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[How To] get SMS to work on ported international roms

You have to have a nandroid back up of a ROM with working SMS
Go to titanium backup
Setting
Scroll to "Extract from nandroid"
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Click it
Choose the most current backup
Click the icon to the right
The screen will populate with all the apps
Scroll to messaging
Check it
Check app and data
Click the green check mark
When its done, reboot.
Your done and it always works.
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I always hate when Google restores contacts. The pictures look like crap. If you use large pics for contacts and want to keep them looking great on the screen. Set all contacts as you like. Do a nandroid. This way you will always have it. When I fash a ROM, before I reboot, I mount the system, go to advance/file manager. Navigate to system/app, delete the Google contact sync apk. You can also freeze the google sync in tbu, if you dont want to delete it. This will stop Google from screwing with the pics. Then just reboot. I do this and don't really care that gmail doesn't have my contacts. There are other ways to do that. As long as you know what your doing in that file manager, you can delete all kinds of not needed crap. I myself delete all the ringtones before rebooting after flashing.
You most mount the system to get into the system stuff.
I also restore my contacts this way.
Follow the same steps as above except
Check the "contact storage" box
Click "data only"
Clicking app and data may cause a contact fc if going from different ROMs
Click the green check
Reboot when its done
If you choose to not delete the Google sync. Freeze it in tbu. Delete all contacts and do steps above in tbu.
Again make sure you have a good nandroid first.
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helpful thank you!

Nice write up bro...good job..very informative.. thank you

I cannot seem to get this trick to work. I am on a ported 4.4.2 rom for the Verizon note 2 and this will not work.

@DaFox is a pimp. TBO rocks too.
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[Q] Help freeing up Internal Storage (nandroid backups)

I'm currently low on space on my internal storage and I believe the problem is old nandroid backups from back when I used CWM. I now use TWRP and it doesn't see my old backups. Where can I find the backups so that I can delete them?

If all you wanna do is deal with the nandroid backups on your device, I use Nandroid Manager (from Google Play store, its free). It finds the paths where any and all backups on the device may be stored, and lists them for you. You can then go and delete them or browse them if you want...

I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM

Drisc0 said:
I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM
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Download Rom Manager in the play store from Clockworkmod and go to Manage and Restore Backups and then delete them.

Drisc0 said:
I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM
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Use a file browser and go to sdcard-clockworkmod and they should all be there. Cut and paste them to a computer if you need to save them. You can always use titanium back as well as app from above to extract anything you need.

Sorry for the late response, I've been busy with school and just got around to attempting to fix this issue to no avail. I tried reflashing CWM to see if it could see old recoveries but I couldn't see any. I'm beginning to think it's not actually old nandroid files, but something else taking up all the storage instead. I've used diskusage and root explorer to try and find something that was taking up lots of room, but nothing was taking up much space. I don't have many apps, and there's no way the rom should be taking up this much room. This thread over at androidcentral shows other people having the same problem. This is getting pretty bad as I can't update or install any apps.
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After doing some digging around in diskusage I finally found the culprit. All of the old recoveries had been moved into /data/lost+found. Deleting the contents fixed all my problems! Hopefully this will help someone else out, it has been driving me crazy.

Titanium Backup fail! Need help! :(

I'm on marshmallow 6.0.1 Mr.wonderful coming from pd1 marshmallow, did a tb before wiping, updated and flashed Mr.W 6.0 and tried to restore my apps but for some reason titanium is not recognizing my backup any ideas why and is there a way I could restore them?
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You did notice that your 3rd screenshot shows only one backup, right?
The same screenshot shows: (click here to change). Use that to select one of three options to possibly try to get synced to where the actual backups are. Think of the alternatives as permission choices. If you see this "This folder does not have write permission", you can't select that location- it may even be hid if it's on your micro sdcard that you're trying to sync TB to but there's no write permission allocated there.
Ultimately, you may have to move those backups to a folder you create with the 2nd option with TB. I'd suggest you have those backed up on PC to prevent loss; the TB prompted move process is dysfunctional for me. You may have success with simply creating the folder with TB and then copying the backups there.
Marshmallow has limited the access and write privileges. Maybe it's PE1 security update that changed but manage with what you can by moving to favorable location.
I've read posts suggesting /Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup will allow TB to protect backups but unless the path includes /mnt/media_rw, didn't work for me. Mine is /mnt/media_rw/sdcard volume name/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/.
If Titanium Backup creates a folder, it will have the owner and permissions it needs to save and read the backups.
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Looks like your backups got wiped. Mine have been wiped multiple times unfortunately. I have mine on my external SD card and it's still happened. From what I can tell, when the app points to the backup location and is uninstalled it'll remove all of the backups too. I never uninstall apps before flashing something new but I have a feeling when I used Odin it played some magic and poof went the backups because that is the only time they ever vanish. In fact the com.keramidas folder mentioned above that I make myself gets removed also.
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My backups are in my SD card and internal trying to see if it makes a difference but in both locations it still don't recognize them even though they are there
I have old backup folders and they appear with no problem
It might be that folder or something as that's the only that don't show up
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Unable to Login to Dropbox After Installing LineageOS

As per the title: a couple of weeks ago, I installed LineageOS 14,1 on my HTC One M8 [previously had rooted Marshmallow GPE installed]
Since then, I've been completely unable to login to Dropbox. I just get this really uninformative dialogue each time:
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and an equally uninformative message in CatLog:
Code:
03-02 15:31:58.151 E/com.dropbox.android.user.AccountStore(28183): Failed to add account
Annoyingly, even though the error persists, whenever I try to login, I receive an email from Dropbox saying "We noticed a new sign in..." and, when I visit Dropbox in a browser, my phone is listed as being a linked device. I can also access Dropbox without a problem via browser on my phone. It's only the app that keeps throwing up this error.
I've tried all the usual tricks like uninstalling & reinstalling the Dropbox app as well as clearing Cache & Data. Also asked Titanium Backup Pro to remove all traces of Dropbox. But nothing has worked. I still get the same error and Dropbox support have been about as much use as a chocolate teapot –unable to do more than suggest I try re-installing the app.
Now, I'm 99% certain that the problem is with Dropbox but, seeing as it only began after I installed LineageOS, I've got to ask whether anyone else has run into similar problems and, if so, how did you resolve it?

Can't help you, it works perfectly for me...

It's unbelievable. I have nuked every single scrap of data relating to Dropbox from my phone; uninstalled app, deleted cache, deleted data, asked Titanium backup to remove all traces of it. Done a root access search for any files/folders on the whole of my device with 'dropbox' in the name and deleted them too. And yet, when I re-install it again and try to login, the exact same thing happens. I've never known an app to so stubbornly refuse to let its slate be wiped clean.
And, as I said in my 1st post, I'm pretty certain the culprit is Dropbox itself. But I just wanted to check in case there was some weird LineageOS voodoo involved too.

New to OS, serious file management issue

Hey everyone. Since I am new to Lineage OS (18.1), I have been reading many of the threads here hoping to learn from others, mistakes and knowledge. But recently I have had an issue with file management. Originally I was going to post a thread asking how I can delete or at least disable the native Files app, but after reading a few threads on a similar subject, I realize I would be heading into issues if I did successfully delete it. So, instead I will explain the issue(s) I am facing and then see what any of you educated peers (and in the past, lifesavers) have to offer for advice. I love this OS so I don't want to have to go back, but if I can't resolve this issue, I have no choice.
Okay, so the native files app cannot see the /emulated/Android/data or /emulated/Android/obb folders at all. Every other file management app I have installed (too many actually) can see those folders which would be fine but there are a few apps asking me to approve access to those folders or subfolders therein, and it ALWAYS opens the native Files app to accomplish that. So there are a few apps I cannot use at all till I can figure that part out.
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Also, I am a heavy user of the Autosync app and every new device I install it in, on first run, in the settings, I need to Enable Write Access. Pressing that again, ALWAYS opens the native files app. Although the native Files app can see the SD card/External Storage, the Use this Folder button is greyed out and when I attempt to press it anyways it states, "Can't use this folder - To protect your privacy, Choose another folder".
I am sure there is an easy way around all this but it is becoming annoying, to be as nice as possible. I hope I am just overlooking something cause I would rather feel like a n00b dumbass instead of having to lose this new (to me) and wonderful OS, or even worse, lose access to several frequently used apps. Thanks for reading and more thanks if you are able to help!