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Backing up and restoring..

Hi guys, just wanna ask, if I fully backup my ROM, is my app being backup too?
Can someone guide me how to backup everything from cm7, including my app, app data, so that I can restore at a later point?
And also, if I'm returning to stock using nvflash, do I need to revert the ext4 to ext3? If so, how!
Thanks
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Use recovery to back up.. easiest and safest.. it will create an image of your rom on the SD card..

So if i use cwm to do a backup of my current rom that basically just takes a snap shot of my stock rom? So if anything goes wrong when i am flashing a custom rom I can just restore my previous backup and all will be working again? (as long as i haven't caused any lasting damage)
Many thanks
Sedge
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Fulwood Sedge said:
So if i use cwm to do a backup of my current rom that basically just takes a snap shot of my stock rom? So if anything goes wrong when i am flashing a custom rom I can just restore my previous backup and all will be working again? (as long as i haven't caused any lasting damage)
Many thanks
Sedge
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Yes a CWM backup saves everything.

Use titanium backup....

Mungulz said:
Yes a CWM backup saves everything.
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Hmm.. including apps?
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use Titanium Backup.
root first.

xxdoggyxx said:
Hmm.. including apps?
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Including all... Apps, settings etc. CWM saves the entire content of system, data, boot and cache partitions.
You can even make a specific restore in advanced restore menu of CWM you can restore only data for example..(data is where all user apps with their settings are stored)
A good rising app is AppExtractor (see in market) than can use CWM backup files to restore apps, sms, etc... But this time from within the launched system, not from CWM recovery.
Titanium is a must too.

Hmm, so do I complete backup using cwm and also using titanium backup? Or I just need to backup using cwm only?
Or.. how bout' telling me the step to backup my whole cm7, plus guide to restore it back? This is my first time backing up.. :/
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xxdoggyxx said:
Hmm, so do I complete backup using cwm and also using titanium backup? Or I just need to backup using cwm only?
Or.. how bout' telling me the step to backup my whole cm7, plus guide to restore it back? This is my first time backing up.. :/
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I have both: one Nandroid using CWM, to be able to restore the entire system if needded or if I want to try another ROM and come back later, plus a Titanium to have only app backups.
There is no howto to write, they are all already written, and using those two apps is really very simple no need to explain. Just menus to explore. Which steps ? Have you ever looked at CWM menu? it's all written : Backup restore etc... just select.
Try it by yourself it's the best way. You can't harm anything.
Try AppExtractor once you've made your backup you will see its possibilities, can nearly replace Titanium.

Striatum_bdr said:
I have both: one Nandroid using CWM, to be able to restore the entire system if needded or if I want to try another ROM and come back later, plus a Titanium to have only app backups.
There is no howto to write, they are all already written, and using those two apps is really very simple no need to explain. Just menus to explore. Which steps ? Have you ever looked at CWM menu? it's all written : Backup restore etc... just select.
Try it by yourself it's the best way. You can't harm anything.
Try AppExtractor once you've made your backup you will see its possibilities, can nearly replace Titanium.
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Oh ok, thanks!
And.. if I backup cm7 ROM, I have to be at cm7 in order to restore that back up? Or I can just restore the back up with other ROM?
P.s. What about the ext4 thingy? Do I have to go back TO 3 if I going to flash my phone to stock using nvflash?
Thanks a million man!!!
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xxdoggyxx said:
Oh ok, thanks!
And.. if I backup cm7 ROM, I have to be at cm7 in order to restore that back up? Or I can just restore the back up with other ROM?
P.s. What about the ext4 thingy? Do I have to go back TO 3 if I going to flash my phone to stock using nvflash?
Thanks a million man!!!
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What are you talking about?
Titanium restores APPS... doesn't have anything to do with ROM version...
CWM restores the entire ROM. And for your info, CWM isn't part of any ROM it is a software installed in a different partition called /recovery. When you are in CWM you are not in a ROM you are in ... CWM.
Ext4 and Ext3 are file systems try Wikipedia, too long to explain... If you restore a ROM with CWM 5.0.2 version you don't have to bother about that as CWM reformat partitions according to what is specified in backup files.

Okay! Now I understand.. Haha
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Stuck on Paranoid Android Bootscreen! (noob) HELP

Hey everyone...
ive already tried to get some quick help already but i really need my phone tonight LOL.
iam running cm9 rom with the latest cm9 stable kernal, now i wanted to flash the hydrocore kernal to see if battery would improve, but it seemed fine but then choppy afew hours later so i changed back to cm9 kernal. Anyway after it rebooted it stayed on the paranoid android bootscreen! where you see the picture loading. i then tried to wipe the cache and dalvik and its still stuck. someone mentioned to do a wipe but i was unsure if he meant to a full wipe? as ive not wiped the factory reset, just the two caches! ive also flashed both kernals back and forth and im still stuck.
Its a simple issue iam sure but could someone help me, im unsure if i should do a full wipe including factory reset or just flash the cm9 rom again. if so can i have instructions step by step...
thank you.

islandmixed, you are on a safe kernel so there is no harm in performing a wipe data/factory reset.
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YLNdroid said:
islandmixed, you are on a safe kernel so there is no harm in performing a wipe data/factory reset.
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hi, yes i know but iam wondering is that my only option to do a full wipe? as i really do not want to restore my whole apps again. just wondering if wiping the data will solve it.

islandmixed said:
hi, yes i know but iam wondering is that my only option to do a full wipe? as i really do not want to restore my whole apps again. just wondering if wiping the data will solve it.
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Do a nandroid backup and then pull all apps from it, without restoring whole backup.
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jeetu1981 said:
Do a nandroid backup and then pull all apps from it, without restoring whole backup.
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A full wipe worked, it rebooted. since iam weiry about restoring my apps again via mybackup pro i might just check all my apps installed from google and install them one by one and then that way i wont have to worry about anything going wrong. i do have a backup from TB and mybackup but someone said it can cause issues when restoring to a cm9 rom!
Thanks for the help. iam back again at the start HEHE.

islandmixed said:
A full wipe worked, it rebooted. since iam weiry about restoring my apps again via mybackup pro i might just check all my apps installed from google and install them one by one and then that way i wont have to worry about anything going wrong. i do have a backup from TB and mybackup but someone said it can cause issues when restoring to a cm9 rom!
Thanks for the help. iam back again at the start HEHE.
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Restoring apps downloaded from play store does not cause any issue, its the stock samsung apps that wont work
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jeetu1981 said:
Restoring apps downloaded from play store does not cause any issue, its the stock samsung apps that wont work
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Oh I got it now. But why would any stock apps install? If the new rom will have its own stock apps. I didn't even know TB backed up stock apps. That makes it confusing to me
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islandmixed said:
Oh I got it now. But why would any stock apps install? If the new rom will have its own stock apps. I didn't even know TB backed up stock apps. That makes it confusing to me
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TB dont backup automatically, if you didnt backup stock then no confusion, restore all.
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jeetu1981 said:
TB dont backup automatically, if you didnt backup stock then no confusion, restore all.
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You know when I wiped data would it have wiped off the gapps? I'm sure I had more rom apps with this....hmmmm
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wipe data is totally wiping what's in your phone.. including what's inside the system/apps, build props and framework...
you may need to flash back your g.apps if you want to get all of them and selectively selecting which to install back(rather than just restoring it from TB)
TB does not restore all what you have made a backup to.

letters_to_cleo said:
wipe data is totally wiping what's in your phone.. including what's inside the system/apps, build props and framework...
you may need to flash back your g.apps if you want to get all of them and selectively selecting which to install back(rather than just restoring it from TB)
TB does not restore all what you have made a backup to.
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I restored apps with mybackup pro so I know it never backed up gapps so it deffo must have been wiped then? Now that I'm back on my rom can I just flash it in cwm? No wipes or anything. Cheers
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islandmixed said:
I restored apps with mybackup pro so I know it never backed up gapps so it deffo must have been wiped then? Now that I'm back on my rom can I just flash it in cwm? No wipes or anything. Cheers
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Yes you can flash Gapps in CWM without wiping.

sahilarora2003 said:
Yes you can flash Gapps in CWM without wiping.
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Hey
I just checked in es explorer and I have like 25 system apps like gmail playstore Google search browser torch paranoid android backup and a list of others so are these gapps? Just want to be sure incase my phone boot loops again.
Thanks
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islandmixed said:
Hey
I just checked in es explorer and I have like 25 system apps like gmail playstore Google search browser torch paranoid android backup and a list of others so are these gapps? Just want to be sure incase my phone boot loops again.
Thanks
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Yes these are gapps except paranoid android backup.
Swyped From My AOKP JB.

sahilarora2003 said:
Yes these are gapps except paranoid android backup.
Swyped From My AOKP JB.
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Okay then I guess the factory reset only deleted user apps then. I was told it deletes system apps which is why I thought it deleted gapps.
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Root explorer

Has anyone else having this problem, when I open RE and change from R/W to R/O The phone reboots why I don't know I don't have busy box installed and on stock .350
Any ideas would be helpful
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Check the rooting thread there is an updated rooting method.
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shadstheman90 said:
Has anyone else having this problem, when I open RE and change from R/W to R/O The phone reboots why I don't know I don't have busy box installed and on stock .350
Any ideas would be helpful
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Yes my friend, I have the same problem. I tried to pass one. apk file and made me reboot several fores.Theorisa problem is that when the program apegkatistisa.

gm007 said:
Check the rooting thread there is an updated rooting method.
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i have same issue, so cause of error rooting? but i use goroh_kun's method, i stil have superuser and Titanium work fine
do u have any idea? thanks.

tungnguyen253 said:
i have same issue, so cause of error rooting? but i use goroh_kun's method, i stil have superuser and Titanium work fine
do u have any idea? thanks.
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Install supersu from playstore and uninstall superuser.
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Try another root explorer like root file manager app from store.
If you insist the fixing problem on the app which you are using,

shadstheman90 said:
Has anyone else having this problem, when I open RE and change from R/W to R/O The phone reboots why I don't know I don't have busy box installed and on stock .350
Any ideas would be helpful
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i had the same issue, i posted a new thread asking about this but all i got was some funny solutions like reboot your phone, blink with your left eye ... etc.
so here is what i did to fix it
1- restore (the normal restore from backup & reset option on the settings) the whole device again after backing up all my data and removing the external SD card.
2- with the root still exists i rerooted using this method (Root MANY ANDROID!)
3- i installed all my apps and settings again manually to assure that there is no conflicts with the previous backup.
4- everything went well now

Auto restore system app ?

Hi, i am on stock rooted ROM. When i used titanium backup to delete system app, after rebooting this app comes back. Anyone can help me, thanks

what is this app in question?

hth2813 said:
Hi, i am on stock rooted ROM. When i used titanium backup to delete system app, after rebooting this app comes back. Anyone can help me, thanks
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Titanium backup was unable to mount /system I guess... This happens in that case
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dotafan said:
Titanium backup was unable to mount /system I guess... This happens in that case
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No, even Super User app. Each time rebooting, it asks me to update binary..

IINexusII said:
what is this app in question?
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system app

hth2813 said:
system app
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ok... but what is it called.. some apps can come back after a delete and its better to freeze them instead

IINexusII said:
ok... but what is it called.. some apps can come back after a delete and its better to freeze them instead
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But with every ROM in the past, i had never got this problem I am on 1.29 stock root, s-on. I think there is a backup ROM somewhere and it auto restore when reboot but i cant find

hth2813 said:
But with every ROM in the past, i had never got this problem I am on 1.29 stock root, s-on. I think there is a backup ROM somewhere and it auto restore when reboot but i cant find
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fine then don't co-operate. good luck

Stock kernel imposes system partition write protection following boot, so you can't modify or delete any system apps without a modified kernel.

[Q] Problem updating apps

Hello people! I am an S3 mini owner for the last one and a half year. I have installed CM 11 about 3 months ago and my phone is better than ever. I usually install almost all the daily releases. I 've also installed the latest gapps. The only problem that I am facing lately is that some of the applications cannot be updated. The error message says that there is not enough free space in my device. I have almost 1,5 gb of free space, so I don't think that this is really the problem. Even if I uninstall these apps and I try to install them again, I also face the same error, that there is not enough free space in my device. This hapens with 9 apps. All the rest are updating normally. Do you have any idea what could I do with my problerm? Thanks in advance!

It happened to me once with titanium backup, so I deleted com.kermidas.TitaniumBackup-1.odex from data/app, using root explorer & voila, problem solved

mauam said:
It happened to me once with titanium backup, so I deleted com.kermidas.TitaniumBackup-1.odex from data/app, using root explorer & voila, problem solved
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Thank you very much for the response, mauan. I followed your instructions, but the problem remains. I also tried to uninstal Titanium Backup, but neither this prooved to be a solution to my problem... Any other idea?
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I would also like to say that the problem with these apps is really strange. Even if I uninstal one of them and then try to reinstall it, either from Google play store or installing the apk that I have already downloaded manually, the problem remains the same: not enough space. The only way to use this app again is restoring a nandroid backup that includes it. Meanwhile, I can install other apps normally, even if they need much more free space.
This problem has started being annoying to me, but I would like to avoid hard reset and setting up the phone from the scratch... Ouf........
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Koulou55 said:
Thank you very much for the response, mauan. I followed your instructions, but the problem remains. I also tried to uninstal Titanium Backup, but neither this prooved to be a solution to my problem... Any other idea?
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Titanium backup was an example for what you need to do with apps that said "no free space". Are you using gapps 4.4.4 or 4.4.3? I can't think clearly at this late hours

mauam said:
Titanium backup was an example for what you need to do with apps that said "no free space". Are you using gapps 4.4.4 or 4.4.3? I can't think clearly at this late hours
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OK, I 've understood now. Titanium backup works flawlessly to me, but even trying your example with one of the "problematic" apps didn't work...
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Koulou55 said:
OK, I 've understood now. Titanium backup works flawlessly to me, but even trying your example with one of the "problematic" apps didn't work...
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I'm going to sleep now. Try to found the solution here. Good luck

mauam said:
I'm going to sleep now. Try to found the solution here. Good luck
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Thanks a lot, dude! I 'm going to "study", your link soon. If I find a solution, I will write it here...
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I had the exact same problem, but on stock ROM. What I did was I made a nandroid backup, wiped /system , /data and /cache and then restored my backup. When the phone booted up everything was working again and I could update or install new apps without the "no space" message

koragg97 said:
I had the exact same problem, but on stock ROM. What I did was I made a nandroid backup, wiped /system , /data and /cache and then restored my backup. When the phone booted up everything was working again and I could update or install new apps without the "no space" message
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Thanks for the response, koragg97. I tried restoring a nandroid backup after full wipe, but the problem remains, even with more than 2gb free at the phone memory...
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Hello, people! Sadly, the problem still remains. The most usual possible solution I have read is deleting the .apk file from data/apps folder, but it didn't work to me... Any other idea...?
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Oups! I just understood that I was doing something wrong! I was deleting the .apk filr, not the .odex one. The problem is that I cannot find any .odex files in the data/app/ directory. Does it have anything to do with deodexed rom...? Could I find the .odex files somewhere else? My phone is running on CM 11 20140710 at the momment..