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Titanium Backup Important Info

Several general things to make your titanium backup and restore experience actually work properly.....
Be sure to be in debugging mode.
When first opening titanium, hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect"
NEVER restore system data (red and green text in titanium). Only apps. I know its a pain, but its easier to re-setup accounts and all that than restore and take the chance of the problems that usually arise from restoring system stuff.
I hope this helps people....

Restoring the data from apps that have the Titanium Backup icon will restore your wifi settings and your accounts along with various other settings.
To restore your contacts load the data from Contacts Storage 2.2 and not the contacts application itself.
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How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card

tbong777 said:
How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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Just copy the Titanium Backup folder to your external SD, then copy it back over after you flash.
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tbong777 said:
How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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I wasn't sure about this myself so what I did was just copy the TB folder to my computer and then copy it back to SD when I needed it. Maybe not the preferred method but it works.

techmik67 said:
Several general things to make your titanium backup and restore experience actually work properly.....
When first opening titanium, hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect"
I hope this helps people....
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Why?
The app itself recommends AUTO, Direct, and says that AUTO, Indirect is (If you have problems).

tbong777 said:
How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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Under preferences change the backup folder to /SD/backup (for 2.1) /SD_external/backup (for leaked froyo). Make sure to look in that folder when restoring backups after a new flash.
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External_SD for froyo..... sorry
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RebDovid said:
Why?
The app itself recommends AUTO, Direct, and says that AUTO, Indirect is (If you have problems).
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Cause it works.

techmik67 said:
Cause it works.
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It works with AUTO Direct as well? So can you provide more information? Don't put out false information. Some people take a lot of what is posted as completely accurate.

david717 said:
It works with AUTO Direct as well? So can you provide more information? Don't put out false information. Some people take a lot of what is posted as completely accurate.
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False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....

techmik67 said:
False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....
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I didn't accuse you. "Cause it works" isn't an ideal explanation. So what you're saying is. "hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect" ...if you are experiencing freeze issues." He asked a simple question, why post a useless/snarky reply to him?

techmik67 said:
False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....
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Looking back thru this thread, i see that i may not have explained WHY i posted this, so i will. As i said in the quote above, I searched a while to get ANY tibu support. That tip was THE MOST RECOMMENDED for problems, and it worked for me, so I thought I'd try to help others by posting. I apologize for not explaining further.
As far as being a little short in the last replies, i did not like being accused of posting false info.....

I do apologize for saying it was false. Just bad wording on my part, and could have been said more... politely.
Also, being pretty new to Android. It actually took quite some time to find out some the TiBu information you posted.
Thanks for the tip!

david717 said:
I do apologize for saying it was false. Just bad wording on my part, and could have been said more... politely.
Also, being pretty new to Android. It actually took quite some time to find out some the TiBu information you posted.
Thanks for the tip!
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I was pulling my hair out for a whole day searching for good support for titanium, and FINALLY found that 1 tip, and found it worked EVERY time for me on batch restore. So i just wanted to help others by posting it, and felt offended by the wording.
Let's say "no harm, no foul" =)
And I'm glad if the tip benefits you!!! =))

Twoam said:
To restore your contacts load the data from Contacts Storage 2.2 and not the contacts application itself.
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Where is this? Is it part of Froyo? Because I'm on 2.1 and I can't find it in the marketplace.

sremick said:
Where is this? Is it part of Froyo? Because I'm on 2.1 and I can't find it in the marketplace.
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It's something you'll see in the list of system items you can back up in Titanium Backup. Basically, scroll down the list of things you can back up, and anytime you see the Titanium Backup logo next to a system-type item (it'll usually be green) that's some system settings thing you can backup to later restore. It won't be an app, just some settings. I don't know if the Contacts 2.2 will show up for a 2.1 OS. Can't test that myself at this point.

techmik67 said:
NEVER restore system data (red and green text in titanium). Only apps. I know its a pain, but its easier to re-setup accounts and all that than restore and take the chance of the problems that usually arise from restoring system stuff.
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Hey, thanks for the post, but question since you brought it up here and I was going to start another thread but you seem pretty knowledgeable about this...
When you install a new ROM or backup and restoring apps, is using TB really "clean"? I am so used to Windows crapola, that someone told me it is "cleaner" to just reinstall all your apps instead of risking some "crap" getting transferred over through TB's process.
I understand to not backup and restore system stuff now, but what if u do apps only, which is really the better, cleaner way to install in a new ROM?
Thanks.

Dathaeus said:
Hey, thanks for the post, but question since you brought it up here and I was going to start another thread but you seem pretty knowledgeable about this...
When you install a new ROM or backup and restoring apps, is using TB really "clean"? I am so used to Windows crapola, that someone told me it is "cleaner" to just reinstall all your apps instead of risking some "crap" getting transferred over through TB's process.
I understand to not backup and restore system stuff now, but what if u do apps only, which is really the better, cleaner way to install in a new ROM?
Thanks.
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i guess if you want the "cleanest" possible way, you should just reinstall the apps, but honestly i've never had a problem restoring with tibu (well that's not entirely true, but that was due more to user error )
if you do have a problem with a restored app you can always uninstall and reinstall from the market.
but everybody has their own voodoo rituals, so just find what works for you and makes you happy.:highfive:

jde984 said:
i guess if you want the "cleanest" possible way, you should just reinstall the apps, but honestly i've never had a problem restoring with tibu (well that's not entirely true, but that was due more to user error )
if you do have a problem with a restored app you can always uninstall and reinstall from the market.
but everybody has their own voodoo rituals, so just find what works for you and makes you happy.:highfive:
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Thanks.. I just reinstalled all the apps from free TB that didnt require any saved stuff to restore without data, and then the ones that did (like K9 mail) I restored with data and for now it seems all fine except for a glitch in my stock txt messager, go figure...

Love flashing....but tired of losing my bookmarks & SMS

Any apps that help w this?

There are apps on the market that will do this. I am not sure which are best but if you look around the market you should find some solutions
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Wouldn't Tibu backup/restore SMS and Favorites?

not in my expierence

iamamp3pimp said:
not in my expierence
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thats odd, because i see it in my Titanium backup/restore list

Get mybackup root, its free and backs up contacts/logs/sms and ever apps.

iamamp3pimp said:
Any apps that help w this?
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There is a very good app named 'SMS Backup & Restore' in the Market for free. It backups and restores your messages. I just used it yesterday.

Pirateghost said:
thats odd, because i see it in my Titanium backup/restore list
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whats that?

vaibhavrulez said:
There is a very good app named 'SMS Backup & Restore' in the Market for free. It backups and restores your messages. I just used it yesterday.
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This. And titanium backup for bookmarks.
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Titanium Backup can backup both, bookmarks and SMS.
Look at attached pics to see where TiBu backups SMS and bookmarks.

I use Mybackup pro and it works like a dream. Tried many different ones and personally I like this 1 the most.
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Yes, Titanium Backup does save SMS & Bookmarks
oriongaby said:
Titanium Backup can backup both, bookmarks and SMS.
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I can absolutely confirm that Titanium Backup saves and restores SMS and bookmarks. During the holiday break the past 2 weeks, I've been (finally!) getting some time to try flashing different ROMs and trying some out.
TB worked just fine restoring SMS and bookmarks without any problem.
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oriongaby said:
Titanium Backup can backup both, bookmarks and SMS.
Look at attached pics to see where TiBu backups SMS and bookmarks.
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Before flashing Firefly I did TIBU using apps+data (full).
After flashing i copied Titanium folder back onto phone and then through restore saw the same things in your pic.
However when I try to explore the items it says there's nothing in there.

Ok, not sure what I did but my sms are back.
I did do a reboot but it still didnt' show up. Just went back into Handscent SMS and now it's showing my old texts.
Ah well, guess it did work.

Titanium, ROM Manager, or Bionic Bootstrap?

If I wanted to get a new bionic and transfer everything exactly the way it is (like my layout of the home screen, alarm setting, etc...), which of these methods would I use to do that? It seems like all three options have the ability to do so, or something similar, but I can't distinguish the difference.
Titanium Backup Pro
- Batch > backup all user apps + system data
Rom Manager
- Backup current rom
Bionic Bootstrap
- Bootstrap recovery > reboot recovery > backup
So which one of these tasks should I form, and what are the difference between the three? Thanks.

Don't. This is a new device with different hardware/software. Much of the stuff you are trying to port over might not work. Start it from the ground up.

RoyVegasPinoy said:
If I wanted to get a new bionic and transfer everything exactly the way it is (like my layout of the home screen, alarm setting, etc...), which of these methods would I use to do that? It seems like all three options have the ability to do so, or something similar, but I can't distinguish the difference.
Titanium Backup Pro
- Batch > backup all user apps + system data
Rom Manager
- Backup current rom
Bionic Bootstrap
- Bootstrap recovery > reboot recovery > backup
So which one of these tasks should I form, and what are the difference between the three? Thanks.
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Personally, I did what you are trying to do. As far as the backups on the phone through CWM and Bootstrap will only work for the phone model that you are using currently. They will brick your new device if in fact it does let you restore one of them.
TB is a great program to back up apps and data, but the real thing is if you use your gmail account to back up, all you have to do is set up you gmail account when loading the device for the first time and everything will load the way you had it set up before. If you skip the preliminary setup, it will not bring the setting over.
Hope this helps.

RoyVegasPinoy said:
If I wanted to get a new bionic and transfer everything exactly the way it is (like my layout of the home screen, alarm setting, etc...), which of these methods would I use to do that? It seems like all three options have the ability to do so, or something similar, but I can't distinguish the difference.
Titanium Backup Pro
- Batch > backup all user apps + system data
Rom Manager
- Backup current rom
Bionic Bootstrap
- Bootstrap recovery > reboot recovery > backup
So which one of these tasks should I form, and what are the difference between the three? Thanks.
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you can use TTB to restore some apps but I don't recommend! Copy the stuff you want from ur SDCard and start fresh. It's good to clean up and your Bionic will be a lot happier in the end.

I have not had good luck restoring backups with the bionic. They come back but are a bit buggy. (especially the gallery) I prefer to wipe data, cache, delvic, system and restore new. Backup your apps with tibu and you can restore the date from them so you don't have to re-enter all the passwords. If you use Launcher Pro or Go Launcher you can backup you screens so the whole process takes about 5-10 minutes. You just have to reinstall your widgets and ringtones.
I have tibu, root explorer, and bootstapper and use them all for different things. IMHO you need them all to make things easier.

idefiler6 said:
Don't. This is a new device with different hardware/software. Much of the stuff you are trying to port over might not work. Start it from the ground up.
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SirTanNacht said:
Personally, I did what you are trying to do. As far as the backups on the phone through CWM and Bootstrap will only work for the phone model that you are using currently. They will brick your new device if in fact it does let you restore one of them.
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You both are talking about going from an old bionic to a new bionic right? Not a different model.
twistedlim said:
I have not had good luck restoring backups with the bionic. They come back but are a bit buggy.
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Are you talking about backing up from an old bionic to a new bionic? If you're talking about backing up to the same bionic, which method are you using that you are having problems with?
It seems most everyone here is saying not to do these backups and start from fresh, except for certain apps and data. So what exactly would I use those those full backups for if it has these problems that were mentioned?

Mybackup pro is better than titanium IMHO. You can backup contacts texts mms call long Calender etc. Along with all apps.
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I thought you were going from a different model, OP isn't entirely specific. Either way if it was me I'd want to start fresh.

idefiler6 said:
I thought you were going from a different model, OP isn't entirely specific. Either way if it was me I'd want to start fresh.
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I apologize for not being clear. What I am doing is exchanging my bionic for a new bionic and would like to transfer everything to the new one. So if this is the case, why would you rather start fresh? Assuming everything is the way you want it in the previous bionic.

RoyVegasPinoy said:
I apologize for not being clear. What I am doing is exchanging my bionic for a new bionic and would like to transfer everything to the new one. So if this is the case, why would you rather start fresh? Assuming everything is the way you want it in the previous bionic.
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If you restore a nandroid backup, you will be cloning the Android_id of your old device onto the new phone. From a security standpoint, best practice would be to either start fresh or, at the most, just restore apps and no system data with TB.

They are all 3 completely different applications to do completely different things.
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Old Bionic to new Bionic, I'd use Clockwork to back up everything. Then you just root the new bionic, bootstrap it, restore and you're all set.

[Q] How to restored data after rooting O2x?

Hi guys,
i've just instal CM7 nightlies on my O2x, the question is how can i restored all of my data that have been back up in cwm such as my contact and calendar event?
cheers

You don't.
You need to use something like Titanium Backup for that.

Thanks rusty!
Oo..so right know i need to start from scratch right?

Right now, yes.
Or you could restore your CWM backup, use a backup app, flash CM7 then restore via an app.

AppExtractor can do this, restoring:
- Contacts
- Wifi Settings
- SMS/MMS
- Apps and their Data
- Bookmarks
From any CWM backup files.
Write to the author for Calendar, he is very reactive.
See in Market
The most simple way to restore Calendar/Contacts is to use 'the cloud' google gmail sync, or dedicated backup features in launchers (don't remember in LG Launcher, but in other launchers/home you can backup contact etc)

syzwn9 said:
Hi guys,
i've just instal CM7 nightlies on my O2x, the question is how can i restored all of my data that have been back up in cwm such as my contact and calendar event?
cheers
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For contacts and calendar, I would recommend you to save it by default to your Gmail account, whenever you flash a new rom it will sync automatically.
I am using the following for backups.
1. Call log backup & restore
2. SMS backup & restore
3. Titanium backup
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thanks guys for all of the help
really2 appreciate it
cheers

Try and restore your CMV backup with Titanium.
I haven't tried it yet, but it should work
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Rusty! said:
You don't.
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This used to be true Rusty, but not anymore. The latest version of Titanium Backup can now restore both apps and data from CWM-backups. Very handy.

I must admit, that will be a proper useful feature.

[Q] Lost my Note FM Radio App

Dear All
I used Titanium Backup Pro to freeze both FM Radio app( the stock app) and the installed Accue weather app to stop them from keep them running in the background and eating memory , and I thought that when I need to run them I just hit the app to run, (this is what I thought and do not know if this is correct or no!!)
So I found that both apps are disappeared from my note, so I went to Titanium to defrost them. but after a success defrost I did not find them, so I made a restart and did find them, so I tried to make a restore but I did not find the FM Radio in the apps list since I did not made a backup for it, so how I can get it back
and also I made a restore for accue weather app but I did not find it after the restore
What is wrong

thermax04 said:
Dear All
I used Titanium Backup Pro to freeze both FM Radio app( the stock app) and the installed Accue weather app to stop them from keep them running in the background and eating memory , and I thought that when I need to run them I just hit the app to run, (this is what I thought and do not know if this is correct or no!!)
So I found that both apps are disappeared from my note, so I went to Titanium to defrost them. but after a success defrost I did not find them, so I made a restart and did find them, so I tried to make a restore but I did not find the FM Radio in the apps list since I did not made a backup for it, so how I can get it back
and also I made a restore for accue weather app but I did not find it after the restore
What is wrong
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U on stock rom ? If you want i can put up the TiB files for you and you can put them in your sd card and restore using TiB. Also remember to push the app as a system app otherwise they wont work.
Cheers! Enjoy your Note.
Hit thanks if it helped!

It may be due to incompatibility of TB versions. If that is the case, do a power defrost of ALL frozen apps -> Go to batch, power defrost, reboot your device. After that you can manually freeze your unwanted apps one by one.

abhisahara said:
U on stock rom ? If you want i can put up the TiB files for you and you can put them in your sd card and restore using TiB. Also remember to push the app as a system app otherwise they wont work.
Cheers! Enjoy your Note.
Hit thanks if it helped!
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Yes iam on stock rom and rooted
I did not understand what you mean, can you explain it to me in details
kopitalk said:
It may be due to incompatibility of TB versions. If that is the case, do a power defrost of ALL frozen apps -> Go to batch, power defrost, reboot your device. After that you can manually freeze your unwanted apps one by one.
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Idid the power defrost, and I found them back, thanks
Now , was what I did right but the results were wrong because of incompatibility of TB versions, how usually the freeze feature works?

Nothing wrong on your part. It is TB's issue between updates and that is how to tackle the problem. From now on you can normally freeze/defrost your apps.

kopitalk said:
Nothing wrong on your part. It is TB's issue between updates and that is how to tackle the problem. From now on you can normally freeze/defrost your apps.
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thanks for your replay, I mean is it normal that when you freeze an app it will be disappears from the apps drawer? i tried now another app for a test and found that after freeze it disappeared, so how I can stop any app from working in the background but I can run it when I want only?

Yes, it is normal. As far as I know you can't stop any app from working in the background, unless you can find that option within the app itself.

kopitalk said:
Yes, it is normal. As far as I know you can't stop any app from working in the background, unless you can find that option within the app itself.
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so freeze is like delete the app without uninstall it, and when you want it back you just defrost it

thermax04 said:
so freeze is like delete the app without uninstall it, and when you want it back you just defrost it
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Exactly. It will stop the app running in the background or even foreground. Always remember to check what you are freezing. If you freeze any system app which is required by system or some other app then the system or that app will start giving you force closes.