I rooted my phone, if I do a factory reset will it screw up my phone?
Sometimes FR doesnt delete your root access. Try, if it doesnt work, simply flash your original .kdz file and root counter will be reseted.
Ok, are you saying do it, the worst that happens is I lose root, then I just have to run stump again?
Root should survive a factory reset. But if it doesn't yeah just re-run your root app and all should be good.
I reset, root survived, but my titanium backup was wiped clean. Nothing was left. Did I do something wrong?
I always save by backup to the external sd card for this reason.
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I reset, root survived, but my titanium backup was wiped clean. Nothing was left. Did I do something wrong?
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No, you didn't do anything wrong.
The Titanium Backup app was located in your /data folder. Furthermore, the backup location for TB was probably in the stock location (internal sdcard). These are wiped when you perform a factory reset.
In future, if you want to, you can set the backup location to be the external sdcard. That way, if you perform a wipe, you can then reinstall TB and restore your backups from the external sdcard backup location which isn't touched by a factory reset.
EDIT: Another way would be to backup your TB backup folder to your PC before you wipe and then restore it afterwards.
Thanks. I'm use to flashing using recovery and my tb always stayed...thanks
Titanium Backup to External SD Card
I tried to set the external SD card as the location for the Ti BU, but could not do it until I changed the write permission as described in the following link. I think that there may be some apps like SD Fix that also work, but the manual method worked fine for me. Before doing this the Ti BU gave me some error about the external SD not being writable.
http://www.droidviews.com/restore-write-capability-to-external-sd-card-on-kitkat-manually/
If you do this Ti BU and other 3rd party apps can write to the SD card. It is much better to keep your Ti BU on the external SD and this keeps you from having to copy it over occasionally. Also frees up a pretty good chunk of space on your internal SD.
EDIT - I rebooted as it says to do at the end of the link above. I had already moved an old TiBU to the external SD. When I tried to run my incremental updates through TiBU I got some error about not enough disk space. had to reboot again and then everything worked fine.
Ok. Have sd, did sd fix, HOW DO I GET TIBU TO SEND BACKUPS TO THE MICROSD
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Ok. Have sd, did sd fix, HOW DO I GET TIBU TO SEND BACKUPS TO THE MICROSD
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Menu>preferences >Backup folder location. Once select go back until you reach storage and select external sd, once you're in there you'll want to create a new folder I named mine tbackup and then select it. If you get folder not writable message get out apply sd fix and try again.
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I press detect and it never does anything but locate the folder it's in
Ok, I used Root explorer to set permissions, and AFTER restart it seems to be working
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Hello all. Thanks in advance for any help. I attempted some searches before posting this but didn't come up with much.
I've been using CM7 for quite some time and I quite like it. However, I've started to get some random resets, force closes, and a few other issues. I also feel like I have a lot of unused garbage saved on my memory card and that the phone is generally bogged down and slower than it used to be. Long story short, I'd like to start from scratch, including formatting my 32GB SD card.
As I said, I'm currently on CM7. I'm looking to essentially do a total factory reset and format my SD card. I may go back to Sense until a stable ICS ROM is ready. But I may also go back to CM7. Regardless, my main concern is all these apps I have that were moved to my SD card.
How do I go about saving all of my data while still starting clean? I was thinking I'd back up all app data with MyBackup Pro and save that file on my computer, and then format the SD card. After wiping, flashing a ROM, etc., I'd download MyBackup Pro and upload the data backup back to my phone. Should I also save the .apk files and use them to restore the apps? Would there be any functional advantage in redownloading all the apps individually to ensure a totally clean start? I'm thinking about going the "redownload" route just to force myself to only reinstall the apps I really want/use. If I do that, would restoring data through a batch restore in MyBackup Pro for apps that are no longer installed create any kind of conflict?
If I do save the .apks, when I restore those won't it fill up my internal memory quickly because those apps are not being moved to the SD card automatically? Maybe that's another advantage of downloading each app individually. It would allow me to manually move each app to the SD card so as to keep the used internal memory to a minimum.
I know that was long-winded. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Josh
Get Titanium Backup, backup all your apps to the sd card. They should all be in the Titanium folder on the card, so if you want to format the card too, be sure to copy that to a computer first.
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Get Titanium Backup, backup all your apps to the sd card. They should all be in the Titanium folder on the card, so if you want to format the card too, be sure to copy that to a computer first.
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After formatting copy the titanium backup folder back to your SD card, pop back in phone,reinstall TB,restore apps.
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And in order to wipe the phone, format/wipe everything you can in your recovery before you reflash CM7 and your Kernel. Make sure you don't wipe the titanium backup on your SD card on accident.
Thanks guys.
So Will Ti Backup put all the apps back to the SD card? I tried this once before with MyBackup Pro and my internal memory filled up because it failed to move to the SD Card automatically.
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Thanks guys.
So Will Ti Backup put all the apps back to the SD card? I tried this once before with MyBackup Pro and my internal memory filled up because it failed to move to the SD Card automatically.
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Depends, if you have dta2sd flashed before restoring then yes, if not you restore apps then move them to sdcard.
Here's the dta2sd thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715938
Flash rom,then gapps if applicable, then kernel if applicable, then dta2sd, Reboot ,download TB, restore apps.
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Thanks guys.
So Will Ti Backup put all the apps back to the SD card? I tried this once before with MyBackup Pro and my internal memory filled up because it failed to move to the SD Card automatically.
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Yes, if you set it to do so. In preferences (under restoration settings) there's the option "restore backups to...". You can choose all internal, all external, default (some apps automatically install to SD, most don't), or you can restore each backup to wherever it was when you backed it up.
Having all of your apps (or even a lot of them) stored on the SD card could be causing your lag. Internal memory always beats an SD card when it comes to read/write speeds. There's no need to have 200 mb free on internal storage, it's just wasted space. I don't know how much you actually have free, that was just an example. Definitely keep your important apps and apps that are heavy on resources on internal, it'll keep some of the lag at bay.
After a full wipe, I always only restore the absolutely necessary apps, even though I restore them from TB. If I ever need an app that I didn't initially restore then I'll restore it. It's like having a brand new phone when you do it that way.
If you decide to use TB, you'll need to move the TB preferences file back to your SD card after formatting... or you can just set it up again. The preferences file is on your SD in data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup. Copy the entire folder back to your SD if you don't want to set it up again.
Though it's been covered, I'll do a quick run down.
Do a nandroid backup + any other backup you want.
Copy the contents of your SD card to your computer.
Format your SD card.
Move the files that you need back to your SD card. Rom, kernel, TB folder & preferences folder, nandroid, whatever you want
Assuming you're using Amon Ra, wipe boot, system, data, .android_secure, SD-ext, cache, and dalvik. Since you're starting fresh, I'd wipe them one or two more times.
Flash rom and whatever other files you need.
Restore what you want to restore.
To help with lag, try increasing your VM heap size. You can do so with VM Heap Tool or Rom Toolbox. It'll help more than you'd think.
You can also try the V6 Supercharger script.
Good luck!
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Yeah. I know I have way too much stuff on my phone. I have a ton of apps, mainly games. Damn you Amazon free app of the day! I usually roll with about 100MB or so of free internal memory.
So that being said, would you move the Dalvik-Cache to the SD? I have a 32GB Sandisk Class 4 SD card.
And it really seems you guys steer clear of MyBackUp Pro, huh? I've found it much easier to use than Ti Bu.
Thanks again for the advice.
When I save a Titanium Backup.zip, is that backing everything including the programs and data NOT on the SD card? In otherwords, if I want to make a back up of just the sd card contents if I want to change/upgrade my card, do I just copy the entire sd card to my PC and after formatting the new card just copy everything back? If I use the Titanium Backup.zip won't that wipe over everything and not just the sd card right?
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When I save a Titanium Backup.zip, is that backing everything including the programs and data NOT on the SD card? In otherwords, if I want to make a back up of just the sd card contents if I want to change/upgrade my card, do I just copy the entire sd card to my PC and after formatting the new card just copy everything back? If I use the Titanium Backup.zip won't that wipe over everything and not just the sd card right?
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Are you talking about creating an 'update.zip' from Titanium Backup? Assuming this is what you're referring to, though I've never done it, I think all it does is enables you to install TB from CWM directly. I wish most ROMs would just include TB, but since not everyone uses it I understand why they don't.
I don't think this makes a backup of anything really, but I could be wrong. If you want to back everything up, that's where you can nandroid. If you want to backup everything on your SD card, then the steps you stated about copying to a PC are probably your best bet.
Just backup your sd card on a PC, format the new card in the phone (for best compatibility). Then restore everything back onto it from the PC.
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Yeah, it starts out as an "Update.zip" but I choose the "Titanium Backup.zip" option. Huh! I did't know that it was only making a backup of Titanium Backup.
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Yeah, it starts out as an "Update.zip" but I choose the "Titanium Backup.zip" option. Huh! I did't know that it was only making a backup of Titanium Backup.
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I'm not 100% on that, but based on what I read in that option, that's what it sounds like to me. The purpose would be a way for you to restore all your apps if you're lacking a data connection when you flash something new or wipe anything. Chances are slim, but I reckon they're there. If you don't have a data connection, there is no way to download TB and use it to restore anything else...
EDIT: I guess one way to find out would be to make that zip and see how big the file is. If it's only a few megs, then it's just TB. If it's more than that, like over 80ish, then you know it's quite a bit more than just the one app.
1- If I "format" my SD from android (bottom of the part where you see how much storage everything uses @ settings) I'll lose my apps too? Or just the photos and unused folders will be deleted? Doesn't matter if it deletes videos, music images and etc, I can restore them. (that would be great :l)
2- If I make a CWM backup and another backup with MyBackup Root, delete everything from the SD and restore everything, it will be working everything again but clean?
3- ORR YOU GUYS think I should use one of those clean-sd apps? If so, which?
Regards, Phen.
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1- If I "format" my SD from android (bottom of the part where you see how much storage everything uses @ settings) I'll lose my apps too? Or just the photos and unused folders will be deleted? Doesn't matter if it deletes videos, music images and etc, I can restore them. (that would be great :l)
2- If I make a CWM backup and another backup with MyBackup Root, delete everything from the SD and restore everything, it will be working everything again but clean?
3- ORR YOU GUYS think I should use one of those clean-sd apps? If so, which?
Regards, Phen.
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Hi,
If you format your SD Card, either from Android OS or your computer, everything will be deleted. If you make a backup, delete everything and restore everything I don't think it will "clean" your SD.
You can either usen SD Clean application (like SD Maid, which is good) or better just format your SD and install your apps again and copy paste only the files you need. It will take more time, but will get the job done.
Everything will be wiped from sd card after format
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just format it through computer or laptop select quick format .. hit thanks if i helped
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Hi,
If you format your SD Card, either from Android OS or your computer, everything will be deleted. If you make a backup, delete everything and restore everything I don't think it will "clean" your SD.
You can either usen SD Clean application (like SD Maid, which is good) or better just format your SD and install your apps again and copy paste only the files you need. It will take more time, but will get the job done.
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Thanks kind sir, gonna try both!
Searched and found some info on the above in regards to other phones, but the solutions did not work for this phone (or maybe just not for me):silly:
Rooted with Towelroot, and Chainfire for the Superuser last week. Installed TiB, and checked in one of its menus to use the external SD card for automatic backups (I believe).
I perform a full backup of all apps and data, but I had been having issues with a bad install of Go Launcher so I decide to do a phone reset (to KK 4.4.2) and restore with a fresh OS.
Upon reboot, the phone automatically Dl'ed all of my Google info and apps, contacts, and everything, all by itself. When the phone rebooted, I was surprised to see that I still had root, but without SU. Did another restore just to be sure and reinstalled Towelroot manually. There must have been an update to it since last week as the SU was automatically installed this time and I had SU without needing to install Chainfire. I reinstalled TiB and attempted to do a TiB restore, but learned that all of my backup info had been stored on the INTERNAL SD card and it was all wiped with the phone restore.
Is it just me, or am I wrong in thinking that a backup/restore app should put the data on an external source by default, or at least search your device for external storage and then ask if that's where you want it to go? storing data on a drive that is going to be wiped seems totally counter-intuitive to me!!!
I go back into TiB settings and try to redirect the storage location to the EXTERNAL SD card by hitting the back button when looking at the file structure, but when I get to the external card, TiB says it's not writable. Some other phone threads mentioned to use the MNT directory but that didn't work either.
So, after all the above, can anyone either talk me through how to get TiB to store externally, or possibly would you provide a link if you know of a thread that allows it to work with our phones (E980 on AT&T). I've tried a few things mentioned on different threads but none of it seems to work!
I had a similar problem with stock AT&T KITKAT ROM. I could not get any app to write to the external SD card, not ROOT Explorer, ROMToolbox, or Titanium Backup. I could move files from my external SD to my internal, but nothing would copy or save to the external. This pissed me off and I said goodbye to stock AT&T KITKAT. I flashed Sphinx for E980 and have had no problem with SD card. It's a solid ROM if you want a stock-like experience.
I had the same problem on the AT&T KitKat rom. I just edited platform.xml to enable writing to the external sd and that fixed all of the access issues on root apps.
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I had the same problem on the AT&T KitKat rom. I just edited platform.xml to enable writing to the external sd and that fixed all of the access issues on root apps.
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Care to elaborate?
Has anyone successfully backed up to external SD with TiBu? I recently mucked up my phone and had to reflash to stock to recover, and this wiped out all my TiBu backups which were on the internal SD partition. When I try to choose my own custom backup path in TiBu preferences it shows the internal SD as an option and then a folder in orange and the message "This folder is not writable". I have already ran SDfix and have the camera store images on the external SD, how do I get TiBu to recognize it as a valid location? I would rather not hassle with manually copying TiBu's folder in ES File Explorer
I did try downloading this Xposed module and TiBu still complains
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-handleexternalstorage-t2693521
EDIT: argh, thread already exists on here, the built-in search really sucks...
Make SD Card Writable to Apps
I used the procedure in the link here and it worked fine. I did it specifically for the reasons you cite, but it supposedly makes it work with all apps. I definitely works for TiBU. I am rooted. May need to be rooted to do this.
http://www.droidviews.com/restore-write-capability-to-external-sd-card-on-kitkat-manually/