to before I installed the ROM. Like I see the folder I stored the .zip files in, my photo folders, and a lot of other folders. But when I browse through the File Manager on the phone or when it's plugged into the computer, that stuff doesn't exist.
I'm not really too knowledgeable in this sorta thing, but I've rooted/installed new ROMs on my old Galaxy S before and successfully restored apps+data using Titanium Backup. I'm not too sure what's happening here
Did wiping data during the installation delete the backup too? My photos are gone as well (this didn't happen on the Galaxy S...), I don't mind though since I already backed it all up on my computer, but it's still surprising.
Any help to restore my apps and data is much appreciated!!
[PS: During the setup, Google can also restore apps that it backed up for me...but I've tried this and it only restores the apps and not the data...so I'm really hoping Titanium Backup will do that for me]

If I recall, CM changes the sdcard locations. So say before CM you had sdcard (internal) then extsdcard (external). I believe CM creates an sdcard 0 and 1. Try looking in both places. Good luck.

pre4speed said:
If I recall, CM changes the sdcard locations. So say before CM you had sdcard (internal) then extsdcard (external). I believe CM creates an sdcard 0 and 1. Try looking in both places. Good luck.
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Ya I couldn't find the backup in sdcard0. I should also mention that I made the mistake of storing it in internal, rather than external (sdcard1). The folders within sdcard0 is what it would look like on a new phone...
Anyways, I'm determined to find out how to recover it because it's in the phone SOMEWHERE because the folder structure still exists when I'm in Clockwork Recovery.

poutineroutine said:
Ya I couldn't find the backup in sdcard0. I should also mention that I made the mistake of storing it in internal, rather than external (sdcard1). The folders within sdcard0 is what it would look like on a new phone...
Anyways, I determined to find out how to recover it because it's in the phone SOMEWHERE because the folder structure still exists when I'm in Clockwork Recovery.
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Menu, preferences, backup folder location, search whole device it will find then use current folder it will then restart and you're set

louvass said:
Menu, preferences, backup folder location, search whole device it will find then use current folder it will then restart and you're set
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I did that many times already. It says 'No backup location was found'...

poutineroutine said:
I did that many times already. It says 'No backup location was found'...
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I'm having the exact same problem. Has this problem been solved?
Some help desperately needed here! Thanks!

This could all depend on if you backed everything up on your device or SD card? If internal then I want to say the AOSP rom will not recognize anything from stock. However if you stored all those files on the external SD card and all lose your data, then there is an issue.
Suggestion: flash stock and see if it all comes back. If so then move all data to external SD card. Flash AOSP rom then it will all be there. Let me know how it works out

titanium backup

Is anyone else having problems backing up titanium backup to micro sd card. I have 14gb on it and everytime when I go to do a backup and it starts but instantly says backup interrupted insufficient space. Usually pretty good on these things but this has me stumped. It will do a backup to the internal sd card 0 but not the extSdCard

Yes that also happens for me
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I sent titanium app makers a request so maybe they can let us know how to fix it, did you notice it says card not writable...

That is a security feature in Android 4.4.2. Even if rooted, you can't completely write to the SD card without modifications to the kernel.
You can Google it for more info.

Ok after reading and reading some more I got it. Here is steps to fix it and after you enter this and save it restart then go in titanium, preferences, backup location, choose mnt/extSdCard and save.. You should be gtg Here you go.
1. Using a root-enabled file manager like root explorer, navigate to /system/etc/permissions
2. Edit platform.xml file and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add this group definition: <group gid="media_rw" /> enter before permissions
4. Save changes.
5. Restart.
6.go in titanium backup , backup location, choose mnt/extSdCard and it should work
Link to details by levi_jm Credit goes to him
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391363&page=4

Interesting. Thanks for the additional info! Didn't realize it was that simple in this device. Some other devices (like my HTC One M8) it took that PLUS kernel mods.

TiBu problem: Can't write to folder & insufficient storage

Today I started experiencing an issue where TiBu could not perform any backups because of "insufficient storage". Upon further research I found that this issue is related to the "no write permission" for the SD card. I've tried multiple fixes so far:
Adding the media read/write permission by manually editting platform.xml
Downloading SDfix patches from the playstore for 4.4.4
Flashing a zip that contained a modified platform.xml
Note, this issue started today after I restored to a nandroid backup after flashing the Google Play Edition ROM (4.4.4). I was originally on 4.4.2 and the GE rom was 4.4.4
I'm extremely frustrated because I can't seem to get TiBu to accept the fix. When I view my platform.xml through a root explorer it says the permission is there for writing to the external storage.

tcdos said:
Today I started experiencing an issue where TiBu could not perform any backups because of "insufficient storage". Upon further research I found that this issue is related to the "no write permission" for the SD card. I've tried multiple fixes so far:
Adding the media read/write permission by manually editting platform.xml
Downloading SDfix patches from the playstore for 4.4.4
Flashing a zip that contained a modified platform.xml
Note, this issue started today after I restored to a nandroid backup after flashing the Google Play Edition ROM (4.4.4). I was originally on 4.4.2 and the GE rom was 4.4.4
I'm extremely frustrated because I can't seem to get TiBu to accept the fix. When I view my platform.xml through a root explorer it says the permission is there for writing to the external storage.
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I had a similar problem this past weekend. It seems that something changed the way that TiBu sees the folders on the External SD Card.
Go to Settings/Preferences/Backup Folder Location
Then use the Detect button. It will find the old backup files, but you will see a different folder path to get there.
After you tell it to use the detected folder, get back to main Settings, and then select Reload Application.
It should work again. At least it did for me.
Rob

rlichtefeld said:
I had a similar problem this past weekend. It seems that something changed the way that TiBu sees the folders on the External SD Card.
Go to Settings/Preferences/Backup Folder Location
Then use the Detect button. It will find the old backup files, but you will see a different folder path to get there.
After you tell it to use the detected folder, get back to main Settings, and then select Reload Application.
It should work again. At least it did for me.
Rob
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Thanks for the suggestion Rob, but unfortunately that did not work. It folder location remained the same. As of now, the backup location is "storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup". Should I move the backup folder from my internal storage to my SD card and then try to detect the folder?

tcdos said:
Thanks for the suggestion Rob, but unfortunately that did not work. It folder location remained the same. As of now, the backup location is "storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup". Should I move the backup folder from my internal storage to my SD card and then try to detect the folder?
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The Detect only looks for existing backups. I use by External SD card for two reasons: 1) it frees up some space on the internal, since some apps can't use the external, 2) if the phone dies, it should be possible to take the SD card to a new phone and use it to restore.
You could set the Backup folder location to your External SD card and see if it works when you attempt to backup.
Rob

rlichtefeld said:
The Detect only looks for existing backups. I use by External SD card for two reasons: 1) it frees up some space on the internal, since some apps can't use the external, 2) if the phone dies, it should be possible to take the SD card to a new phone and use it to restore.
You could set the Backup folder location to your External SD card and see if it works when you attempt to backup.
Rob
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It works now! Anyways, do you have any idea why apps like Instagram and Snapchat dont work after an app/data restore from a TiBu update when flashing a new ROM? I can open the apps successfully but pictures arent being displayed. It's almost like the data is corrupt or something. Thanks again.

CM13 - Titanium Backup ext. SD Card Permisson Problems

Hello everyone,
yesterday i installed the latest nightly of CM13.
Everything works well so far but i encountered some Problems with Titanium Backup.
The Format of my SD Card is external (as in CM12) and TB has no write Permissions for it. ("This Folder is not writable")
I had the same Problem in 5.1.1, workaround was to edit the Permissions in the platform.xml file.
But in CM13 this file looks different.
Has anyone a Solution for this?
Thank you!
Shurrik

Shurrik81 said:
Hello everyone,
yesterday i installed the latest nightly of CM13.
Everything works well so far but i encountered some Problems with Titanium Backup.
The Format of my SD Card is external (as in CM12) and TB has no write Permissions for it. ("This Folder is not writable")
I had the same Problem in 5.1.1, workaround was to edit the Permissions in the platform.xml file.
But in CM13 this file looks different.
Has anyone a Solution for this?
Thank you!
Shurrik
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Hey I am here to solve all your problems, hehe... hopefully.
You need to change the way that the app accesses your SD card. Go into the Titanium Backup preferences (Menu > Preferences) and click 'Backup folder location'. Then click on 'Storage provider' and then 'DocumentProvider storage'. Then just select the root of your SD card. You can then use TB to set your backup location on the SD card.
If that doesn't work, check that TB has storage permissions (Settings > Apps > Titanium Backup > Permissions > Storage).
Hope this helps.

works like a charm, perfect
What about the "Auto-sync TB settings" option?
I cannot find a way to set the Directory manually. It says "..TB will auto backup its settings to your SD Card..." but its not working.
TB also does not recognize my old settings @SD-root/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Thanks

Shurrik81 said:
works like a charm, perfect
What about the "Auto-sync TB settings" option?
I cannot find a way to set the Directory manually. It says "..TB will auto backup its settings to your SD Card..." but its not working.
TB also does not recognize my old settings @SD-root/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Thanks
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Yeah I'm on the same page as you on that one, I haven't been able to figure it out. I guess you could try moving the settings folder to internal storage, although that is a complete guess. Anyone else?

F1Fanatic27 said:
Hey I am here to solve all your problems, hehe... hopefully.
You need to change the way that the app accesses your SD card. Go into the Titanium Backup preferences (Menu > Preferences) and click 'Backup folder location'. Then click on 'Storage provider' and then 'DocumentProvider storage'. Then just select the root of your SD card. You can then use TB to set your backup location on the SD card.
If that doesn't work, check that TB has storage permissions (Settings > Apps > Titanium Backup > Permissions > Storage).
Hope this helps.
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It helps, Great Tipp, thank you verry much.
Galaxy S5 G900F KLTE CM13 RR M 6.01

Another alternative is to install the following xposed module, it will allow apps to access the sd card like in older android versions:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.defim.apk.handleexternalstorage

Or. Just install TB as a system app. Copy after install file to system/priv-app.

konradsa said:
Another alternative is to install the following xposed module, it will allow apps to access the sd card like in older android versions:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.defim.apk.handleexternalstorage
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I have installed xposed and this app. Shouldn't my camera be able to save to sdcard now ?
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Read this section:
http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/tit...ium-backup-troubleshooting.html#sdcard-issues

F1Fanatic27 said:
Hey I am here to solve all your problems, hehe... hopefully.
You need to change the way that the app accesses your SD card. Go into the Titanium Backup preferences (Menu > Preferences) and click 'Backup folder location'. Then click on 'Storage provider' and then 'DocumentProvider storage'. Then just select the root of your SD card. You can then use TB to set your backup location on the SD card.
If that doesn't work, check that TB has storage permissions (Settings > Apps > Titanium Backup > Permissions > Storage).
Hope this helps.
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I am able to choose it but when it gets to the part that says use this location it is greyed out.
Sent from my Big A$$ Note 4 running cmremix

lbcoach3347 said:
I am able to choose it but when it gets to the part that says use this location it is greyed out.
Sent from my Big A$$ Note 4 running cmremix
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Hmm could you screenshot that by any chance?

F1Fanatic27 said:
Hmm could you screenshot that by any chance?
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Okay thanks for that, I think I know what's happening: you may have picked your actual backup location in the DocumentProvider storage window instead of the root of the SD card. Click Storage provider and then 'DocumentProvider storage' and make sure you select the root directory of your SD card (instead of the location of your backups), then use the window back in TB to set your actual backup location.
If you did pick your SD card root originally and that is where your backups are stored, it might be that the app doesn't like the backups being there and you just have to move them.

F1Fanatic27 said:
Okay thanks for that, I think I know what's happening: you may have picked your actual backup location in the DocumentProvider storage window instead of the root of the SD card. Click Storage provider and then 'DocumentProvider storage' and make sure you select the root directory of your SD card (instead of the location of your backups), then use the window back in TB to set your actual backup location.
If you did pick your SD card root originally and that is where your backups are stored, it might be that the app doesn't like the backups being there and you just have to move them.
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Thank you thank you thank you. Worked.
Sent from my Big A$$ Note 4 running cmremix

***UPDATE: I got it working. Here's how.
I followed the recommendation on the TB FAQ:
There is an elegant way of giving TitaniumBackup write access to the external sdcard, without having to forfeit security (as in method 3 below). Since the time of Android 4.3, Google uses a very clean security-solution by giving apps that request write access to external SD, permission only to their own folder – not to the entire card! In order to get TitaniumBackup to work without compromising security, you can simply create a folder on the external sdcard,using the following folder-structure: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
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... so I created a folder in that location, and copied all of my backups there. I'll miss having a TitaniumBackup folder right on my extSD root... but this works, so I'll get used to it.
I then found the folder on my phone's internal storage where the NEW settings backup had been stored:
[Internal Storage]\data\com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup\
... and copied over all the files in it with the contents of
[External Storage]\data\com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup\
... where the settings had previously been backed up.
Be advised that the only files in these folders were a "settings" folder (containing 1 XML and a handful of database files without extensions) and a licensing-cache.xml file.
In my case, I had made a backup of my external SD card before formatting it as portable storage Android 6... so I copied from my backup over the files on my phone. I'd like the settings to be backed up to my external card, but for now... this worked.
I then uninstalled TB and reinstalled it. When TB started, I went into preferences, and used DETECT! to find the backups I had copied into
/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
There was no problem accessing these files, I didn't have to choose the root and then browse to the folder or anything... so the FAQ was true to this being an elegant solution.
When I backed out of the preferences, the app reloaded automatically, and all of my settings and backups were restored.
I hope this helps!
***END UPDATE
Did everybody here fix the issue of TB not restoring previous settings?
I'm having lots of trouble getting TB back to how I had it on KK. I'm actually doing this on CM13 on a Note 4... but this G4 thread describes my problems exactly -- I couldn't get the right (write) access to my TB backups on my SD card... nor could I get TB to restore the settings from before I made the switch to CM13.
I think I understand how to get my backups and the folder to be accessed again... but I still can't get the TB settings to restore. I have EXTENSIVE time put into app labels, so I really don't want to lose it and start over.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

DrPhant0m said:
***UPDATE: I got it working. Here's how.
I followed the recommendation on the TB FAQ:
... so I created a folder in that location, and copied all of my backups there. I'll miss having a TitaniumBackup folder right on my extSD root... but this works, so I'll get used to it.
I then found the folder on my phone's internal storage where the NEW settings backup had been stored:
[Internal Storage]\data\com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup\
... and copied over all the files in it with the contents of
[External Storage]\data\com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup\
... where the settings had previously been backed up.
Be advised that the only files in these folders were a "settings" folder (containing 1 XML and a handful of database files without extensions) and a licensing-cache.xml file.
In my case, I had made a backup of my external SD card before formatting it as portable storage Android 6... so I copied from my backup over the files on my phone. I'd like the settings to be backed up to my external card, but for now... this worked.
I then uninstalled TB and reinstalled it. When TB started, I went into preferences, and used DETECT! to find the backups I had copied into
/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
There was no problem accessing these files, I didn't have to choose the root and then browse to the folder or anything... so the FAQ was true to this being an elegant solution.
When I backed out of the preferences, the app reloaded automatically, and all of my settings and backups were restored.
I hope this helps!
***END UPDATE
Did everybody here fix the issue of TB not restoring previous settings?
I'm having lots of trouble getting TB back to how I had it on KK. I'm actually doing this on CM13 on a Note 4... but this G4 thread describes my problems exactly -- I couldn't get the right (write) access to my TB backups on my SD card... nor could I get TB to restore the settings from before I made the switch to CM13.
I think I understand how to get my backups and the folder to be accessed again... but I still can't get the TB settings to restore. I have EXTENSIVE time put into app labels, so I really don't want to lose it and start over.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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That was the solution I gave you in post #9 above. You did not need to copy your files there, all you had to do is use a file explorer and move the main folder there after renaming it. There is no need to copy the settings as there is a setting inside Titanium Backup that auto-sync's your TB settings to the external SD card so it will be restored on any phone as long as you use the same SD Card or a copy of the same SD Card on any phone which is under the Menu as Auto Sync TB Settings.

Almighty1 said:
That was the solution I gave you in post #9 above. You did not need to copy your files there, all you had to do is use a file explorer and move the main folder there after renaming it. There is no need to copy the settings as there is a setting inside Titanium Backup that auto-sync's your TB settings to the external SD card so it will be restored on any phone as long as you use the same SD Card or a copy of the same SD Card on any phone which is under the Menu as Auto Sync TB Settings.
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I followed every post in the thread... and noting worked til I did what I did above. Maybe in some cases, I wouldn't have had to do everything I did... but, that wasn't the case this time.
I did have to copy over the settings files. Something got borked, and all my settings were overwritten with fresh empty ones. It's a good thing I backed up my entire 128GB card before starting the Marshmallow update.
I took the time to articulate everything I did in case, like me, someone came by and tried what you had written and it didn't work. Now they have two options.
Merry Christmas

DrPhant0m said:
I followed every post in the thread... and noting worked til I did what I did above. Maybe in some cases, I wouldn't have had to do everything I did... but, that wasn't the case this time.
I did have to copy over the settings files. Something got borked, and all my settings were overwritten with fresh empty ones. It's a good thing I backed up my entire 128GB card before starting the Marshmallow update.
I took the time to articulate everything I did in case, like me, someone came by and tried what you had written and it didn't work. Now they have two options.
Merry Christmas
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I meant other than the settings, my answer was pointing you the to Titanium Backup FAQ which was what you used.

F1Fanatic27 said:
Hey I am here to solve all your problems, hehe... hopefully.
You need to change the way that the app accesses your SD card. Go into the Titanium Backup preferences (Menu > Preferences) and click 'Backup folder location'. Then click on 'Storage provider' and then 'DocumentProvider storage'. Then just select the root of your SD card. You can then use TB to set your backup location on the SD card.
If that doesn't work, check that TB has storage permissions (Settings > Apps > Titanium Backup > Permissions > Storage).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks @lbcoach3347,
This has been bugging me for weeks.

F1Fanatic27 said:
Hey I am here to solve all your problems, hehe... hopefully.
You need to change the way that the app accesses your SD card. Go into the Titanium Backup preferences (Menu > Preferences) and click 'Backup folder location'. Then click on 'Storage provider' and then 'DocumentProvider storage'. Then just select the root of your SD card. You can then use TB to set your backup location on the SD card.
If that doesn't work, check that TB has storage permissions (Settings > Apps > Titanium Backup > Permissions > Storage).
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for your help :fingers-crossed:
I couldn't use TB for 6 months..
now I can use it.

Unable to Extract from TWRP Nandroid Backup using Titanium Backup

Hi All,
Been trying to figure this out for the last 30 Hours straight & now I'm at the end of my rag with bloody knuckles & a hole in my desk... So I thought this would be a good a time as any to ask for some advice/help!
I have upgraded/flashed my HTC One M8 (2014) from LP (Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_41.0_866186) to MM (ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.2-20160203-m8) (Based off CM13). I created a backup of all my Apps & Data using Titanium Backup & also made a full Nandroid backup using TWRP.
The problem is with restoring the data within the Nandroid backup, previously I have used the "Extract Data From Nandroid Backup" option in Titanium Backup to extract my SMS/MMS messages to my new Rom. However when I try to do that on MM I'm greeted with the message "Failed to locate your TWRP backups directory. Please verify that the "TWRP/BACKUPS" folder exists on your SD card."
To make thing worse, when I try to restore my Nandroid backup, it all goes well except my WiFi & Mobile Data no longer work... I can connect to my WiFi but it always says that there is no internet connection. So restoring is not an option as I can't do much without internet access.
Anyone have any ideas? I have tried to use a different SD Card & no joy, could it maybe be a permissions issue or something or am I just being a muppet & missing a simple solution.
Either way any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Oh yeah, I Googled the message that Titanium brings up with quotation marks & there were only TWO results (both from the same thread on XDA)... I've never seen Google look so barren!

Hi - I'm having a similar issue. Upgraded from LP to MM and can't extract apps/data from Nandroid backup...
It says it's been successful but no apps are there...

NeoSonic said:
Hi All,
Been trying to figure this out for the last 30 Hours straight & now I'm at the end of my rag with bloody knuckles & a hole in my desk... So I thought this would be a good a time as any to ask for some advice/help!
I have upgraded/flashed my HTC One M8 (2014) from LP (Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_41.0_866186) to MM (ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.2-20160203-m8) (Based off CM13). I created a backup of all my Apps & Data using Titanium Backup & also made a full Nandroid backup using TWRP.
The problem is with restoring the data within the Nandroid backup, previously I have used the "Extract Data From Nandroid Backup" option in Titanium Backup to extract my SMS/MMS messages to my new Rom. However when I try to do that on MM I'm greeted with the message "Failed to locate your TWRP backups directory. Please verify that the "TWRP/BACKUPS" folder exists on your SD card."
To make thing worse, when I try to restore my Nandroid backup, it all goes well except my WiFi & Mobile Data no longer work... I can connect to my WiFi but it always says that there is no internet connection. So restoring is not an option as I can't do much without internet access.
Anyone have any ideas? I have tried to use a different SD Card & no joy, could it maybe be a permissions issue or something or am I just being a muppet & missing a simple solution.
Either way any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Oh yeah, I Googled the message that Titanium brings up with quotation marks & there were only TWO results (both from the same thread on XDA)... I've never seen Google look so barren!
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Is your TWRP backup folder on the external sdcard? If so, did you give Titanium access? There's multiple thread about apps needing to be given permission to access external storage. Titanium Backup especially has a lot of threads detailing this because of steps needed to access your backup folder if it is on the external sdcard.
topjohnwu said:
Q: **** app cannot access external SDcard!!
A: Look at this explanation:
Since Kitkat (2 years ago man), we don't have direct external storage write permission. Google consider it insecure, so they implemented this feature. The reason why you can access external SDcard easily before is because most roms on XDA already contains a hack in /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml. You should not rely on this hack forever, please take a look below.
In lollipop and after, Google provided a much secure and better way to grant external storage access to third party apps, first of all take a look at this article for details:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...s-automatic-mediastore-and-improves-security/
So instead of using the old platform.xml hack in the old Kitkat days, adopt yourself with this new behavior of Android!! If a certain app cannot access SDcard, ASK THE DEVELOPER to add support for this API!!
Many apps already have support for this API. I'll take Titanium Backup for example, as lots of you cannot find the way to use it on externals SD. In Menu>>Preferences>>Backup Location, you can choose Document Provider on top of the detect button.
In the provider, open the menu on the top right corner and select "Show SDcard", then you'll see External Storage in the left side. Select external SDcard in the document provider and press the button on the bottom, the app will then be granted access to the whole external storage. You can then create a new folder in TiBack and select it as your backup location.
Other apps also follows the instructions above, you just have to manually set up the folder where the app can access, in the case which most of us would love to give access to the whole SDcard, I set the location to the root of external storage. Each app has independent permission, so you have to manually grant each app you wish to access external storage.
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-Duir- said:
Is your TWRP backup folder on the external sdcard? If so, did you give Titanium access? There's multiple thread about apps needing to be given permission to access external storage. Titanium Backup especially has a lot of threads detailing this because of steps needed to access your backup folder if it is on the external sdcard.
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'allo mate, I appreciate the reply but it has done nothing for me, just to clarify, I can see my backed up Apps & Data so I'm pretty sure it already has access to the SD card (correct me if I'm wrong) but it is still unable to see the Nandroid TWRP backup... bit of a Jar as I just paid for the premium version of Titanium Backup & Nandroid Manager. Nandroid Manager is able to see the files but hangs when trying to extract the Messages...
Any Ideas?

NeoSonic said:
'allo mate, I appreciate the reply but it has done nothing for me, just to clarify, I can see my backed up Apps & Data so I'm pretty sure it already has access to the SD card (correct me if I'm wrong) but it is still unable to see the Nandroid TWRP backup... bit of a Jar as I just paid for the premium version of Titanium Backup & Nandroid Manager. Nandroid Manager is able to see the files but hangs when trying to extract the Messages...
Any Ideas?
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Copy or move the backup folder to internal storage and it will work. Not sure if it's a bug in TB or because of how MM handles the external sdcard but it doesn't check it. It finds the TWRP folder on internal, which if you don't backup on internal, only has your preferences (and theme if you use one). I never used it, so not sure if it was an issue before MM or not.
I did try and got an error about not finding a "clockworkmod/backup" folder or a "TWRP/Backups" folder so to see what happened I made a "Backups" folder in the TWRP directory on my internal storage and the error basically changed to say there were no backups in it.

-Duir- said:
Copy or move the backup folder to internal storage and it will work. Not sure if it's a bug in TB or because of how MM handles the external sdcard but it doesn't check it. It finds the TWRP folder on internal, which if you don't backup on internal, only has your preferences (and theme if you use one). I never used it, so not sure if it was an issue before MM or not.
I did try and got an error about not finding a "clockworkmod/backup" folder or a "TWRP/Backups" folder so to see what happened I made a "Backups" folder in the TWRP directory on my internal storage and the error basically changed to say there were no backups in it.
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Cheers for that mate, seems to have done the trick. Unfortunately when I restore my Phone & Messaging data it completely destroys my phone... I get the message "com.android.phone" has stopped working & the entire system slows down to a crawl... I also get the Sim Card icon in the top right of the screen with a line through it... Is this because I'm moving between Sense to something else? I'm really at my wits end with this.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

NeoSonic said:
Cheers for that mate, seems to have done the trick. Unfortunately when I restore my Phone & Messaging data it completely destroys my phone... I get the message "com.android.phone" has stopped working & the entire system slows down to a crawl... I also get the Sim Card icon in the top right of the screen with a line through it... Is this because I'm moving between Sense to something else? I'm really at my wits end with this.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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I would say that's definitely it. Not only are you restoring app data for system apps from two different Android versions (LP -> MM) which can be buggy, but also for two completely different builds (Sense -> CM) which don't use the same apps. Sense will use HTC's own Phone and Messaging apps and CM if I remember uses stock Android versions). It's been too long since I tried CM but when I did it I had a third-party program for backing up contacts and installed something like GoSMS to backup messages, then installed the same apps on CM and restored the data from within those apps and the stock dialer/messaging apps had the data. But this was before HTC added backup/restore capability into their versions of the apps.

I'm having a similar issue, I google searched and it brought me here. I can see my backup from within TWRP, even on the PC I can see the TWRP folder and files. But when I boot and use titanium backup or nandroid manager, it says backup not found. Even in the root browser, the TWRP folder is empty and even on the PC I can't see the files anymore. Its kind of frustrating because there are two apps that I want restored but I don't want to completly restore using TWRP.

rapiollymega said:
I'm having a similar issue, I google searched and it brought me here. I can see my backup from within TWRP, even on the PC I can see the TWRP folder and files. But when I boot and use titanium backup or nandroid manager, it says backup not found. Even in the root browser, the TWRP folder is empty and even on the PC I can't see the files anymore. Its kind of frustrating because there are two apps that I want restored but I don't want to completly restore using TWRP.
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Try going to Settings>Apps, find Titanium Backup, then select Permissions and see if Storage is toggled on.

I've got the same problem, storage permission is toggled on. Although I am using a LG G3

same here with my Galaxy S5 (AOKP 6.0.1)

The same problem on Xiaomi Mi Max (Android 6.0.1). External SD card permission is granted to TB (it can see full SD contents and select TWRP backup directories). But "extract from Nandroid backup" shows "folder not found" error.
I'm afraid CWM/TWRP directory locations are hardcoded as "/TWRP on SD card" while /sdcard is mapped to internal memory on modern phones.
I had copied data files of the backup (1.5 gigs, not a best choice) to internal memory (/sdcard) and TB immediately found them. Unfortunately, TB offers only apps and app data for restoration. I need to extract plain user data directories but TB offers no way for that.

Stock S5 6.0.1
same here...what a pain..
Had to copy nandroid backup from extsd to internal storage to restore app data

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Is your TWRP backup folder on the external sdcard? If so, did you give Titanium access? There's multiple thread about apps needing to be given permission to access external storage. Titanium Backup especially has a lot of threads detailing this because of steps needed to access your backup folder if it is on the external sdcard.
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DAMN THANK YOU that solved it

Anyone knows how to extract the nandroidbackup from the TWRP folder on ExternalStorage? I cannot move the backup because its to large for my InternalStorage. I think it's an issue in TiBackup, creating a symbolic link also does not work since my ExternalStorage is formatted as exFAT.

Another fix I discovered is get your BACKUP ID
twrp save folder > TWRP>BACKUPS>BACKUPID>backup
if you have a backup without a backupid folder it will not work!

Having storage permission or not doesn't seem to help at all!

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Is your TWRP backup folder on the external sdcard? If so, did you give Titanium access? There's multiple thread about apps needing to be given permission to access external storage. Titanium Backup especially has a lot of threads detailing this because of steps needed to access your backup folder if it is on the external sdcard.
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This helps Titanium Backup see its own backup folder, but doesn't help it see the /TWRP/BACKUPS folder

emuzychenko said:
I'm afraid CWM/TWRP directory locations are hardcoded as "/TWRP on SD card" while /sdcard is mapped to internal memory on modern phones.
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Can a symlink be created from the location it's looking to the location it's actually at?