Well... My G1 has been running Super D for about forever now and yesterday I decided to try ZX Donut Build 2.3 and it was fast! But some things I needed did not work(they work in v2.4).
As I use nandroid to get back to Super D somne of my apps were missing, I used a previous back up and the apps that were not included in the newer back up were there.
Later I forgot when you repartition your SD card it formats it
I'll edit this later in a rush.
Meh Nandroid basically is just good for data.
e.x. if you make a nandroid then go download some new apps or update some, then nan restore you won't have those apps. And some apps are protected funny, specifically paid apps, and some others I've came across.
Start using a bart restore it has been way better to me.
And yea yea yea we know you repartitioned your sd card and lost your back up, we know the story
Yes, I used to laugh at everyone who said "is there a way to recover my data on the sd card?!!?" Now I feel foolish and hate myself... Need I dare say my G1 is annoying me but, I know the next day I'm going to praise it.
Well There Is One Good Thing.... IT RUNS SUPER FAST on SUPER D!
Icebergxx said:
Meh Nandroid basically is just good for data.
e.x. if you make a nandroid then go download some new apps or update some, then nan restore you won't have those apps. And some apps are protected funny, specifically paid apps, and some others I've came across.
Start using a bart restore it has been way better to me.
And yea yea yea we know you repartitioned your sd card and lost your back up, we know the story
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So how does Bart work like, could you explain how to use the back ups and make them? I always seen it in Nandroid but didn't know what to do.
Blackman778g said:
So how does Bart work like, could you explain how to use the back ups and make them? I always seen it in Nandroid but didn't know what to do.
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Little late huh?
I'm not that specifi and informed on Android now days.
But as far as my end user self see's it
Nandroid backs up data
e.g. texts
app info
Bart basically does everything
It copies your partitons, your applications, etc etc.
Then there is a funny difference between a nandroid and bart between installed/updated applications that I don't remember.
When I regret deleting something, I restore it using "Recuva".
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Works on any of my HDD, not sure on SD cards tho. Give it a shot
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Ahh....I feel like I can breathe freely! Damn that internal limitation was getting annoying! I wrote up what I did on my blog for those interested.
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Yea! No longer limited to 5 or 6 apps! Although, the 4GB apps partition may be a bit extreme
damn new user limitations......sigh....been online longer than most people have been born....ah well, eventually it'll go away.....
JadedTech said:
Ahh....I feel like I can breathe freely! Damn that internal limitation was getting annoying! I wrote up what I did on my blog for those interested.
bit.ly/
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Yea! No longer limited to 5 or 6 apps! Although, the 4GB apps partition may be a bit extreme
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You never need over 600mb. Honestly, there's no way you need 500 apps+ (which still probably wouldn't fill up 600mb.)
Does anyone think that it would be ok to simply resize rather than wipe/reinstall/reformat to lower size?
I don't think you can. If you could, I wouldn't. Just backup all your data on sdcard, reformat it, then transfer it all back.
It's not too bad.
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I don't think you can. If you could, I wouldn't. Just backup all your data on sdcard, reformat it, then transfer it all back.
It's not too bad.
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Too late, already done
Worked out perfectly....took a hell of a long time but I'm happy and it works great! See sig for details now
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Although, the 4GB apps partition may be a bit extreme
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ROFL I have 512mbs and over 100 apps on my phone.. You should attempt to download the marketplace 1 app at a time and see how many of the 150,000 apps you can fit onto your phone
Hey everyone,
This is a very stupid question but nonetheless, was wondering if there is any way to backup the saves for my Angry Birds game. I am running Fission 1.21 and wanna update to 2.1, but I have taken my sweet ass time to 3 star basically every level on that game and I would much rather not have to do it again... SOOOOO, any way to back up the data so I don't lose the save as I wipe everything in my phone when installing the new stuff?
Thanks in advance
You can use Titanium backup to be absolutely sure. but to be honest you should have no issues keeping the data. I have no trouble with my saved data on it restoring once you've flashed a new rom.
kwheel596 said:
You can use Titanium backup to be absolutely sure. but to be honest you should have no issues keeping the data. I have no trouble with my saved data on it restoring once you've flashed a new rom.
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I am worried because I backed up with Appmonster last time and it didn't keep the saves at all. Just wanting to be sure.
blustosa said:
Hey everyone,
This is a very stupid question but nonetheless, was wondering if there is any way to backup the saves for my Angry Birds game. I am running Fission 1.21 and wanna update to 2.1, but I have taken my sweet ass time to 3 star basically every level on that game and I would much rather not have to do it again... SOOOOO, any way to back up the data so I don't lose the save as I wipe everything in my phone when installing the new stuff?
Thanks in advance
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Just curious, are you rooted?
I have a theory that Ti Backup or any backing up of apps to save re-installing time when changing to a new ROM is a bad plan. I know you can do it no problem, and that it is a great time saver, but I have a strong feeling that this ultimately results in an unstable phone with mysterious force closes etc.
Even though it's a real pain, I think you are always better off reinstalling your apps from scratch after changing to a new ROM and wiping caches.
what say you?
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I have a theory that Ti Backup or any backing up of apps to save re-installing time when changing to a new ROM is a bad plan. I know you can do it no problem, and that it is a great time saver, but I have a strong feeling that this ultimately results in an unstable phone with mysterious force closes etc.
Even though it's a real pain, I think you are always better off reinstalling your apps from scratch after changing to a new ROM and wiping caches.
what say you?
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I'm no expert, but I agree with you. I have love TiBa, but I haven't ever batch restored all my apps/data at once. I've used it very selectively and never had a problem. I also use it for some of the other options it has... like detaching apps from "my apps" in the Market, for instance. But overall, yes, I think you're right, and it seems like common sense. For me, the point of using TiBa to create complete backups is simply to know that I have them, just in case... this is just my experience, of course...
I use my backup root... Works quite well, but i do not restore any apps which need superuser or something like that. You can handle the force close by fixing permission after restoring apps... But yeah a fresh install seems to be better
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I make backups of apps with Ti but only use it reinstall selected app data if necessary.
Made the noob mistake of restoring system data once but live and learn.
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Reinstalling your apps + data is not the problem. it's reinstalling system data that is the culprit. part of going into a new rom is that the system is set up differently. It is fine if you just restore the apps if they're all functioning normally.
You actually can also filter your batch operations so that you can install specific files and also have it back those files up on a schedule (daily/weekly/monthly/cyclic/etc).
TLDR: reinstalling apps + data is not bad. Reinstalling system data is bad.
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Reinstalling your apps + data is not the problem. it's reinstalling system data that is the culprit. part of going into a new rom is that the system is set up differently. It is fine if you just restore the apps if they're all functioning normally.
You actually can also filter your batch operations so that you can install specific files and also have it back those files up on a schedule (daily/weekly/monthly/cyclic/etc).
TLDR: reinstalling apps + data is not bad. Reinstalling system data is bad.
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Obviously, restoring system data across ROMs is just plain wrong, but even restoring user app/data can be problematic. Just recently I read a post from a user who was regularly restoring user apps/data after ROM updates... the person started experiencing minor glitches with their device, performed a factory reset, re flashed, reinstalled everything from scratch, and the issues resolved themselves... I can't count the times I've read posts like this. Of course, these same users got along just fine for a time before the problems developed, so I agree with you when you said restoring user apps/data is "not bad." But over time, it might not be good either.
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I have a theory that Ti Backup or any backing up of apps to save re-installing time when changing to a new ROM is a bad plan. I know you can do it no problem, and that it is a great time saver, but I have a strong feeling that this ultimately results in an unstable phone with mysterious force closes etc.
Even though it's a real pain, I think you are always better off reinstalling your apps from scratch after changing to a new ROM and wiping caches.
what say you?
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Calling it a theory would imply that you are going to present some evidence supporting it, which you have not. No evidence, its just a hypothesis.
Well obviously by copying data back and forth regularly you increase the potential for corruption etc to occur, whatever the cause. Is that not just a given? But unless you're doing it an unnecessary amount of times I shouldn't think you would run into noticeable trouble.
I always sucessfully batch restore my apps and app data (with Titanium Backup Pro) after a format of system and never have run into any issues.
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Obviously, restoring system data across ROMs is just plain wrong, but even restoring user app/data can be problematic. Just recently I read a post from a user who was regularly restoring user apps/data after ROM updates... the person started experiencing minor glitches with their device, performed a factory reset, re flashed, reinstalled everything from scratch, and the issues resolved themselves... I can't count the times I've read posts like this. Of course, these same users got along just fine for a time before the problems developed, so I agree with you when you said restoring user apps/data is "not bad." But over time, it might not be good either.
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I have been doing this since the old winmo days and have not had a single problem with it. There's a reason you do multiple copies which makes life a little easier.
I personally have not had any problems over the past 4 years of using titanium across winmo to android. So I disagree with the OP's theory. Backing up app/data wont make it go bad over time. It's not a consumable so it doesn't matter how many times you back it up or over how many years you do. if you keep your app updated and you back it up, it wont go bad over time.
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I always sucessfully batch restore my apps and app data (with Titanium Backup Pro) after a format of system and never have run into any issues.
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Ditto for me, though these days I just upgrade the same ROM to new versions and only wipe the caches.
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I have been doing this since the old winmo days and have not had a single problem with it. There's a reason you do multiple copies which makes life a little easier.
I personally have not had any problems over the past 4 years of using titanium across winmo to android. So I disagree with the OP's theory. Backing up app/data wont make it go bad over time. It's not a consumable so it doesn't matter how many times you back it up or over how many years you do. if you keep your app updated and you back it up, it wont go bad over time.
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As I said, I've never had an issue using it selectively, but I was hesitant to rely on it too heavily. I need to bear in mind that for every user who reports a problem, there are usually many more that get along just fine. Thanks for the input.
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I always sucessfully batch restore my apps and app data (with Titanium Backup Pro) after a format of system and never have run into any issues.
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Zero problems here..in fact it has fixed problems for me in the past I love TB
the point is that backed up apps and data don't just go bad over time. There's a reason why you make multiple back ups.
At the end of the day, fresh > backup
Unless you have important or critical data, then backup>fresh. I have clients cry because they didn't have a backup at home or on their phone...just saying, grown men and women crying because they never thought about spending some cash for peace of mind. My backups on my phone and home network have come in handy multiple times! Backups to me are indispensible...
I use mybackup pro.
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On the other hand its fun just to back up the apks of stuff you like on your cpu, so you can make a new phone experience when you make a big change--say by using a dif combo of apps/themes.
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I always sucessfully batch restore my apps and app data (with Titanium Backup Pro) after a format of system and never have run into any issues.
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Yeah i think so too. Because ti backup sometimes restores apps but the apps FCs :/ i dont like ti backup...
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I recently had to get a replacement Evo because my old one did some crazy stuff, and I was reading that it isn't a good idea to restore backups across devices. But I was wondering if I could extract the backups made, gather what I need (mainly I just want my sms history) and put it in the appropriate spot on the new phone. (same ROM obviously). Is this doable? (or am I actually safe restoring the nandroid, save for wimax obviosuly)
This is the exact same model, and as far as I know same hardware revision (I'll know when it arrives).
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I recently had to get a replacement Evo because my old one did some crazy stuff, and I was reading that it isn't a good idea to restore backups across devices. But I was wondering if I could extract the backups made, gather what I need (mainly I just want my sms history) and put it in the appropriate spot on the new phone. (same ROM obviously). Is this doable? (or am I actually safe restoring the nandroid, save for wimax obviosuly)
This is the exact same model, and as far as I know same hardware revision (I'll know when it arrives).
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There's an app in the market called appextractor. This app will allow you to restore sms, mms, apk's, wifi settings, and much more from a nandroid backup. I really suggest buying it to show your appreciation to the developer.
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Big thanks to you for this, I'm a little paranoid about these things seeing how I almost had to pay the $100 deductable since Sprint found out I'd rooted. (got the "if you root again we'll mark it as such" speech, which just says to me "go somewhere else if your phone breaks")
edit: will it work with a TWRP nandroid though?
Get away from TWRP
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Yes, I know that, but my last nandroid is a TWRP. Is there any way to get the data from it, or would I have to re-flash it long enough to do a restore before switching back to Amon? (reading the description of the app bigshortob22 linked, it appears it'll only work with .img files and CWM)
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There's an app in the market called appextractor. This app will allow you to restore sms, mms, apk's, wifi settings, and much more from a nandroid backup. I really suggest buying it to show your appreciation to the developer.
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Holy crap. Thank you!! This going to make switching between roms SO much easier!!
SilverStone641 said:
Holy crap. Thank you!! This going to make switching between roms SO much easier!!
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One of my favorite apps. The reason why I flash so much.lol
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Hey! This may sound like a noon question. Ive been rooting my phones for almost a decade and never cared about loosing all my data and apps during the process.
However, now I'm about more concerned about it, and was wondering if anyone could recommend me a free program or app to make a complete data and apps backup?
Thanks....
enzzo28 said:
Hey! This may sound like a noon question. Ive been rooting my phones for almost a decade and never cared about loosing all my data and apps during the process.
However, now I'm about more concerned about it, and was wondering if anyone could recommend me a free program or app to make a complete data and apps backup?
Thanks....
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Nothing that I can think of before unlocking the BL, which is why I do it as soon as I take the phone out of the box.
How about OnePlus switch app that is already present at the phone. You can do backups and restores from the app.
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How about OnePlus switch app that is already present at the phone. You can do backups and restores from the app.
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Thanks!
I thought it only worked to transfer data from phone to phone. But I was wrong, I just checked and realized I could make the backup and then transfer it to my pc...
Android Pie has a built-in backup option already. Under system>backup. Hope this helps.
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Android Pie has a built-in backup option already. Under system>backup. Hope this helps.
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Thanks!
But unfortunately it doesn't backup all my apps
@enzzo28
OnePlus Switch does an amazing with back up data....
DrakenFX said:
@enzzo28
OnePlus Switch does an amazing with back up data....
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I'd never opened then app, until today...
Thanks for pointing it out!
enzzo28 said:
I'd never opened then app, until today...
Thanks for pointing it out!
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I never had an OnePlus till now , but OP Switch work as expected...
But getting the backup from internal storage to somewhere less volatile is difficult - large files, slow even over USB 3 connection. Oh for a microUSB card...