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My free personal way of switching roms..

Hi there,
Just wanted to show how I switch ROMs using free apps. I am not responsible for any data loss. This is just my method and it is nothing new for many.
My focus is to backup Launcher settings, sms and contacts and apps+ their data.
I use these programs:
Es File explorer
Efficient backup
Appextrator( alternative 2)
Backdrop (alternative 3)
Superbackup (just in case)
Let's start.
My main method. First rule. Always do a nandroid backup before you install a new rom.
Then:
1) Backup Apps+data using Efficient backup. I don't backup system apps to avoid strange errors.
2) sms and contacts. copy in sdcard the folders /data/providers/contacts and /data/providers/telephony. Also export contacts as vcf file just in case.
3) install new rom. Install es file manager and Efficient backup. Restore apps+data using Efficient Backup.
4) Copy from previous backup in sdcard, the contacts and sms using Es file manager in this way:
copy all files from /sdcard/ data/providers/contacts/databases
To
/data/providers/contacts/databases and confirm.
Plus copy all files from /sdcard/data/providers/telephony/databases
To
/data/providers/telephony/databases and confirm.
Then reboot.
As launcher I use Apex and its backup feature.
To be continued...

You could just use MyBackup Root and do all of the above (minus the launcher settings.)

TiBu and Google Sync FTW!
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Titanium Backup: Restore app data from zip file?

I have downloaded an app + data (so it seems), from a friend. He made a backup for me and told me I could restore it using Titanium Backup.
It's a zip file and it contains a .tar.gz of the data, a .apk.gz (app) and a .properties file.
The .properties file seems to contain Titanium Backup information.
So I assume there should be some way of importing this zip file using Titanium Backup. But I can't find that option.
What I can find is "Backup" (which creates a backup of an app and stores it *somewhere*) and "Restore", where I can't specify a path or anything.
How can I restore the data inside this zip?

Extract that .zip file to /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ folder. If you installed app which you want to restore go to Titanium Backup app and just restore it :good:

D0GuKaN said:
Extract that .zip file to /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ folder. If you installed app which you want to restore go to Titanium Backup app and just restore it :good:
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Can someone please help me? I have all of my backed up info on Google Drive from TB. I moved that info from Google to my phone and have tried to batch restore, but it keeps showing 0 files. Please help as I have a lot of apps and data backed up and I don't care to start over. I purchased the TB Pro app for just such an occasion and now I can't use it.

SmoothTrickle said:
Can someone please help me? I have all of my backed up info on Google Drive from TB. I moved that info from Google to my phone and have tried to batch restore, but it keeps showing 0 files. Please help as I have a lot of apps and data backed up and I don't care to start over. I purchased the TB Pro app for just such an occasion and now I can't use it.
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Did you solve your problem?

buu1152 said:
Did you solve your problem?
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No. I never received a response so I just gave up and started over.

D0GuKaN said:
Extract that .zip file to /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ folder. If you installed app which you want to restore go to Titanium Backup app and just restore it :good:
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This works indeed.
I selected a batch operation for backing up apps and system data. Downloaded it via the TB Webserver and thought I was okay.
Tried restoring by uploading it to my Nexus via TB Webserver anddd it's gone. Not in the Titanium Backup app, nor to be found on the Nexus with a file browser.
Uploaded the zip manually using an usb cable to the emualted sd andddd no,option in Titanium Backup to say "its here!".
Downloaded an unzip thingie in the Play Store, unzipped the shizzle and let the files in the zip -one level down- being unpacked in the TitaniumBackup folder.
Restarted TB and yay, it can see again. Batch restored everything and... it works. Kinda. Stuck on Swiftkey as we speak. But this is the best I could come up with.
Sigh.

1. Is there any method to update the apk files stored in the zip file with newer version ?
2. How can we delete /update the backup apks with newer version?

rohitshakti said:
1. Is there any method to update the apk files stored in the zip file with newer version ?
2. How can we delete /update the backup apks with newer version?
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There may be a better way to do this, but somewhere in Preference you can tell it how many backups to keep. I think the default is "All". Set it to 1 and that should do the trick.

[Q] Xperia S - Unable to find Titanium Backup files on pc!

Hello,
I have backed up all my app and everything using titanium backup. They were all saved to file " titanium backup ".
On the phone file manager i can access the file without a problem. But when i connect my phone to my computer then the titanium backup folder does not appear at all! How do i copy the backup folder to my computer?
Please help.
Thank you.

NYer786 said:
Hello,
I have backed up all my app and everything using titanium backup. They were all saved to file " titanium backup ".
On the phone file manager i can access the file without a problem. But when i connect my phone to my computer then the titanium backup folder does not appear at all! How do i copy the backup folder to my computer?
Please help.
Thank you.
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Try to restart and reconnect your phone again
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NYer786 said:
Hello,
I have backed up all my app and everything using titanium backup. They were all saved to file " titanium backup ".
On the phone file manager i can access the file without a problem. But when i connect my phone to my computer then the titanium backup folder does not appear at all! How do i copy the backup folder to my computer?
Please help.
Thank you.
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Ive the same problem just use mount as external storage app(if u r rooted).And the folder will appear.
Press thanks
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TWRP Flashable zip for APKs

Hi does anyone know how to make flashable apk zip file? I want to make a zip file for my backed up apps to flash in twrp. Thanks for you help!

Titanium backup pro can create a flashable zip of backups of your apps. Although I'm not to sure whether if its the free or the paid version you can do this on.
When you open the application, theres a checkmark up at the top, press that. Then you can backup all of your apps under the Backup category.
Once done, you then scroll down to the bottom under the RECOVERY MODE options and select Create "update.zip" from app+data backups.
You then can restore with the update.zip of all the backups you have made, whether you have chosen app, app + data, or data only.

Zip a trwp backup

Is there an easy way to created a zip of a trwp backup using only the phone? I'm wanting to do a zip of my tw ROM for multiboot.
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rmc198501 said:
Is there an easy way to created a zip of a trwp backup using only the phone? I'm wanting to do a zip of my tw ROM for multiboot.
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ummmm dude it is zipped . that is the file extension for every backup I've ever seen. you mean (I think) a nandroid backup. it's a backup that includes all system aspects including settings.

rmc198501 said:
Is there an easy way to created a zip of a trwp backup using only the phone? I'm wanting to do a zip of my tw ROM for multiboot.
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With twrp 3.1.0 we can backup straight to our PC in a signal zip file.
First enable ‘USB debugging’ from setting>developer option>. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.
Reboot your device into TWRP Recovery.
Now create a new folder on your PC, where you want to save the TWRP backup files.
Open the command window by pressing and hold the ‘shift’ key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.
In the command window type the following command to create TWRP backup.adb backup --twrp
The above command will bring up the GUI and allow you to choose partitions from the backup page.
Or you can also take backup of particular options with below commandadb backup -f <filename> --twrp <options>
where options are--compress: compress data system: backup system cache: backup cache data: backup data boot: backup boot etc for each partition.