[Q] [Important] Best Backup ? - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

[Q] [Important] Best Backup ? - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Simple question;
What do you use as backup and restore solution ?
I want my backup software to make an image when I'm doing a backup and only recover from the image when it's restoring (so overwrite any other data that's on my phone before the restoration)

For my apps and their data I use titanium backup.
For contacts,sms, call logs, bookmarks, calendar I use Super Backup.
I use root explorer to move my pictures and music to SD card.
After that . I flash a new ROM. Works every time.
Edit:Never seen anything that actually makes an image backup expect TWRP recover
Sadly. I think you will have to use what I offered.

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nandroid only partially backing up/ restoring

Hi all, I did a nandroid restore and it only partially restored my phone content, for example it did restore
- hotkeys
- sms
- wallpaper,
but didn't restore
- contacts
- homescreen setup
- applications (and data).
It worked perfectly well when I tried it, but last time it didn't. Here is what I did:
Installed 6.1 per ClockworkMod without Google Apps and did a nandroid backup as I was asked, booted into 6.1, rebooted, flashed Gapps tiny 201020 something, rebooted, didn't come past "tap the android to begin" (don't know why tapping didn't do anything), so I restored the backup I did prior to installing 6.1 and it restored only what I wrote above.
Any help will be greatly appreciated guys!

Unrelashade said:
but didn't restore
- contacts
- homescreen setup
- applications (and data).
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1. Contacts get restored from Google.
2. Did you use alternative launcher before (i.e ADW or LP). If so, the only way Nand would restore it, if you still have it on your phone but what you say is that it did not restore any apps which leads me to next point.
2. Did you have your apps on SD card? Did you do Nand+Ext backup or just Nand? Regular Nandroid back-up will not touch your ext partition. If you did just a Nandroid backup and wiped your ext partition - your apps are gone for good.

borodin1 said:
1. Contacts get restored from Google.
2. Did you use alternative launcher before (i.e ADW or LP). If so, the only way Nand would restore it, if you still have it on your phone but what you say is that it did not restore any apps which leads me to next point.
2. Did you have your apps on SD card? Did you do Nand+Ext backup or just Nand? Regular Nandroid back-up will not touch your ext partition. If you did just a Nandroid backup and wiped your ext partition - your apps are gone for good.
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Thank you for your answer! Yes I had 6.0 before 6.1 with ADW. Nandroid did restore one or two apps, but not all... (just found that out). Yes I had some apps on my sd card but nandroid didn't recover them, neither the others. Just the few I mentioned before, but I had more on my SD and more on my internal flash storage. And no, I had no ext partition of sd card (copied some of them via froyo apps2sd). Also, I didn't remove any of my files from my SD (except for some songs to make more free space).
It seems like Clockwork didn't warn me that I had not enough free space on my SD and the backup had not enough space... However I managed to get the data I needed with this tool from a German forum: http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...6339-nandroid-backup-auslesen.html#post592908
Copy your .img to your computer, open with and choose the unyaffs.exe, works perfectly well
Now I still don't know why I wasn't able to get past the "Getting Started" Android first steps, but I'm going to flash again (this time with everything safely backed up) and see if it works this time.

Glald you figured it out. Hopefully you'll have better luck with it next time around.

[Q] Restore apps to another ROM

How restore apps from current ROM to another ROM? Is there is possibility can backup specific apps and restore on another ROM.
Tq

Try titanium backup..

need reboot phone after run backup?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567614

Attention!!!
If you use Titanium Backup dont do a mass restore (all file at once) while it dont will put it onto SD card! the apps and the phone memory will be full and some error etc.
restor oance a time the apps. and move it manualy to SD card.

SmXtrem said:
Attention!!!
If you use Titanium Backup dont do a mass restore (all file at once) while it dont will put it onto SD card! the apps and the phone memory will be full and some error etc.
restor oance a time the apps. and move it manualy to SD card.
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No its no necessary..it'l b a lengthy process so do some apps at once like 20.. no error ever occured to me..

in titanium backup setting there is a option which let you choose if you want to install apps in sdcard, phone memory or android way
choose android way then TB will install some apps in phone memory and some apps in sdcard so need to restore app individually
also TB is better than nandroid backup and never ever restore system data with TB

use titanium backup (i recommend pro version)to backup all user apps...then u flash new rom.....then u run restore missing apps with data...not anything else...

I tried yesterday to restore 30 apps from batch and fail.
Apps was backuped form stock rom.
TB dosent remember to restore the apps here it was? exemple cut the rope is sd up but puts it on phone?
I'am refering that what should be on sd to restor to sd what no no.

I use Titanium Backup Pro. Restore and run batch until notify Batch verification finished 0 error found. But not found restore files anywhere. Does I missing some step?

I always restore around 80apps at once and never had any problem..

exz8 said:
How restore apps from current ROM to another ROM? Is there is possibility can backup specific apps and restore on another ROM.
Tq
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Yes its possible.
Simply install titanium backup or Mybackup application from the market. The pro versions are better at a small fee
Then from the current ROM back up all the apps you want. this back up is stored in the SD card and so wount be affected by Flashing a custom ROM.
Now flash the desired ROM and again install either of the applications you used to backup the apps from the market. i.e if you used titanium backup to back up your apps, then install titanium back up from the market.
then select restore option to restore your applications!
Hope this helps.

yeah, try Titanium Backup.

Tqvm for suggestion. Then, what is different compare to CWM backup? Which better?

tha_subchief said:
Yes its possible.
Simply install titanium backup or Mybackup application from the market. The pro versions are better at a small fee
Then from the current ROM back up all the apps you want. this back up is stored in the SD card and so wount be affected by Flashing a custom ROM.
Now flash the desired ROM and again install either of the applications you used to backup the apps from the market. i.e if you used titanium backup to back up your apps, then install titanium back up from the market.
then select restore option to restore your applications!
Hope this helps.
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I tried restoring when I went from Blazer ROM to CM10 but it just gave me errors and force closes. Is there a specific way in TB to restore in a different ROM or do you basically have to start off with a clean slate?

what is the difference between cw backup and titanium backup?

what is the difference between cw backup and titanium backup?
which is better, more safe (for brick issue) , faster ...
what is meant by nandroid backup?

Difference between Nandroid and Titanium backup
I am glad I found this, I have been looking for a thread I could submit a useful post in so that I would be able to see the thank button.
Nandroid backup is the type of backup that CWM does.
i.e. when your phone is rooted you can go into the recovery and one of the options is nandroid backup.
A nandroid backup copies every single byte of data stored in the phone onto your SD card (or wherever) and is an absolute backup of one particular state of your phone.
It is a very powerful tool, you do a nandroid backup before flashing anything and if it all goes wrong the nandroid backup will restore everything back to the way it was before you messed it all up.
(with the Note you need to be careful because the nandroid backup does a wipe and write on restore and that will trigger the hard brick issues with the leaked ICS ROMs that you will no doubt have read about in the stickies.
Titanium backup is a tool that is run from inside the OS and can back up the installation files and app data of all your apps, it will allow you to remove and replace individual apps or batch replace the whole lot.
It can also force the OS not to update certain apps if you want them to run at an older version.
It can sync its backup files to Dropbox or Google drive too.
I guess in a nutshell the differences are these:
Nandroid will only back up a snapshot of the whole phone but does not need a working OS to do it.
Titanium will only work if you can get the phone to boot into android but it can do more specific backups and roll backs.
Let me know if that has answered your question buddy.

amateurstuntman said:
I am glad I found this, I have been looking for a thread I could submit a useful post in so that I would be able to see the thank button.
Nandroid backup is the type of backup that CWM does.
i.e. when your phone is rooted you can go into the recovery and one of the options is nandroid backup.
A nandroid backup copies every single byte of data stored in the phone onto your SD card (or wherever) and is an absolute backup of one particular state of your phone.
It is a very powerful tool, you do a nandroid backup before flashing anything and if it all goes wrong the nandroid backup will restore everything back to the way it was before you messed it all up.
(with the Note you need to be careful because the nandroid backup does a wipe and write on restore and that will trigger the hard brick issues with the leaked ICS ROMs that you will no doubt have read about in the stickies.
Titanium backup is a tool that is run from inside the OS and can back up the installation files and app data of all your apps, it will allow you to remove and replace individual apps or batch replace the whole lot.
It can also force the OS not to update certain apps if you want them to run at an older version.
It can sync its backup files to Dropbox or Google drive too.
I guess in a nutshell the differences are these:
Nandroid will only back up a snapshot of the whole phone but does not need a working OS to do it.
Titanium will only work if you can get the phone to boot into android but it can do more specific backups and roll backs.
Let me know if that has answered your question buddy.
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thx alot for ur reply

Help backup / restore current Nexus 6 to replacement phone

Hey Guys - I have a rooted nexus 6 (through Wugfresh) and a paid version of Titanium Backup. My headphone jack broke so Motorola is sending me a replacement phone. What is the best / easiest way to backup this phone and restore it on the new one? I bought the paid version of Titanium Backup in hope to do a cloud backup, but every time I get to about 2% backed up to Box is stops and gives me a server issue I appreciate your help!

Take a titanium backup locally and also a recovery backup (nandroid) then copy your entire SD card to your computer. When you get the new device, unlock it, decrypt it if thats what you want, copy it to sdcard. The Nandroid restore would be more complete and quicker than titanium, but keep that for a safety net.

Thanks! How do I move my Titanium Backup to my computer?

Copy your entire sdcard contents to your computer. This will include the backups.

Best apps for backups (speed changing ROM)

Hi guys
I'm very active with changing ROM, but it's boring to backup all to external sd (even I've got a sandisk 256gb dual drive) everytime for a clean flash.
I'm using titanium and Backup2sd but If you copy from internal to external and back then the origin file date is away....
The best would be an app or twrp where you can select apps with and without data AND folders and files from sd and if you restore then with original dates....
What you think is the easiest backup for all?

I just use tar within twrp. It preserves the dates I think (haven't paid too much attention to the dates so not 100% sure).
Twrp backup + a proper tar command to backup /data/media has been the method I use to backup / restore all.

I've found now a better app then titanium backup !
First it looks a bit irritating but it is good or at least better than the others. Backup and restore works great with system and google apos, only in for me all small amount of apps ( apps2fire, swiftkey beta) I had to install via Playstore and then restore.
Here it is:
https://android-apk.org/dk.jens.backup/43881723-oandbackup/
Try out and tell your experience.

Laptapper said:
Hi guys
I'm very active with changing ROM, but it's boring to backup all to external sd (even I've got a sandisk 256gb dual drive) everytime for a clean flash.
I'm using titanium and Backup2sd but If you copy from internal to external and back then the origin file date is away....
The best would be an app or twrp where you can select apps with and without data AND folders and files from sd and if you restore then with original dates....
What you think is the easiest backup for all?
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Migrate.
«Migrate - Custom ROM Migration Tool» bei Telegram beitreten:/ttps://t.me/migrateApp
Fast, segure, efficient.
Apps with data and permissions
Backuos also sms and call history.

Oel said:
Migrate.
«Migrate - Custom ROM Migration Tool» bei Telegram beitreten:/ttps://t.me/migrateApp
Fast, segure, efficient.
Apps with data and permissions
Backuos also sms and call history.
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:good: but like in titanium and oandbackup no backup of media, own folders....
Goid would be a combination of all three apps but including choosable folders....

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