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Greetings,
I want to be able to seamlessly switch from CM7 to MIUI to Sense, etc., keeping all of my settings, apps, etc for each setup. I assumed that I can do this by simply configuring each and doing Nandroid backups. But, when I try to restore my Myn's backup, I get an error.
Anyone know the proper procedure rom-hopping like this?
Thanks!
mike
1. Backup current apps and data in titanium backup
2. In recovery, backup current rom
3. Full wipe [factory/data, cache, dalvik]
4. Flash rom, reboot.
5. When booted into new rom, restore apps and data, NOT system settings.
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And if you want to switch back, go to recovery, backup current rom, then restore the backup you want; no need to wipe.
Also you'll get restore errors if you renamed the folder using invalid characters, or its corrupted.
Yes, you can just keep nandroid backups of each ROM you like after you get them set up and running how you want. Then you can restore whatever setup you feel like that day.
You can also back up your apps w/ titanium, that way if you install any new apps, when you restore another ROM, you can use ti to restore any missing apps that you've installed since the backup was made.
To the OP, your post is incomplete without the error message
Your steps seem like the proper way to go between roms. What you need to be aware of is, some apps store their data on the sdcard. Depending what is stored, you may get issues. Beautiful wigets comes to mind. It stores the skins on the sd card.
Are you getting error messages restoring from the backup image itself? What error. Are your image files intact?
Might be your version of recovery. I had a problem going from CM7 to anything else. I switched the recovery version in Rom Manager and fixed it
Sorry, I overlooked that. What error are you getting?
1. What % was your battery at? If it's below 30-40%, it won't restore or backup.
2. Have you renamed the backup? You can only use certain punctuation in the names or it won't work.
teh roxxorz said:
1. Backup current apps and data in titanium backup
2. In recovery, backup current rom
3. Full wipe [factory/data, cache, dalvik]
4. Flash rom, reboot.
5. When booted into new rom, restore apps and data, NOT system settings.
6.
And if you want to switch back, go to recovery, backup current rom, then restore the backup you want; no need to wipe.
Also you'll get restore errors if you renamed the folder using invalid characters, or its corrupted.
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Good advice. One thing I'm curious about though. When you do a rom backup, it saves your apps/data etc. anyway, right? When you "restore" a ROM everything is exactly like you had it. So why is it necessary to do a Titanium Backup of all your apps/data (other than prudent good practice obviously) when your ROM backup will have the same. Is there another reason I'm missing?
Second, when you say backup "apps + data" but NOT system settings, what exactly do you mean? When you do a batch backup w/ Titanium Backup you can choose to do Apps or Apps + all system data. How can you quickly and easily backup apps + app data without all system settings? Manually go in and select certain (green) system data?
I do it in case I download any new apps while on one ROM that may not be included in my nand backup.
I don't restore app data, but theoretically you could restore the newer app data as well.
Alpine- said:
Good advice. One thing I'm curious about though. When you do a rom backup, it saves your apps/data etc. anyway, right? When you "restore" a ROM everything is exactly like you had it. So why is it necessary to do a Titanium Backup of all your apps/data (other than prudent good practice obviously) when your ROM backup will have the same. Is there another reason I'm missing?
Second, when you say backup "apps + data" but NOT system settings, what exactly do you mean? When you do a batch backup w/ Titanium Backup you can choose to do Apps or Apps + all system data. How can you quickly and easily backup apps + app data without all system settings? Manually go in and select certain (green) system data?
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The reason for backing up your apps and data is because when you install a new rom, like going from CM7 > MIUI, you should always do a full wipe, which will erase your user apps; erases all phone content. When you boot into the new rom, the titanium backup data is on the sdcard, and can be restored from there; that's why. And doing a full wipe when flashing a new rom kills off a lot of problems, like random fcs, ect.
No, you do the batch operation for backup user apps + system data, just to be safe that you get the data for the apps. That makes it easiest. When you RESTORE, you go into batch, there's an option for restore only user apps and data, right above apps + system data.
trying to restore apps and i get this message! ? fix?
the restore of data was fine but apps wont!
I'm getting this too when trying to restore my data after flashing a new rom. Let me know if you hear of any solutions.
The mybackup website says its an SD card error.. that may be the case, but it was working fine an hour ago on the old rom I had (because I'm new I can't post the link, but a quick google to their FAQ and you'll see what I mean)
I think my issue was due to the SD card. I reformatted it and then copied the contents back again from my laptop. I've now re-installed the new ROM and am using mybackup root to restore my contents as I type this - all seems fine so far
Thanks for the feedback.
What did you format normal or ext or both
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I had the same error. I don't find how to fix it but how to recover my data app.
Save the backup on your PC
Execute all .apk in my save folder from your phone
Launch mybackup to do another apps save with data
Copy all file wich are not .apk in the old backup (on your pc) and past them in the new backup folder on your phone (replace all existing file)
And finaly restor the backup, it will restore the data with the app
It's not "user friendly" but it worked for me, it was not a SD card issue
I was having this same issue. Watching alogcat revealed that an apk that MBP was expecting was not there, causing an IO error.
I tried to restore again, this time unselecting that specific app and it appears to be working.
So to fix it, install alogcat and watch for errors as the restore is taking place. This should clue you in on the problem.
gthing said:
I was having this same issue. Watching alogcat revealed that an apk that MBP was expecting was not there, causing an IO error.
I tried to restore again, this time unselecting that specific app and it appears to be working.
So to fix it, install alogcat and watch for errors as the restore is taking place. This should clue you in on the problem.
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This was exactly my problem. Seems like the ****ing program didn't actually back up a damned thing. The folder which was supposed to have the backed-up APKs was completely empty.
I had to restore from an older backup and it worked.
I guess that's just what happens when you rely on free apps.
Just got the same STUPID problem - I'll try the fix above.
The only reason I chose MyBackup Root was because you can do "0-click batch restore" for free which you can't with the free version of Titanium Backup.
EDIT: Backups won't restore. It says "I/O Error". I've had the SD card for a few weeks and it was working perfectly with Titanium Backup. Also, everything's been properly installed formatted and fixing permissions and clearing caches makes no difference.
EDIT 2: After running aLogcat, it says that Mybackup has the following error: "...apps/appnamehere: open failed: EM0ENT (No such file or directory). It's like this for most of my of apps (and I have hundreds) that are now lost with all their data!
Also, none of the apps that do restore so far link to the market (it says this after restore).
This app really needs updating to resolve these serious issues.
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I had the same error. I don't find how to fix it but how to recover my data app.
Save the backup on your PC
Execute all .apk in my save folder from your phone
Launch mybackup to do another apps save with data
Copy all file wich are not .apk in the old backup (on your pc) and past them in the new backup folder on your phone (replace all existing file)
And finaly restor the backup, it will restore the data with the app
It's not "user friendly" but it worked for me, it was not a SD card issue
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When backing up apps and data again it STILL won't backup some apps!! Any suggestions?
Running MikG v3.11 - I ended up doing a full wipe as my Evo kept freezing and wouldn't let me past the lockscreen; market updates and app installs were frequently failing (invalid package file errors), so I knew it was time to wipe it and start over; I also had no good backup which wasn't an issue because I never wiped sd-ext partition so it maintained my apps and titanium restored the data.
This time aroundI wiped sd-ext, system, boot, data, etc.... I had current backups for all of my user apps before doing this and thought that I could restore everything with Titanium but it appears this isn't so. I started titanium and it gave a warning message about my Android Device ID changing. I ignored the message and no longer see the 150 apps that were backed up in the apps list on Titanium. When i make it search the backup directory, it comes back and says it finds a folder with 150 app backups but it will not restore anything from the backup directory. Is there a way to fix this as I had alot of apps and custom settings; especially my EQ settings in PowerAmp :-(
....or am I stuck and should I just wipe out the backup directory (/mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup)?
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Running MikG v3.11 - I ended up doing a full wipe as my Evo kept freezing and wouldn't let me past the lockscreen; market updates and app installs were frequently failing (invalid package file errors), so I knew it was time to wipe it and start over; I also had no good backup which wasn't an issue because I never wiped sd-ext partition so it maintained my apps and titanium restored the data.
This time aroundI wiped sd-ext, system, boot, data, etc.... I had current backups for all of my user apps before doing this and thought that I could restore everything with Titanium but it appears this isn't so. I started titanium and it gave a warning message about my Android Device ID changing. I ignored the message and no longer see the 150 apps that were backed up in the apps list on Titanium. When i make it search the backup directory, it comes back and says it finds a folder with 150 app backups but it will not restore anything from the backup directory. Is there a way to fix this as I had alot of apps and custom settings; especially my EQ settings in PowerAmp :-(
....or am I stuck and should I just wipe out the backup directory (/mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup)?
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Check your filters. Make sure everything is set to all and then clear the box at top
And don't wipe the directory. If they are in there something weird is going on. If filters look fine I would uninstall titanium, delete the sdcard/data/com.kermidas.titaniumbackup folder, reboot to recovery, clear cache+dalvik, fix permissions, reboot, reinstall titanium+the license from market.
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Check your filters. Make sure everything is set to all and then clear the box at top
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You are the MAN!!! It was the filters! Never thought to check that as I never modify the filters. Restoring all of my apps.....Thank you very much!!!
lostsoul77 said:
You are the MAN!!! It was the filters! Never thought to check that as I never modify the filters. Restoring all of my apps.....Thank you very much!!!
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No problem. Glad to help another pittsburgher.
Hello. I am loving bigxie's 4.2 rom (here) but I can't seem to get titanium backup to work. It says I have nothing to restore when I have about 60 things to restore. Please help me.
Thanks
Apparently 4.2 changes directories on your sdcard to sdcard0.
May try titanium settings and have it rescan. Not on 4.2 yet so can't test for you, but seems I had this solution work with a similar issue on another device.
Edit: titanium/preferences/backup location.
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Apparently 4.2 changes directories on your sdcard to sdcard0.
May try titanium settings and have it rescan. Not on 4.2 yet so can't test for you, but seems I had this solution work with a similar issue on another device.
Edit: titanium/preferences/backup location.
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Thanks for the help, but it didn't work. I tried changing the "backup location" to:
mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup
sdcard/TitaniumBackup
storage/0/emulated/TitaniumBackup
storage/sdcard0/TitaniumBackup
and other things
I will be assuming that you've used auto detect. Have you tried to move your Titanium Backup folder to /sdcard/0?
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I will be assuming that you've used auto detect. Have you tried to move your Titanium Backup folder to /sdcard/0?
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it works for me with no problem and no changes at all to any setting
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Thanks for the help, but it didn't work. I tried changing the "backup location" to:
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do you backup to the cloud? you can import backups from within preferences...otherwise, if you have access to those backups (in a Dropbox folder or something)
connect your phone to your computer...create a new directory "titanium"
copy all backups to this directory
unplug phone from PC
in titanium, select >preferences >backup location
press the back button to navigate to the newly created "titanium" folder, and select it as your new location
it's got something to do with 4.2...i couldn't access my TitaniumBackup folder on pc and did the above to fix it
if you don't have a cloud backup, restore your 4.1.2, copy the TitaniumBackup folder to your PC, then restore your 4.2 and do the above
(there may be an easier way but it's past midnight and that's all i can come up with)
try resetting your filters...i had uninstalled apps filtered out.
Try this
I am not sure if it works for free version, but this is what I did. Titanium Backup Pro -> Preferences -> Backup folder location -> Scan, it will find and give you the multiple directories it has... luckily you will find the one you have your data with... Old post I know, but someone might find it useful when they run into this.
I don't know if this is the right place, but I don't want to start a new topic.
So, this is what I have: a Galaxy Nexus GSM running CM 10.1 (on the nightlies branch). I had to do a data wipe this morning because of a boot loop, but I did a NAND backup from TWRP (checking /data and /system) before that. The problem is that Titanium Backup does not see what's inside that NAND backup - it sees the folder, but when I choose it, it begins scanning ('Analysing TWRP backup'), then comes with a screen like this: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...1zy6U/s823/Screenshot_2013-02-13-16-31-16.png. Does this have anything to do with the Android ID (I restored it to an older one, it should match the one it was when I did the NAND)? I installed TB 6.0 at first, but it's the same with 6.0.2.1. I have a PRO key.
killchain said:
I don't know if this is the right place, but I don't want to start a new topic.
So, this is what I have: a Galaxy Nexus GSM running CM 10.1 (on the nightlies branch). I had to do a data wipe this morning because of a boot loop, but I did a NAND backup from TWRP (checking /data and /system) before that. The problem is that Titanium Backup does not see what's inside that NAND backup - it sees the folder, but when I choose it, it begins scanning ('Analysing TWRP backup'), then comes with a screen like this: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...1zy6U/s823/Screenshot_2013-02-13-16-31-16.png. Does this have anything to do with the Android ID (I restored it to an older one, it should match the one it was when I did the NAND)? I installed TB 6.0 at first, but it's the same with 6.0.2.1. I have a PRO key.
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It is my understanding that twrp recovery backup files cannot be read by the other tb.
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killchain said:
I don't know if this is the right place, but I don't want to start a new topic.
So, this is what I have: a Galaxy Nexus GSM running CM 10.1 (on the nightlies branch). I had to do a data wipe this morning because of a boot loop, but I did a NAND backup from TWRP (checking /data and /system) before that. The problem is that Titanium Backup does not see what's inside that NAND backup - it sees the folder, but when I choose it, it begins scanning ('Analysing TWRP backup'), then comes with a screen like this: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...1zy6U/s823/Screenshot_2013-02-13-16-31-16.png. Does this have anything to do with the Android ID (I restored it to an older one, it should match the one it was when I did the NAND)? I installed TB 6.0 at first, but it's the same with 6.0.2.1. I have a PRO key.
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As far as I know, Titanium Backup doesnt restore from a nand. It makes its own backup folder with all the backups it creates on your SD Card. You have to use Titanium Backup to make the backups. If it does restore from a nand, then I dont know about that option and have never used it.
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It is my understanding that twrp recovery backup files cannot be read by the other tb recovery
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I beg to differ, please see this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
It clearly says 'restore from CWM/TWRP backup', it's in the menu.
I have a 'native' TB backup, but it's from a little earlier.
Use a root file explorer or adb to move/copy your titanium backups from where they are currently to where titanium wants them to be
e.g. from /sdcard/TitaniumBackup to /sdcard/0/TitaniumBackup for example, I can't exactly remember how it goes for 4.2 (I just came off a 4.2 rom back to 4.1 stock toro).
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Use a root file explorer or adb to move/copy your titanium backups from where they are currently to where titanium wants them to be
e.g. from /sdcard/TitaniumBackup to /sdcard/0/TitaniumBackup for example, I can't exactly remember how it goes for 4.2 (I just came off a 4.2 rom back to 4.1 stock toro).
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The native backup restored just fine. If it didn't, I could change the backup location in the settings.
The point is that the NAND backup from TWRP is newer, but appears empty in TB.
I want to hop to a new ROM, but it is a real pain to restore everything. Is there a quick way?
I am on Wompasaurus. Before was LJ1 stock rooted then MA7 DeOdexed then Womp. I want to try some more but hours and hours it takes to get everything running is ridiculous.
I have Titanium Backup, TWRP(GooManager), ROM Manager, ROM Toolbox and SManager. If I need something else, I get it.
SIDE NOTE: I was able to backup the 4.2 Gallery. But Titanium backup cannot find the 4.2 Camera.
Lord Sekhmet said:
I want to hop to a new ROM, but it is a real pain to restore everything. Is there a quick way?
I am on Wompasaurus. Before was LJ1 stock rooted then MA7 DeOdexed then Womp. I want to try some more but hours and hours it takes to get everything running is ridiculous.
I have Titanium Backup, TWRP(GooManager), ROM Manager, ROM Toolbox and SManager. If I need something else, I get it.
SIDE NOTE: I was able to backup the 4.2 Gallery. But Titanium backup cannot find the 4.2 Camera.
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I use Titanium Backup and Backup Your Mobile. Titanuim backup for apps and data. Backup Your Mobile for call logs, sms, mms, user data dictionary and wifi networks. I believe ROM Toolbox will do all of that and more. However just make sure that you save your backups to external sd and not internal sd as you will lose them if you do a full wipe of internal memory when you switch ROMs.
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Small problem. I use extsd2internalsd2.
Where should I put the backup?. Currently I transfer all my backups to my desktop.
EDIT : I installed Backup Your Mobile and ran it. THANKS!!
Lord Sekhmet said:
Small problem. I use extsd2internalsd2.
Where should I put the backup?. Currently I transfer all my backups to my desktop.
EDIT : I installed Backup Your Mobile and ran it. THANKS!!
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Extsd is your external sd which is where you want to keep your backups as well as always keeping a copy some where else like a desktop.
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In case anyone is reading my thread for help / ideas, I figured out a shortcut.
When every app is working, use TB Batch Action -user apps. Save this to some place safe. Before doing a full wipe re-backup apps with changing data . i,e. games
After you get your ROM setup exactly like you want it go into twrp go to backup and make a nandroid backup. Backup your data, boot, and system I believe they are. (The first three options) choose the option to compress the backup as it will save it the exact same way just save space by compressing it and shaving 40-50% off the size.
Then after it says backup wad successful. Reboot system. Use ROM toolbox and backup all your user apps+data. Then go to your contacts choose export to sd.. Make a"V card" export all your contacts to your sd. Then download sms backup&restore app.. backup all your texts. Then after these steps are done reboot to recovery (TWRP) go to wipe and wipe (assuming you already have other ROM zips on your sd or external sd saved and ready to flash) wipe cache, Dalvik cache, system, factory reset, system, factory reset.. In that order. Back out to main TWRP menu. .
Choose Install and install your ROM zip of your choice. After it installs successfully and reboots setup your phone and get to home screen. Go to market install rom toolbox again. After that is installed open and scroll to backups. Restore all Apps+data that you want. While that's restoring open contacts choose import from sd.. choose vcard files... choose the one you just made and restore...
Once your apps restore open sms backup&restore them restore your texts... setup any thing else you want/need widgets settings options etc..
After the new ROM is setup to your liking. Scroll back to the top and repeat till you have solid Nandroid backups (Twrp backups) of all the ROM'S you want.
Then anytime you want to change between then you reboot to recovery (twrp) wipe with above said method then hit restore choose the ROM you want to restore to and voila you'll literally be where you left off to a T even the same messages and websites still open... Only thing you might want to do between nandroid flashes is backup any NEW apps you downloaded recently. Our make a new backups of text messages with sms backup&restore if you want your texts always up to date...
If this helped which I hope it did cause its laid out, then hit the Thanks button:good:
Have a great afternoon
-Tw1steD