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transfer app data

i just want to tranfer app data from a rooted phone (app isnt working right on the phone) to a tab S im barrowing, but i believe i have to pay titanium to do that.
the tab s isnt rooted (would prefer not to root it as it isnt mine), any other options?

GreeleyXda said:
i just want to tranfer app data from a rooted phone (app isnt working right on the phone) to a tab S im barrowing, but i believe i have to pay titanium to do that.
the tab s isnt rooted (would prefer not to root it as it isnt mine), any other options?
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Whats the name of the app?

facefeed its like snapchat. it uses the front camera only
on my nexus 6 when i try to take a picture its inverted.
the app works on the tab s, but i want to transfer my convos over

GreeleyXda said:
facefeed its like snapchat. it uses the front camera only
on my nexus 6 when i try to take a picture its inverted.
the app works on the tab s, but i want to transfer my convos over
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Okay just looked in android/data after installing it and it was nowhere, what was it called? I think it might be storing data in the DATA/DATA folder which is only writable to if rooted so i believe, although i wounder how other apps manage to write data there ☺

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlabs.facefeed
and i believe its data/data > com.contextlabs.facefeed

GreeleyXda said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlabs.facefeed
and i believe its data/data > com.contextlabs.facefeed
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Okay i have your answer, this is an option for you and you will be able to do it without root.
You can use Android's backup function.
adb backup -noapk com.app.packagename
You will now be prompted to 'unlock your device and confirm the backup operation'. It's best NOT to provide a password, otherwise it becomes more difficult to read the data. Just click on 'backup my data'. The resulting 'backup.ab' file on your computer contains all the app's data in android backup format. Basically it's a compressed tar file. You can use the adb restore backup.db command to restore the backup..
Found this with a bit of googling, goodluck.
EDIT
And this is a great gui for
adb
http://forums.androidcentral.com/so...g/415287-open-source-adb-console-wizzrah.html

SdFix or not SdFix?

Hi,
my H815 is freshly and happily rooted, and i wonder if i have to install SdFix or not.
Do we have to do this on Lillipop?
on Google Play, SdFix says "for kitkat" and don't mention Lollipop.
What do you think?
Thanx for answers

I had to use it for some apps, so I say YES. Lollipop has the same regulations for the external SD like KitKat, so the apps have the same problems.

misteurz said:
Hi,
my H815 is freshly and happily rooted, and i wonder if i have to install SdFix or not.
Do we have to do this on Lillipop?
on Google Play, SdFix says "for kitkat" and don't mention Lollipop.
What do you think?
Thanx for answers
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I use it as well and it works - I can now save TB backup directly on my external SD :good:

clandes said:
I use it as well and it works - I can now save TB backup directly on my external SD :good:
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+1

there was this thread some time ago by @TecknoFreak that explained how to fix that by editing the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file by hand, no need for an app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524277. he posted this in another thread but i cant remember now where i saw it
having said that, i cant remember if i used TB saving my backups to external before or after i made the change to my xml using the steps from the thread but i am pretty sure it was before. also the LG camera can write to ext_sd so dont know for sure this is needed. plus i just did a reflash of @MicroMod777 xTreme rom so it reset that file and i can still write to my ext_sd with TB and camera
oops...i take back part of this, i just now noticed the notification i got from TB that said my backup failed cause i did not have enough space to write the backup to, but the camera still saves to external
so i must have done the xml edit before i did TB, either way, i dont think you need an app for this. sure it might make it easier, but editing the file is not too bad to tackle either

I downloaded SDFix from Google Play (pretty sure it's the same one I used when KitKat first came out) and it reported that the app wasn't necessary.
EU H815 rooted with the recently released Low Effort Exploit (and not by unlocking the bootloader via LG's Dev site).
TiBu was one of the first apps I installed after rooting earlier this week, and it never had a problem backing up to my ext. SD card.

Midnight_Rider said:
there was this thread some time ago by @TecknoFreak that explained how to fix that by editing the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file by hand, no need for an app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524277. he posted this in another thread but i cant remember now where i saw it
having said that, i cant remember if i used TB saving my backups to external before or after i made the change to my xml using the steps from the thread but i am pretty sure it was before. also the LG camera can write to ext_sd so dont know for sure this is needed. plus i just did a reflash of @MicroMod777 xTreme rom so it reset that file and i can still write to my ext_sd with TB and camera
oops...i take back part of this, i just now noticed the notification i got from TB that said my backup failed cause i did not have enough space to write the backup to, but the camera still saves to external
so i must have done the xml edit before i did TB, either way, i dont think you need an app for this. sure it might make it easier, but editing the file is not too bad to tackle either
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My edits should work just fine for TB backing up on external. I did the same edits to my H811 and works great. I was getting the same error as well and it got fixed after those edits that is just one line missing.
I rather change a line or 2 before installing an app to my phone but that is just me.

Specifically for TitaniumBackup, you just need to go to preferences and when selecting your backup folder, change the storage provider to DocumentProvider storage (Click above the DETECT button) and then navigate to your folder.
Works fine without any fixes.

Charsher47 said:
Specifically for TitaniumBackup, you just need to go to preferences and when selecting your backup folder, change the storage provider to DocumentProvider storage (Click above the DETECT button) and then navigate to your folder.
Works fine without any fixes.
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Don't get the option to 'protect' backups though if you go this route. Only if you use the default setting with edited platform.xml file.

TecknoFreak said:
My edits should work just fine for TB backing up on external. I did the same edits to my H811 and works great. I was getting the same error as well and it got fixed after those edits that is just one line missing.
I rather change a line or 2 before installing an app to my phone but that is just me.
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Same here, and this worked perfectly fine on my H815 (SEA version). Now I can actually let GoneMadMusicPlayer edit tags in my music collection.
Thanks :good:

Camera modding (APP)

MUST BE ROOTED WITH FREEZAS ROOT
CHANGELOG
V1 (Aug 25)- Allows for recording up until you run out of space instead of putting a time limit on everything
backup the entire folder system/priv-app/samsungcamera6 , delete the apk, then copy this over to system/priv-app/Samsungcamera6
Download at bottom of this post
After that set the permissions (id recommend checking the original apks permissions before u delete it)
Reboot, (see if the app even shows up), then try recording 4k, it's around 21 minute record time with stock internal storage, with the 256GB sdcard it should be much more
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kevinrocksman said:
MUST BE ROOTED
my goal is to unlock unlimited recording
samsung allows unlimited on 1920x1080 but not 4k
they even have variables for "limit recording length by system and storage"
but i dont want to root just yet to test
after that im gonna look and see what i can change with the bitrate and quality
then try to make it so u can take a snapshot while recording
then try to make it so u can listen to music while recording
I managed to accomplish this on the note 5 but size limitations and no sdcard slot it sucked.Te note 7 camera was completely rewritten compared to the note 3,4 and 5 and I haven't had much time to play around with it on the note 7 to understand everything fully.
if someone is feeling ballsy go ahead and backup the entire folder ystem/priv-app/samsungcamera6 , delete both the apk and the folder in it, then copy this over to system/priv-app/Samsuncamera6
delete the _src part of the filename
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_OscqsqMY0vVDRxUm5zZEJZdC0tcTViM25GSjd4TXJ4ckFR
After that set the permissions (id recommend checking the original apks permissions before u delete it)
Reboot, (see if the app even shows up), then try recording 4k,the 10 minute timer is still there but i want to see if it goes past. Looking for ANYTHING over 10 minutes
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I understand it's off the subject. I downloaded the file and would test but… Are we even rootable yet? To my knowledge we are not. Atleast chainfire anyways. Is there a confirmed root method out yet?

I thought locked BL on Snap?

I do know people who have rooted, i do not know how they did it though

Android 9 upgrade very worthwhile!

I bumped up to 9 (47.2.A.2.33) and sacrificed wifi calling and volte (waiting for US firmware to catch up) but it's still totally worth it.
+ SD card is visible to apps!!! Meaning, you can store more than pictures on it. I spent the last year with the 'low disk space' notification on, uninstalling apps so i could update others. Now it's like i own an Android phone again
+ Bluetooth no longer hangs trying to connect to last device for 30-60s before you can connect to any other paired device
+ Bluetooth devices show battery levels
+ Google / Assistant voice commands launch to mic almost instantly
+ System feels very fast
+ Rotation lock improvement
+ New volume control works well
+ speakers sound perfect unless using Clearaudio+
+ Misc improvements
- new quick settings is both ugly and less useful
- can't get wifi calling in US (apparently) until 9 drops here because you need the oem....sin file
- still plenty of bloat on stock sony ROM

have you tried swapping the oem sin file with the 8.0 US oem file ?

scooterman said:
have you tried swapping the oem sin file with the 8.0 US oem file ?
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Yeah, tried adding the newest US to a TMobile and a custom firmware. I've only checked for wifi calling though, not volte specifically.

How is the battery life after the update ?
No bugs ?
And how did you proceed ?

What I don't like about version 9.
- Clock on the left
- Random GPS issues, apps or wdigets that can't find position. Never had this problem until the update.
- Screen auto-brightness almost always get it wrong. Old auto brightness functioned seamlessly, i forgot it was there. I'm always having to manual update the brightness now.
- UI Tuner hard to find, and important optiosn missing. How do I get the headset icon back??? I needed that.
- The top swipe down menu now requires 2 swipes the useful stuff, like the settings cog.
What I like about version 9.
Um... higher API level, so support for the future is better? That's honestly all I can think of at this point.

Hello Dean
What would you recommend for optimization of the Oreo version ? Firmware update, or just leave it stock ?

Hello.
For the brightness, just set it to what you want and after a while, it will be ok.
It learns your setting and will learn how you set it. so it's bad ton the beggining and then after 1 mouth it's ok.
It wass too bright for me at the beggining and i was always setting it down, now it's ok.

Yes that is not that important to me as battery life and gps
I've seeen several posts where people complain of important drain while the phone is idle
That would be a disaster
4G being unstable for everyday use or
GPS malfunctioning in the middle of a 6 day hike in the french alps would also not be so good
Of course it will be best if the phone is intuitive and the camera gets good results without having to remake the custom adjustments for each photo, but otherwise all the flashy stuff, speedtests etc is not really important unless you are a serious gamer.
4Gb ram is A LOT of power. When I was gaming it was only 64 kilo bytes (C64) and even my Imac only has 4Gb

VHollund said:
How is the battery life after the update ?
No bugs ?
And how did you proceed ?
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I can't compare battery life because with 8, I usually kept my phone in airplane mode and just used wifi calling and texts. That gave me great battery life around the house. I did use it heavily one day, lots of video calling and such. I got down to around 10% battery after 6:45 of screen time, so that's impressive!
I haven't used the GPS specifically.
The whole upgrade process was long because I backed up my DRM keys. Otherwise, just backup your data, use Xperifirm and newflasher -- it's easy.

Hi @jayarmstrong - would you please be able to share the procedure to update to that version?
I did receive a notification from Sony that it is available for my phone, but no methods work or detect the actual new version.
SONY support is asking for my patience, which I haven't got much of
TIA

Can you really install apps on the SD-card? That would be wonderfull, I already intended to buy the XZ4 compact, because I have not enough space

From what i have read, there isn't going to be a XZ4 Compact

Sopur said:
Can you really install apps on the SD-card? That would be wonderfull, I already intended to buy the XZ4 compact, because I have not enough space
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@Sopur I have upgraded to android 9 and unfortunately I can't install/move apps to SD card. To be clear Jayarmstrong said:
SD card is visible to apps!!! Meaning, you can store more than pictures on it.
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If I understand it correctly, it doesn't mean that you can now install apps on SD card. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? But I think that this option is still blocked by Sony (as it was in android 8.0).

Csani said:
Hi @jayarmstrong - would you please be able to share the procedure to update to that version?
TIA
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If the built-in upgrade utility isn't offering the upgrade yet, it's probably not ready for your region. Doing it manually is a lot of work and the instructions are scattered around the forum with bits and pieces that are working, abandoned, or out of date. I don't have a complete set of directions to hand you but here's a couple snips from my notes:
backup DRM keys if you want your camera to work well edit: only needed if you're going to unlock bootloader or root
download new firmware using Xperifirm
install new firmware on your phone using Newflasher
to keep settings & data: delete persist*.sin, userdata*.sin, cache*.sin and all *.ta.*Data, settings and apps work as before

Janfry said:
@Sopur I have upgraded to android 9 and unfortunately I can't install/move apps to SD card. To be clear Jayarmstrong said:
If I understand it correctly, it doesn't mean that you can now install apps on SD card. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? But I think that this option is still blocked by Sony (as it was in android 8.0).
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Sorry for the confusion. I can't install apps to the SD card but I can now direct apps to move their storage to the SD card. I'm doing this from the settings within apps, not from the Phone > Settings > Apps > Storage page. This was extremely helpful for me because I was able to move about 15GB of music, podcasts, books, etc. to the SD card.
There are other options, like rooting, that will allow you to move apps completely to the SD card, repartition your internal storage for more space, move apps to system locations, etc. Good luck!

Ok, so I could say to Whatsapp to storage media on the SD card again?

decker39 said:
From what i have read, there isn't going to be a XZ4 Compact
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Or is it?
https://www.t3.com/news/sony-xperia-xz4-compact-spotted-in-these-superb-images
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jayarmstrong said:
If the built-in upgrade utility isn't offering the upgrade yet, it's probably not ready for your region. Doing it manually is a lot of work and the instructions are scattered around the forum with bits and pieces that are working, abandoned, or out of date. I don't have a complete set of directions to hand you but here's a couple snips from my notes:
backup DRM keys if you want your camera to work well
download new firmware using Xperifirm
install new firmware on your phone using Newflasher
to keep settings & data: delete persist*.sin, userdata*.sin, cache*.sin and all *.ta.*Data, settings and apps work as before
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Thanks, bro - good to know. I think I will rather wait for the official update to hit me.
I simply haven't got the time any more like I had had before to mock around with these hacks.
But just out of curiosity, where are the .sin and .ta files kept? Or are they individually for each app?

Csani said:
Or is it?
https://www.t3.com/news/sony-xperia-xz4-compact-spotted-in-these-superb-images
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Lets hope it's true then :good:

Csani said:
But just out of curiosity, where are the .sin and .ta files kept? Or are they individually for each app?
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They are the partition files in the firmware you can download with Xperifirm if you choose to decimpress the files (which you should if you want to use newflasher).
You don't have to unlock your bootloader abd make a drm backup to install official Sony fw you download with newflasher. The drm keys only get wiped when you unlock. So if you don't want to root your phone, you can install a different customization (and Android version) by just downloading and flashing it with a locked bootloader.

Sopur said:
Ok, so I could say to Whatsapp to storage media on the SD card again?
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If Whatsapp has the option for external storage, then yes, it should work. On Oreo, on this phone, apps like Spotify, PocketCasts, Pocket, etc. could only see & use the internal storage. Now, the same apps can see the SD card and successfully move the bulk of their storage there.

Cann't install apps anymore on Pixel 2XL

Hello all,
I cann't find a solution to install apps in sideload on my Pixel 2XL.
It was after flashing version 10 in the beginning of september.
After a lot of trying I give up and hope someone else here can help me.
My Pixel 2XL is unlocked but not rooted.
Normally I do the sideload by transfer an apk to my dropbox. After that I start it up and do what the system tells me.
Nowadays I got a return of a message in dropbox that -it is impossible to open the apk and download an app to open the apk-.
After that I download the apk to my download folder to try again. Then, when trying to startup, I get a popup with the name off the apk, the version nr, the size and packagename.
There is also a button to view apk content. When I push that button the right folders of the apk are indeed visible.
There are also 3 options. One to install, one to go to playstore and one to stop further actions and go back.
When I try to use the button install the result is that nothing happened, no signal, no message from the system, no popup, really nothing.
You all know that this is not what I want. I just want to install the apk. I have tried it with a few other apk's with the same results. :crying:
Before the last OTA upgrade to android 10 it was normal to install with these methods.
Thanks for who can helping me and others for trying to help me.
Greetings.

retaliator said:
Hello all,
I cann't find a solution to install apps in sideload on my Pixel 2XL.
It was after flashing version 10 in the beginning of september.
After a lot of trying I give up and hope someone else here can help me.
My Pixel 2XL is unlocked but not rooted.
Normally I do the sideload by transfer an apk to my dropbox. After that I start it up and do what the system tells me.
Nowadays I got a return of a message in dropbox that -it is impossible to open the apk and download an app to open the apk-.
After that I download the apk to my download folder to try again. Then, when trying to startup, I get a popup with the name off the apk, the version nr, the size and packagename.
There is also a button to view apk content. When I push that button the right folders of the apk are indeed visible.
There are also 3 options. One to install, one to go to playstore and one to stop further actions and go back.
When I try to use the button install the result is that nothing happened, no signal, no message from the system, no popup, really nothing.
You all know that this is not what I want. I just want to install the apk. I have tried it with a few other apk's with the same results. :crying:
Before the last OTA upgrade to android 10 it was normal to install with these methods.
Thanks for who can helping me and others for trying to help me.
Greetings.
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Have you enabled install apps from unknown sources? You'll also need to enable apps to install apps from what I can see in android 10. If you pull up an apps indignation you can expand the options and there will be an option to allow it to install apps, which Dropbox may need. The first one needs to be enabled to install apks from the download folder.

wgrant said:
Have you enabled install apps from unknown sources? You'll also need to enable apps to install apps from what I can see in android 10. If you pull up an apps indignation you can expand the options and there will be an option to allow it to install apps, which Dropbox may need. The first one needs to be enabled to install apks from the download folder.
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Thanks for helping me.
I did all these settings before.
Now I tried to open another filemanager (Google Files) and that did the job.
I don't know why installing in dropbox or installing in es file explorer doesn't do the same with equal settings.
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
Anyway, a lot of thanks for your answer.
grts

retaliator said:
Thanks for helping me.
I did all these settings before.
Now I tried to open another filemanager (Google Files) and that did the job.
I don't know why installing in dropbox or installing in es file explorer doesn't do the same with equal settings.
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
Anyway, a lot of thanks for your answer.
grts
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Android 10, install from unknown sources is like an app permission now, you have to grant it to things like chrome (download apk and install) and file managers rather than a global setting for phone. Safer as you trust an app o do it rather than letting some malware in background filling your phone with crap.

retaliator said:
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
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Uninstalling and reinstalling will not work, as I've done that with my modded version of ES File Explorer. This is a change in Android itself.
Go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > Special App Access > Install Unknown Apps. A list of apps will appear. Select an app and toggle the switch.
NOTE: Dropbox is on the list, but at least on my device my modded version of ES File Explorer is not.