So after a few hours of tinkering I've figured out how to update to CM 7. But is there a way to keep my previous programs that i used in CM 6.1? It seems that theyve all disappeared and re-installing them would be a hassle.
going from cyan 6 to cyan 7, do really dont need to wipe. so you can just upgrade and all your data and apps will carry over and be in tact just as they were before.
when changing between different ROMs, like cyan to enom, you have to wipe. at that point the google servers auto install all your paid and free apps the first time you boot up and log in to your phone. but titanium backup should be used if you want to carry over the actual app data and whatnot.
hopefully you did a nand backup of your cyan 6 ROM so you can just switch back to that backup, then either upgrade to cyan 7, or titanium backup all your apps, then go back to 7.
Yeah, to get your programs back, just restore your backup and go back to CM6.
Once there, just flash CM7 and Google Apps on top of it without any wiping. Everything should stick around then. If you don't wipe, then you won't lose your apps.
It is possible to flash CM roms over previous versions but to be safe and avoid any chance of problems I always do a full wipe before flashing.
I backup all of my apps and CM settings using Titanium Backup. Then when I install a new CM RC or Nightly, I can restore everything within a few minutes.
Here's my suggestion,
(a) restore a backup of CM6.1 (if you have one)
(b) install Titanium Backup
(c) Backup all apps and user data (TB offers a "Batch" button which backs up everything in one button press)
(d) wipe data, cache, dalvik, etc.
(e) flash CM7 and Gapps
(f) reinstall TB from the market
(g) Batch restore all apps and data in one click.
(h) enjoy.
It usually only takes me 10-15 minutes total to do all the above.
Related
I've been running Cog 2.2B7 ever since it first came out. I like it fine. But I am thinking of maybe going with a Perception rom to try out the HSUPA and built-in lag fix. I've accumulated tons of apps on my phone.
What is the best way to save the state of my phone so after flashing to a new rom I can restore it quickly without having to go and download 50 or so apps all over again.
I have Titanium Backup, but havent really used it much for backing up/restoring apps. Last time I used it I backed up all the AT&T bloatware apps then uninstalled them. However I was unable to re-install them from the Titanium backups. So, I thought it was a waste.
I also have the premium version of ROM Manager. I've made several Nandroid backups but everytime I go to restore one of those backups the restore process crashes, every single time.
I guess all in all, I have had **** for luck with backing up and restoring.
Any advice or instructions would be appreciated. Thanks!
BACKUP
derek4484 said:
I've been running Cog 2.2B7 ever since it first came out. I like it fine. But I am thinking of maybe going with a Perception rom to try out the HSUPA and built-in lag fix. I've accumulated tons of apps on my phone.
What is the best way to save the state of my phone so after flashing to a new rom I can restore it quickly without having to go and download 50 or so apps all over again.
I have Titanium Backup, but havent really used it much for backing up/restoring apps. Last time I used it I backed up all the AT&T bloatware apps then uninstalled them. However I was unable to re-install them from the Titanium backups. So, I thought it was a waste.
I also have the premium version of ROM Manager. I've made several Nandroid backups but everytime I go to restore one of those backups the restore process crashes, every single time.
I guess all in all, I have had **** for luck with backing up and restoring.
Any advice or instructions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Most of the ROMs have a wipe and nowipe version. If you install the no wipe version, all your apps and settings are still present after flashing. If you need to install a wipe version, Titanium backup is the best thing.. Here are the steps:
1. Open Titanium Backup
2. Click Menu button -> batch
3. Run backup all user apps (or user apps + system data - maybe dangerous)
4. It gets backed up in the internal SD card (My Files Home) in the folder Titanium backup.
5. Copy this folder to the PC or external SD, coz master clear would clear the internal SD card.
6. After flashing, copy the folder to the internal SD card (if it's not already present coz of master clear)
7. Open Titanium Backup.
8. Click Menu button -> batch
9. Run Restore Missing apps +data (or missing apps +system data)
10. Voila!! done!
6.
rickysa2000 said:
Most of the ROMs have a wipe and nowipe version. If you install the no wipe version, all your apps and settings are still present after flashing. If you need to install a wipe version, Titanium backup is the best thing.. Here are the steps:
1. Open Titanium Backup
2. Click Menu button -> batch
3. Run backup all user apps (or user apps + system data - maybe dangerous)
4. It gets backed up in the internal SD card (My Files Home) in the folder Titanium backup.
5. Copy this folder to the PC or external SD, coz master clear would clear the internal SD card.
6. After flashing, copy the folder to the internal SD card (if it's not already present coz of master clear)
7. Open Titanium Backup.
8. Click Menu button -> batch
9. Run Restore Missing apps +data (or missing apps +system data)
10. Voila!! done!
6.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Point to add:
Do NOT restore system data on different versions of ROMs. Some of them tend to fail, and this could cause FCs.
Even when restoring apps data, be careful. When u r moving between android versions, it would recommended to install just the apps, and not data. There is a high possibility of data location changes in db between versions.
Hi all
I've installed Cyanogenmod on many devices of mine and friends, but:
recently, I upgraded one of my friend's nexus one from stock OS (2.2) to the latest nightly.
1. installed Amon's recovery
2. made nandroid backup
3. made titanium backup of apps and system data
4. wiped data
5. flashed CM nightly 177 with latest Gapps
6. restored titanium backup (apps first, app data and system data afterwards)
now:
1. market was working fine, then suddenly it vanished!
2. based on advises from XDA and cyanogenmod, I tried below things:
wiped market data, no success
re-installed Gapps, no success
using android mate (root file explorer), installed vending.apk again, which successfully restored market for about 5 minutes, and then market vanished again
tried deleting data through system/data/com.google.android.vending
tried fix permissions through rom manager
factory reset of phone solved the problem, but restoring titanium backup again corrupted the market app
did all of above things for market updater as well
Anyone can give me a workaround?
Thanks
sounds to me like the problem is with something you restore with titanium backup. i would suggest restoring each app, etc one at a time untill you find what causes it to give you the problems with you have
Are you using a2sd? I have had this problem when running MIUI. It always happened when I ran the command "a2sd reinstall" The market seemed to be moved to the sd-ext, but there was something wrong with my partition. Because of this I lost all my apps that were moved to the ext.
It's possibly a combination of the latest market update being installed on /data (you may need to integrate it into /system with Titanium), and apps on /data being moved to SD...
... but the SMS (I suppose).
What do you think about guys?
I need to backup everything 'cause I have lag + battery issues and I want to flash a new ROM.
If you want to flash new rom then Titanium backup.
It includes SMS too, if you want specific application ' SMS backup Restore' available for SMS.
CWM. That will backup the entire ROM. Titanium only backups apps.
Sent from my iPad GT-N7000 using xda premium
Hmm let me see if I got it right.
If a new ROM flash was successful then I should restore with Titanium Backup, while if it was unsuccessful then I would have to use CWM to have everything back like before.
Correct?
That's correct
Titanium only backups apps and the appdata, while CWM backups the entire ROM, so if anything goes wrong while flashing you can easilly restore without any problems. It can also be used as a second ROM, so if you want to try the CM9 build you can flash that, and when you want to go back to stock or back to the previous ROM you do a restore, and voila! you're back to your old ROM with all the settings and apps.
CWM is "idiot mode". You can't screw it up if you have a NAND backup.
Alright, thanks for clearing things out.
And in the latest versions, Titanium Backup can even restore apps and data from Nandroids (i.e. CWM backups)
Therefore CWM + TB is the perfect combo.
By the way, if you want to backup MMS on top of SMS, best app is MyBackup
I second sms backup & restore. It saves sms into xml format.
I've got a backup question.
How do you backup, flash a new ROM, and restore where you have Desktops setup the same, desktop folders setup and settings setup, but no bad "Junk" from the previous ROM?
If I just want to have a back-up of my apps and settings (wi-fi, etc.), when I am changing ROMs and do a complete wipe, is there any advantage of using an app like Titanium compared to using the back-up/restore that is part of CWM? I assume when I restore (if I am changing ROMs), I only want to restore apps & data.. Is the back-up/restore in CWM what I see referred to as a Nandroid backup?
davidr415 said:
If I just want to have a back-up of my apps and settings (wi-fi, etc.), when I am changing ROMs and do a complete wipe, is there any advantage of using an app like Titanium compared to using the back-up/restore that is part of CWM? I assume when I restore (if I am changing ROMs), I only want to restore apps & data.. Is the back-up/restore in CWM what I see referred to as a Nandroid backup?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For the purposes you want, use TB. Then only the installed apps and settings get restored. If you use CWM backup (nandroid) and do a partial restore of only /data, you defeat the purpose of doing the wipe in the first place. It restores the system settings too, which is why you did the wipe to begin with, to get rid of those. But WiFi settings are system settings and if you want to keep those, don't wipe in the first place. But sometimes you have to to make the new ROM work right.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk
Folks
I did a full backup of system, data, etc on TWRP (2.66gb total folder size) - can I assume that should I corrupt my phone somehow, I can restore from this and the phone will be in the exact state when I did the backup - all apps, logins, etc intact?
Also, I do weekly backups with titanium free edition - does titanium does the same thing or should I still do the above every few months?
Thanks
sam008 said:
Folks
I did a full backup of system, data, etc on TWRP (2.66gb total folder size) - can I assume that should I corrupt my phone somehow, I can restore from this and the phone will be in the exact state when I did the backup - all apps, logins, etc intact?
Also, I do weekly backups with titanium free edition - does titanium does the same thing or should I still do the above every few months?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a complete "snapshot" of your phone as it was when you took it.
No titianium does not do the same thing. Titanium backs up individual apps and their respective data so you can restore individual apps or all apps at once. It's benefit is when switching roms where you have to wipe the phone and you can just restore your user apps without restoring any system data
I use the app ultimate backup to back up apps and data and I use the TWRP backups just as a safety measure before flashing a new ROM or update.......
I like to start a fresh you see with a new ROM, and then just install ultimate backup again, move over the back up data that I previously copied to my PC, and restore them, and this basically returns everything to how it was before due to the launcher, Nova, and its settings also being restored.