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Does anyone have the TouchWizContacts.apk file that they can share with me? I think that's what it should be called - correct me if I'm wrong. I believe it should be in /system/app
I deleted my contacts application using Titanium Backup. Oh, it's backed up, but for some reason, only the data, not the app. I deleted it because I found a different contacts app I like better, but I'm pretty sure that the lack of the stock app is causing my phone some troubles right now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
basily said:
Does anyone have the TouchWizContacts.apk file that they can share with me? I think that's what it should be called - correct me if I'm wrong. I believe it should be in /system/app
I deleted my contacts application using Titanium Backup. Oh, it's backed up, but for some reason, only the data, not the app. I deleted it because I found a different contacts app I like better, but I'm pretty sure that the lack of the stock app is causing my phone some troubles right now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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system apps (like swype) can't be backed up with titanium (at least with the free version, might be different for donate version). do a search for "captivate system dump" and it will take you to a thread with system dumps for JF6/JH2/JH3
find the one you're currently running and find the missing system app and copy it back over
Well, that explains it. Thanks. And thanks for the tip - I'm on it.
Several general things to make your titanium backup and restore experience actually work properly.....
Be sure to be in debugging mode.
When first opening titanium, hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect"
NEVER restore system data (red and green text in titanium). Only apps. I know its a pain, but its easier to re-setup accounts and all that than restore and take the chance of the problems that usually arise from restoring system stuff.
I hope this helps people....
Restoring the data from apps that have the Titanium Backup icon will restore your wifi settings and your accounts along with various other settings.
To restore your contacts load the data from Contacts Storage 2.2 and not the contacts application itself.
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How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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Just copy the Titanium Backup folder to your external SD, then copy it back over after you flash.
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tbong777 said:
How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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I wasn't sure about this myself so what I did was just copy the TB folder to my computer and then copy it back to SD when I needed it. Maybe not the preferred method but it works.
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Several general things to make your titanium backup and restore experience actually work properly.....
When first opening titanium, hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect"
I hope this helps people....
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Why?
The app itself recommends AUTO, Direct, and says that AUTO, Indirect is (If you have problems).
tbong777 said:
How do we get TB to save to the external card? When I load a new ROM I have to use App Brain to redownload everything because I cannot find the TB files on the Ext SD card
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Under preferences change the backup folder to /SD/backup (for 2.1) /SD_external/backup (for leaked froyo). Make sure to look in that folder when restoring backups after a new flash.
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External_SD for froyo..... sorry
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Why?
The app itself recommends AUTO, Direct, and says that AUTO, Indirect is (If you have problems).
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Cause it works.
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Cause it works.
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It works with AUTO Direct as well? So can you provide more information? Don't put out false information. Some people take a lot of what is posted as completely accurate.
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It works with AUTO Direct as well? So can you provide more information? Don't put out false information. Some people take a lot of what is posted as completely accurate.
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False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....
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False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....
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I didn't accuse you. "Cause it works" isn't an ideal explanation. So what you're saying is. "hit the menu button and go to preferences. Scroll all the way down to "app processing mode" and switch to "Auto, indirect" ...if you are experiencing freeze issues." He asked a simple question, why post a useless/snarky reply to him?
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False information? GTFO. Many people posted that batch restore "freezes" for them. Mine used to also, every time. Then I went to a titanium forum, found out to switch to indirect, and have NEVER had a problem since.
You don't wanna use it, don't. But don't accuse me of putting out wrong info .....
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Looking back thru this thread, i see that i may not have explained WHY i posted this, so i will. As i said in the quote above, I searched a while to get ANY tibu support. That tip was THE MOST RECOMMENDED for problems, and it worked for me, so I thought I'd try to help others by posting. I apologize for not explaining further.
As far as being a little short in the last replies, i did not like being accused of posting false info.....
I do apologize for saying it was false. Just bad wording on my part, and could have been said more... politely.
Also, being pretty new to Android. It actually took quite some time to find out some the TiBu information you posted.
Thanks for the tip!
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I do apologize for saying it was false. Just bad wording on my part, and could have been said more... politely.
Also, being pretty new to Android. It actually took quite some time to find out some the TiBu information you posted.
Thanks for the tip!
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I was pulling my hair out for a whole day searching for good support for titanium, and FINALLY found that 1 tip, and found it worked EVERY time for me on batch restore. So i just wanted to help others by posting it, and felt offended by the wording.
Let's say "no harm, no foul" =)
And I'm glad if the tip benefits you!!! =))
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To restore your contacts load the data from Contacts Storage 2.2 and not the contacts application itself.
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Where is this? Is it part of Froyo? Because I'm on 2.1 and I can't find it in the marketplace.
sremick said:
Where is this? Is it part of Froyo? Because I'm on 2.1 and I can't find it in the marketplace.
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It's something you'll see in the list of system items you can back up in Titanium Backup. Basically, scroll down the list of things you can back up, and anytime you see the Titanium Backup logo next to a system-type item (it'll usually be green) that's some system settings thing you can backup to later restore. It won't be an app, just some settings. I don't know if the Contacts 2.2 will show up for a 2.1 OS. Can't test that myself at this point.
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NEVER restore system data (red and green text in titanium). Only apps. I know its a pain, but its easier to re-setup accounts and all that than restore and take the chance of the problems that usually arise from restoring system stuff.
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Hey, thanks for the post, but question since you brought it up here and I was going to start another thread but you seem pretty knowledgeable about this...
When you install a new ROM or backup and restoring apps, is using TB really "clean"? I am so used to Windows crapola, that someone told me it is "cleaner" to just reinstall all your apps instead of risking some "crap" getting transferred over through TB's process.
I understand to not backup and restore system stuff now, but what if u do apps only, which is really the better, cleaner way to install in a new ROM?
Thanks.
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Hey, thanks for the post, but question since you brought it up here and I was going to start another thread but you seem pretty knowledgeable about this...
When you install a new ROM or backup and restoring apps, is using TB really "clean"? I am so used to Windows crapola, that someone told me it is "cleaner" to just reinstall all your apps instead of risking some "crap" getting transferred over through TB's process.
I understand to not backup and restore system stuff now, but what if u do apps only, which is really the better, cleaner way to install in a new ROM?
Thanks.
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i guess if you want the "cleanest" possible way, you should just reinstall the apps, but honestly i've never had a problem restoring with tibu (well that's not entirely true, but that was due more to user error )
if you do have a problem with a restored app you can always uninstall and reinstall from the market.
but everybody has their own voodoo rituals, so just find what works for you and makes you happy.:highfive:
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i guess if you want the "cleanest" possible way, you should just reinstall the apps, but honestly i've never had a problem restoring with tibu (well that's not entirely true, but that was due more to user error )
if you do have a problem with a restored app you can always uninstall and reinstall from the market.
but everybody has their own voodoo rituals, so just find what works for you and makes you happy.:highfive:
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Thanks.. I just reinstalled all the apps from free TB that didnt require any saved stuff to restore without data, and then the ones that did (like K9 mail) I restored with data and for now it seems all fine except for a glitch in my stock txt messager, go figure...
Would really appreciate some help.
Removed some bloatware via Titanium Backup, and of course, I got trigger happy.
process com.motorola.contacts (Contacts force closes)
process com.motorola.conversations (text messaging force closes)
So I have Root Explorer and got a hold of a system dump for Bionic.
I started by moving YahooContacts.apk (one of the apps I guess I shouldn't have uninstalled) back to the /system/app folder...but it doesn't show up anywhere as an installed app (just that the .apk was moved). If I try to actually select the .apk and try to install it says "Application did not Install" but the .apk IS moved.
Processes still don't work after moving.
I would appreciate any help, at this point I can't text or place calls. Thanks in advance, this forum helped me with the entire root process.
You cannot freeze/remove ANY of the other authenticator apps, it will cause contacts to freeze. I ran into that on the Droid 3.
First off there is no need to delete/remove, Freezing them accomplishes the same thing but most importantly it allows you to reverse what you have broken by Defrosting it. Do yourself a favor stop deleting and start freezing. If 16GB is not enough internal storage for you then you might consider an external HD from Seagate!!!!!!! LOL
I realize I made a big mistake. That's totally on me But it's in the past
Do I have any options to get this working again? I am definitely going to freeze apps in the future.
If I did delete an authenticator process, is there any way I can get those back? Would they be available through a system dump?
I believe that you need to make sure the permissions are correct after reinstalling an apk to the system/app folder. I've never done this, so I'll let you do the research. I've heard you can use root explorer to do this or a script with terminal emulator. Sorry I can't help more
I have the exact same problem, and am attempting to troubleshoot this issue on a different forum, however I am not allowed to post links but I'll try and keep you updated.
Edit: It's not a problem with permissions, I've made sure that they're correct with root explorer. It seems to be a Bionic-specific issue. I might just return it at this rate.
Thankfully, there's an unroot to use. I think im in the same boat. re-added all the yahoo related .apk and .odex and set permissions/owner, still nothing. Unroot and hope the Verizon dude is in a good mood!
Except now ADB is throwing "ERROR: ADB could not be granted root access" when trying to unroot
excellent.
Someone in the thread I was talking about had some success, its on droidforums dot net, droid bionic forum, bionic support, HELP! accidentally deleted IMSCServer from Droid Bionic thread. Maybe you can try something I haven't.
just do a factory reset thats what i had to do as I had the same problem.
I tried that, it didn't work... Did you actually get your system apps back? Did you do it through settings or the recovery menu?
i froze my bloat thats prob the difference and it was yahoo that caused the problem for me...
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i froze my bloat thats prob the difference and it was yahoo that caused the problem for me...
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It really begs the question why anything with Yahoo is required by the system. Furthermore, why did they make it so frustratingly hard to reinstall system apps on the Bionic? Really disappointed in Motorola for this.
Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
That did it.. I have been looking for the YAHOO Contacts.apk file for 3 days with a bloody wortheless phone that I spent 300 shells on!
BTW I agree with Glimmerman, WHY DID YAHOO get involved in contacts? Talk about a sneaky way in integrate them.
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Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
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Sorry if I'm newbtastic here but what do I do with these APKs and odex. I tried installing with ES explorer but it would not install. Am I supposed to move these files somewheres? /system/app then try install ? Thanks
answered my own question. I WAS newbtastic afterall. LOL. Thanks anyways. This did it. Dang Yahoo!
lol yep my girlfriend did this yesterday fortunately i have a bionic too so i just pulled the files from my phone and pushed to hers.
damn you yahoo.
also, apparently go contacts EX will 'fix' the problem (you must use their app however)
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Sorry if I'm newbtastic here but what do I do with these APKs and odex. I tried installing with ES explorer but it would not install. Am I supposed to move these files somewheres? /system/app then try install ? Thanks
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Wait - WHERE are we putting the Contact fix and do we extract it once we've moved it?
0mie said:
Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
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I'm confused as to where to put this. I downloaded it and it downloaded into tapatalk downloads. Where do I move it and do I extract it?
I didn't delete anything that had to do with the contacts app...but when I try and add a contact I get FC.
com.motorola.contacts stopped responding...anyone else having this issue or know what might have been messed up?
Here is the fix Post 17
Now I am having issues with my Calendar app, when I try and add an event it FC...what did I remove now? :/ lol Stupid Motorola making things damn complicated
Are you rooted if so restore/unfreeze Yahoo! Mail Authenticator.
Haven't used that app since I discovered GO Contacts last year. Never had an issue with it. Free on the market.
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Are you rooted if so restore/unfreeze Yahoo! Mail Authenticator.
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This might be the issue, mind posting yours? I can't find my backup :/ lol
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0mie said:
This might be the issue, mind posting yours? I can't find my backup :/ lol
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I have the exact same problem, it's caused by deleting the Yahoo Contacts system app. However, due to some unknown problem with the Bionic it is currently impossible to restore this app from a backup. See this thread for info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255959
and this thread:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...dentally-deleted-imscserver-droid-bionic.html
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Haven't used that app since I discovered GO Contacts last year. Never had an issue with it. Free on the market.
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This is a great idea, I still can't add/edit contacts but at least I can use them. It will have to do until someone figures out how to flash to a stock ROM.
Damn it :/ lol
The Titanium Backup just hangs...can i get the odex and apk from someone? I'd like to try something.
TIA
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0mie said:
Damn it :/ lol
The Titanium Backup just hangs...can i get the odex and apk from someone? I'd like to try something.
TIA
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I assure you I've tried that multiple times, check the threads I posted earlier.
I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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Did you uninstall the apps or just freeze them?
Having a similar issue wherein when I try to "show only contacts with a phone number" I get a force close as well. I did backup/uninstall Yahoo authenticator, so I assume this is the issue as well.
I already can't wait for just a clean GB rom. So much of the bloatware on this phone seems tied in to the OS in weird ways.
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I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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That didn't work for me :/
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I was able to restore Yahoo Contacts and Authenticator, still having FC issues
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I was able to restore Yahoo Contacts and Authenticator, still having FC issues
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Woah, how did you restore them? Are you sure they actually installed, or did you just move the app into system/app?
I fixed it! Thank god!
I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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Great news man! Can you post a copy of blur_yahoo.apk, its .odex, and maybe the .odex for the Yahoo Contacts app? I already have the Yahoo Contacts app so I should be good there. I am very eager to try this fix on my phone. Once again good work!
Forgot to post...here is the fix, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
Sorry, just got around to checking this now. Glad to see the community got a fix in place. I hope some of my information came in handy for someone or maybe even contributed to constructing a fix.
Glad to hear this issue is resolved! Damn Yahoo app...why is this tied into Contacts at all?
now my com.android.calendar FC when I try to add an event, it worked before.
What am I missing now? :/ lol one thing fixes and another breaks...under settings...applications...all there is a service called Calendar Service and shows up as 0.00B, I need to know what this corresponds with and I may have solved my issue.
Any help appreciated
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I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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Complete noob here, can you elaborate on how to do this? I downloaded the zip pak... step 2?
Trying to restore titanium backup of downloaded apps and settings from another device. Apps restore properly but none of the settings do (game scores, etc.)
I have never had a problem restoring to other devices. Is there anything I have to do to fix this?
Dmore rom, semaphore kernel
Had the same problem at one point, tried fixing it but didn't know what to do and nothing seemed to make any difference. And then suddenly one day it was working again.
The only difference i can think of is I updated titanium backup. try that.
If that doesn't work try uninstalling it and reinstalling it (copy the titanium backup folder on your sd card onto your computer just in case it gets deleted, don't think it should.)
Other than that google the problem (Titanium backup wont restore apps - google search), there are ton of similar situations, there's probably an answer out there already that'll work for you
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Had the same problem at one point, tried fixing it but didn't know what to do and nothing seemed to make any difference. And then suddenly one day it was working again.
The only difference i can think of is I updated titanium backup. try that.
If that doesn't work try uninstalling it and reinstalling it (copy the titanium backup folder on your sd card onto your computer just in case it gets deleted, don't think it should.)
Other than that google the problem (Titanium backup wont restore apps - google search), there are ton of similar situations, there's probably an answer out there already that'll work for you
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I'm on version 5 so that should be fine. and thanks for the link, although I did not find why data is not being restored.
Strange thing is that data from ONE app was restored but not others. After seeing that I remade the backup but the same thing happened. I wonder if its where the i9000 stores the data of backups is the issue
No other ideas? No one has had this happen?
I've been looking for a solution for two nights, this hasn't happened to anyone?
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Go into options of titanium and make sure you have backup external data to always. I run a restore this morning because I was switching ROMs and everything worked fine.
domdomrys said:
Go into options of titanium and make sure you have backup external data to always. I run a restore this morning because I was switching ROMs and everything worked fine.
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Tried it, didnt work. This is frustrating
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In advanced, there is something to do with sym link. Check that. Try again. Some roms use that.
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In advanced, there is something to do with sym link. Check that. Try again. Some roms use that.
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I Have been doing that too
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Restore manually. When you go to the folder with all the backups, there should be a bunch of .tar and other files. Just install the apks on the other phone and manually restore the data in the .tars
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Restore manually. When you go to the folder with all the backups, there should be a bunch of .tar and other files. Just install the apks on the other phone and manually restore the data in the .tars
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I see the tars, and in each tar there is a data folder, another data folder inside, and then the .com folders. what do i restore and where do I put it?
for example, in the AKnotepad .com folder there are these folders:
app_sslcache
databases
shared_prefs
some apps also have a files folder inside the .com
I can just place them using ES file browser with root browsing method on the phone, just am not sure where.
When O had a look into my backups, that had data folders in them. Go on your old phone and see where the files in data folders go. Most go to /data/data. I recommend Root Explorer.
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When O had a look into my backups, that had data folders in them. Go on your old phone and see where the files in data folders go. Most go to /data/data. I recommend Root Explorer.
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On my old phone they go there, but i think thats what the issue is, that they are located somewhere else on the i9000?
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