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So,
now that the first usable ROMs for X8 pop up i am wondering: what is the easiest way to import all your settings to a new ROM?
i am thinking of Apps, App-Settings, Sync-Settings (gmail, Roadsync..), SMS, Mails etc etc...
Restoring/Setting this up manually after every installation of a new ROM takes some time.
What is your trick for the lazy people?
How much can be backed up with Titanium Backup? I'm still not sure about this.
What other Apps can you recommend?
update: found a solution at lifehacker today.
Non of them will work when going from ROM to ROM. When you go to a new ROM, you should backup the previous one so you can go back to the default when there is a problems with the Custom ROM.
Basically, you can't transfer apps or anything from one ROM to another. You will have to manually install them yourself, take a list of them and download/install again. I wish it could work but it cant ):
Too bad.
Ok, I cant backup apps this way.
Is there a way or script to automatically install apps (apks) from a folder on sdcard?
Maybe I could use AppBrain to sync apps.
But how about System Settings, Accounts...
Hm, actually come to think of it .. If your phone is rooted (obviously is lol) you can go to Root Explorer or any root application manager, go to System>App and if you can transfer them to your SD card, I use Root Explorer, just select all and zip them, then transfer to SD card .. All the .apk's will be in the zip file. I suppose just install one by one
As for system settings, accounts etc. those can't be backed up .. You'll just have to be updated manually :L Don't be lazy haha
just found this tip from lifehacker using titanium backup. looks pretty convinient.
if someone tries this, please report if you have success.
laureus said:
just found this tip from lifehacker using titanium backup. looks pretty convinient.
if someone tries this, please report if you have success.
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Use this, for me it's the best way.
Titanium backup can store all your current apps and data settings for theseapps, too.
After flashing your new ROM, install Titanium backup and restore your backuped apps. Works fine.
Have a few questions I am sure some one can help with. I have been using Ti Backup to backup apps when updating Roms. No problem with the apps and bookmarks. Having trouble figuring out how to save text messages. I have tried saving MMS app and restoring but no prior texts. I have tried restoring just data and no go. What am I missing? What folder are the actual text messages saved in?
I also would like to pre load the ROM with apps before installing, but keep getting errors. Is this a signing issue or just me?
I have just started to use android commander to backup apps. I have tried to reinstall them back into the updated ROM, but also keep getting errors.
I really like Ti Backup, but it really takes a long time to run batch, go through each app, install, and hitting done for each app. May be there is a faster/easier way with Ti Backup.
Any help would be appreciated
Mac
You can make a zip using TB with all your apps which flashers them into /data.
il Duce,
Sorry for being so stupid. Do you mean zipping the backup file that TB uses? I don't see any option for making a zip with TB. Is it in the pro version?
Sorry again for my ignorance
Well I have pro, but I think its in both? Its in menu, more, create update zip. If you dont have that you can do an advanced restore of data with CWM. There are times you wouldn't want to, like going from froyo to ginger or back. Also sense to aosp. Full wipes are generally recommended, but these other things may work for you.
I used the create update.zip earlier today, and I got an error saying that it needed to use Edify. I might have an older version of TiBu, though. I was hoping to get it added to the list of things to flash from the start along with gapps, but no luck. It's not much more work to install the .apk and then batch restore from there, though.
I think switching to Pro allows you to do the batch without having to approve and accept each individual app installation. Not to mention that nice Dropbox storage.
Just use SMS Backup+ to backup SMS and MMS.
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
Anyway, lately my phones been running slowly and apps force closing, so I've decided to downgrade it and root it (psneuter method), and try some different ROM's.
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
I have a copy of:-
RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.34.405.5_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155556_signed
which I believe is the stock ROM for this device, but as far as I know if it goes wrong I'll be unable to flash this as the update won't allow me to flash an earlier version..
Would I be able to mount and then backup the whole phone using adb or any other method.
I've been reading about it for a while now, and while I have lots of bits of information, I've been unable to find a good solution.
Thanks,
...John...
j0hn0n1 said:
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
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Without root, a good app to backup your other apps is astro file manager, its available free from the market, you just have to hit menu, tools and it'll back up all the apps on your sd card, in terms of files, just make sure their all on your sd card and they'll be fine
Not sure how to back up SmS but i know their are apps out their, a point you may have forgotten is to make sure you back up your contacts as they all get wiped and I made this mistake, the easiest way to do that is to make sure your contacts sync up with your google account so after rooting, you can just sync them back,
Hope i helped!
Use google to remember what apps you've downloaded from market. Once associated, when you flash a new rom, google will automatically redownload all your associated apps. For sms, i suggest you download GoSMS and use their internal backup feature. It will save to sd and be visible to your stock sms app as well on restore.
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Ya but too many times google starts restoring apps that I uninstalled months ago. Great idea but bad implementation imo.
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Sorry I haven't replied, was in work all day yesterday.
I have Astro File Manager, but I hadn't even considered it, thanks. I have my contacts sync'd with Google, so it seems that as long as I backup my files and sms everything else should be done automatically anyway.
Go SMS seems worth getting anyway, as the bog standard Android messages app is seriously dull. I'll give it a try.
I had wondered about Google Market restoring apps, but I thought it would only reinstall apps that were installed at the last sync.
If you install an app and it screws up your phone, and do a factory reset then Google will just reinstall the app that caused all the problems in the first place.
Definitely a good idea, but needs more work.
Anyway, thanks for all the info, I'll give it try tonight, when I get back from work.
...John...
I find SMS Backup & Restore to be the best app for this purpose and I wouldn't recommend the backup feature from the market, as you said it is likely to give problems.
Without root though, the backup choices are somewhat limited for apps and such.
I've been using Super Manager by gpc. It works pretty good, plus offers a ton of other features that can be used with or without root.
I've backed up what I could, although it's typical that as soon as it's all gone I realised things that I should have wrote down (I had been using the wallet/pocket app and although I backed up all my apps, I'm guesing it won't have backed up any of the passwords, logins, bank details, etc).
Anyway, I've downgraded and successfully rooted my phone (through gfree), I have CID: 11111111 and S-Off, but I haven't installed and ROM's yet as I read somewhere that you are supposed to wipe everything between ROM's, am I wiping the Davlik cache or doing a factory reset (I mean won't the factory reset just reset my stock ROM back to it's original condition).
I'm also wondering about finding custom ROMs, on my dell streak I had installed ROM Manager and could get a list of any that were available.
I first installed ROM Manager and used it to flash recovery, but this time I've installed CWM first, so would it be safe to install ROM Manager now, will it want to flash a recovery over the one I have already.
Or is it not advisable to use ROM Manager, as I have previously heard of a few problems it may cause.
Thanks ...John...
Rom manager shouldn't give any problems, but for custom roms it's best to take a look at the development forum. If you don't like that you can still use the list in rommanager, it might be just me who prefers downloading roms to my pc first.
But before you install any of them I recommend you make a nandroid backup from recovery just to be safe.
I think the issues were that some people, not all, found problems flashing some of the gingerbread roms via Rom manager. Better to save the Rom to SD and then flash it via CWM.
Right I've done a nandroid backup, and I've saved one to another mSD card which I can keep somewhere just in case (probably a bit over cautious, but...).
I thought that by saving apps to an sd card, they would run from the sd when I restarted my phone, even the ones that I had moved previously with the application manager in settings are not seen.
Still reinstalling the ones I want isn't really that bad.
Seriously, somebody needs to sort out the Markets app backups feature, when I was setting up the phone at first, I specifically chose to not automatically sync with Google and that I would do it manually when needed. Then I went in to the market to get a file manager and the download failed, it was only when I looked at what was going on I realised it was already downloading and reinstalling 96 apps. I looked around for a 'cancel all' option and there isn't any, so I had to cancel them all one by one and then uninstall the ones that had managed to install.
A simple checklist to select the apps you want would be great, oh, and a cancel all button would be a bonus.
Anyway, things are not as much fun when they're too easy.
Thanks ...John...
What the title says really. It has been working fine since I installed ACA march 8th but 2 days ago, for no reason i can see, it stopped acquiring root access. It appears that SU is suddenly automatically denying the permissions but i have never told it to do such a thing for TB. All the other programs i have that require root (Root Explorer and Rom manager to name 2) are working fine.
I have tried, fixing permissions both in Rom manager and CWM more times than i can count, I've done reboots, power offs, soft resets, cleared the caches for both Superuser and TB, reinstalled both, upgraded and downgraded SU and obviously searched my ass off and i just can't get the damn thing to work again.
It's a little important that i get a good backup because the one i have is 2 days old and in the morning I'm going to be picking up my new Endeavour (One X for the uninitiated) and I'll need to transfer everything over.
I know there are a bunch of these threads about but i wouldn't start a new one unless it was really needed. So has anyone got any ideas?
M3PH said:
What the title says really. It has been working fine since I installed ACA march 8th but 2 days ago, for no reason i can see, it stopped acquiring root access. It appears that SU is suddenly automatically denying the permissions but i have never told it to do such a thing for TB. All the other programs i have that require root (Root Explorer and Rom manager to name 2) are working fine.
I have tried, fixing permissions both in Rom manager and CWM more times than i can count, I've done reboots, power offs, soft resets, cleared the caches for both Superuser and TB, reinstalled both, upgraded and downgraded SU and obviously searched my ass off and i just can't get the damn thing to work again.
It's a little important that i get a good backup because the one i have is 2 days old and in the morning I'm going to be picking up my new Endeavour (One X for the uninitiated) and I'll need to transfer everything over.
I know there are a bunch of these threads about but i wouldn't start a new one unless it was really needed. So has anyone got any ideas?
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Oh no, two days old?! whatever will you do? JK I've never come across an issue like this before, have you tried clearing all of the data for both apps and trying again? I'm very stumped as to how something like this would come about, especially if nothing actually solves it
Nigeldg said:
Oh no, two days old?! whatever will you do? JK I've never come across an issue like this before, have you tried clearing all of the data for both apps and trying again? I'm very stumped as to how something like this would come about, especially if nothing actually solves it
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Yeah i tried that. I even rebooted the phone once i had. SU just doesn't want to give the correct permissions.
I have my One X charging on my desk and my brother has agreed to pay me for my Leo so i need to get this sorted pretty quick coz i can't give him the HD2 if it still has my data on it. I will be honest though and say that i'm starting to think the best solution will be to restore the good backup i have from [now] 3 days ago and then work on the leo. If i have to lose the sms messages etc i have for the last few of days then so be it but i am going to blame the rom for the fault if i do.
M3PH said:
Yeah i tried that. I even rebooted the phone once i had. SU just doesn't want to give the correct permissions.
I have my One X charging on my desk and my brother has agreed to pay me for my Leo so i need to get this sorted pretty quick coz i can't give him the HD2 if it still has my data on it. I will be honest though and say that i'm starting to think the best solution will be to restore the good backup i have from [now] 3 days ago and then work on the leo. If i have to lose the sms messages etc i have for the last few of days then so be it but i am going to blame the rom for the fault if i do.
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Maybe it's something to do with ACA? Try this:
1. Backup everything in CWM
2. Flash a new ROM (not ACA)
3. Restore the data partition in CWM (through something like advanced restore, cba to boot into cwm to check it)
4. Load Titanium Backup and see if it works
5. (Assuming it works) backup your apps and enjoy.
Hopefully that might work. Also you don't need to worry about using a ROM with the same partition sizes as ACA, it won't matter (from what I've read, never actually tried it before).
Nigeldg said:
Maybe it's something to do with ACA? Try this:
1. Backup everything in CWM
2. Flash a new ROM (not ACA)
3. Restore the data partition in CWM (through something like advanced restore, cba to boot into cwm to check it)
4. Load Titanium Backup and see if it works
5. (Assuming it works) backup your apps and enjoy.
Hopefully that might work. Also you don't need to worry about using a ROM with the same partition sizes as ACA, it won't matter (from what I've read, never actually tried it before).
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Ok i will try it and report back. i'm in the middle of installing HTC sync for the One X, unlocking its bootloader and flashing a custom rom to it.
To be frank, i wouldn't have kept ACA on it to give anyway for the very simple reason it seems to be far buggier than most of the other CM7 roms out there for the Leo
Thanks to an odd series of events last night (i managed to lock myself out of my flat/apartment) i didn't get to looking into this further but the scheduled TB backup ran at 2AM as normal and it succeeded. Although when i open TB it still says unable to gain root access. So this gets wierder but atleast i have a current, good backup to put on my Endeavour and now i can flash the Leo with a new rom.
I won't say problem solved but i will say crisis averted.
M3PH said:
Thanks to an odd series of events last night (i managed to lock myself out of my flat/apartment) i didn't get to looking into this further but the scheduled TB backup ran at 2AM as normal and it succeeded. Although when i open TB it still says unable to gain root access. So this gets wierder but atleast i have a current, good backup to put on my Endeavour and now i can flash the Leo with a new rom.
I won't say problem solved but i will say crisis averted.
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Good to know, hopefully all the backups are good rather than corrupted. I don't know if it overwrites the old ones when it does a new backup, but if I were you I would have copied the old ones to my PC before the scheduled backup. That way, you have a fail-safe, but now if something went wrong you've effectively lost all of your app data.
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Good to know, hopefully all the backups are good rather than corrupted. I don't know if it overwrites the old ones when it does a new backup, but if I were you I would have copied the old ones to my PC before the scheduled backup. That way, you have a fail-safe, but now if something went wrong you've effectively lost all of your app data.
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Titainum backup overwrites or deletes older backups as per user preference. I personally only ever kept one. The backup itself is ok but it turns out the contacts and sms databases in GB are not compatible with ICS so i had to move most stuff the long way round anyway.
It's a good job i keep like 5 backups of my contacts in 5 different places. That would have been a pain otherwise.
Using Skyrocket here but I found this thread because my TiBu failed to get root access after flashing a new ROM.
Solution:
-Go to Settings, then Applications
-Find "Superuser"
-Press "Clear Data"
-Go back to Applications
-Find "Titanium Backup"
-Press "Clear Data"
Close all apps and windows and go to your home screen. Open Titanium Backup. It should then request root access. Allow it.
Worked for me!
Datron said:
Using Skyrocket here but I found this thread because my TiBu failed to get root access after flashing a new ROM.
Solution:
-Go to Settings, then Applications
-Find "Superuser"
-Press "Clear Data"
-Go back to Applications
-Find "Titanium Backup"
-Press "Clear Data"
Close all apps and windows and go to your home screen. Open Titanium Backup. It should then request root access. Allow it.
Worked for me!
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Thanks!
Had the same problem and this worked for me too.
I have this problem every time I restore my phone. All I do is uninstall it and reinstall it and it works just fine.
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Datron said:
Using Skyrocket here but I found this thread because my TiBu failed to get root access after flashing a new ROM.
Solution:
-Go to Settings, then Applications
-Find "Superuser"
-Press "Clear Data"
-Go back to Applications
-Find "Titanium Backup"
-Press "Clear Data"
Close all apps and windows and go to your home screen. Open Titanium Backup. It should then request root access. Allow it.
Worked for me!
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This worked like a charm!!! I was about to wipe everything and redo my ROM, thank god i didn't have to!
Datron said:
Using Skyrocket here but I found this thread because my TiBu failed to get root access after flashing a new ROM.
Solution:
-Go to Settings, then Applications
-Find "Superuser"
-Press "Clear Data"
-Go back to Applications
-Find "Titanium Backup"
-Press "Clear Data"
Close all apps and windows and go to your home screen. Open Titanium Backup. It should then request root access. Allow it.
Worked for me!
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Heh, I know this is an old thread, and even not my phones thread, but I just needed to say that this solution worked for me after the latest update for TB (8-21-12)....a quick google search pulled this up. Thanks!:highfive:
Datron said:
Using Skyrocket here but I found this thread because my TiBu failed to get root access after flashing a new ROM.
Solution:
-Go to Settings, then Applications
-Find "Superuser"
-Press "Clear Data"
-Go back to Applications
-Find "Titanium Backup"
-Press "Clear Data"
Close all apps and windows and go to your home screen. Open Titanium Backup. It should then request root access. Allow it.
Worked for me!
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Got the same problem after 4.1.2 OTA with Galaxy Nexus. Can't resolve following the steps.
I just RESET and rooted my Infuse, added Titanium Backup, and it fails to gain access. Everyone who has this issue seems to have done some ROM install or some other thing. I can't find any report of someone just installing fresh and having this problem. Also seeing mention of hitting the problem button and getting something...I get nothing but a troubleshooting page that tells me to go read a wiki... Then I see people talking about accidentally disallowing titanium in Superuser, What does that mean? There is no Titanium in Superuser.
I just tried the above quoted solution, that did nothing as well.
Nothing on this thread makes Titanium work for me.
robs80 said:
Thanks!
Had the same problem and this worked for me too.
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Guys, you're wonderful. It just worked for me too, just a minute before I decided to kill myself. Thnx:good:
Took me a long time to try everything specified here. Nothing's worked for me. It happened after I have installed Lollipop ROM on my rooted TMO S5. Finally I have uninstalled the TB Pro 6.1 I had before, and installed a non-Pro version from the Play. Now all works!
So probably the Pro has "incompatibility" with the Lollipop.
The thread is a bit old, but I just wanted to give one more tip if somebody else has similar issues. I encountered after one of the recent TB updates the same issue. I open TB and it does ask for root privileges, but for some reason never obtains them. Tried every possible proposal out there and in the end the only thing that actualy worked for me (although this is a bit of an unsecure setting) is to change the "Default access" setting in SuperSU to "Grant" instead of "Prompt". This is actualy telling the SU to grant acess to every app requesting it w/o prompting the user.
I was having the exact same issue on Titanium Backup 7.2.4 with SuperSu on the Samsung Galaxy SIII (AT&T SGH-I747). I looked at the access logs and discovered that Titanium Backup was getting an error when attempting to load busybox (not su), in spite of what the error says. I installed busybox, and the problem was resolved.
Edit:
1) My signature is really out of date.
2) Problem probably could have also been resolved in the TB preferences -> Troubleshooting by turning off "Force use System Busybox"
chriv said:
2) Problem probably could have also been resolved in the TB preferences -> Troubleshooting by turning off "Force use System Busybox"
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That IS THE solution
Confirmed
Hi,
I can't perform a Whatsapp backup since January this year, regardless if Google Drive Backup is checked, if the Whatsapp app is stored in the local or on sd card memory, automatic backups are being cancelled, too.
After I hit "Backup", the Dialogue "Messages are being backed up" shows up, which closes after 10 sec without any error message.
I tried to contact the WA Support, but they insist that my S4 is rooted (which it isn't, maybe because of the custom ROM I use).
I have flashed my Samsung I9505 in January this year from CM 12.1 to CM 13. At the beginning, the phone ran smoothless except BT. After a while, WiFi stopped working as well. I tried to flash the CM 12.1 backup and radios without any success, just a new mainboard helped. I installed my CM 12.1 backup from January via TWRP from my old mainboard, which ran without any errors on it (after a fullwipe on the new one).
The phone works great, except the WA backup.
WA gets always updated to the current version, I have ~1,2 GB free internal memory, I tried to update to the latest CM 12.1 5.1.1 version from 12/26/2015, perform a backup via 4G, 3G, Wifi, with an without Google Backup checked, cleared the cache and wiped Dalvic Cache, there is no app deactivated.
I use Baseband I9505XXUHOD7 and Kernel: 3.4.107-cyanogenmod-gab9afd6clyde.
Running a custom ROM means you are rooted.
Now, I don't know why whatsapp wouldn't work on a rooted ROM, but if you want to backup you can use titanium backup.
GDReaper said:
Running a custom ROM means you are rooted.
Now, I don't know why whatsapp wouldn't work on a rooted ROM, but if you want to backup you can use titanium backup.
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There is no root, please check the screenshot below.
Since there is no root, I can't use Titanium Backup, however, it wouldn't be the most practicable way to backup your Whatsapp history every time with Titanium Backup.
Besides that, I don't think this would work if I would like to transfer my history to a new phone on which WA Backup should work as intended as I won't flash the ROM/install root and void the warranty.
WA backup worked perfect with the old logicboard before flashing CM 13.
m_pa said:
There is no root, please check the screenshot below.
Since there is no root, I can't use Titanium Backup, however, it wouldn't be the most practicable way to backup your Whatsapp history every time with Titanium Backup.
Besides that, I don't think this would work if I would like to transfer my history to a new phone on which WA Backup should work as intended as I won't flash the ROM/install root and void the warranty.
WA backup worked perfect with the old logicboard before flashing CM 13.
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Root has to be activated from developer options.
That is definitely a whatsapp problem if it worked before.
GDReaper said:
Root has to be activated from developer options.
That is definitely a whatsapp problem if it worked before.
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Well, I haven't even unlocked the developer options until now..
Any idea how to convince WA doing it's job? Anybody with this problem before?
if you really want a backup it makes more sense that you either activate root or flash superSU yourself rather than wait on whatsapp to change their code just for you. they've already told you effectively that they aren't going to do anything for you and don't have to.
backing up the app and data with TiBu and copying the whatsapp folder achieves everything you want and has worked flawlessly for me many many times.
Well guys, got a new phone but the problem persists when trying to restore my history on the new phone and really need your help.
Got root on the old phone and saved the com.whatsapp folder of it with the key file and databases. How can I encrypt the msgstore.db to msgstore.db.crypt8?
I have tried the app Whatcrypt, which creates a msgstore.db.crypt file, as large as msgstore.db, but Whatsapp on the new phone does not recognize it as a backup file.
When using whatcrypt.com and uploading the key and msgstore.db, it tells me "Encryption failed / Incorrect account?"
Also tried Omni-Crypt app. It creates msgstore.crypt, which Whatsapp ignores as well ("searching for Backups" with waiting triangle for hours)
I don't know any other way and I'm literally stuck now
when i mentioned copying the apps folder i was thinking of the one on the root of your internal storage, not the one in Android/data/...
you can paste that onto a new phone and restore the app and data with titanium.
3mel said:
when i mentioned copying the apps folder i was thinking of the one on the root of your internal storage, not the one in Android/data/...
you can paste that onto a new phone and restore the app and data with titanium.
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Of course I can copy the Whatsapp folder on the root of the storage but this folder only contains the wa media files of my old phone since there are no msgstore.db.cryptX files created by Whatsapp.
For TiBa I would need to root the new phone which is a S7 Edge and I would like to avoid this until the warranty has expired. It is not as easy to do repairs by yourself as the S4..
fair enough, have you tried copying both folders over and installing from playstore ? or rather, install the app but don't open it, copy over both folders and then try and see what happens...