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Is there a way to save home screen layout while whiping?

Ok so i love all these damn android roms but I also love me the widgets and icons on the home screen. Problem is, most of them want me to wipe before installing which kills my home screen layout. Is there an app or a method that I can do to quickly restore my home screen??
thanks all for any advice!!

If you're using the same launcher before and after upgrade you could backup that database (/data/launcher.package.name/) and then restore it after your new rom and reboot. You'll need to be using exactly the same version.
Also, YMMV with some launchers. You may actually have to use a different launcher as default while you complete the restore process.
In short, it's a pain in the arse.

how do you back it up?

Get http://forum.xda-developers.com/Titanium Backup ★ rootTitanium Backup
App is the best at what it does. Saves so much time when going into a new fresh rom.

i actually have that. Can I save my homescreen with that? How?
thx

In titanium press menu > batch > run backup all user apps + system data. Once you flash your new rom just redownload titanium then go menu > batch > run restore all missing apps + system system data. Once that's done Just reboot and when it turns back on everything should be good. You might need to put the Widgets back on manually though.

bsbtauldl1 said:
i actually have that. Can I save my homescreen with that? How?
thx
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There is an option to restore only data from a backup - your homescreen data is saved with the launcher backup. You can easily test this yourself by backing up your launcher application (stock or custom), change your wallpaper, remove a widget, remove an application, then restore the backup and select restore and you will be prompted for app or data only. In my attached image, it is asking if I want to restore data only.

my advice is to take a snapshot of each homescreen page before wiping.

I use rom switching as a way to start fresh and go through my apps and see which ones I really use, and not redo the ones I don't.

bsbtauldl1 said:
how do you back it up?
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Get rootexplorer and on INTERNAL memory/sdcard (dropad has an internal sd for system) go to data/data/ en find a folder called launcher and copy the content to the external sdcard and after a wipe and fresh rom copy back to data/data etc..
Cheers

KillerbeeNL said:
Get rootexplorer and on INTERNAL memory/sdcard (dropad has an internal sd for system) go to data/data/ en find a folder called launcher and copy the content to the external sdcard and after a wipe and fresh rom copy back to data/data etc..
Cheers
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Interseting--may have to try that--
You can only restore System thru TB if using same rom. If diff or an older version, it may not work right--
I like MyBackUp Pro for Home Screens

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?

[Q] trouble with titanium backup

I just flashed the new overcome ROM 2.0.0 RC1 Gingerbread and before doing so I backup-ed the apps that I wanted saved now I can't figure for the life of me how to get them back they didn't save in an individual folder I have a series of files that end with apk.gz tar.gz and .properties. There are 3 of these for each app, for instance lets say angry birds with have a file that ends in apk.gz then another with tar.gz and one more with .properties. Can someone please help me figure out how to restore these apps? Also when I got to batch everything says 0 under the restore section, so basically I can't figure out how to get titanium backup to read these files to restore them.

MrKite4 said:
I just flashed the new overcome ROM 2.0.0 RC1 Gingerbread and before doing so I backup-ed the apps that I wanted saved now I can't figure for the life of me how to get them back they didn't save in an individual folder I have a series of files that end with apk.gz tar.gz and .properties. There are 3 of these for each app, for instance lets say angry birds with have a file that ends in apk.gz then another with tar.gz and one more with .properties. Can someone please help me figure out how to restore these apps? Also when I got to batch everything says 0 under the restore section, so basically I can't figure out how to get titanium backup to read these files to restore them.
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ok here is what u can do , go to preferences and choose from there choose the restore folder from ur root sd card seems like u change the folder place or something go wrong , try this one

awesome, thanks so much.

MrKite4 said:
awesome, thanks so much.
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no prob

You Process didnt work
k0sh said:
ok here is what u can do , go to preferences and choose from there choose the restore folder from ur root sd card seems like u change the folder place or something go wrong , try this one
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Sorry your procedure only set the location of Titanium backup folder. I want to know that how to restore *.apk.gz and *.tar.gz of same app.
I did it with *.tibkp by going menu > Import Backup (TiBkp)
this is simple to restore *.tibkp but I want to restore *.apk.gz and *.tar.gz of same app.
I m using Titanium Backup Pro v6.1.0
and I also want to know to make backup in *.tibkp format because titanium backup giving me three option for compression (LZO, GZIP, BIP2)
there is NO option to compress backup in *.tibkp format.
kindly help me as soon as possible

Backing up S-Memo

Whats the easiest way to backup the S-Memo data. Using it for meetings and with the new ROM's I would like to backup the data. Where is the data held?
Thanks

Sync with google or evernote. I never tried it but there is an option for it
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Sync wic google docs
Its gud
Nd if u delete some doc frm ur fone..stil it wil remain on gdocs wich u cn use later
Deletd docs wont b syncd bak to ur fone
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Google sync does not work properly. If there are no memos on the phone and you try to sync back from google docs then it inserts the notes as pictures within notes. After a couple of such syncs the original note becomes a picture in a picture in a note. Needless to say the loss in resolution makes it impossible to read them.
A friend has the same problem so it is not just me. Does anyone know of a solution? The best would have been a folder that could simply be on the sdcard. I love using the S Memo application and just wish they had given some thought to the storage issue.
Thanks,

damn another unsolved thread!

for me syncing with "evernote" works fine, it also gives me the option to edit notes on the pc and sync it back to my phone, it is quite nice as my secretary shares a folder with me and she can send me in real time notes.
Unlike to Google evernote is really syncing, but this means if you delete a not or Snote then it is going to be deleted on the phone as well.

dusty_nz said:
backup the S-Memo data
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I have found a method of backing up the drawings / text from S-Memo exactly as they are (as in you are still able to draw and erase on them) but the backup process isn't exactly "easy".
NB: Now I am just going to assume that users who are reading this have never heard of Titanium Backup or are not familiar with the program.
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To backup S-Memo data:
1. Go into your app drawer and open the file explorer program My files (or any other file management program you have like Astro or ES etc).
2. Navigate to your external SD storage (/sdcard/External_SD) and create a folder there called Titanium (or any other name you desire). Once that's done you can exit.
3. Then you need to download the app Titanium Backup Free or Pro (Free version from Google Play here), Install.
4. Open Titanium Backup > click your phone's menu button > Preferences.
5. Select Backup folder location. Now, using your phone's back button to (suprise!) go back, navigate to the folder you created in step 1 of this guide (if you followed the guide it will be in /sdcard/External_SD/Titanium. After you are inside the folder you created, select Use the current folder. Now hit your phone's back button.
6. Still in Titanium Backup app, select the Backup / Restore tab from the top.
7. Scroll down and find the S-Memo app (screenshot 1 attached below). Single-tap it, then press the Backup ! button (screenshot 2).
8. Done!
p.s. Just a quick explanation of what we did, essentially we created a folder for Titanium Backup to store its backup files in a place that is not on the internal SD. Therefore if we decide to do a full system wipe which included the internal SD (whether deliberately or accidentally) our backup data would not be wiped with it (I think the default Titanium Backup location is /sdcard/TitaniumBackup i.e. on the internal SD for our phone).
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To restore S-Memo data:
1. Install Titanium Backup again (remember we wiped our phones, so the app is gone?).
2. Same process as steps 4 and 5 from above: Open Titanium Backup > phone's menu button > Preferences > Backup folder location > navigate to /sdcard/External_SD/Titanium (or wherever you saved it) > Use the current folder.
3. Now hit your phone's back button > then press the Backup / Restore tab.
4. Find the S-Memo app > select it > press Restore (screenshot 3). When you're done you can exit Titanium Backup.
Now here is where it gets interesting...
5. Open S-Memo... and you may notice the drawings / text you have created have been restored, but have one of the following problems:
- Image missing from the note preview.
- Only part of the image is visible in the note preview.
- The image preview is displaying something random.
This is what has happened: The drawings / text you have created from before have been restored, but the preview of the drawing / text has not been updated on your new system (I have no idea where S-Memo stores that). So if you select the drawing / text, it is an exact copy of the original, but you just can't see it in the S-Memo preview.
6. To get that preview back, do the following:
For drawings: Open the drawing > draw something (like a dot) > then you can erase it during the same drawing session > click Save.
For text: Open the text > type a letter or something > delete it during the same drawing session > click Save.
7. Now the preview of the note should accurately reflect the contents of the note!
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I'm not sure if there is another easier method than this, but I have been using this method successfully through multiple wipes (I should really stop messing around with system files ) to restore my S-Memos perfectly. A very long, but (I'm pretty sure!) a garuanteed method to work. If anyone else has another method do let us know.
Enjoy your restored notes

Retrieve original sketches which came with the Note
I seem to have lost the original sketches which came with my SNote. Does anyone know how I can retrieve them? I didn't back them up....

Anyone? Could anyone help me here?

dilipc said:
Anyone? Could anyone help me here?
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You could try to search on the file system for the folder where the files are stored by the app.
Then use a file restore program to try and undelete the files.
ANd oh yeah, make BACKUPS! then you would not be in this situation (yes it is stating the obvious).
I have some additional info for users who update there Note app to the newer version.
You can use the same procedure as above to restore data + app.
Just rename the Smemo.apk, do a restore of app+data, remove the restored app, rename the newer Snote app to it's normal name and start it.
You will see some conversion, then it works (at least it did for me).

To restore the preview images, back up the /Sd Card/S-memo folder before you flash, then overwrite with your backup afterwards. The thumbnails / Previews are stored as ordinary JPGs.
Now if only I can manage to extract that folder from my nandroid backup... :silly:

why not use Titanium backup pro's cloud sync option - you can password protect all files too.
Even if my phone dropped to the bottom of the sea, i will always have my contacts, cal, apps and selected folders backed up and password protected online.
I have not tried restoring S memo data, but im sure TB pro will restore it fine.

LazPL said:
Now if only I can manage to extract that folder from my nandroid backup... :silly:
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Try AppExtractor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.appextractor

Thanks a lot. :good:
Almost gives an heart attack.
:laugh:

jeriz said:
Sync with google or evernote. I never tried it but there is an option for it
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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For my i can't syncing with google docs

OpenMinded said:
You could try to search on the file system for the folder where the files are stored by the app.
Then use a file restore program to try and undelete the files.
ANd oh yeah, make BACKUPS! then you would not be in this situation (yes it is stating the obvious).
I have some additional info for users who update there Note app to the newer version.
You can use the same procedure as above to restore data + app.
Just rename the Smemo.apk, do a restore of app+data, remove the restored app, rename the newer Snote app to it's normal name and start it.
You will see some conversion, then it works (at least it did for me).
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That worked for me. Thanks !

This solution required device to be rooted first!
Or else nothing will work!

App not installed on lp 5.1.1

Hey guys really need your help I can't seems to install the some apps on 5.1.1 like dubai racing. I used titanium backup to back up it and after flashing another rom I cant install back the app. Any throughs?

reasonz20 said:
Hey guys really need your help I can't seems to install the some apps on 5.1.1 like dubai racing. I used titanium backup to back up it and after flashing another rom I cant install back the app. Any throughs?
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Take the apk from your titanium backup, and move it manually to /data/app. Create the folder for the app, put the app in the folder, and make sure the folder and app permissions are set correctly. Look at the permissions for the other folders and apps that are already in /data/app to know what the permissions need to be. Once you've done that, then reboot, and check to see if the app is in your app drawer.

bouchigo said:
Take the apk from your titanium backup, and move it manually to /data/app. Create the folder for the app, put the app in the folder, and make sure the folder and app permissions are set correctly. Look at the permissions for the other folders and apps that are already in /data/app to know what the permissions need to be. Once you've done that, then reboot, and check to see if the app is in your app drawer.
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What you mean when you say create the fold for the app? could you give an with app please and thanks in advance

reasonz20 said:
What you mean when you say create the fold for the app? could you give an with app please and thanks in advance
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Go into /data/app using root explorer or something similar, and you will see what I mean. The file structure for LP is different than KK.
Example (uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc-1 app):

bouchigo said:
Go into /data/app using root explorer or something similar, and you will see what I mean. The file structure for LP is different than KK.
Example (uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc-1 app):
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I know this is asking a lot but could you do a video on ow to do it because am not getting it?

reasonz20 said:
I know this is asking a lot but could you do a video on ow to do it because am not getting it?
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It doesn't work anyway (Dubai Racing). I tried it, and it won't even show up in the app drawer unless it's installed to /system/app. Even then, the app opens and begins to load, and then it just stays stuck at a blank screen and never loads.
Re-reading your initial post, does titanium backup not see your backup of Dubai Racing only, or it cannot you not see any of your backups?
If that is the case, make sure you don't have a lot of /0 folders in /data/media. There should only be one /data/media/0 folder If there is more than one you have to fix that. Make sure titanium backup is pointing to the correct backup location in settings too.
Also try this in terminal emulator: restorecon -FR /data/media/0

bouchigo said:
It doesn't work anyway (Dubai Racing). I tried it, and it won't even show up in the app drawer unless it's installed to /system/app. Even then, the app opens and begins to load, and then it just stays stuck at a blank screen and never loads.
Re-reading your initial post, does titanium backup not see your backup of Dubai Racing only, or it cannot you not see any of your backups?
If that is the case, make sure you don't have a lot of /0 folders in /data/media. There should only be one /data/media/0 folder If there is more than one you have to fix that. Make sure titanium backup is pointing to the correct backup location in settings too.
Also try this in terminal emulator: restorecon -FR /data/media/0
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Thanks a lot for the help it worked!