I am currently using CM9. And I wish to shift to CM10 (Jellybean) on my GT i9000.
This requires that I wipe cache/data etc. But I am worried about wiping out a year full of key strokes saved in the SwiftKey directory. How can I ensure that my SwiftKey settings are retained while installing CM10?
I think that the DATA wipe will delete everything (apps and settings - The cache wipe won't...) but you can back it up with some backup app that can restore that... i think titanium can do the job... but you should verify it
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Yup, I have used Titanium before; I used it while moving from CM7 to CM9. But I have no idea what happened back then. Most certainly I started my SwiftKey from scratch, I guess.
I made this post to confirm that backing up SwiftKey data is possible. And also to learn methods to do such backups.
This is the only thing pulling me back from going for CM10 from my current CM9 ROM. Every thing else is sorted for me; contacts, and other apps are all retrievable.
Just make sure Titanium Backup is set to backup app data when you run it, and it'll restore all your Swiftkey settings later.
Confirmed as I just recently did so
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with titanium backup, you'll have to restore the data and you'll have the same as before
you could also restore the application.
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Subject says it all. I'm looking at flashing Cognition but I'm hesitant if I will lose all saved games. I have titanium backup but have only used it to removed at&t bloatware. Can I use that to backup saves? And if so.. how?
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I use titanium backup and it has always restored my Angry Birds' saved games... I was three star-ing everything so I wasn't about to flash and lose it all either HAHA. I say use TiBu and you should be fine, though there are anomalies and I am not responsible for any lost saved games haha
Is there a "how-to" for titanium backup?
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TiBu -> Menu -> Batch -> Backup all user apps
Flash ODIN
Flash new rom (you can click wipe data, it doesnt delete your sd card stuff, in fact, i recommend it)
Install TiBu (if your rom doesn't have it included)
TiBu -> Menu -> Batch -> Restore all apps with data
Click install, install, install. Done.
If you're really anal (which i was for a while), put in an external sd card and copy the titaniumbackup folder from your root folder to the external sd card and then take it out. lol
Ah sweet. So if I'm understanding those steps... the internal sd card is not treated like internal ROM storage that is wiped when you flash your phone?
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No, but if you did, for instance, an Odin 3 one click back to stock, and clicked the master clear button, or if you do a factory reset, etc., that would wipe the internal SD card. So, if your ocd like me, connect to your pc and mount the SD card, and transfer everything on it to the PC hard disk. Then repeat that whenever you're going to flash. Just in case, you know.
Backup all user apps or backup all user apps + system data?
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Do all backup stuff. You can later select what to restore. You can go in and just restore browser favorites if you want.
Demonic240 said:
Backup all user apps or backup all user apps + system data?
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Thank you all for the info! There's a reason these forums rock!
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Hi,
I after a few hours of failure I flashed my first ROM, Firefly 3, yesterday. I did a nand backup beforehand, but I didn't use it to restore because I wasn't sure how it worked, so I used Titanium to restore my apps. Now my built in memory (not internal sd) for apps is full whereas before flashing I had about a third left. How much space does a nand backup take up and can I delete it?
Edit: I looked in settings and it says I have about a gigabyte free, yet when I try installing an app from Amazon it says it can't be installed and to try clearing space. Any ideas?
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The nandroid backups basically take a snapshot of the current state of your phone. When you restore a nandroid backup it restores the phone to the state that it was in before, so in your case it would be like you didn't flash firefly. These backups don't take up too much space and they shouldn't be hindering you from installing apps. I am not sure why you are having this problem, did you restore the system data when you used Titanium Backup or just the apps+data?
Thank you for the explanation.
I only did apps and data. Some install some dont its very strange. Also I shouldn't have had to install them, not sure why they weren't backed up and restored with Titanium backup.
I am also having other problems. When I boot swype force close. Some apparently force close when I open them and lots of them including some that force closed are now gone from my drawer. I think fixing permissions may have been the cause, I'm not sure it said it should fix force closes.
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Hi Guys,
I have flashed my Note for the first time, I've gone for Rocket Rom V21.
all is working fine, however I had to do a wipe for the rom to work, so I'm missing all the text messages, app/settings, and calendar dates.
I do have a backup from yesterday done with CWM.
My question is, how can I apply or retain all of the above on my newly flashed rom?
Thanks
I think that the backup you made is localised to your ROM. So you may be unable to use the backed up data in the new ROM. Or you might have to modify/move somethings. Best of luck
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I think that the backup you made is localised to your ROM. So you may be unable to use the backed up data in the new ROM. Or you might have to modify/move somethings. Best of luck
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Well I have restored my backup sucessfully just to check it, because people always reccomend having a backup of your working system if you are going to flash new roms.
The backup is functioning perfectly with all my texts and calendar dates in tact.
So I have an opportunity to back up these items, so what would you reccomend to do this?
Should I be using Titanium backup?
Titanium Backup will backup all Apps and Settings. I believe the newer versions of titanium Backup can extract backed up files from nandroid (CWM) backups.
if you wipe then it wipes the internal memory (dont confuse this with the 11gb storage space) you need to back up the messages with an app that will allow you to do this
if you have root then i use mybackup root if you dont have root then there are plenty of apps onthe market that will backup and restore your messages
I suggest you restore the previous ROM; install Titanium Backup and execute a backup of "all user apps + system data"; flash again your favorite ROM, then restore the apps + data you want.
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I just got a Note2 and I was wonderinf if I can backup my files with titanium in Note1 then copy tge tiranium backup folder to note2 and restore tgere??
Im guessing the filesystem is differebt so it nay not be that easy.
Any ideas?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373728
For a second there I thought that was a link to answer my q
It is that easy, just don't backup system apps or data, only backup user apps and data and then restore on the note 2.
I've had backups from years ago and they've worked with every device I've had
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It is that easy, just don't backup system apps or data, only backup user apps and data and then restore on the note 2.
I've had backups from years ago and they've worked with every device I've had
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Thanks man
Dropbox can be your best friend in that situation too.
Also, sync with Google too, like your contacts and stuff.
hi:
cm10 is gonna be finished for hptp soon enough..
im on dorregarys unofficial cm9 w/cam .. found in dev section..not the official nightlys..
a search turns up :: some say i will need a complete reset. some say no..
i would really like to keep my apps , data , prefs , settings , etc..as much as possible..
i would appreciate some advice from someone who does this much..this V of droid is the basically first i have done ..
if i have to go acme uninstaller/ acme 3 install, what can i expect to restore from nandroid ?
tahnx
amkaos said:
hi:
cm10 is gonna be finished for hptp soon enough..
im on dorregarys unofficial cm9 w/cam .. found in dev section..not the official nightlys..
a search turns up :: some say i will need a complete reset. some say no..
i would really like to keep my apps , data , prefs , settings , etc..as much as possible..
i would appreciate some advice from someone who does this much..this V of droid is the basically first i have done ..
if i have to go acme uninstaller/ acme 3 install, what can i expect to restore from nandroid ?
tahnx
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I recommend using ACMEUninstaller to uninstall CM9 completely and then ACMEInstaller3 to install CM10. Back up your apps and their data with Titanium Backup first. You could also try backing up your settings and system data, but be aware that restoring them can cause problems and require reflash.
agreed, from what i understand if you dont go this route you can run into problems down the road with random reboots do to not enough system space. do it right and get set up again. we wont be seeing anything after jelly bean anyway or at least i doubt it so this will prob be the last time you do it anyway. plus if you dont like cm10 you can restore your cm9 backup anyway.
what I did:
1 ran a nandroid backup in clockwork mod
2 used acme uninstaller
3 used acmeinstaller3
4 restored my backup
5 cleared cache and dalvik cache
6 flashed cm10 in clockwork mod
7 flashed gapps 4.2
it worked like a charm. had some issues with with the launcher, due to cm10 not using trebuchet by default. I just trebuchet as 'always' and I was good to go. however, cm10 does not have any trebuchet settings options, so make sure to set your transitions and all beforehand becuz as if now, you'll be stuck with them! gl!
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BuffMcBigHuge is right...it only way for proper and clean install..
I tried to restore a CM9 TWRP backup made when I still had ACMEInstaller2 after I had run ACMEInstaller3 and I kept getting FCs plus the SD card didn't mount. Not sure if this was just a bad backup or if resizing the partitions made the old backup have issues.
Either way its not that much of a pain to do a clean install of Android if you have something like Titanium Backup since it does a great job of restoring apps and data.
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what I did:
1 ran a nandroid backup in clockwork mod
2 used acme uninstaller
3 used acmeinstaller3
4 restored my backup
5 cleared cache and dalvik cache
6 flashed cm10 in clockwork mod
7 flashed gapps 4.2
it worked like a charm. had some issues with with the launcher, due to cm10 not using trebuchet by default. I just trebuchet as 'always' and I was good to go. however, cm10 does not have any trebuchet settings options, so make sure to set your transitions and all beforehand becuz as if now, you'll be stuck with them! gl!
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If anyone can answer this, I'm curious why when you restored your backup, why didn't it return your system partition to the size it was before you used acme3?
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Installed 11/16 CM10 preview right over CM9 then JB gapps and wiped caches. Its working great.
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BuffMcBigHuge said:
what I did:
1 ran a nandroid backup in clockwork mod
2 used acme uninstaller
3 used acmeinstaller3
4 restored my backup
5 cleared cache and dalvik cache
6 flashed cm10 in clockwork mod
7 flashed gapps 4.2
it worked like a charm. had some issues with with the launcher, due to cm10 not using trebuchet by default. I just trebuchet as 'always' and I was good to go. however, cm10 does not have any trebuchet settings options, so make sure to set your transitions and all beforehand becuz as if now, you'll be stuck with them! gl!
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you dont say if you come from official cm9 or unofficial cm9. i presume its official cm9.
having never seen acme installer3, i assume that you can set it to just resize the partitions?
i would like to just backup my unofficial cm9 rom, resize partitions, completely new install the official cm10 (when it get cam etc.) restore all my apps, data, settings, .. from cwm restore-- or is titanium the better choice?
does this sound do-able?
thanx
BuffMcBigHuge said:
what I did:
1 ran a nandroid backup in clockwork mod
2 used acme uninstaller
3 used acmeinstaller3
4 restored my backup
5 cleared cache and dalvik cache
6 flashed cm10 in clockwork mod
7 flashed gapps 4.2
it worked like a charm. had some issues with with the launcher, due to cm10 not using trebuchet by default. I just trebuchet as 'always' and I was good to go. however, cm10 does not have any trebuchet settings options, so make sure to set your transitions and all beforehand becuz as if now, you'll be stuck with them! gl!
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rrrrrrredbelly said:
If anyone can answer this, I'm curious why when you restored your backup, why didn't it return your system partition to the size it was before you used acme3?
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I'm still curious about this, if anyone can explain it to me. Not saying it didnt work, but I always understood that nandroid backups take a snapshot of your current setup. if you're restoring a backup made before you increased the size of system, why isnt the amount of space designated for the rom restored as well upon restoring of the backup?
hopefully that makes sense
dan
Because when you nandroid it snapshots all the data and system apps and settings but the partitions are the amount of space, like if you had your sdcard partitioned in 2 then copied all the data to your computer then repartitioned amd made your sdcard one again then when you transfer back your data your sdcard will still be one partition, that didn't change, but all the data is still there
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phonehunter59 said:
Because when you nandroid it snapshots all the data and system apps and settings but the partitions are the amount of space, like if you had your sdcard partitioned in 2 then copied all the data to your computer then repartitioned amd made your sdcard one again then when you transfer back your data your sdcard will still be one partition, that didn't change, but all the data is still there
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Exactly that. I needed to use acmeinstaller3 to set my partition size. I was then able to restore my nandroid backup within the new partition size. The reason I restored to my CM9 files was to keep my installed apps and app data intact. Flashing the CM10 rom was not a problem over the CM9 nightly, everything went smooth as butter!
Too bad CM10 kinda sucks. There are features in CM10 I simply do not like. I will not get into them in this post, but I'd be happier using CM9.
BuffMcBigHuge said:
what I did:
1 ran a nandroid backup in clockwork mod
2 used acme uninstaller
3 used acmeinstaller3
4 restored my backup
5 cleared cache and dalvik cache
6 flashed cm10 in clockwork mod
7 flashed gapps 4.2
it worked like a charm. had some issues with with the launcher, due to cm10 not using trebuchet by default. I just trebuchet as 'always' and I was good to go. however, cm10 does not have any trebuchet settings options, so make sure to set your transitions and all beforehand becuz as if now, you'll be stuck with them! gl!
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Thanks for the guide! Do you need to do anything about moboot or will it be kept from the original CM9 flash? Sorry if that's an obvious question but treading carefully going from CM9 to CM10.1 !!