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[Q] Stock Based Problem with System Apps

This problem happens on every stock ROM I've used. When I restore a system apps from Titanium Backup, it always restart the phone, but it never happen on CM ROM, does anybody know the answer? Thanks

please anyone answer my question
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Pleease reply on your own question.
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why you want to restore system app?
IMHO, it can crash your rom

phiexz said:
why you want to restore system app?
IMHO, it can crash your rom
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Maybe I have to explain more thoroughly about my problem
I love converting my favorite apps like my Launcher, Whatsapp, Root Explorer, Dropbox, etc to system apps from Titanium Backup. So every time I flash a new ROM I have to install it back from Titanium Backup again, but in stock ROM, every app restored reboot my phone once.. And it never happen on CM ROM. So I'm curious and ended up posting this thread
Hope mastah Phiexz can answer my question

please someone answer me
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[Q] Backup of apps

Hello all,
Question is:
How to create a full backup of your phone (applications, photos, music and so on) that you can restore after flashing a firmware to your phone??
I am desperate making it manual (copy music, see what apps you need again, etc) each time i flash a rom!!!
Please advise!
(I hope I am not the only one having this issue .... )
Thx

kreindler said:
Hello all,
Question is:
How to create a full backup of your phone (applications, photos, music and so on) that you can restore after flashing a firmware to your phone??
I am desperate making it manual (copy music, see what apps you need again, etc) each time i flash a rom!!!
Please advise!
(I hope I am not the only one having this issue .... )
Thx
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Nandroid backup in recovery
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adb backup if you're not rooted.

If rooted then titanium backup pro best app available for tasks like this. Has a batch feature to backup what you need and restore again also you can save your backup to dropbox.
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It is somehow helpfull, but still:
It works for all user installed apps flawless.
BUT i cannot complete it for system apps! For none of them! It doesnt give me an error or so, it (the progress bar) just freezes when trying to backup sys apps....
My phone is of course rooted...
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kreindler said:
It is somehow helpfull, but still:
It works for all user installed apps flawless.
BUT i cannot complete it for system apps! For none of them! It doesnt give me an error or so, it (the progress bar) just freezes when trying to backup sys apps....
My phone is of course rooted...
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Titanium backup works fine with user or system app, you can uninstall titanium backup and delete the folder on sd card and redownload the app
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I tested the 4.6 version as i wanted to pay fo it only after I see it working
Will try somehow to test the last version.... If there would be a trial...
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Auto install gapps.

Sometimes when I flash new ROM gapps install automatic when I login Google play. Sometimes I install them one by one. What's going wrong and does not install auto?
Sent It From Outer Space.

Not all roms are made to auto install your apps. If Im not mistaken that is a sense rom doing and any rom that i not sense based wont auto download is my theory.

Jelly time has auto install, but now I'm running code fire and i have to install one by one. Always does clean install.
Sent It From Outer Space.

mrjhnn said:
Jelly time has auto install, but now I'm running code fire and i have to install one by one. Always does clean install.
Sent It From Outer Space.
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AOSP and AOKP roms, such as CM based roms need gapps to be flashed. Some of these roms have the gapps package included in the zip file, that is a decision of the dev or cook who does the job. All of the Sense roms, do not need gapps to be installed as they are built from stock roms and are modified versions of a stock rom ported from other device or not.
Hope it helps

Always flash the gapps pack. But sometimes when i signed in Google play, the app that was installed before full wipe, installed automatically.
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Ok. I think I see what you're saying now. It's not gaps that you're talking about; its the automatic restore of other apps.
People have said that you need to flash the ROM and gapps together, without rebooting the phone in between.

That's am talking about. But installing without reboot between is not the solution.:sly:
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And you have Restore set in settings?

bananagranola said:
And you have Restore set in settings?
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I'll give it a try..
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mrjhnn said:
I'll give it a try..
Sent It From Outer Space.
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Settings - Backup and reset.

bananagranola said:
Settings - Backup and reset.
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Thanks man I know the path. I'll try when i flash codefire X 10.1.
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bananagranola said:
Settings - Backup and reset.
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It's not the solution. :screwy:
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Anyone who knows how to restore apps after full wipe?
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mrjhnn said:
Anyone who knows how to restore apps after full wipe?
Sent It From outer Space.
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Did you back up, either using Titanium Backup (or similar app) or nandroid? If not, you'll need to install everything manually using the "My Apps -> All" tab in the Play Store.

bananagranola said:
Did you back up, either using Titanium Backup (or similar app) or nandroid? If not, you'll need to install everything manually using the "My Apps -> All" tab in the Play Store.
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Yeah i know the manual way. When i use jellytime ROM (now i use codefire X) all apps restore from app store, without backup with titanium or similar program.
Sent It From outer Space.

App2zip from play store is the coolest app for restoring apps after full wipe.
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[Q] urgent quistion regarding wicked rom please help

].I'm sorry if any of these are dumb question but I'm kinda new to this but if you could please help me it would be greatly appreciated.. so I have wicked rom downloaded to my phone and I believe it is dl to the internal sd. So when I do the wiping that is required to do before flashing... the rom will still be on the internal sd after wipe correct? Also I have the t999 sgs3 but it is unlocked for att. It will still be unlocked right? And when I flash the rom I still put T-Mobile in the set up? Also one more thing how do I know if my phone is ics. Or jb cause I have the v8 jb downloaded I'm sry for all the question I just wanna be 100% before I do this

I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK

nikufellow said:
I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK
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Thanks alot bro and mines a 4.1.1

Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm

DJAK5150 said:
Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm
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Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up

DJAK5150 said:
Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up
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If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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LuigiBull23 said:
If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?

DJAK5150 said:
How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?
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micro usb? most common and basic way to transfer content.
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Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it

DJAK5150 said:
Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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/mnt/extSdCard/
pretty straightforward
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What's that mean

DJAK5150 said:
What's that mean
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Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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LuigiBull23 said:
Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm

DJAK5150 said:
So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm
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No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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DJAK5150 said:
Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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serio22 said:
You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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How much are you getting paid for all this? LOL

LuigiBull23 said:
No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?

DJAK5150 said:
But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?
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You can use CWM or TWRP. What he's saying is you cannot recover a TWRP backup through CWM or vice versa.
So if you plan to use CWM, make a backup with CWM so you can recover in case something goes wrong. Your TWRP backup will not work with CWM.
Wicked is a great rom, it's what I use everyday.
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No to Titanium Backup

I've learned that restoring apps using TB may cause problems.
Is there another way to get the saved files for apps. Like copying it to have a backup. Where can i find such files?
Thanks in advance.
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erljayp said:
I've learned that restoring apps using TB may cause problems.
Is there another way to get the saved files for apps. Like copying it to have a backup. Where can i find such files?
Thanks in advance.
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Restoring apps causes problems mostly if you try to install JB-only apps onto ICS or ICS-only apps onto GB.
Certain Play Store apps have multiple versions, for example one for ICS only, one for GB only etc.
Problems occur if the apps installation fails, one possibility is above, but there are others aswell.

Someguyfromhell said:
Restoring apps causes problems mostly if you try to install JB-only apps onto ICS or ICS-only apps onto GB.
Certain Play Store apps have multiple versions, for example one for ICS only, one for GB only etc.
Problems occur if the apps installation fails, one possibility is above, but there are others aswell.
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Thanks for the answer.
So, is it safer to download the app from play store, to get the right version as you said, and then restore the data using TB
Or will it change the apps version.
I often change rom so app data is always deleted.
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erljayp said:
I've learned that restoring apps using TB may cause problems.
Is there another way to get the saved files for apps. Like copying it to have a backup. Where can i find such files?
Thanks in advance.
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use this app to backup/restore... very good and always works...

erljayp said:
Thanks for the answer.
So, is it safer to download the app from play store, to get the right version as you said, and then restore the data using TB
Or will it change the apps version.
I often change rom so app data is always deleted.
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Download the app from Google Play and restore the data only. It works fine. I have used this method many times when switching from CM10.1 to stock ROM and vice versa.
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erljayp said:
I've learned that restoring apps using TB may cause problems.
Is there another way to get the saved files for apps. Like copying it to have a backup. Where can i find such files?
Thanks in advance.
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What my friend on the post above me said it's always the safer, but something I always use and never failed (perfect recover of everything, apk and data) is Mybackup ROOT, I got horrified when tried to use titanium once, and instantly came back to mybackup, for me it's the best, you do backup everything.

cosmyndemeter said:
use this app to backup/restore... very good and always works...
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Thanks but it doesn't backup the data. I mean, only the apk's so the progress in games are wiped out.
Still. Thanks.
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popthosegaskets said:
Download the app from Google Play and restore the data only. It works fine. I have used this method many times when switching from CM10.1 to stock ROM and vice versa.
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Will try this one.
I switch between ICS and JB roms. Haven't tried GB yet. XD
I think this is really the safest one.
Thank you.
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Phenomzye said:
What my friend on the post above me said it's always the safer, but something I always use and never failed (perfect recover of everything, apk and data) is Mybackup ROOT, I got horrified when tried to use titanium once, and instantly came back to mybackup, for me it's the best, you do backup everything.
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Sounds like a great app.
I will also try this one.
Or maybe combine concepts with the previous post. Just to make things even safer.
Thank you too.
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erljayp said:
Will try this one.
I switch between ICS and JB roms. Haven't tried GB yet. XD
I think this is really the safest one.
Thank you.
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This method is OK since you restore the data without touching the main app, so it doesn't matter which ROM you install the app on.
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