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[Q] Rescue me from Titanium Backup

Long time forum fan, first post! I'm a little scared from that registration video, but here we go: After rooting my phone, I did a complete backup with Titanium Backup before deleting all kinds of Verizon and Motorola bloat. Now my Droid 3 is experiencing the hardware keyboard repeating space thing described in many other threads. One of the solutions I read about was to try the new OTA update, but I also read that this requires all the bloatware to be back where it was when I got the phone. So, I went in to Titanium Backup and managed to restore a few of the files, but most of the time, when I try to restore a file, I get the little spiny animation forever. I've tried a couple different Busybox versions, direct access and indirect access. Nothing seems to help. In the future I plan to explore other backup solutions, but for now, I'm stuck with all these backups I can't restore. So, now I guess I need to know a way to manually restore the backed up files. Any ideas?

Try Pete's Root Tools and there is a restore system app option

So that app will use the titanium backups? Happen to have a link for that app?

Its not an app, you connect your D3 to the computer and run the batch script. I cant post links cuz I'm on my phone but i believe Pete posted it in a thread called "unroot" i'll edit my post if i can find it.
morse coded via my DROID 3

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17137213
Unroot?
Thats the thread the .exe file is located in. Its not an app, you connect your d3 to the computer and run the batch script. It'll provide you with instructions to restore missing system apps.
morse coded via my DROID 3

Download Pete's Motorola Root Tools:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6643359/Software/Android/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.06.zip) <-- for win 7/vista
Download DROID3 original system apps (5.5.959):
http://www.fileserve.com/file/M5jnR7X/DROID3_original_system_app.zip
Extract the DROID3_original_system_app.zip to a folder called system that's in the same location you extracted PetesMotorolaRootTools too.
Then connect your phone to your computer and run the tool. Click this:
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It gets stuck on the first step
SEARCHING FOR THE PHONE (connect it now if you haven't yet)... found!
Running fix step 1 of 4 (setting up symlink)...
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Played around with it some more and got it to work. Thanks everyone!

LaTropa64 said:
Download Pete's Motorola Root Tools:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6643359/Software/Android/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.06.zip) <-- for win 7/vista
Download DROID3 original system apps (5.5.959):
http://www.fileserve.com/file/M5jnR7X/DROID3_original_system_app.zip
Extract the DROID3_original_system_app.zip to a folder called system that's in the same location you extracted PetesMotorolaRootTools too.
Then connect your phone to your computer and run the tool. Click this:
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Hi there,
How do I execute the tool?
Thanx
Edit- I get a message saying the files must be saved in a /restore/ folder but I can't figure out why my windows XP (32 bit) wont let me use a "/" to create a file??
Am I missing something?
Help??

/ indicates file path. You dont need to type it into the file name. Just place the restore folder inside of the main folder, and extract all the apk's to it.
morse coded via my DROID 3

Lars1967 said:
Hi there,
How do I execute the tool?
Thanx
Edit- I get a message saying the files must be saved in a /restore/ folder but I can't figure out why my windows XP (32 bit) wont let me use a "/" to create a file??
Am I missing something?
Help??
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The directory you run the tool from to restore the system apps should look like this:
Also, if you are on XP, make sure you are using the file for XP (found here: http://www.psouza4.com/droid3/) and not the one for Vista/7 that I linked to in my original post.

Thanks for the reply.
The Win 7/Vista version installed and launches on my XP machine and gives me the restore option pictured in your post.
The XP version you linked me to does not include the restore function (as far as I can tell).
Can I try using the 7/Vista file or will it bork my phone.
Also, will this wipe my phone?
TIA

Please, cant download DROID3_original_system_app.zip anyone has it??

[APP] simply BACKUP -and RESTORE it with cab sender tool or ZUNE

simply BACKUP your phone- to RESTORE over cab sender tool or ZUNE tnx xboxmod
100% device Backup Method (SMS/Email/WhatsAPP) also......... and I mean the games score also chevron unlock and interop-unlock also. Pictures + Media no- you can load over Zune back .......
Unzip
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WP7 Update Cab Sender.zip on your computer. Its a update/backuptool. it contain a dummy cab- it will backup your phone- but not update. Run the WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat (no ZUNE run). If you get a error, please install the tool from folder "if needed install this tool".
After run the WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat type B for (fake) update and real backup. If you have allready a backup in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update- please cut and paste it in a save place.
After all you will get a error message.
Is o.k. ignore the error message. Your BACKUP are succesful done. the error causes from the "fake update", the update cab is only a dummy and is neeaded to activate the Backup process.
INFO: to see this path/files, you have to activate under windows explorer folder options "visible hidden files" The Backup files you will find in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update such as this folder name d4e21648 - xxxxxx - xxxxxx - xxxxxxx.
When you then connect your phone and start ZUNE, and search to updates, ZUNE tell you "your phone software is actuall" and you get the RESTOREPOINT. Copy/Cut the Backup folder from ....\Windows Phone Update to a save place
INFO: If you RESTORE it over cab sender tool plase be patient, the first minutes you do not see any progress- but wait it will! If the screen go off, turn on and lock off the screen AND wait! Restorations duration is ca. 15 - 40 min. please do nothing with the phone in this time. be patient.
DISCLAIMER
I will not take any responsibility for any damages caused directly or indirectly from using the software-package or the instructions. Read the instructions thoroughly and proceed carefully!

this backup method works with mi7ROM_1.1 Samsung Omnia7

Wow great work!
I really needed this! can't wait to get my Focus ROM with this (I mean 1.1 focus ROM )
thanks again!

Oh, many thanks!

Hi
Thanks

I am about to flash your Mi7 ROM onto my Focus 1.3 (thanks for the hard work). Before I do I just want to make sure I understand what this procedure will do.
If I run this before I flash the ROM to create a backup and then after I flash the ROM, I restore the backup created this will restore the data (SMS, MMS, etc..) back to the phone in the newly installed ROM?
Thanks in advance

baritoneguy said:
I am about to flash your Mi7 ROM onto my Focus 1.3 (thanks for the hard work). Before I do I just want to make sure I understand what this procedure will do.
If I run this before I flash the ROM to create a backup and then after I flash the ROM, I restore the backup created this will restore the data (SMS, MMS, etc..) back to the phone in the newly installed ROM?
Thanks in advance
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I recommand to do a backup before flash a custom ROM. The reason are, if yo don´t like the custom ROM- you can very quick restore your "old" ROM.
The backap are a FULL BACKUP= complette ROM, Firmware, Apps and Data.
So if you restore your backup AFTER flash custom ROM- you get not a MIX- you overwrite the custom ROM with your the old ROM and Data from your backup.

Got it, thanks for the quick response.
Is there any way to backup the SMS and restore only that part?

baritoneguy said:
Got it, thanks for the quick response.
Is there any way to backup the SMS and restore only that part?
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here the SMSBackup V0.6-en.xap but not shure if works on stock ROM. with my mi7ROM works. use the export and backup function.
here the post if you have a Q http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21458382&postcount=1

Backup
My mobile phoneist still at the progress "Ein Backup wird erstellt 100%". I´ve waitet 20 minutes for now, but nothing is going to happen. What can I do, does the backup fail? Same Problem with wpdm. at 100% the progress stops, without leaving a backup

Malte1234511 said:
My mobile phoneist still at the progress "Ein Backup wird erstellt 100%". I´ve waitet 20 minutes for now, but nothing is going to happen. What can I do, does the backup fail? Same Problem with wpdm. at 100% the progress stops, without leaving a backup
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which ROM? ..........

Yours
Sent from my OMNIA7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

[HOW TO] Pull OTA Updates -- Now With App!

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Instructions for pulling an OTA update.zip:
Do NOT install the update! Do these first!
Be rooted. We got plenty of methods thanks to djrbliss.
Download the Root Explorer app, or the ES File Manager app. (Instructions are for Root Explorer.)
Open Root Explorer and go to the ~/cache/ directory, which resides on the root directory of the phone '~/'
Hit the 'Mount R/W' in the corner, if successful will then say 'Mount R/O'
Copy the update file .zip from the ~/cache/ to your sdcard, external to be safe.
Copy over the update file .zip from the sdcard(s) you chose to your computer and upload it. http://mega.co.nz/ is a good way to distribute large files for free.
You will want to use Voodoo's OTA Rootkeeper before updating. --- Instructions for this are: Backup Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root. ---
Send me or post a link here to the update and exactly what System Version you were on, and where the update takes you to.
The community will thank you for your help!
OR Use my new free app on the Google Play Store: OTA Snatcher
Download and install from the Play Store.
When your OTA is fully downloaded, go to OTA Snatcher and hit the "Snatch OTA" button.
Depending on how big the filesize of the OTA update.zip is, this can take anywhere from a few seconds to multiple minutes to copy over. It's safe to wait 5 minutes (you can lock your phone and do something else) while it copies.
Note: The app will NOT tell you when the copying is complete.
The OTA will be in your default storage's /OTA/ folder that OTA Snatcher has created. You can upload it and share it with everyone or keep it for yourself you selfish jerk!
A note for the naming of update.zips:
They will always be named after the version that you are currently on, not the one you are going to. For example, when moving from Version 123-A to Version 124-B the zip would be named:
Blur_Version.123.A.XT912.Verizon.en.US and would NOT be named after where you are going to.

Went to system update and pulled the OTA, on the razr JB leak for D4. https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0h0syzunzla0q1/Blur_Version.98.72.8.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip
current system info here:
update package file here:

Isn't that the version number for the JB Razr? 30 or so megs, what is that? The update for the Christmas leak or something different?
Sent from my DROID 4 using Tapatalk 2

The Magician Type 0 said:
Isn't that the version number for the JB Razr? 30 or so megs, what is that? The update for the Christmas leak or something different?
Sent from my DROID 4 using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah.. not exactly what we are looking for

Its the update for the RAZR port, over in d4 development thread. Not sure what its for actually, or what it updates.....
Xoom'd using the XDA-Developers Android app

alex94kumar said:
Its the update for the RAZR port, over in d4 development thread. Not sure what its for actually, or what it updates.....
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You don't want to install that OTA, even if you are running the RAZR port. It removes many of the changes that Kfazz did and stops it working.
Now if someone can pull the JB OTA, that would be appreciated

I used the app to get OTA 98.72.18.en.US that my Droid 4 downloaded for me this morning. It is uploaded here:
Blur_Version.6.16.217.XT894.Verizon.en.US.zip (355.5 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!sZ5wxIzR!BlN6uy5NHk2k3ekeHgE__TYqoQ4B1WujiLmZ8HatWrc

mattlgroff said:
Instructions for pulling an OTA update.zip:
Do NOT install the update! Do these first!
Be rooted. We got plenty of methods thanks to djrbliss.
Download the Root Explorer app, or the ES File Manager app. (Instructions are for Root Explorer.)
Open Root Explorer and go to the ~/cache/ directory, which resides on the root directory of the phone '~/'
Hit the 'Mount R/W' in the corner, if successful will then say 'Mount R/O'
Copy the update file .zip from the ~/cache/ to your sdcard, external to be safe.
Copy over the update file .zip from the sdcard(s) you chose to your computer and upload it. http://mega.co.nz/ is a good way to distribute large files for free.
You will want to use Voodoo's OTA Rootkeeper before updating. --- Instructions for this are: Backup Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root. ---
Send me or post a link here to the update and exactly what System Version you were on, and where the update takes you to.
The community will thank you for your help!
OR Use my new free app on the Google Play Store: OTA Snatcher
Download and install from the Play Store.
When your OTA is fully downloaded, go to OTA Snatcher and hit the "Snatch OTA" button.
Depending on how big the filesize of the OTA update.zip is, this can take anywhere from a few seconds to multiple minutes to copy over. It's safe to wait 5 minutes (you can lock your phone and do something else) while it copies.
Note: The app will NOT tell you when the copying is complete.
The OTA will be in your default storage's /OTA/ folder that OTA Snatcher has created. You can upload it and share it with everyone or keep it for yourself you selfish jerk!
A note for the naming of update.zips:
They will always be named after the version that you are currently on, not the one you are going to. For example, when moving from Version 123-A to Version 124-B the zip would be named:
Blur_Version.123.A.XT912.Verizon.en.US and would NOT be named after where you are going to.
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Will work on the HTC ONE ? ?

TunneIVision said:
Will work on the HTC ONE ? ?
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If HTC uses /cache/ as the storage place for OTA Update files then yes.

[Q] $ 50,- reward (real) (data loss)

Hi All,
After update to Lollipop 5.0.2 I lost some audio files.
The update to 5.0.2 was a normal "update" so I had no idea I was going to lose data, and I did not make an additional backup.
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who is missing some files. A friend of mine lost almost all downloaded MP3 songs.
For me it's not something I downloaded, but recorded. It's a few .wav files, and I really like them back!
And Yes, I'm willing to pay for it.
I have a HTC M8, but during root process, I saw it was telling me it's a M7 (???)
So, the phone is rooted.
I tried several recovery solutions (all just reading, not writing) and some can find some files, like a facebook .png that I recognise.
This means, there is still (useful) data on there.
How can I recover my files?
Is this just a HTC problem, or are there also other phone vendors who delete user data?
I hope.... and pray... and ask here

fhorst said:
Hi All,
After update to Lollipop 5.0.2 I lost some audio files.
The update to 5.0.2 was a normal "update" so I had no idea I was going to lose data, and I did not make an additional backup.
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who is missing some files. A friend of mine lost almost all downloaded MP3 songs.
For me it's not something I downloaded, but recorded. It's a few .wav files, and I really like them back!
And Yes, I'm willing to pay for it.
I have a HTC M8, but during root process, I saw it was telling me it's a M7 (???)
So, the phone is rooted.
I tried several recovery solutions (all just reading, not writing) and some can find some files, like a facebook .png that I recognise.
This means, there is still (useful) data on there.
How can I recover my files?
Is this just a HTC problem, or are there also other phone vendors who delete user data?
I hope.... and pray... and ask here
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if u have root, go and download diskdigger, scan all phone, and then recovery evrything you can !

Xhemal1325 said:
if u have root, go and download diskdigger, scan all phone, and then recovery evrything you can !
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Yes, I have.
I am confused with the files it finds.
A lot of files, Some corrupt, not yet of it useful data for me.
I do know quite a bit about data recovery on a normal hard drive, but almost no info how it works on NAND flash.
dr.fone also found some files:
I was not aware I had 105 times a .mov files on my phone, 3,5 GB... I did not make them, or download them.
Diskdigger "Helps".
This does find files, but also loads of files I was not aware of. (and not the files I need)
A lot of .zip files, and the strange thing is that they all seem to have the same data structure. (see zip.jpg)
Can any one tell me why I have all them .zip files and apk's?
Thanks!
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I did something extremely dumb!!!

Hopefully there is a way to fix it...
I recently installed M and I attmpted to root it but got the root partially somehow-I was able to install busybox and delete app from the system folder, however I did not have rights to write to the system folder for some reason-I was attempting to edit build.prop to hide the navigation bar and I deleted the Build.Prop in error. I have a back up of it on my phone but I am unable to push it back to the system folder.
I am afraid to reboot and try factory reset since I am at work and I cannot connect my phone to the PC here...I hope I haven't screwed it permanently.
Any help is much appreciated....

Yeah, don't reboot.
You'll need to download a rom and flash it, or a working build.prop.

Pecata said:
Hopefully there is a way to fix it...
I recently installed M and I attmpted to root it but got the root partially somehow-I was able to install busybox and delete app from the system folder, however I did not have rights to write to the system folder for some reason-I was attempting to edit build.prop to hide the navigation bar and I deleted the Build.Prop in error. I have a back up of it on my phone but I am unable to push it back to the system folder.
I am afraid to reboot and try factory reset since I am at work and I cannot connect my phone to the PC here...I hope I haven't screwed it permanently.
Any help is much appreciated....
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permanently, no. stupid, yes. you wont ever boot up without a build.prop btw. if you have it backed up on your phone, just use a root file explorer and copy/paste it back(you might need to set your SElinux to be permissive). if you reboot, youre going to have to reflash your rom. if youre stock, youll be flashing a factory image.

danarama said:
Yeah, don't reboot.
You'll need to download a rom and flash it, or a working build.prop.
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I have my build.prop I saved in the downloads folder. I was able to push it back to system with total commander-it worked and it's now back there and it even has the line to disable the software keys. I have to reboot to test it though. I have set the permissions as -rw-r--r-- is that correct?

simms22 said:
permanently, no. stupid, yes. you wont ever boot up without a build.prop btw. if you have it backed up on your phone, just use a root file explorer and copy/paste it back(you might need to set your SElinux to be permissive). if you reboot, youre going to have to reflash your rom. if youre stock, youll be flashing a factory image.
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Yeah I have never done something that dumb...thanks for replaying...I was able to mount system as rw with total commander...it wouldn't do it with any other file manager for some reason...

Pecata said:
Yeah I have never done something that dumb...thanks for replaying...I was able to mount system as rw with total commander...it wouldn't do it with any other file manager for some reason...
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ive done it before, more than once. one time i even deleted all of /system/(a long time ago), lol. we learn from our mistakes

simms22 said:
ive done it before, more than once. one time i even deleted all of /system/(a long time ago), lol. we learn from our mistakes
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That is true-we do....
One last question are the permissions for the build.prop correct as -rw-r--r--?

Pecata said:
That is true-we do....
One last question are the permissions for the build.prop correct as -rw-r--r--?
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honestly, i have no idea. ive never ever changed any permissions(but always change files), i use root explorer. but, this is what they are set to here..
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simms22 said:
honestly, i have no idea. ive never ever changed any permissions(but always change files), i use root explorer. but, this is what they are set to here..
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yes, it's the same-644....Thank you so much! Hopefully I will be fine to reboot...

Pecata said:
yes, it's the same-644....Thank you so much! Hopefully I will be fine to reboot...
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it will, now