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[Q] Default Xoom apps?

I flashed my Xoom with a custom ROM but haven't been able to restore my app backups of the apps that came with it (Quickoffice, Citrix, Motoprint). Is anyone able to provide APKs of these apps?

i asked the same question like everywhere but no answer gd luck finding them bro and i you found something tell me meanwhile citrix can be downloaded from market

Man i have managed to find all of the apps but i couldnt isntall them

Same. I am thinking about restoring my Nandroid backup and then making new backups of the apps but I don't know what would be the best way to do that and if the files would work on the CNA ROM.

Place the .apk(s) in your mnt/system/app folder then reboot. Make sure your system is in R/W status.

I've already tried this, but it hasn't worked. I don't know if the fact that the files have accompanying odex files is causing the issue or what, but it's getting quite annoying.

Hmm ... i take it you tried the data folder as well. This is odd.
Post the APK(s) and I will see if I can install them on my xoom
later on .

Use titanium backup and restore the apps directly from your backup.
The backup i am referring to is your nandroid.
TB will allow you to restore apps and data from it.

How do I restore apps from a different device?

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

Zorigo said:
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?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA

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
Sent from my MB860 using XDA

In advanced, there is something to do with sym link. Check that. Try again. Some roms use that.

domdomrys said:
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

domdomrys said:
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.

domdomrys said:
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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Helium (formerly Carbon) - Backup/Restore

Hi folks,
I've done a fair bit of searching and although it has been briefly discussed before I can't see any recent mentions about Helium (aka Carbon) from clockworkmod (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en).
The Google Play store page for the app mentions that the app doesn't work on the Xperia S and Z due to some changes Sony made, however when I first got my Xperia Z (at launch in the UK), I was able to backup app data (and some apks) from my Galaxy S3 and restore them onto the Xperia Z without any issues.
Given there have been a few software updates from Sony since launch, does anyone have any recent experience with Helium, specifically whether it works correctly to backup and restore to the Xperia Z? I couldn't find a suitable thread or forum to try to ask the developer directly what the specific issues were with the Xperia S and Z that led to the warning on the app page.

I had a problem restoring Apps with this app after full factory reset. It always crashed. Tried to restore from SD card and CLOUD. on my galaxy s3 it works fine. The build in sony's backup and restore app is doing great.

neoxkid said:
I had a problem restoring Apps with this app after full factory reset. It always crashed. Tried to restore from SD card and CLOUD. on my galaxy s3 it works fine. The build in sony's backup and restore app is doing great.
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Thanks for the reply. What does the Sony app actually backup? Does it include some/all apks and the actual app data too (e.g game progress)?

Yes, it includ app+data, even clock alarms

Hi. Why doesn't work the program to NOT ROOT galaxy s2 with android 4.1.2?
It bring me that message
"An error occured while perfoming your app backup. A log of the error has been sent to ClockworkMod. Clock Backup to attempt to backup the remaining apps."
I have do ALL the steps you are describe but the program DOESN'T WORK..... Can you please suggest me something?

Helium kept telling me that I had a backup password which I had never set.

fits79 said:
Hi. Why doesn't work the program to NOT ROOT galaxy s2 with android 4.1.2?
It bring me that message
"An error occured while perfoming your app backup. A log of the error has been sent to ClockworkMod. Clock Backup to attempt to backup the remaining apps."
I have do ALL the steps you are describe but the program DOESN'T WORK..... Can you please suggest me something?
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Hi, the problem is your rom

No it ISN'T the my rom.
And that is because i try it into to galaxy s2.
01. With Oficial and NOT root 4.0.3 sales code eur
02. With oficial 4.1.2 nordic sales code nee
So........

I decided to unlock and root my phone. So I did some backups with mybackup pro and decided to give a try to helium (because I never managed to restore the data of the apps with mybackup pro, just with root). I did the backup, saved it on the internal storage, copied it on my computer, unlocked my phone, rooted it, installed helium, copied the backup to the internal storage and... when i try to restore the backup from the internal storage it doesn't find it... I am now trying to reinstall it, don't give it su and see if I see the backup... if I don't see it... well.. idk what to say... I do a backup and then I cannot restore it? nice (sarcastic)
Edit: no.. I cannot find the backup

dreamxp said:
Helium kept telling me that I had a backup password which I had never set.
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yes same problem here, it seems the devs of this app are idiots

I started using this for the first time last week. Now I'm making a new backup and it is asking me to connect my phone to the computer again. do I need this each time I create a backup to my external sd card?

Samribi said:
I decided to unlock and root my phone. So I did some backups with mybackup pro and decided to give a try to helium (because I never managed to restore the data of the apps with mybackup pro, just with root). I did the backup, saved it on the internal storage, copied it on my computer, unlocked my phone, rooted it, installed helium, copied the backup to the internal storage and... when i try to restore the backup from the internal storage it doesn't find it... I am now trying to reinstall it, don't give it su and see if I see the backup... if I don't see it... well.. idk what to say... I do a backup and then I cannot restore it? nice (sarcastic)
Edit: no.. I cannot find the backup
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I have the same problem... Hi%5... hope somebody will look into this matter ...
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If you're still interested.. (if u want the app data. i.e : savegames) I found a way.. Just keep those backup files in your computer. And then download the apps you want to restore.. Then make backups of them again.. Then they will have those backup up files in the "Carbon" folder. Then copy the folders inside without the "nomedia" file. It then the app will show the backup & viola... Apps restored...
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fits79 said:
Hi. Why doesn't work the program to NOT ROOT galaxy s2 with android 4.1.2?
It bring me that message
"An error occured while perfoming your app backup. A log of the error has been sent to ClockworkMod. Clock Backup to attempt to backup the remaining apps."
I have do ALL the steps you are describe but the program DOESN'T WORK..... Can you please suggest me something?
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Same issue for me

Helium works fine for me, only problem is that messages are stored 'the wrong way' in Sony stock-ROM's last time i tried one of those.

Urticant2 said:
Hi, the problem is your rom
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I had the same problem, just unplug your phone from the usb and it works

mljjlm said:
Helium works fine for me, only problem is that messages are stored 'the wrong way' in Sony stock-ROM's last time i tried one of those.
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Is there something weird about the way messages are stored in general? Everything else seemed to work - the one thing I can't seem to figure out is how to restore text messages (com.android.providers.telephony.ab) - I've tried to do it as a whole app using the PC interface, tried copying the folder as a replacement via Android File Transfer to the 'carbon' folder, etc.
When I try to restore via helium server, it quickly shows me everything as restored but I don't see the messages. When I try to do it manually (e.g. force copy), I don't see an option under "Restore and Sync" to actually select messaging.
Am I missing something stupid / obvious? The raw data seems to be there (for example, call logs were uploaded just fine, text messages seem to have an issue).
--Dan

bfettd said:
Is there something weird about the way messages are stored in general? Everything else seemed to work - the one thing I can't seem to figure out is how to restore text messages (com.android.providers.telephony.ab) - I've tried to do it as a whole app using the PC interface, tried copying the folder as a replacement via Android File Transfer to the 'carbon' folder, etc.
When I try to restore via helium server, it quickly shows me everything as restored but I don't see the messages. When I try to do it manually (e.g. force copy), I don't see an option under "Restore and Sync" to actually select messaging.
Am I missing something stupid / obvious? The raw data seems to be there (for example, call logs were uploaded just fine, text messages seem to have an issue).
--Dan
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Hmm.. I just used the SD-card backup, so I don't know about other stuff

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Hmm.. I just used the SD-card backup, so I don't know about other stuff
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So I came up with a solution based on what works for others. Why this works when it didn't previously is beyond me, but hopefully someone else can use it if individual parts of their Helium backup don't work properly (in theory it should work for any app / SQL dataset). The whole point of Helium is that we're running non-rooted phones and so Titanium Backup or the like aren't applicable. For reference, I'm running an N4 to OSX 10.7.x
1. Use the Helium Server to create a full backup.
2. Wipe phone or whatever you need to do (I had to do a factory reset for Google since it's an N4 and my proximity sensor is dead).
3. Install the apps you had previously via Play Store (pain in the a**).
4. Run Helium server and upload the backup data.
5. Update apps as needed (should be auto but who knows for individual stuff).
6. Check app data in apps. Texts are obviously easy to see for me. Hopefully everything restored nicely for you here.
***Now for the bit for people who got corrupted restores.
7. Unzip the backup file on your computer, select the .ab files that correspond to the missing / corrupted restores and then zip those into a new file on your computer (for step 9). Keep these files handy in unzipped form as well for step 10.
8. Perform a new Helium backup of those sections onto the internal SD card (yes it will be blank, worry not).
9. (Optional step): Run Helium server and upload that new zip file (with the stuff that didn't make it) alone. Try restore. Unlikely to work but worth a shot.
10. Running Android File Transfer, find the SD card, find the folder 'carbon' and then find the corresponding sub-folders that have the modules that were corrupted. Replace the SD card backups of the broken modules with the good ones from your computer.
11. Run Helium restore again, but only for the sections you want (I swear, for me Messaging didn't show up the first few times but after step 10 it did).
12. Wait, hoepfully it works well. I would reboot after running the restore to a) kill Helium and b) confirm functionality.
FWIW, my telephony.ab was 1.8MB and took SIX hours to restore. Seriously. Yeah yeah, that's a lot of texts but six hours? I've since added "SMS Backup & Restore" to my phone and will probably just use that, map out my phone layout and functionality and just manually replace apps from now on since most data is in the cloud. You lose some stuff, but prima facie it's boat tons easier.
Hopefully that helps someone else who had the same issues.
--Dan

Somehow my phone got soft factory reset (lost all the apps but the files) when i tried to install the apps that I had before it throws a play store error while installing saying it couldnt be installed because of an unkown error "-24" plz helpp

Why are you mocking Koush? Yes the Koush. He made this app. He specifically said in the app description that:
Note: Helium is NOT available to Motorola devices. This is because Motorola phones have a bug that break Android's backup mechanism. Until this is fixed by Motorola, Helium will not work on those Androids. You can download Helium manually here:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/apks/Backup.apk
If you find that Helium *does* work on your Motorola Android, please notify me.
Note: Some Sony devices have issues with Helium. This includes the Xperia S and Xperia Z. Sony has *disabled* backup on these devices completely.
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Transfer files from Nexus 5 to 6

Hello, I got today the Nexus 6, and I had a Nexus 5.
I want to transfer if possible all the Whats-App conversations, and all the data and pics.
I tried to copy them from my phone to my PC but no luck, it's so slow and it takes forever just to calculate the time.
Most important is to transfer the conversations and the pics to back up.
So if anyone can help me with that I will appreciate it.
Thx

Have you tried titanium backup?

spunks3 said:
Have you tried titanium backup?
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How do I use it ? Let's say that I back it up on the nexus 5, what now ?

First off you'll need to be rooted, so if your N5 isn't you'll need to see if there is a way to root WITHOUT unlocking the bootloader (unlocking the bootloader will wipe your phone completely).
You'll also need a rooted nexus 6. At this time, you can only root by unlocking the bootloader (check the forums, there are a ton of options on how to root) - again this will wipe your phone.
Once you have a rooted N5, you make a backup of your phone apps+user data.
Transfer those files to your nexus 6 and use titanium backup to restore your apps.
Please note, I don't use WhatsApp but I'm sure you can google to see if titanium backup saves all convo & picture info... If you are using it for SMS, titanium backup does have the option to save SMS/MMS as an .XML file and you can restore them on the nexus 6...
There are a lot of variables but first and foremost is finding a way to root your N5 without losing data or unlocking the bootloader
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How do I use it ? Let's say that I back it up on the nexus 5, what now ?
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I should also mention, towel root (a common app used to root many devices without unlocking bootloader) does not work on lollipop

spunks3 said:
First off you'll need to be rooted, so if your N5 isn't you'll need to see if there is a way to root WITHOUT unlocking the bootloader (unlocking the bootloader will wipe your phone completely).
You'll also need a rooted nexus 6. At this time, you can only root by unlocking the bootloader (check the forums, there are a ton of options on how to root) - again this will wipe your phone.
Once you have a rooted N5, you make a backup of your phone apps+user data.
Transfer those files to your nexus 6 and use titanium backup to restore your apps.
Please note, I don't use WhatsApp but I'm sure you can google to see if titanium backup saves all convo & picture info... If you are using it for SMS, titanium backup does have the option to save SMS/MMS as an .XML file and you can restore them on the nexus 6...
There are a lot of variables but first and foremost is finding a way to root your N5 without losing data or unlocking the bootloader
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I should also mention, towel root (a common app used to root many devices without unlocking bootloader) does not work on lollipop
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My Nexus 5 and 6 are both rooted and I will give that a shot now
Thx

Here's a quick video for the SMS & MMS backup
Titanium backup SMS & MMS xml: http://youtu.be/Bgz1SJs0iyQ

spunks3 said:
Here's a quick video for the SMS & MMS backup
Titanium backup SMS & MMS xml: http://youtu.be/Bgz1SJs0iyQ
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Well it worked for the messages, but pics, vids, voice recording didn't passed, just messages...

Did u try backing up WhatsApp data?
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Well it worked for the messages, but pics, vids, voice recording didn't passed, just messages...
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Did u try backing up WhatsApp data? (Not via XML)

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Did u try backing up WhatsApp data?
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Did u try backing up WhatsApp data? (Not via XML)
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Yup, Apks+Data

The only other thing I can think of is creating a TWRP backup and then using nandroid manager to see if u can get the data that way
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore

spunks3 said:
The only other thing I can think of is creating a TWRP backup and then using nandroid manager to see if u can get the data that way
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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To back up all my files ? cause I can't really choose what to back up there, just like data and stuff

With TWRP? You would make a full system backup, copy those files over to the nexus 6 ,then use nandroid manager to browse the backup and it should give you the ability to restore just that app...

spunks3 said:
With TWRP? You would make a full system backup, copy those files over to the nexus 6 ,then use nandroid manager to browse the backup and it should give you the ability to restore just that app...
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I can't seems to find the files..
It backed them up but I can't find them on the phone, I have the TWRP folder and there is a 2kb file in there, and in nandroid manager on my nexus 5 it says that there is no back up

Very odd, it doesn't seem TWRP is creating a full backup of the n5...?

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Very odd, it doesn't seem TWRP is creating a full backup of the n5...?
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I had 29GB of space covered and after the back up no space left, so it probably backed it up, but I can't find the files.

Omerrrrrr said:
I had 29GB of space covered and after the back up no space left, so it probably backed it up, but I can't find the files.
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It should have created a folder on ur SD card called TWRP, and then inside that another folder, you'd want to copy the entire TWRP folder over but make sure all of the contents come with it... Not sure about that file size either, normally TWRP does a pretty good job of compressing the userdata. Good luck, I'll try to check back tomorrow if you're running into issues... Or someone else may have a better suggestion?

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It should have created a folder on ur SD card called TWRP, and then inside that another folder, you'd want to copy the entire TWRP folder over but make sure all of the contents come with it... Not sure about that file size either, normally TWRP does a pretty good job of compressing the userdata. Good luck, I'll try to check back tomorrow if you're running into issues... Or someone else may have a better suggestion?
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Even if it's weight like 2 kb ?

Omerrrrrr said:
Even if it's weight like 2 kb ?
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2kb is way to small... What a re you choosing in TWRP when ur backing up?

spunks3 said:
2kb is way to small... What a re you choosing in TWRP when ur backing up?
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I press "backup" and select the "system" "data" and etc.
Then swipe to back up, it's annoy cause the back up worked but the file is missing
It says that it's in Data/media/0/TWRP/Backups.
But there is no such folder when I get into the TWRP folder there is this 2KB file that I deleted to check if it's the backup, it's named backup but still nothing

Omerrrrrr said:
I press "backup" and select the "system" "data" and etc.
Then swipe to back up, it's annoy cause the back up worked but the file is missing
It says that it's in Data/media/0/TWRP/Backups.
But there is no such folder when I get into the TWRP folder there is this 2KB file that I deleted to check if it's the backup, it's named backup but still nothing
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Yea TWRP is definitely not functioning...

Google apps that are safe to remove

I tried to remove gmail and chrome beta through titanium backup and my phone didn't reboot I had to flash clean ROM again.
I'm using the Microsoft outlook app and I like Firefox over chrome.
Is there a reason it won't reboot?

Should work fine without those apps.

Wonder why mine hung at the google screen when I deleted them

If you delete google camera the phone will not start.

paniro187 said:
If you delete google camera the phone will not start.
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not true. i deleted it, rebooted, and booted up fine. any of these apps you can delete fine. how are you deleting them? to delete system apps, i use root explorer. and i always boot up fine after.

simms22 said:
not true. i deleted it, rebooted, and booted up fine. any of these apps you can delete fine. how are you deleting them? to delete system apps, i use root explorer. and i always boot up fine after.
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Let me try it that way

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Let me try it that way
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how were you deleting them before???
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are you still on stock? if so, your apps are probably odexed, and you would want to delete both parts of the app.

This is why I like to flash my own gapps. This way you can flash a minimal gapps. Banks basically has the play store and little else.

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how were you deleting them before???
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are you still on stock? if so, your apps are probably odexed, and you would want to delete both parts of the app.
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I was doing it through titanium back up. I did it through root explorer And it booted up just fine. What's funny is the others deleted fine through titanium back up but the google camera app made the phone not reboot.

Me too

i use banks gapps as well, and even tested them before he released them, but.. he still adds in more than i would like. and i still end up deleting system apks after a rom flash

paniro187 said:
I was doing it through titanium back up. I did it through root explorer And it booted up just fine. What's funny is the others deleted fine through titanium back up but the google camera app made the phone not reboot.
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I don't know what it is, but I dont trust using titanium for system mod stuff. I always prefer the manual root explorer method.

rootSU said:
I don't know what it is, but I dont trust using titanium for system mod stuff. I always prefer the manual root explorer method.
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I agree. The only system things I restore with tibu are wallpaper, call log, and text messages.

i stopped using titanium backup when android 4.0 came out. and i stopped using titanium for backing up apps about a year before that. if its modding anything in the /system/ or in /sys/, then its done manually.

oak said:
I agree. The only system things I restore with tibu are wallpaper, call log, and text messages.
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Well how do you back up your apps and bring all of the back exactly how they were on the other device. I got emulators and roms and stuff and it's easier to bring them back up using titanium back up. Is there a other app to use

paniro187 said:
Well how do you back up your apps and bring all of the back exactly how they were on the other device. I got emulators and roms and stuff and it's easier to bring them back up using titanium back up. Is there a other app to use
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I use tibu for apps, just not system apps and data except those I listed previously. I never have a problem this way. Restoring system apps/data with tibu has always caused me problems.

paniro187 said:
Well how do you back up your apps and bring all of the back exactly how they were on the other device. I got emulators and roms and stuff and it's easier to bring them back up using titanium back up. Is there a other app to use
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generally, i dirty flash everything(no data loss that way). i do make a nandroid backup in my recovery, just in case the dirty flash goes bad. but they never go bad. if you do have issues after a dirty flash, its usually app related, and clearing that apps data usually fixes things. but the times i do wipe, google is pretty good about restoring what i need