The battery on my old favorite Xoom tablet died so I bought a Galaxy Tab S2 T810. I rooted the new tablet, and set up the external SD card for rw privs. Then I took the SD card from the Xoom (which is running 5.1.1) and installed it in the Galaxy. I've done this numerous times when updating or changing ROMS, and even from one device to another.
I can see the Titanium Backup folder, and can see all of the backups within it with ES File Explorer. TiBu does not see it when doing a search for backup location, and when I navigate directly to the folder and choose "use current", TiBu behaves as if the folder was empty. It did a successful backup last night, and all the current apps appear correctly, but I still can't see the apps brought over from the Xoom (except using ES File Explorer).
Both devices are running Android 5.1.1 and TiBu 7.3.0.2
I could use some help getting back the files that were backed up on the Xoom. (I know I can reinstall the apps, but the data would be lost, and besides the Batch Restore in TiBu is so much faster!)
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Try ZIPme. Creates a update.zip app+data
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Maybe use NextApp SDfix from the playstore? Solved my problems with an external SD card.
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Try disabling "mount namespace separation" option in SuperSU then reboot.
If that doesn't work, copy the backup folder to the internal storage.
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I'm running apps2sd and have everything set up the way I want. I realize that I can use a nandroid backup to create a system restore, but I'm in need of a sure way to back up and restore individual apps from my ext3 partition. I can use ADB, terminal, or a windows machine to do this, and have no real preference. I tried to use "Backup For Root Users" from the market and it worked great except for a few apps it wouldn't allow me to re-install. It wasn't for just my paid apps either it was a few select apps, that for some reason I cannot determine, that gave me "XXX Could not be installed on this phone" Any Ideas or insight would be greatly appreciated. All I want to do is make a backup of these apps that I can copy back over to my sd card and install using whatever method, preferably using a file manager app on the phone such as astro!!
Thanks guys!
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I'm running apps2sd and have everything set up the way I want. I realize that I can use a nandroid backup to create a system restore, but I'm in need of a sure way to back up and restore individual apps from my ext3 partition. I can use ADB, terminal, or a windows machine to do this, and have no real preference. I tried to use "Backup For Root Users" from the market and it worked great except for a few apps it wouldn't allow me to re-install. It wasn't for just my paid apps either it was a few select apps, that for some reason I cannot determine, that gave me "XXX Could not be installed on this phone" Any Ideas or insight would be greatly appreciated. All I want to do is make a backup of these apps that I can copy back over to my sd card and install using whatever method, preferably using a file manager app on the phone such as astro!!
Thanks guys!
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Switchrom actually tar's the ext3 drive when it backs up your rom. You can use Droid Explorer and 7zip to extract the Tar and place it in the /system/sd folder. Other than that, Backup for Root Users is the closest we have to "easy"
I am about to undertake the task of factory restoring my Moto Droid (for reasons I won't bore you with). I'm rooted, and have Rom Manager for Nandroid backups (so I flashed a new recovery), but other than that I'm running stock.
I don't want to redownload all of my apps, so I want to copy them over to my PC and push them back to the phone later using adb. My issue is, I cannot find the apps I have moved to the SD card. What is their file pathway?
I've used Astro and Terminal Emulater (with the ls command) to try to find the pathway, but I'm at a complete loss.
Before you say anything, I know Astro can backup apps; however, it does not back up apps that are stored on the SD card. And I have too many apps to move them all to internal storage to back them up with Astro.
I really need to find the file pathway so I can copy the .apk's. Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks.
the easy way, try titanium backup
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I ended up just playing 'musical chairs' with the apps on the SD card to put them on the internal storage to back them up with Astro. It worked pretty well, though was unnecessarily time consuming.
And a lot of the best features in Titanium cost; I know it's supporting the dev, but I'm an eternal cheap skate when it comes to apps...
the other day my tablet reset. i had to download everything again. when i use titanium backup it will only backup to the tablet which it sees as the sd card which gets erased if you have to restore the tablet. there doesn't seem to be a way to change it in the settings. any way to backup my apps to my external sd card? i did search here but nothing clear came up. i am running stock with root. no cm 10 or any of that stuff
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the other day my tablet reset. i had to download everything again. when i use titanium backup it will only backup to the tablet which it sees as the sd card which gets erased if you have to restore the tablet. there doesn't seem to be a way to change it in the settings. any way to backup my apps to my external sd card? i did search here but nothing clear came up. i am running stock with root. no cm 10 or any of that stuff
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You have three choices. The first is to just copy the backup folder on sdcard to ext_sdcard. Then it does not get wiped out in a reset. The second is to use the CWM card you had used to root to do a nandroid backup to SD. That way if reset, just restore and everything is back. The third way is to use my swap zip to swap sdcard and ext_sdcard. Then TB backs up to your external card. I prefer the nandroid backup myself.
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i recently just set my backups to back up to my sd card
first thing is make a folder on the sdcard, something like TitaniumBackup
in the TB app, press Menu in the top rightthen > preferences, then down to the backup settings > Backup folder location > hit back once or twice until you are on /mnt > find ext_sdcard > then click the folder folder you made on the sd card and then hit use current folder.
I do the nandroid backup probably once every 4-5 days just to be safe in case i eff something up lol
Yea I am using a 16gb card. At first I used the wrong zip and my open space wasn't enough. Found the 4gb zip and all is well with the nandroid backup. This is the second time in 3 days I had a tablet reset. One thing I like about apple products is less crashing and such but loving this tablet for $179.
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One thing I like about apple products is less crashing and such but loving this tablet for $179.
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Less crashing because they don't allow you into the area where you can mess things up in the system (unless you jailbreak) Also, much less complexity with tens rather than hundreds of device configurations. I'll take more complexity, a little less stability but the ability to do what I want :cyclops:
So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?
Look for clockwork mod folder sometimes these bootleg roms run in a file called 0 (virtual sd card)on your internal sd card, try looking there as well.
QUOTE=AtomicFli;42605822]So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
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Look for clockwork mod folder sometimes these bootleg roms run in a file called 0 (virtual sd card)on your internal sd card, try looking there as well.
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You wouldn't mind putting what you have to say under the quoted text? Just makes it difficult to read posts where you quote people cause the flow reverses for a second... also reminds me of Jeopardy -- Answer followed by the Question .
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So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?
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What noobsaibot34 said
You can always backup what's important on your internal sd and format it...that'll do the trick.
CWM Hides the Backups... Try Rom Manager
Rom Manager Premium is a big help for this issue. I had the same problem, not being able to find the backup. According to Rom Manager Premium (same developer as CWM backup):
"In Android 4.2 backups are placed in secure directory, inaccessible to other apps. Backups can be pulled with adb or by using the Rom Manager Backup Download Server."
The download server is a feature you can only get through Rom Manager. I haven't figured out how to make it work yet, so the plan is to simply reboot into CWM recovery and choose to backup directly to the external SD card. After that, I'm going to upload to Dropbox and erase the local file on the SD card.
Rom Manager is also good for deleting backups that you've made, and which take up space, but which you can't find on your internal SD card.
I have tried to restore my backed up sms I haven't had success using different apps. Is it impossible? I just upgraded to kit kat from being on jb. The messages were backed up in jb. Will it be possible to restore them into a kitkat rom? Or stock kiitkat?
Titanium back ..menu then backup XML I think
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Different apps store the backup in different formats, so you can't use one app to make a back up and another app to restore it. You have to restore with the same app you used to back up. (Unfortunately, some apps could use the external SD card in 4.3, but can't in 4.4, so you have to copy the backup folder from the external card to the "internal card" to restore. That can get tricky using the phone itself, so connect the phone to a computer and copy the folder from external [Card] to internal [Phone].)
The app I used can read it but won't restore them. Unfortunately I didn't use titanium backup
I had the same issue with SMS Backup + when I upgraded to KK. The fix for me was getting access to APP OPS. Apparently access was hidden in some recent updates . I found an app in the store that gave me access again. Once there I found SMS backup and gave it permission to write, read, send etc.. Once I did that it backed up just fine.
Hope this helps