I have the speaker buzz issue. I'm getting ready to get a new One ordered in. I'm currently running the old ViperROM and have Titanium Pro. My laptop is Windows 7.
So, what do I need to do to be able to backup all my apps and data so that I can easily install them onto the new phone with the updated Android version on the new phone, without backing up and restoring old system files from my current phone? I'd hate to loose progress on my games.
I've never quite dove fully into Titanium to understand all its various functions.
From what I understand, the new Ones currently ship with 4.3 and mine is still on 4.1.2, so I dont want to screw anything up.
Thanks
Make a nandroid backup, copy it to your PC than copy it to the new phone. You can also use TB, but this way is faster
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yeah, I'm gonna do a nandroid, titanium, and manually copy everything. That way, one way or another, I'll have what I need.
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I am about to wipe install Darky's new rom and would like a way to restore apps without having to reinstall each one individually.
What are the general feeling on resorting apps via titanium?
If I use titanium will the apps still receive automatic market updates?
Also can anyone recommend a good way of backing up contacts?
All advice is welcome!
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contacts i use googlemail...
for cleaner results just restore user no system apps.
if you go for darky 10 i wouldn't restore apps at all or just selected fresh install where ever you can...
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Had my SGS for three months on 3 in the UK.
In the first week I flashed the 2.2.1 update.
Brilliant phone, but then 2 days ago it suddenly went very wired, 1-3 buzzing, buzz pause buzz buzz buzz everything crashing and rebooting didn't help.
So I did a factory reset (reboot vol up + home + power) which of course wiped everything.... not even market worked.
I had a user folder with various essential files, including the titanium apk
Titanium restore all apps and data, sit back and wait around 20/30 minutes.
Phone restored EXACTLY as it was before, including placement of icons and everything down to the last detail.
A "Backup" generally in computing terms is like a parachute, you have no use at all for it until you need it, and then you'd better have one, and it better work.
Titanium backup worked, 100%, cannot fault it in any way whatsoever, if you only buy one apk, buy this.
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Sms backup plus which backed up all my calls and SMS and storing all my contacts to google/gmail and not sim card, and googe calendar probably helped a lot.
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I have titanium set to 7 backups, one a day per week, rolling.
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The only thing I am missing is a backup solution that backs up over the USB to a PC and which backs up absolutely everything on the phone, system and all.
As far as I know there is no ready made solution to this need?
Thanks Johnny, much appreciated mate!
So basically, when I upgrade to a new firmware, I can use titanium backup so I won't have to manually reinstall all my apps after a repartition/factory reset? What about settings such as wlan keys, or pictures associated with contacts?
taurui said:
So basically, when I upgrade to a new firmware, I can use titanium backup so I won't have to manually reinstall all my apps after a repartition/factory reset? What about settings such as wlan keys, or pictures associated with contacts?
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i would highly recomment not to restore system settings when upgrading to a new fw.
also titanium can't help if you f*ed up your system you should make a nandroid backup for that..
nandroid =safety
titanium=makes life easier but sometimes makes problems
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Ok, so there's no way to keep the contacts-pictures when upgrading to a new firmware without risking system stability? That sucks
Hi Everyone,
I would like to know that when i upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 would i lose all my games saved data?
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Hi Everyone,
I would like to know that when i upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 would i lose all my games saved data?
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Yes, you will lose your data almost every way you do it. If your phone is rooted you can backup all your app's with Titanium backup, the pro version allows you to batch backup everything and then batch restore everything including your saved games. The free version means you have to do them one at time. Hope this helps
Last time when i did it with Kies.. I dont remember losing anything except Msg, Contacts and phone records. Well i think i did not even have a game installed!
Did it only a week after buying the cell phone. Since then its very slow!
As shrapnel2 said there is always a chance of losing information when you upgrade either using Kies or Odin. Make a backup before you do anything.
Better safe than sorry!!!
I would definitely back it up. So after the update do i have to reinstall the games once again or they would be there? This is the first time i am doing it with the phone loaded with data that's why the questions!
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I would definitely back it up. So after the update do i have to reinstall the games once again or they would be there? This is the first time i am doing it with the phone loaded with data that's why the questions!
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They might be missing after the update but if you use Titanium Backup you can restore all of your games and the data to go with them in a single operation.
I see that Titanium Backup requires root. I have to root my phone.
When moving app data from froyo to gingerbread the data can often cause conflicts, so regardless of wether you backup or not my advice is not to restore data, but many have got away with it, it really comes down to an app by app scenario, and yes, titanium needs root to backup data
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I see that Titanium Backup requires root. I have to root my phone.
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if you don't.know how, check the Vibrant Bible
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Yeah i got my phone rooted. Used the SuperOneClick Root App.
Now since you say that, even Titanium Backup tool is not fool proof to back up the data and restore it on to Gingerbread, you have put me in a lot of dilemma!
I have a few games in to which i have put in months of effort and patience, and i dont want to start playing all over again! Especially a game called Islanders!!
well at the end of the day it is up to you.
I always like to be up to date with my firmwares but if you are happy with Froyo and are that concerned about losing your saved game info you might be better off staying where you are...
That is the problem! Even i would like to stay up to date. But this data portability issue is something that is bothering me. I'll give Titanium back up a shot and see what it does. If it doesn't work i'll be giving it pretty bad review on the market!
coultdnt he just make a NANDROID and the unroot, upgrade, root and advanced restore data
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I'm on android revolution 22.0, but I can't seem to backup any of my apps with titanium backup. I want to try new ROMs, but I hate losing all my apps. I've tried other backup apps like room toolbox etc but they don't backup my data like titanium does. Either way it's really aggravating sticking to ROM (although really good) but I really want to try more aosp ROMs
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duboi97 said:
I'm on android revolution 22.0, but I can't seem to backup any of my apps with titanium backup. I want to try new ROMs, but I hate losing all my apps. I've tried other backup apps like room toolbox etc but they don't backup my data like titanium does. Either way it's really aggravating sticking to ROM (although really good) but I really want to try more aosp ROMs
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What exactly happen's? I assume your not losing root, so when you say you can't backup, what do you mean? Any errors? I used Helium backup and it worked pretty good. I backed up to google drive and was able to get most of my apps/data back, but Titanium does work best. Anyway, give some more details and maybe someone can help.
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What exactly happen's? I assume your not losing root, so when you say you can't backup, what do you mean? Any errors? I used Helium backup and it worked pretty good. I backed up to google drive and was able to get most of my apps/data back, but Titanium does work best. Anyway, give some more details and maybe someone can help.
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Okay, it backups fine and detects the backup folder. But once I load up titanium backup I can't restore anything. It doesn't seem to backup my apps correctly or something. I've tried deleting the backups and backing up my apps again but that doesn't seem to work also. I'll try helium.
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Titanium is the biggest piece of **** I have ever used in my life on Android. Use something decent like Helium if you want to back up your apps. Titanium was the biggest waste of money I have ever spent on an app. Read the reviews on how people can't restore their stuff after trying to recover. It would lock my device with doing the simplest operations. Developer never responds at all. Helium has worked for me on every version of Android and every device I have used. Flame the **** out of me all you want audience. Titanium is pure crap.
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duboi97 said:
Okay, it backups fine and detects the backup folder. But once I load up titanium backup I can't restore anything. It doesn't seem to backup my apps correctly or something. I've tried deleting the backups and backing up my apps again but that doesn't seem to work also. I'll try helium.
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2 things; you have the latest version> I know it mattered in some other posts. Also, I remember reading something about changing the backups folder to storage/emulated/legacy in 4.3 to be able to restore your applications. Something to do with the folder structure and restores.
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bbinder said:
Titanium is the biggest piece of **** I have ever used in my life on Android. Use something decent like Helium if you want to back up your apps. Titanium was the biggest waste of money I have ever spent on an app. Read the reviews on how people can't restore their stuff after trying to recover. It would lock my device with doing the simplest operations. Developer never responds at all. Helium has worked for me on every version of Android and every device I have used. Flame the **** out of me all you want audience. Titanium is pure crap.
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No flame, everyone has an opinion.
I've used Titanium and for me its worked well. I never had to reach out to the dev, so I can't talk to that. To be on the safe side, I usually use Helium, Titanium and of course a nandroid bu when appropriate. One of them always works for me.
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2 things; you have the latest version> I know it mattered in some other posts. Also, I remember reading something about changing the backups folder to storage/emulated/legacy in 4.3 to be able to restore your applications. Something to do with the folder structure and restores.
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No flame, everyone has an opinion.
I've used Titanium and for me its worked well. I never had to reach out to the dev, so I can't talk to that. To be on the safe side, I usually use Helium, Titanium and of course a nandroid bu when appropriate. One of them always works for me.
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It's certainly great advice to have 2 backups, I'll echo that. I had the highest hopes for Titanium, and for me, backups are paramount. So when I have a developer that doesn't respond, period - that's an issue. I would do simple app restores with data and my device would fail to boot afterwards. Didn't matter if I did it with Messages, or random games. I'd have to recover my ROM on account of whatever Titanium would be doing during restores since it would stop booting and would sit at the HTC logo screen indefinitely.
I can use something like Mybackup Pro:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
Or Helium:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup.license
I'm sure that people have had just the opposite experience that I've had, or else TB wouldn't have gotten as good of reviews as it has over the time its been in the store. However, if I would have only relied on that app to back my stuff up, I would have lost all the data on my device after flashing custom ROMs. Can't say the same for the other 2 products I have listed, as neither one of them have ever given me any issues whatsoever and they work every time for me without having me worry about soft bricking it during every single restore. That just creates more work for me...and totally defeats the purpose of using the TB app.
Yeah I decided to use ROM toolbox to backup my apps then helium to backup my data thanks guys. I've never had titanium poop out on me until now.
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I upgraded my S3 Mini from stock 4.1.2 to CyanogenMod 11. Thinking I was clever, I took a full backup of everything with both Titanium Pro as well as Online Nandroid Backup before flashing CM11.
Only... it looks like I wasn't so clever after all.
If I use Titanium to restore the Contacts Data only then the Contacts application crashes on launch, every time. Some reading suggests that Titanium doesn't always work nicely with system functions, and Contacts is considered a system function. To be fair to Titanium, it warned me before doing the restore that the backup was from a different ROM and might not work.
My contacts weren't synchronised with my Google account so I can't restore from there.
Is there any way to get the Contacts and Messages data restored? Are there third-party programs (for any of Android, Windows, Linux, or OS X, all of which I have available) which can read Titanium backups and export the data in a format that CM11 can use?
You can use this app. I use it on cm11 without any problem at all.
I tried that program, but I can't get it to import from the Titanium backup files. Perhaps I'm missing something in the options, but all I can see there is to transfer data between the phone, the SIM, Google, and Excel.
However, it looks like a useful program for the future, to save me this sort of headache the next time I mess about with phone ROMs; thanks for the suggestion.
Well, I'm getting somewhere, and this is something to keep my occupied on Christmas Day morning while waiting for the rest of the house to wake up...
I went back through Titanium's support documentation again and found something I'd missed earlier: the program has an option to "migrate system data", which is recommended when restoring to a different ROM.
I've got my messages and contact groups back, but I still don't have the individual contacts back. But, progress is progress, and I'll keep plugging away at it.
Worst case scenario, I'll just re-enter them all by hand but I'd rather avoid that if possible.
Reverting back to the pre-rooted stock 4.1.2 firmware from this forum, in the hope that Titanium would happily restore everything without needing the "migrate system data" option didn't work, sadly. The phone got stuck in a boot loop, and reflashing the PARAM file didn't fix it. So, it looks like I'm stuck with CM11. Serves me right for jumping straight in with both feet; no-one else to blame but myself.
However, it looks like the Titanium backup is in SQLite format, so all is not lost. I've managed to dump the data table successfully, so all I need to do now is parse it for importing. But that can wait for another day, as the rest of the house has finally woken up and it's time for breakfast and presents.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Well, I persevered and finally got the 4.1.2 rooted stock ROM back on the phone without it becoming stuck in a boot loop. Titanium was able to restore my contacts and messages successfully. Now to investigate a more sensible synchronisation/backup tool before messing with a custom ROM again, perhaps Phosimgo mentioned in the first reply.
Restore contacts with TitaniumBackUp after flashing CM
Loganberry said:
Well, I persevered and finally got the 4.1.2 rooted stock ROM back on the phone without it becoming stuck in a boot loop. Titanium was able to restore my contacts and messages successfully. Now to investigate a more sensible synchronisation/backup tool before messing with a custom ROM again, perhaps Phosimgo mentioned in the first reply.
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Seriously!?
I backed up all of my stuff with TitaniumBackUpPro and flashed from 4.1.2. to CM 11 and can't get my contacts restored either.
Your telling me in need to flash back to stock and export my contacts with a different app before flashing CM again?
How is that tool Phosimgo recomended?
I ended up using Super Backup. It worked flawlessly. For the future, my contacts are now backed up to my Google account.
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Hi,
Ive been away from the android world for quite some time, what is the easiest way to backup and restore app data when you are a rom flashing maniac? I know that note 8 doesnt have a lot of custom roms but old habits die hard
So far, Ive used titanium, its really slow specially the restoring part when you dont have the premium version.
Google backup is also internet based, Im looking for an offline type of backup and restore
There is also twrp, but I have never tested it
Thanks
nolexxes said:
Hi,
Ive been away from the android world for quite some time, what is the easiest way to backup and restore app data when you are a rom flashing maniac? I know that note 8 doesnt have a lot of custom roms but old habits die hard
So far, Ive used titanium, its really slow specially the restoring part when you dont have the premium version.
Google backup is also internet based, Im looking for an offline type of backup and restore
There is also twrp, but I have never tested it
Thanks
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If you use TWRP to back up your Rom it works just like it's supposed to, been using it for years. If you just want apps and app data I'd invest in the license for Titanium Backup, you can batch backup, batch restore and even make a flashable zip for your apps and data.
ggrant3876 said:
If you use TWRP to back up your Rom it works just like it's supposed to, been using it for years. If you just want apps and app data I'd invest in the license for Titanium Backup, you can batch backup, batch restore and even make a flashable zip for your apps and data.
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Twrp backups wouldnt work on another roms, I wanted to buy it anyway, thanks :good: