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OK, so I have CM build #34 and Titanium Backup Pro installed on my Nexus One with all of my apps apps and settings backed up and synced to Dropbox. I also use ROM Manager Premium for handling my CM7 nighties.
I have tried different variations of wiping data and cache\installing Google Apps\restoring all apps and settings with Titanium Backup but I think I am doing something wrong as I usually end up having to enter login and password information on a lot of my apps (once I get them back on my phone).
If my plan is to update to the latest CM7 version every night, what are the proper steps to do so?
Here is what I think I should do:
1. Back up all apps and settings using Titanium Pro
2. Download latest CM7 version
3. When ROM Manager asks if I want to download Google Apps, I check YES
4. After the download is complete, ROM Manager asks if I would like to Backup Existing ROM (I leave unchecked) and Wipe Date and Cache (I only check this if I am having major issues with the CM7 nightie)
5. ROM loads, phone reboots
(Here is where I start getting really confused)
6. Google asks me to sign in. I skip the sign in
7. Join wireless
8. Restore all apps and settings from Titanium Backup
9. Google keeps on asking me to sign in with my Google account.
10 I sign in and usually have issues with Twitter, work email (Exchange), Facebook, etc. Some apps that I know I had installed and configured do not show up but when I go to the Market they show as Purchased and I have to re-download them. Later when I have Twitter and Facebook configured, if I go to Settings> Accounts and Sync, it only shows Gmail and my work email (no Facebook or Twitter). If I try adding Facebook and Twitter, it never goes to the sign in screen. I can back out and see and use Facebook and Twitter on my home screen though.
Questions:
If I am downloading only CM7 nighties, should I download and install Google Apps every night (why else would ROM Manager prompt me for it and include it with every CM7 nightie)?
When using Titanium Backup, should I still sign in to my Google account on my phone or just skip it and restore all settings, apps and data?
Can someone lay out an easy step-by-step best way to accomplish what I am attempting? I think this would help a lot of novice users who want to experience the awesome custom ROMs that are floating around.
Thank you all for your time and effort!
Going from one nightly to another, you do not need to wipe anything.
evilkorn said:
Going from one nightly to another, you do not need to wipe anything.
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Then why do I have do I have to keep re-entering all types of logins after upgrading to a new CM7 nightie ?
You say not to wipe data and cache. What about the rest of my post? Any other advice?
Just flashover the top of what u got
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You should try logging in to Google first before restoring your apps with Titanium Backup. Then reboot. Usually that will restore the list of apps that you installed in the Market.
If not, then clear your market data and cache and do a reboot again.
So I always should install Google Apps every time I get prompted by ROM Manager just before I start installing a nightie? Then just flash the new CM7 version without wiping Data and Cache?
I didn't say anything about flashing gapps again, just flash the newer nightly over your old nightly.
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I didn't say anything about flashing gapps again, just flash the newer nightly over your old nightly.
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OK, tried what you said (not flashing gapps) and just flashed to the newest CM7 nightie. I also did not delete Data and Cache. Now the Market, Talk, Car Home, Voice (looks like all the Google apps) do not work. I'm getting pop ups stating that I need to sign in to my Google account but when I go to Settings>Accounts and Sync, There is no option for me to add my Google credentials. I see nothing except corporate email and FaceBook (no Twitter Either---and I have that installed).
That is why I was asking earlier if I should get the gapps every time I flash to a new nightly build. Every time I don't download Google Apps along with the CM7 nightie, I always loose a ton of settings and functionality along with not having access to all of my Google Apps.
Btw, I did a full restore of Titanium Backup Pro (all apps and data) after I flashed to the new CM7 nightie b/c of the problem stated earlier in this post.
Any thoughts?
I have no idea what is going wrong then.
Every few days I download the nightly, flash it without any wipes right over top of my current system, and use my phone. All settings stay working, I haven't flashed gapps for a long while now.
It is pretty much a one step process for me. It sounds like there is some sort of strange wiping going on for you though.
I had this issue when I used ROM Manager to download the ROM.
Here's what to do, just download the nightly from this link,
http://mirror1.kanged.net/nightly/passion/
Then use ROM Manager to install from zip, don't wipe or clear anything.
This will let you flash it over with no issues.
Ah, that could very well be it. I am always downloading it manually and flashing from it manually in Rom Manager.
Clarkster said:
Ah, that could very well be it. I am always downloading it manually and flashing from it manually in Rom Manager.
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Yeah I do not know why it is doing this. But oh well lol.
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after you flash the new nightly build on top of your current, are you restoring anything via Titanium?
When restoring system data, i found that the order in which its restored makes the difference between things working and not.
I had a similar problem a while back... after a complete wipe and fresh install of CM + Gapps i used TB to restore everything including system app data. after the restore, everything looked OK. If i was to check settings/accounts & sync, everything was there correctly. But when I tried to run a system app, I'd have nothing but problems..(G-Talk & Latitude wouldnt log in, Market was jerked, Gmail would FC...FB and twitter would keep asking for my password..etc). The way I got it to work was to wipe all system data, then in a logical order, restore it again one app at a time with a reboot between each restore.
Its alot easier to just manually enter all account info. Then use TB (if needed) to restore things like FB, Twitter, Wifi & BT settings.
Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but typing this made the bus ride home alot quicker.
~~Louie
Hello I was wondering if someone can help me. I download Cyanogenmod 6.1.2 which was a good mod for my first. I thought I was doing everything correctly, rooted my phone for the first time. I was following steps on how to access the ROM I recently downloaded, but unfortunately upon installing the rom I wiped my cache and data without backing up my Nandroid. Now everything is gone, I lost my contacts, all my data and on top of that I dont have GMAIL to restore my contacts nor do I have the MARKET.
If someone could help me I would appreciate it, or even provide me with a link in which I can restore my phone back to a default setting so I can start over. I tried looking through the forums, and I couldn't find anything. I don't know if I'm looking in the wrong places, or subforums.
Thank you.
I don't have your answer, not a droid user, but I can tell you that it's probably a very easy fix. Don't sweat it. Your contacts and gmail aren't stored on your phone.
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Well I found out that my contacts were saved VIA gmail, so I found most of my contacts. For the most part I'm worried if I damage my phone in any way, by that I mean losing the Market application in which I can't find when I google market.apk
Lolzumad said:
Well I found out that my contacts were saved VIA gmail, so I found most of my contacts. For the most part I'm worried if I damage my phone in any way, by that I mean losing the Market application in which I can't find when I google market.apk
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Did you flash the GoogleApps? With CMx you need to flash it after you flash CM. Google apps include account settup, googla apps downloader, market, etc
When you set you account up you will see your contacts again
The phone is not damaged at all! Stay chill )... As eXtink said, you just need to download Google Apps, put the .zip file in the update folder and run it from Androidiani, just as you did with the ROM. Here's the link (choose the one for HDPI devices). Have a nice day!
I just flashed CyanogenMod 9 on my Touchpad and am loving it. I added one google account to it at first, which was great b/c it downloaded all the apps on my RAZR. But I want to remove the account because my daughter uses the Touchpad and I don't want her to have access to my gmail and talk, etc. (I am a newbie so I used the stable CyanogenMod, not the nightly.) I tried to go to remove account but it is grayed out and I can't figure out a work-around.
Any insights?
Thanks!
brigreen said:
I just flashed CyanogenMod 9 on my Touchpad and am loving it. I added one google account to it at first, which was great b/c it downloaded all the apps on my RAZR. But I want to remove the account because my daughter uses the Touchpad and I don't want her to have access to my gmail and talk, etc. (I am a newbie so I used the stable CyanogenMod, not the nightly.) I tried to go to remove account but it is grayed out and I can't figure out a work-around.
Any insights?
Thanks!
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Try adding another account (make a new Gmail account). Once that's done, you should be able to remove the other one. Let her use this one as her email account, I'm sure she'll like that......
Or you could install an app protector and also switch off sync for that email so it doesn't receive notifications
The best app I have come across for this scenario is an app called switchme. It acts like how your computer would if you had two user account on there. Once you install it, you can create a new profile. Selecting it will reboot your device and start up as a clean ROM with no market apps and no google account linked to it. You can then add her google account to that profile (if she has one) and she can sync all her own stuff, not interfering with yours. You can then switch between profiles at will. Its an awesome app.
Here's a thread link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465661
thanks but....
Thanks. I did add another account but I cannot remove mine. Looks like cyanogen doesn't have that enabled (because I was able to do that on my other daughter's Xoom when it was running gingerbread.
I would prefer not creating a new profile completely because then I'd lose all the apps that I've installed, like I did on the Xoom. I was able to turn notifications to my gmail account off but don't want her (or my ex!) to have access to my gmail.
Thanks.
Unfortunately this is an android issue. You can't remove the initial account you use without wiping data and starting over.
~ E.R.A.
zanderman112 said:
Unfortunately this is an android issue. You can't remove the initial account you use without wiping data and starting over.
~ E.R.A.
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hmm, did not know that. So if that is the case, the OP should reset the device, and start it with a different gmail account for his daughter. Then he can add his regular gmail account afterward, install the apps he wants, and then remove the account when complete.
Or maybe use titanium backup to backup his current apps now. do a factory reset, then setup with a new gmail account, install TB on the new account, and then restore the old apps.
I still say the app I linked to is a good thing to get for his situation. Its two accounts running side by side and each person can log into their own account with their own apps and wont have access to each others. You can even set a password just like on a computer.
1. Download "Root Explorer" from Android Market
2. Explore to /data/system/ and find this file : accounts.db
3. Delete that file (accounts.db)
4. Reboot your Android device.
5. Voilà…you can register another account.
nixey55 said:
1. Download "Root Explorer" from Android Market
2. Explore to /data/system/ and find this file : accounts.db
3. Delete that file (accounts.db)
4. Reboot your Android device.
5. Voilà…you can register another account.
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Thank you for this, it worked just like you said!
shieldsit said:
Thank you for this, it worked just like you said!
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thank you
Go to Settings-> Accounts -> choose your account. When the Sync options appear, click on the 3 small dots on top right corner. Select remove account.
nixey55 said:
1. Download "Root Explorer" from Android Market
2. Explore to /data/system/ and find this file : accounts.db
3. Delete that file (accounts.db)
4. Reboot your Android device.
5. Voilà…you can register another account.
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Solved "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error on Google Play for me (couldn't delete Google account on CM 10.2).
Thanks a lot.
nixey55 said:
1. Download "Root Explorer" from Android Market
2. Explore to /data/system/ and find this file : accounts.db
3. Delete that file (accounts.db)
4. Reboot your Android device.
5. Voilà…you can register another account.
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Found this post via a google search. Two years down the road from the post- this worked for me. I used TWRP and found
the file in something like /data/system/users/0 or something similar (YMMV). But it worked for me.
Both times I tried a 7.x based rom, once I re-connected my google account, only some of my accounts came back. I'm guessing that somehow the contacts that were loaded onto my phone originally were loaded as "phone only" rather than as google contacts. Is there a way to get CM7.20 to recover them? I've made a few Titanium backups and haven't wiped my SD card other than that one path that gets wiped by clockwork when you wipe before flashing. Thanks.
Mod Edit : not development Moved to Q & A .Pls post in appropriate thread
sorry, this is the wrong section for you to post this.
the best course of action is to repost in general or q/a, or ask a mod to move this thread there.
but until someone moves this thread there, were your contacts synced with your google account? because if you just flashed a rom without manually (or googally for lack of a better term) backing them up, sorry guy, they are gone
in the future, when you add contacts, the list will pop up that says sync with google account or phone only (unsynced). choose sync to google account, or find a 3rd party app on the market and back them up that way.
Yeah, they were synched with my google account, but I'm guessing that when my phone was initially loaded with contacts from my previous phone, they were loaded as "non-google" contacts so those didn't synch. If they weren't stored on the SD card, I realize that they're gone, but maybe they end up on the card. I asked a mod to move this to Q/A. Hopefully someone knows this answer. I still have my old phone (Razr), so I guess I could import the contacts from that again, but I'm sure I'll lose a lot of info that was updated and add in a lot of stuff I'd deleted. Hopefully the contacts are on my Hero's sd card somewhere in a retrievable format.
LidoShuffle said:
Both times I tried a 7.x based rom, once I re-connected my google account, only some of my accounts came back. I'm guessing that somehow the contacts that were loaded onto my phone originally were loaded as "phone only" rather than as google contacts. Is there a way to get CM7.20 to recover them? I've made a few Titanium backups and haven't wiped my SD card other than that one path that gets wiped by clockwork when you wipe before flashing. Thanks.
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Before you flashed CM7.2, did you make a nandroid of your original setup? If you did then just nandroid back to that and make sure to resync those contacts that are phone-only to your google account. And then re-flash whichever CM7 rom you plan on using.
sai5o4 said:
Before you flashed CM7.2, did you make a nandroid of your original setup? If you did then just nandroid back to that and make sure to resync those contacts that are phone-only to your google account. And then re-flash whichever CM7 rom you plan on using.
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Yes, but I'd rather not go through all that. Can I make a new nandroid of my current setup and then go back to a previous nandroid? Hopefully there's just a way to read the backed up contact list so I can import that or something. It's not a ton of numbers, but I don't want to lose them all. Thanks.
Since the update to Android 4.4.2 I have problems with making the daily backup of the HTC.
I used this to store my Dropbox account.
Now he makes automatic backups and more should I do if I click on backup first to decide which store I want to use (Google Drive or Dropbox).
And every time I choose to Dropbox, I grant this permission HTC Backup can use Dropbox. Use
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No one with the same problem?????
HTC One Backup using DropBox and Google drive
Justin2003 said:
No one with the same problem?????
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I have the same problem and definitely more people have come across this issue as it doesn't look user or phone specific but something to do with the way 4.4.2 update was build.
I am facing the same issue with Dropbox account however with Google drive I can't seem to find the backup files in my google drive account. Not sure what this other problem is
I am still trying to find a fix for it but haven't had any luck yet. I will surely update this post if I find the fix.
If you're able to find a fix, let me know.
Regards,
Nick
Had the same issue, Did a "clear data" under settings,apps,all, htc backup.
I was then able to add the dropbox account back when back in the htc backup program (click on htc account)
I have a ticket in with htc.
I set my backup, watch it perform the back up, don't see my files in my google drive and have no dropbox account.
I just asked them yesterday where my files went, no response yet. I lost everything when I unlocked my bootloader with htcdev.
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I have been in contact with HTC. According to them, this is because their free 25GB Google Drive support is preferred automatic backup forward to Google Drive instead of Dropbox.
The files are hidden in Google Drive so that they can be not accidentally delete
Automatic Backup not working with DropBox
Hi Justin,
Can you guide me to this page where you see the hidden HTC backup files?
Also, If I removed Google drive from my HTC One, will the automatic backup work fine with DropBox? Did you test that?
Regards,
Nick
I work now with google drive and the screenshot is from google drive.
HTC automatic backup broken Android 4.4.2
Hi Justin,
I understand that you're using Google drive now as the automatic backup defaults to the Google Drive cloud storage instead of Dropbox.
But could you please point me to the location on Google Drive where I can find my backup files.
I'm still not sure where to look for backup files from my HTC One on Google drive.
I would really appreciate your further suggestions here.
Regards,
Nick
nikswt said:
Hi Justin,
I understand that you're using Google drive now as the automatic backup defaults to the Google Drive cloud storage instead of Dropbox.
But could you please point me to the location on Google Drive where I can find my backup files.
I'm still not sure where to look for backup files from my HTC One on Google drive.
I would really appreciate your further suggestions here.
Regards,
Nick
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The backup files are hidden in Google Drive. Go to https://drive.google.com/ and then go to Settings - Manage apps. Then scroll down and you'll see you HTC device.
After 4.4.3 update I no longer can do backup, it just goes to 53% ant then stops telling me that backup is not available at this moment and try again later :/ under account and sync options htc account sync is off, despite that all other sync is on im using stock rom with backup option on google drive. Can anyone suggest me something?
Spitras said:
After 4.4.3 update I no longer can do backup, it just goes to 53% ant then stops telling me that backup is not available at this moment and try again later :/ under account and sync options htc account sync is off, despite that all other sync is on im using stock rom with backup option on google drive. Can anyone suggest me something?
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Seems ok for me. I'm on 4.4.3
Spitras said:
After 4.4.3 update I no longer can do backup, it just goes to 53% ant then stops telling me that backup is not available at this moment and try again later :/ under account and sync options htc account sync is off, despite that all other sync is on im using stock rom with backup option on google drive. Can anyone suggest me something?
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Unfortunately i have exactly the same problem :/
Mm I suffered the opposite... It used to backup daily even dough I deactivated it.. at the end I solved it.. But it seems it is setup to work properly by default...
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Justin2003 said:
Since the update to Android 4.4.2 I have problems with making the daily backup of the HTC.
I used this to store my Dropbox account.
Now he makes automatic backups and more should I do if I click on backup first to decide which store I want to use (Google Drive or Dropbox).
And every time I choose to Dropbox, I grant this permission HTC Backup can use Dropbox. Use
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Had the same problem turns out its facebook thats the problem even thou i weren't using it to login with sync.
Go to settings>Accounts & sync>facebook>remove
Restart your device
Run the backup function again
You might have to run the backup twice for it to work.
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Had the same problem turns out its facebook thats the problem even thou i weren't using it to login with sync.
Go to settings>Accounts & sync>facebook>remove
Restart your device
Run the backup function again
You might have to run the backup twice for it to work.
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nothing happen
Same problem here.
Maybe I have a workaround for that issue
Had the same issue with HTC Backup since 4.4.3 upgrade ..... until today.
The only way I found to complete HTC Backup was to deactivate Facebook app before starting my backup.
Hope FB/HTC developers solve the issue definitely cause using this workaround I cannot anyways use automatic backup .....
Jeffetto62 said:
Had the same issue with HTC Backup since 4.4.3 upgrade ..... until today.
The only way I found to complete HTC Backup was to deactivate Facebook app before starting my backup.
Hope FB/HTC developers solve the issue definitely cause using this workaround I cannot anyways use automatic backup .....
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I confirmed that method is working. After the today chat with HTC assistance they told me that they know about this problem (some incompatibility between FB account and HTC) and they trying to solve this in a future update.
? Hope we'll have it soon .....