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Missing protected apps after trying out KaguDroid 2.0 ROM

Hi all,
I tried out my first 2.0 ROM yesterday and found that it wasnt really to my liking and Nandroided back to MCR 3.0 (too used to the slickness of sense) but now like many other I am missing protected apps from the marketplace.
After much searching I cant seem to find a 100% guaranteed way to fix this (at least for the GSM Hero). Am I right in thinking that to get all apps back I would need to:
Nandroid Backup
Wipe phone
Install a ROM based on a signed final ROM release (ie. Pre 2.8 Modaco)
Load marketplace with my account settings
Search and download a protected app
Wipe Phone
Nandroid Restore
is this right or have I missed something?
I do apologise if this has been covered elsewhere, perhaps my searching skills are to blame.
Michael

Exactly the same Problem here! Any help would be great!
And is there a way to provent this app-blocking in the future?
Greeting, Meatmaker

try this:
make nandroid backup.
wipe everything
install 2.0.1. AOSP(from [email protected] htcpedia)
configure your blocked google acc.
install a protected app(for example twidroid free)
restore your backup
and it works(i hope for you!)

incomer said:
try this:
make nandroid backup.
wipe everything
install 2.0.1. AOSP(from [email protected] htcpedia)
configure your blocked google acc.
install a protected app(for example twidroid free)
restore your backup
and it works(i hope for you!)
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yep this method should work.
its what i did after using a 2.1 rom to get my market back.

cheers for the info incomer... seems like a huuuuge pain but will give it a go when I get chance and update with whether its worked. I presume it should also work with any official signed ROM with release keys (not test) in which case I am tempted to wait for MCR 3.1, seems pointless downloading this just to get my market back.

worked for me. nice and easy

incomer said:
try this:
make nandroid backup.
wipe everything
install 2.0.1. AOSP(from [email protected] htcpedia)
configure your blocked google acc.
install a protected app(for example twidroid free)
restore your backup
and it works(i hope for you!)
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is this the case with any custom 2.0 rom?
also when you say make backup im assuming when I upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0, i make a backup of 2.0 then afterwards wipe and restore the same 2.0 backup?

decided to go for this this morning and can confirm that the advice from incomer works perfectly.
On another note the 'My Downloads' did not list my previously installed apps so I was unable to know if updates were available.
I downloaded and ran aTrackDog and went back into My Downloads and all apps were listed again. Not sure if this is of any use to anyone.

Flashed New Rom, Where is VZW Backup Assistant?

Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!

have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\

jayochs said:
have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\
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Yea I didn't see it in the Android Market. Anyone else have any ideas as to what I can do?

Not sure but I don't think VzBackup will work on Sensation Based roms. you can restore your previous rom download contacts from verizon and then save or export them to your sd card...Newts Incredible Sensation uses the Inc2 Framework so VZBackup works with out problem. Good luck most Sense 3.0 and 2.1 rom are based from Sprint and earlier roms(before GB) were having lots of problems when they left the vzbackup software in.

BMWPower06 said:
Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!
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VZW Backup Assistant is generally considered useless bloat and is stripped from most, if not all ROMs. Most veteran ROM flasher have supercomputer-like memories and can input their entire phone book from memory after each flash.
....na. Just kidding. We use our Google accounts. It works better too, and you can access it from any computer, edit it, and never worry about losing all your contacts if something happens to your phone. If all else fails, make a nandroid of your current ROM, wipe the phone and restore your old ROM with the phone book in it, set up a Google account to link to the phone and sync your address book to it, then wipe, restore your new ROM, and log into Google. You're entire address book will rebuilt itself, no user intervention required. If you plan on flashing different ROMs to experiment with them, it's the ONLY way to go.
You're other option is dig through the files of the old ROM for the right .apk and copy that to the new ROM. Don't ask me how though. If it were me, it would be faster to just do the flash thing.

here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....

rocketj said:
here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....
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To OP
After you flash this and if it works and you get all your contacts transfered, I would suggest you export your contacts to your SD card. It'll make a .vcf file that you can use (also save it to an online site, or email yourself the file) so in the future instead of having stuff like this that can constantly use up your connection and CPU you can just import this nifty file.
Google also syncs your contacts but I don't always trust it as sometimes it doesn't pick them all up (maybe I'm just doing something wrong)

I stick with Google sync over backup assist aswell. Although sync doesn't always import all of my contacts but majority of the time it works great
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VZW Backup is useless! Just as several others have suggested, it is always best to use your Google account to store and manage your contacts. Especially when you start flashing ROMs regularly.

Just as useful as their $2.99 a month visual voicemail.
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What is your quickest way to be up n running after installing a new Rom?

This isn't a Q/A as such more of a discussion on a subject im sure alot of us could find helpful - and i'm certainly willing to learn :fingers-crossed:
After flashing a new Rom i guess most of us use Titanium Back-Up to replace our apps on our phones pretty quickly but is there a faster method than the technique i use?
My Way; After flashing a new Rom your phone doesnt realise it has Titanuim Back-Up installed and even if the new Rom comes with a file explorer im guessing it cant detect TB as its backed up somewhere inaccesible......
So usually i;
Sign into my google account,
Goto the play store,
Download TB and the Pro key (bought previously)
Open TB and reinstall all my apps......
Is that the fastest way or is there another shortcut i might have missed?

you can create a flashable zip in titanium but it doesn't always seem to remember your key

godutch said:
you can create a flashable zip in titanium but it doesn't always seem to remember your key
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I didnt know that! i guess if its a bit tempermental then its best for now to stick with the tried and trusted method.
On the side regarding TB - after flashing CM10 and folllowing proper procedures i usually have a pop up in TB that ive never seen before....
I download TB and the Pro key from the Play Store after flashing and on opening TB the first time it says something like 'your phones ID has been changed and this can impact downloading things from the play store' then it gives me a few options and i usually choose to restore my devices old ID.......
Does this sound familiar to anyone?!! :fingers-crossed:

At My Wits End

ok so heres what has happened. I dropped and broke my Sprint Gs3 scrren + digitizer. Luckily i was on someone elses plan at the time, so i simply created a new plan in my name and got a replacement Gs3 that way. (since the plan i was on had no insurance).
The problem im having is with only 1 app in particular. Its a game called Guilty Dragon, and its only in Japanese. i didnt know until i broke the first phone, that all my character data is stored in 'data/app' folder. the game itself lets you backup you character via logging into twitter, which is supposed to make it easy to migrate your character in situations like this one. Problem is, every time i try to use that twitter function to restore my character data to my new phone, the app crashes. I've already contacted Namco Bandai in Japanese, still no response from them about this. I was hoping there would be some way to get the data/app folder backed up from the original, now broken digitizer, phone, since it is still recognized on my pc with a usb cable. I've tried APK Batch Installer tool v1.5, but it did not back up the data like it said it did, instead it put an empty data folder in the backup directory. Any help, thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated, im on a SPH-L710 with JellyBombRom v13.0.0 , i tried updating to v 15 at first but it was doing the same thing with this app so i thought maybe it was the cause, downgraded to what i had before and still the same problem. I dont think its a problem with the rom though since i even just basic rooted and tried the game before flashing roms and it still also did the same thing.

Is the broken phone rooted? If not, then there's no way you can access the broken phones /data/app directory.
You could potentially try doing an adb backup (Google it) and it may or may not back that up
It your phone is rooted you could also initiate a recovery backup onto the ext sdcard (yes, while the phone is still booted up) and then just advanced restore the data

CNexus said:
Is the broken phone rooted? If not, then there's no way you can access the broken phones /data/app directory.
You could potentially try doing an adb backup (Google it) and it may or may not back that up
It your phone is rooted you could also initiate a recovery backup onto the ext sdcard (yes, while the phone is still booted up) and then just advanced restore the data
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yes the old phone is rooted, they are both basically the same TWRP recovery with JellyBomb v13.0.0. how am i supposed to do a recovery backup (I'm guessing you mean nandroid) when TWRP needs you to touch it to do so, and my digitizer is broken?

CharmingNotSincere said:
yes the old phone is rooted, they are both basically the same TWRP recovery with JellyBomb v13.0.0. how am i supposed to do a recovery backup (I'm guessing you mean nandroid) when TWRP needs you to touch it to do so, and my digitizer is broken?
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Maybe try this????
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818321

tkepk181 said:
Maybe try this????
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818321
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That, or online nandroid dude

Maybe i should point out that the nandroid is not going to help. I already had a nandroid backup of the old phone, when i restored it on the new phone, data/app was not carried over or not backed up by the nandroid. the app itself works on bluestacks, using the Twitter account migration method, but it just keeps force closing on the phone.

CharmingNotSincere said:
Maybe i should point out that the nandroid is not going to help. I already had a nandroid backup of the old phone, when i restored it on the new phone, data/app was not carried over or not backed up by the nandroid. the app itself works on bluestacks, using the Twitter account migration method, but it just keeps force closing on the phone.
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Then you didn't make a proper nandroid or select the right options. A nandroid essentially copies your entire rom and put its in a folder on your sdcard. Either you did something wrong, or the nandroid didn't go right.

CNexus said:
Then you didn't make a proper nandroid or select the right options. A nandroid essentially copies your entire rom and put its in a folder on your sdcard. Either you did something wrong, or the nandroid didn't go right.
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Could it also be that the game data is linked to the Android ID (also known as ) of the phone? I know for some games, even if I restored my TiBu backups it wouldn't work because the Android ID changed. I know with TiBu Pro you can change it. I don't think that'd cause the FCs on the app... most likely shoddy programing caused that.

topherk said:
Could it also be that the game data is linked to the Android ID (also known as ) of the phone? I know for some games, even if I restored my TiBu backups it wouldn't work because the Android ID changed. I know with TiBu Pro you can change it. I don't think that'd cause the FCs on the app... most likely shoddy programing caused that.
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hmm, might be worth buying TiBu pro if i can change it and try that. how would i be able to find my old id though with a broken Digitizer? Only other thing i can think of is that , there were some reports of the twitter backup not working for a few users on the version before last, i Migrated to bluestacks after my first phone broke, using v2.1 of the game, once i got my new phone there was a new apk release for v2.2 of the game, might be causing the twitter migration option to not work again. With TWRP its pretty damn fool proof to make a nandroid, just hit backup, then swipe, and system data boot and recovery are selected choices by default. could it be that The Android ID is conflicting with the nandroid also? i have like 10 nandroid backups i can try from, only tried 2 so far, maybe ill try a few more.

CharmingNotSincere said:
hmm, might be worth buying TiBu pro if i can change it and try that. how would i be able to find my old id though with a broken Digitizer? Only other thing i can think of is that , there were some reports of the twitter backup not working for a few users on the version before last, i Migrated to bluestacks after my first phone broke, using v2.1 of the game, once i got my new phone there was a new apk release for v2.2 of the game, might be causing the twitter migration option to not work again. With TWRP its pretty damn fool proof to make a nandroid, just hit backup, then swipe, and system data boot and recovery are selected choices by default. could it be that The Android ID is conflicting with the nandroid also? i have like 10 nandroid backups i can try from, only tried 2 so far, maybe ill try a few more.
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Open your backup and go to /data/data/package-name-of-game-here/ and check to see if that directory even exists and if there are files there.

Titanium Back Error with Viper ROM installed

Hey guys I'm pretty sure this is a simple problem but Im not enough of a computer to wizz to work this one out.
Basically Ive installed the latest Viper ROM (I think it's 1.6) on my HTC One M8 and no problems with the ROM at all, however I am finding it difficult to restore all my apps + data that I backed up prior to flashing Viper.
Ive double checked my restore folder, and the 371 odd apps/ etc do appear when it searches, however no actual list is then compiled. The .zips of the apps appear to be fine as I have extracted one and it has run, but I just dont wanna have to search for every app coz i cant remember them all, let alone figuring out how to retrieve the backed up data for them.
If anyone has any ideas or tutorials they know of I'd be most grateful.
The Viper ROM is awesome!

Usually the restore list is just there. Check the preferences for which directory Ti should store and look for backups?