[Q] titanium backup not reloading all apps! - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys i'm a noob for sure but i just flashed cognition 4.5.3 to my captivate and it works great. the problem is when i pulled the titanium file from my pc back to the sd and hit batch restore it never loaded my apps and all my important data. i'm looking directly at the file and the info and nothing! i rebooted afterwards also. i have read all over different types of forums for my certain issue and i didn't find my certain situation. please help! thanks ahead of time guys.

Go into preferences and make sure your restoring from the correct folder. Also make sure you select refresh apps list. I went through what I think is the same issue when I took my tibu from my pc and put it on a new phone. Btw, to avoid getting any crap from members, you should post questions in the Q&A forum next time. Just a heads up.
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info is key to assistance. without real info, nobody can help as we are all stabbing in the dark
what FILE?
titanium backups are located within a FOLDER
did you name the TITANIUM BACKUP folder different when it was on your PC?
when you moved it back you didnt move that folder INSIDE another TITANIUM BACKUP folder did you?
knowing the difference between a FILE and a FOLDER is key here.....

Some apps won't be restored unless you reboot. Try that first.

i went to preferences and it recognized there was 2 files in my tibu. i chose the one that was on my external sd.i went back into tibu and went to batch restore all apps and data and the apps and data were from my newest backup done after i installed cognition. now when i go into my files it doesn't even show any data at all.it says no files on my external. i don't understand. all my pictures,movies,music,and all my backup data was on there. i have rebooted i've went into recovery looking to install packages like on the original captivate os but the cognition menu is a little different and i don't want to hit the wrong thing in the menu because i'm new to all of this.

ok guys i just wanted to say first and foremost, thank you for the help and advice. secondly i would like to say i feel like an idiot. i went back into tibu and hit restore apps and at the bottom of the page there was all my apps and missing data crossed out. i went back in and deleted the other 2 tibu folders i had( 1 in the internal sd and the other in the ext. sd). i restored all missing apps and data and made a completely new restore file. i will make a new folder on the pc tonight and put that one on there. thanks again!

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Titanium Backup and Restore?

How does this work? I have a full Titanium Backup and I remove a few Apps if I do Full backup again will my Removed Apps be totally gone in the Backup Folder or are they still there from Original Backup? If they are still in the Backup is there a way to get them out so if I need to restore the Removed Apps don't reappear on my phone?
Thanks
They will remain there.
To remove them you can either scroll to the bottom in Backup/Restore and select each one then hit "Delete" or Menu->Batch->"Delete backups for un-installed apps" then Menu->Refresh apps list
To batch restore apps without restoring specific ones Menu->Batch->"Restore all apps with data" then uncheck the apps you don't want to restore, and begin.
RonH54 said:
How does this work? I have a full Titanium Backup and I remove a few Apps if I do Full backup again will my Removed Apps be totally gone in the Backup Folder or are they still there from Original Backup? If they are still in the Backup is there a way to get them out so if I need to restore the Removed Apps don't reappear on my phone?
Thanks
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To MAKE SURE they are still there you need to HIT the menu button once you have opened up Titanium Backup, then HIT Preferences, scroll down to MAX BACKUP and change it from the default (1) to whatever hou want/need. I have mine set to three. This way it can save older versions of the appear. I have found that on occasion the newer version of apps sometimes have an issue so I go and use the previous version saved. This will also keep your uninstalled appear at the bottom with a line through them. You can usually just click on the lined through app and hit restore. Then choose either app or app+data. Also I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND the paid version. It will do the batch restore with one click of the restore appear+data. The free version will also batch restore them all but it goes through each app and you have to say okay each time for each app. Specially if you start trying out different rims every couple days like a lot of us do. Also the paid version (not sure.of the free version) let's you back it up to the external sd card. You just go to preferences, backup folder name, then type in external_sd/ in front of the TitaniumBackup that is already there and it will automatically change it to mnt/sdcard/external_sd/TitaniumBackup.
JUST MAKE SURE whenever you restore NEVER choose to restore system app and data. ONLY restore app+data or you will end up with force closes.
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I do not have the paid version but I have a question about the free version. After I backup all the apps and system data, I removed a system application such as "My Files" which didn't cause any problems. If I try to click on the backed up (crossed off in TB) to restore it, I do not have the option to restore.
Is this normal or should I be able to restore a system application that I have backed up?
I've never restored a system app, and maybe that's a paid feature. If there isn't a simpler method, it's pretty easy to copy back in if you're running a custom rom.
Open the customrom.zip, copy system/apps/MyFiles.apk from it and put it in /system/app on the phone.
There are around 50 way to do that. Via USB copy the file to the phone and then use Root Explorer to copy it from /sdcard to /system/apps for example. If you don't see it again in the apps folder, reboot.
I never thought to open the custom rom zip file. thank you!
A tangential question
I've done the TiBu backup but don't see quickoffice in the backup file. Does anyone know why?

backup,restore help

i recently lost my nexus one but i had a backup folder for titanium backup in my pc
now i just bought a captivate and when i try to restore my msgs ,it says tht restore complete, it shows nohting ie no msgs are restored
when i c the backup , it shows the data is there and wht time it was backed up last
how can i restore my msgs now ?
they just dont show up
rom : cognition 4.1.1
kernel : speedmods
You won't be able to restore system settings/data. Only app data.
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y is tht , cause its a new phone or wht ?
cause i used to restore alot with the n1 and my spica , and i think i transfered the msgs from 1 to the other btwn them
okay
if its cause if the different roms then can i do this ?
i had cyanogen rom on my nexus when i made tht backup
now if i put cm7 on the captivate , and restore the msgs
is there any software tht can help me restore the msgs on any other rom , after i shift from cm7 ??
PS - i have never really had to go to a different rom on the nexus 1 , i always had the cm rom , so dont know much
System data is specific to a particular phone and ROM. Restoring it, even if it is the same phone and ROM version, has been known to cause problems (app and/or system FCs). Since that backup was made on a different phone, the system aspect of it is useless and even some of your restored apps may not work.
It's actually because the location of the sms database is in a different spot on the galaxy s line, so I'm sure TB restored it to the same spot as on the N1, which is the wrong spot on the Galaxy S/Captivate. You can maybe try moving the database over yourself with adb, though I'd back up your current database first..
The sms/mms database on the nexus one is located at:
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
On the Galaxy S it is in:
/dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.telephony/mmssms.db
What you would want to do is take a backup of your mmssms.db in /dbdata/..., move your old n1 database over to /dbdata/... from /data/data/... (overwriting the existing one) and then restarting your phone.
Titanium Backup restore after ROM install
I am having restore issues and would appreciate some help.
I installed Cognition 4.1.1 on my Captivate. First time through I did Ti Backup "Backup all user apps + system data", moved the Titanium Backup directory to my PC, ran Odin to restore I897UCJF6, but then couldn't do a Master clear due to PC connection difficulties. I continued without a Master Clear and was eventually successful. I restored my apps after installation with TiB "Restore Missing Apps with Data".
Not doing a Master Clear was tormenting me so I did the installation all over again, this time without doing the TiB backup again as I still had the first backup folder on my PC. I found the phone number for the Master Clear and did that in lieu of Odin Master Clear. It all worked...but
...now when I copy my Titanium Backup folder from my PC back to my phone and open TiB, it doesn't see and backups. I have two files in my /mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup directory...
TitaniumBackup_latest.apk 1.82 MB, and
TitaniumBackup.apk 1.73 MB.
When I install TiB from the Market, it is version 3.7.4. The first file appears to be the 3.7.2 app and the second is the 3.6.8 app.
Hope I didn't leave anything out. WHERE'S MY STUFF???
Your TitaniumBackup folder shouldn't only have those two backups. Those are just the install files for the Titanium Backup app itself. It should typically have EVERY app/data file inside that folder. (I have 756 files in my TitaniumBackup folder).
Go to the folder copy you left on your computer and see if the files are still there... If not, you're in bad luck I'm afraid.
Ah! I looked around and indeed found the "real" location I had used. I was looking in the folder where I had downloaded the app. The real location has lots of files. I will try again. Thanks for your help.

TIBU QUESTION....again

So I asked this question earlier, and got some helpful, quick responses, but I still need help. I keep copying my tibu to my pc. when I put bu on new phone via pc, tibu doesn't seem to recognize it. I now have the pro version, I have hit the problems button to install busybox. and when I go to restore apps after flashing new rom, on a diff phone, tibu says there are zero missing apps. I have put the back up from my pc in the titanium folder as well as the root of sd. Still....nothing. I'm assuming it's possible to restore a bu from a pc, considering all tutorials tell you to put bu on your pc just to be safe. Any advice is apprecitated. just getting tedious manually installing every app back on the phone.
Btw, I have two phones that i go back and forth with. just want to be able to use alternate bu to each phone.
Cdub3 said:
So I asked this question earlier, and got some helpful, quick responses, but I still need help. I keep copying my tibu to my pc. when I put bu on new phone via pc, tibu doesn't seem to recognize it. I now have the pro version, I have hit the problems button to install busybox. and when I go to restore apps after flashing new rom, on a diff phone, tibu says there are zero missing apps. I have put the back up from my pc in the titanium folder as well as the root of sd. Still....nothing. I'm assuming it's possible to restore a bu from a pc, considering all tutorials tell you to put bu on your pc just to be safe. Any advice is apprecitated. just getting tedious manually installing every app back on the phone.
Btw, I have two phones that i go back and forth with. just want to be able to use alternate bu to each phone.
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Are you refreshing g the apps list after you move the files to your phone? Are you having it check for the folder in settings?
Cdub3 said:
So I asked this question earlier, and got some helpful, quick responses, but I still need help. I keep copying my tibu to my pc. when I put bu on new phone via pc, tibu doesn't seem to recognize it. I now have the pro version, I have hit the problems button to install busybox. and when I go to restore apps after flashing new rom, on a diff phone, tibu says there are zero missing apps. I have put the back up from my pc in the titanium folder as well as the root of sd. Still....nothing. I'm assuming it's possible to restore a bu from a pc, considering all tutorials tell you to put bu on your pc just to be safe. Any advice is apprecitated. just getting tedious manually installing every app back on the phone.
Btw, I have two phones that i go back and forth with. just want to be able to use alternate bu to each phone.
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I remember having that same problem when I first started using Tibu, but for me it was on the same phone after I did a master clear or factory reset, and then copied the Titanium Backup directory from the PC back to the correct place on the SD card and couldn't see it in Tibu. This was around eight months ago, so I don't remember exactly what I did to fix it, but I do remember it was actually pretty simple. I remember that for some reason Tibu wasn't seeing the data directory and the fix was within Tibu, so try going to settings - preferences - Backup folder name. When you open it up it says the backup directory is "TitaniumBackup". If that's correct, just select OK and see what happens after you close and reopen Tibu. Also, I think I may have reinstalled busybox from within Tibu from the problems button or something like that. Anyway, the Tibu Wiki says:
12. No data elements are found and my apps and data don't appear in the list. Why?
•Please hit the "Problems?" button, it will (almost certainly) resolve your issue.
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Got it to work with the suggestions above. Much thanks
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How do I restore apps from a different device?

Trying to restore titanium backup of downloaded apps and settings from another device. Apps restore properly but none of the settings do (game scores, etc.)
I have never had a problem restoring to other devices. Is there anything I have to do to fix this?
Dmore rom, semaphore kernel
Had the same problem at one point, tried fixing it but didn't know what to do and nothing seemed to make any difference. And then suddenly one day it was working again.
The only difference i can think of is I updated titanium backup. try that.
If that doesn't work try uninstalling it and reinstalling it (copy the titanium backup folder on your sd card onto your computer just in case it gets deleted, don't think it should.)
Other than that google the problem (Titanium backup wont restore apps - google search), there are ton of similar situations, there's probably an answer out there already that'll work for you
Zorigo said:
Had the same problem at one point, tried fixing it but didn't know what to do and nothing seemed to make any difference. And then suddenly one day it was working again.
The only difference i can think of is I updated titanium backup. try that.
If that doesn't work try uninstalling it and reinstalling it (copy the titanium backup folder on your sd card onto your computer just in case it gets deleted, don't think it should.)
Other than that google the problem (Titanium backup wont restore apps - google search), there are ton of similar situations, there's probably an answer out there already that'll work for you
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I'm on version 5 so that should be fine. and thanks for the link, although I did not find why data is not being restored.
Strange thing is that data from ONE app was restored but not others. After seeing that I remade the backup but the same thing happened. I wonder if its where the i9000 stores the data of backups is the issue
No other ideas? No one has had this happen?
I've been looking for a solution for two nights, this hasn't happened to anyone?
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Go into options of titanium and make sure you have backup external data to always. I run a restore this morning because I was switching ROMs and everything worked fine.
domdomrys said:
Go into options of titanium and make sure you have backup external data to always. I run a restore this morning because I was switching ROMs and everything worked fine.
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Tried it, didnt work. This is frustrating
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In advanced, there is something to do with sym link. Check that. Try again. Some roms use that.
domdomrys said:
In advanced, there is something to do with sym link. Check that. Try again. Some roms use that.
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I Have been doing that too
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Restore manually. When you go to the folder with all the backups, there should be a bunch of .tar and other files. Just install the apks on the other phone and manually restore the data in the .tars
domdomrys said:
Restore manually. When you go to the folder with all the backups, there should be a bunch of .tar and other files. Just install the apks on the other phone and manually restore the data in the .tars
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I see the tars, and in each tar there is a data folder, another data folder inside, and then the .com folders. what do i restore and where do I put it?
for example, in the AKnotepad .com folder there are these folders:
app_sslcache
databases
shared_prefs
some apps also have a files folder inside the .com
I can just place them using ES file browser with root browsing method on the phone, just am not sure where.
When O had a look into my backups, that had data folders in them. Go on your old phone and see where the files in data folders go. Most go to /data/data. I recommend Root Explorer.
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When O had a look into my backups, that had data folders in them. Go on your old phone and see where the files in data folders go. Most go to /data/data. I recommend Root Explorer.
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On my old phone they go there, but i think thats what the issue is, that they are located somewhere else on the i9000?
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Need some help (noob warning)

Hey all, first of all... I just rooted my phone and this is the first time I am taking a dip into the I9000 stuff.. So please bare me
Anyway, I just rooted my phone with Semaphore 2.7.4 and all went fine, phone rebooted, installed SuperUser from Play Store and granted Semaphore his Root-Access and all went fine...
Now I want to backup all my info (SMS / APPs / Settings and so on) because the reason I rooted my phone is to make backups, lately my phone is starting to reboot / freezing and I don't trust a few APPs that are installed, so I want to give my phone a factory reset but be able to put back some backed up APPs / Settings :cyclops:
I installed Titanium Backup, but I'm not sure what to do now..... ??
*waves and says welcome to this part of the forums to himself :laugh:
JustMyNick said:
Hey all, first of all... I just rooted my phone and this is the first time I am taking a dip into the I9000 stuff.. So please bare me
Anyway, I just rooted my phone with Semaphore 2.7.4 and all went fine, phone rebooted, installed SuperUser from Play Store and granted Semaphore his Root-Access and all went fine...
Now I want to backup all my info (SMS / APPs / Settings and so on) because the reason I rooted my phone is to make backups, lately my phone is starting to reboot / freezing and I don't trust a few APPs that are installed, so I want to give my phone a factory reset but be able to put back some backed up APPs / Settings :cyclops:
I installed Titanium Backup, but I'm not sure what to do now..... ??
*waves and says welcome to this part of the forums to himself :laugh:
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I would ask you to boot in to recovery, go to advanced and try "Fix Permissions". Then boot your phone normally, now check if it's fine. Also, what you can also do is revert to your original kernal, that is only flash the kernal and don't re-partition. You will not loose any data in this case.
You have two options to take backups:
1) Using Titanium Backup - In the top right hand corner u will see a box with a tick mark on it.. it is the batch schedule option. go into it and u will see a lot of options. go for backing up all the apps and user data. it will take some time depending on how many apps u have on your cell. once finished all of ur apps will be backed up with the data intact.
2) using a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP - once installed you can take the complete NAND backup of your cell Titanium can also extract app data from ur TWRP NANDROID backups
Hope this helps
Thank you both for your reply, meanwhile I went to do even some more reading then I already have done in the past and been doing some backups....
- I went to Contacts and choose "Export Contacts" and imported those Contacts in GMail.
- Did an SMS Backup+ and saved SMS/MMS/Logs to my GMail account.
- I went into Semaphore CWM Recovery Mode and did a complete ROM-backup and saved this backup to pc
- I've backed up all Applications + Data using Titanium Backup, I've deselected the system APPs and saved the backup to pc afterwards.
- I've backed up the EFS folder (containing IMEI and stuff) using RootExplorer and saved a copy of the EFS folder to pc afterwards.
I think I am ready now to do a factory reset and maybe even take a peek around the wonderful world filled with ROMs, I've been following some topics for months with itching fingers :laugh:
If something is still missing please let me know, like I said this is the first time playing around with my SGS and I would love to do it in the right way :laugh:
Now you are ready to start. You can also backup your photos, music etc by the way
JustMyNick said:
Thank you both for your reply, meanwhile I went to do even some more reading then I already have done in the past and been doing some backups....
- I went to Contacts and choose "Export Contacts" and imported those Contacts in GMail.
- Did an SMS Backup+ and saved SMS/MMS/Logs to my GMail account.
- I went into Semaphore CWM Recovery Mode and did a complete ROM-backup and saved this backup to pc
- I've backed up all Applications + Data using Titanium Backup, I've deselected the system APPs and saved the backup to pc afterwards.
- I've backed up the EFS folder (containing IMEI and stuff) using RootExplorer and saved a copy of the EFS folder to pc afterwards.
I think I am ready now to do a factory reset and maybe even take a peek around the wonderful world filled with ROMs, I've been following some topics for months with itching fingers :laugh:
If something is still missing please let me know, like I said this is the first time playing around with my SGS and I would love to do it in the right way :laugh:
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Its high time all the best.. enjoy the beautiful ROMs out there
Well, again thanks for your input all !
Wasn't planning to create a topic but it was nice to have a little "backup plan"

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