Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S III mini VE N, GT-I8200N which is rooted.
Those last days, it was unstable (reboot loops) and decide to reinstall it by reflash it and restore the application data.
For that, I used Titanium Backup Pro, where I created an update.zip file with all applications. And I also did a full backup on the external SD card.
So :
1. wipe the data
2. reflash a ROM from Sammobile
3. re-root the phone + update.zip with all data in recovery mode
4. reconfigure the system settings (I didn't dared restore the system settings from a corrupted system backup, only the apps).
Everything seemed ok, but once I reboot the phone, I see Titanium Backup launches a scheduled restore, that restores everything, including the system settings. And after that, I get the same problems as before : boot loops, application that crashes : clock, Google Play Services, Skype, ...
I am sure the problem is related to that automatic scheduled restore from Titanium : if I do steps 1-4 (skipping 2 because), restore only user apps and data, and fast uninstall Titanium, I can use my phone as before.
I even removed TitaniumBackup folders, but Titanium Backup still seems to find some backup somewhere.
And I see it keeps my settings from previous, because I checked the "persist" setting.
Is there a way to erase all data from Titanium Backup, especially that ghost restore scheduled job?
I don't seem to find a similar problem on the forum or other websites...
Kind regards,
Xavier.
EDIT: FIXED by myself : I removed Titanium Backup related data /storage/extSdCard/data/ and in /data/data by finding "com.keramides" and "titanium".
The app has forgotten its corrupted settings and is working fine now.
I am trying to restore all of my apps from my Nandroid backup.
The thing is after analyzing TWRP backup it is showing all the apps that needs to extract.
1. There is no smiley on the right side of the app list, Smiley indicates the app is already installed.
2. Select missing apps does nothing.
3. When I select a single app (for example Solid Explorer) to extract it says Processing 0% after few seconds everything closes and there is a notification "Batch restore finished." But the app never get installed I even tried rebooting the phone after the restore there is no app restored.
Can someone help me with this issue please.
I really need those apps from that Nandroid backup.
P.S. I even tried that Nandroid Manager, it only restores the app not the data.
I'm confused, if you use Titanium, why did you just backup your app data with Titanium?
I've never used the function to extract from nandroid. But it would seem to me, not as simple or reliable as just using Titanium to backup.
redpoint73 said:
I'm confused, if you use Titanium, why did you just backup your app data with Titanium?
I've never used the function to extract from nandroid. But it would seem to me, not as simple or reliable as just using Titanium to backup.
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The thing is I don't have a back up from Titanium and my phone got formatted while updating it and I only have a Nandroid backup so, I need to recover the apps from nandroid backup only.
Hope this clears it up.
ManikandanGuru said:
The thing is I don't have a back up from Titanium and my phone got formatted while updating it and I only have a Nandroid backup so, I need to recover the apps from nandroid backup only.
Hope this clears it up.
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Got it. I often will do a batch backup with Titanium, then copy the Titanium folder to my computer. Especially before updating, ROM flashing, etc. Maybe a lot of extra work (and some may consider it a bit paranoid) but it would have avoided the current situation. I don't completely trust the internal storage will not be wiped (even though it isn't "supposed" to be) and you see for good reason, in this case.
Never actually tried it, but restoring in Titanium from a nandroid seems tricky to me. Just adding more points of failure/complication.
If you try to install an app by other means (Play store, etc.) than restore app data only, does it work?
Another workaround (although convoluted) may be to restore the nandroid, either data only (may cause problems on the updated ROM, I know); or restore the whole thing and make a Titanium backup and then go back to the "updated" ROM. So yeah, like I said, convoluted. I would also consider making a nandroid of the current setup (to restore to as needed) before doing any of the above. Lots of steps I know, but a workaround, nonetheless.
I've definitely had to resort to restoring a nandroid, since I forgot to backup apps with Titanium. So flip flopping back and forth, backing up and restoring with Titanium, etc. Yes, it's a pain, but it works.
redpoint73 said:
Got it. I often will do a batch backup with Titanium, then copy the Titanium folder to my computer. Especially before updating, ROM flashing, etc. Maybe a lot of extra work (and some may consider it a bit paranoid) but it would have avoided the current situation. I don't completely trust the internal storage will not be wiped (even though it isn't "supposed" to be) and you see for good reason, in this case.
Never actually tried it, but restoring in Titanium from a nandroid seems tricky to me. Just adding more points of failure/complication.
If you try to install an app by other means (Play store, etc.) than restore app data only, does it work?
Another workaround (although convoluted) may be to restore the nandroid, either data only (may cause problems on the updated ROM, I know); or restore the whole thing and make a Titanium backup and then go back to the "updated" ROM. So yeah, like I said, convoluted. I would also consider making a nandroid of the current setup (to restore to as needed) before doing any of the above. Lots of steps I know, but a workaround, nonetheless.
I've definitely had to resort to restoring a nandroid, since I forgot to backup apps with Titanium. So flip flopping back and forth, backing up and restoring with Titanium, etc. Yes, it's a pain, but it works.
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Yeah, whatever you said were true and I used to do your method couple of years back and all of my recurring dirty flashes went without any issues and I completely ignored the Titanium backup and went with the Nandroid backup only.
About this thread I got tired and installed all the apps from play store
More than 100 apps I think. Lot of work but a great lesson. I am going to make a Titanium Backup before every update from now on.
Thanks for the reply buddy. :good::good:
if it doesnt work with TB you can just restore your nandroid and then take the backups with TB.
maybe still easier than reconfiguring 100 of apps.
I actually can't restore my nandroid backup successfully.
When it's restored, the screen won't come on (all black) but recovery works and what's weirder is, that when I hold the pwr button, the icons for 'turn off' and 'reboot' come up, but I can't see the wallpaper, no lockscreen, nothing
Installed OS from scratch and now I'm trying to recover all my apps from the nandroid backup without messing it up again
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I want to chime in for anyone who arrives from google search: I had the same problem.
The solution? Install the APKs first, be it from Google Play or manually, and then restore only data from the nandroid. That worked for me.
SOLUTION (working on lineage 14): restore apps with Nandroid Manager and restore data with Titanium Backup.
Just so everyone is on the same page:
Nandroid Manager only seems to be able to recover Apps, but hangs on Data.
Titanium Backup can recover both, but the button to select Missing Apps doesn't work.
B also requires that you copy your backup to the internal SD, or else it will not be discovered.
Fix: Select missing Apps in Nandoid Manager > restore only App > take a note of the apps that you restored > use Titanium Backup to restore the data.
skuppej said:
Fix: Select missing Apps in Nandoid Manager > restore only App > take a note of the apps that you restored > use Titanium Backup to restore the data.
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Since the app has been pulled from playstore and not being actively developed, do you think it still works? My phone went into a bootloop when restarting and I made a nandroid backup of data. I flashed the same rom again after clearing the system and data partion. I started the phone and booted up just fine. But when I went to twrp again to restore the data backup, it went into bootloop again. I want to extract and restore the data only for few apps, do you think this method would work?
abhi8192 said:
Since the app has been pulled from playstore and not being actively developed, do you think it still works? My phone went into a bootloop when restarting and I made a nandroid backup of data. I flashed the same rom again after clearing the system and data partion. I started the phone and booted up just fine. But when I went to twrp again to restore the data backup, it went into bootloop again. I want to extract and restore the data only for few apps, do you think this method would work?
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Yeah I think it will still work!
abhi8192 said:
I want to extract and restore the data only for few apps, do you think this method would work?
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I found this solution! "Automate individual app restores from an android TWRP backup" https://github.com/joshuabragge/twrp-manual-restore
Tried to install lineage today (which went totally tits up) I'm now trying to restore my apps etc from Google drive done this morning but failing that too. I can't find an option to just restore it. I can see the backup in Google drive but there seems to be no option to get it back. What do I need to do? It's driving me mad
Eggstones said:
Tried to install lineage today (which went totally tits up) I'm now trying to restore my apps etc from Google drive done this morning but failing that too. I can't find an option to just restore it. I can see the backup in Google drive but there seems to be no option to get it back. What do I need to do? It's driving me mad
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The fact that you can see a backup in Drive doesn't mean that the backup can be used to restore things on a new setup. A backup has to have a restore set token available. To list available restore sets use:
Code:
adb shell bmgr list sets
From my experience it can take a few days before a backup is listed as available.
While I like the ease and convenience of using Google backups, I find that if I'm changing ROMs then it's easy for an existing backup to loose its restore set token. For me, titanium backup is a far more reliable way to restore things.
But if you have had a phone for a while and Google backup has been turned on for quite a while, then moving to a new phone is very easy using Google backup.
Sent from my OnePlus 3T using XDA Labs
I was able to get it more or less back to normal by doing a factory reset.
However I've lost Netflix which is annoying and I go into the bootloader when restarting the phone.
Haven't tried the adb command but might when I come back from a work trip.
Just wondering the above. I'll be sending my Note9 in to Samsung for repair, which entails a factory reset. I'd like to backup my apps, app data (e.g. logins), & phone settings before the factory reset, and then restore them when I get the phone back?
What's the best way to do this? Is Smart Switch the best solution, or should I use something else?
jdrch said:
Just wondering the above. I'll be sending my Note9 in to Samsung for repair, which entails a factory reset. I'd like to backup my apps, app data (e.g. logins), & phone settings before the factory reset, and then restore them when I get the phone back?
What's the best way to do this? Is Smart Switch the best solution, or should I use something else?
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I don't think smart switch could backup apps data or whole phone setting. It could backup messages, contact, apps and call history maybe.
Perhaps samsung cloud could do more but never use it either.
With root, swift backup/titanium backup could backup apps data. Not sure about backup/restore of whole phone setting though.
TWRP recovery backup all .
Smart Switch backs everything up, except the Apps and Secure Folder, but it will backup everything about the apps except the app, so their settings are restored but the app is automatically downloaded.
Hello,
I like to unlock Bl on Wednesday. When unlock my phone will be wiped. Can I make a local backup that I copy to laptop? I ask this because I will be on holiday and i tenet is terrible/bad. So cloud backup is impossible. What/Wich folder do I need to copy and restore to backup apps and data, when wiping. Install/flash TWRP and install custom rom
You can make up a local backup by going to settings→About phone→Backup and restore and then choosing either on device back up (mobile backup) or computer backup. Then copy the backup to PC and after flashing, copy the backup to phone and restore. For me, restoring this way works for restoring home screen and settings flawlessly. However, only some of the third party apps downloaded from playstore work, but others don't. In my experience, this backup method is not reliable for third party apps. I also tried super backup and swift backup from playstore. They also do not work reliably for me.
what is the name off the folder that i have to copy, where is it located
You can make up a local backup by going to settings→About phone→Backup and restore and then choosing either on device back up (mobile backup) or computer backup. Then copy the backup to PC and after flashing, copy the backup to phone and restore. For me, restoring this way works for restoring home screen and settings flawlessly. However, only some of the third party apps downloaded from playstore work, but others don't. In my experience, this backup method is not reliable for third party apps. I also tried backup and swift backup from playstore. They also do not work reliably for me.
marcel112 said:
what is the name off the folder that i have to copy, where is it located
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After backing up, connect phone to PC, open internal storage→MIUI→Backup