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I have about 10-15 apps I always end up installing for every new rom. I was wondering if I could just use this method to create an update.zip so I could just load it from recovery after I load a rom. I tried and for the most part (swype excluded) the apps installed ok, but i noticed if I wanted to remove them I could not. I am guessing its because I put the apk in the system/app folder. can i put it in another folder to make it appear just as if it was installed from the market? I don't see any apps installed anywhere else to be honest?
I'm not to sure about the update script but I just use Titanium Backup to reinstall all my apps. Just download it from marketplace and run a app backup. So after I install a new Rom I just redownload titanium from the market place and restore all apps. Then I can uninstall an app or delete it from the backup. Not really sure if this helps you but trying to help others out.
ejkeebler said:
I have about 10-15 apps I always end up installing for every new rom. I was wondering if I could just use this method to create an update.zip so I could just load it from recovery after I load a rom. I tried and for the most part (swype excluded) the apps installed ok, but i noticed if I wanted to remove them I could not. I am guessing its because I put the apk in the system/app folder. can i put it in another folder to make it appear just as if it was installed from the market? I don't see any apps installed anywhere else to be honest?
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If you did something like this you would lose all data associated with those apps such as settings, game saves, etc. Best thing is Titanium backup. Also if you installed the apps without going through the market, you wont get updates.
i think if you put them in /data/app they can be uninstalled so make an update.zip that places them there
You can use ti backup to make an update.zip
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I guess i'll stick with Titanium Backup. I'll have to look into the update.zip option from there, but if it doesnt restore data, kind of a wasted step. I'll have to buckle down and look at it today. It seems kind of cumbersome going through each app 1 at a time, and don't think I want an every app restore. I imagine there's got to be an option where you can select only certain apps....thanks!
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If you did something like this you would lose all data associated with those apps such as settings, game saves, etc. Best thing is Titanium backup. Also if you installed the apps without going through the market, you wont get updates.
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Unless you also threw the corresponding db's from /data/data in there. Then you would (like you said) run into Market problems without a restore of the vending prefs and databases. Like yourself and everyone before said...use Titanium.
Titanium Tip:
1. Create a folder in root of sdcard. For example /sdcard/Reinstall
2. Go to Titanium's settings and make Reinstall your backup folder
3. Backup the apps you want to keep for restore.
4. Go back to settings and change to your regular backup folder so you don't populate your reinstall folder with unwanted apps.
5. After a wipe, download Titanium (Titanium also has an option to create an update.zip of itself so you can install it in recovery before 1st boot).
6. Go to Titanium and change backup folder to Reinstall.
7. Batch restore (donate only) or manually restore the contents.
8. Remember to change backup folder again.
I do this for system apps/settings across different roms also. For instance, I have a DesireSys folder and a FroyoSys folder. Learn to use the filters, makes life much easier.
overground said:
Unless you also threw the corresponding db's from /data/data in there. Then you would (like you said) run into Market problems without a restore of the vending prefs and databases. Like yourself and everyone before said...use Titanium.
Titanium Tip:
1. Create a folder in root of sdcard. For example /sdcard/Reinstall
2. Go to Titanium's settings and make Reinstall your backup folder
3. Backup the apps you want to keep for restore.
4. Go back to settings and change to your regular backup folder so you don't populate your reinstall folder with unwanted apps.
5. After a wipe, download Titanium (Titanium also has an option to create an update.zip of itself so you can install it in recovery before 1st boot).6. Go to Titanium and change backup folder to Reinstall.
7. Batch restore (donate only) or manually restore the contents.
8. Remember to change backup folder again.
I do this for system apps/settings across different roms also. For instance, I have a DesireSys folder and a FroyoSys folder. Learn to use the filters, makes life much easier.
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Excellent! I've been downloading it after each install. I thought there had to be an easier way.
hi i downloaded this and i cant figure out how to restore files??
the reason of this is svitching bulids
Tap on "Got problems" and let it download that package or program that it needs. Then it will work. You will also need su.apk. You can get su.apk from any of Mdeejay's builds. I would attach it if I were at home.
Edit: you can get su.apk from HERE on XDA Developers.
i managed to backup my files but the restoring part is to compicated is there another easier way to backup my files and i have already the superuser app
Do you guys and gals mind sharing the best apps to use and way to backup all your data/settings/apps before flashing a new ROM? I heard a lot about Titanium Backup, but somehow my user apps are not listed to backup. So I tried mybackup pro and apps backup and restore. Apps backup and restore works, but its a bit of a pain. Cause the apps install one by one, and I gotta keep pressing install/done for each app. Is there a way to just save one huge file and batch install at once? What way would be the best? I love trying out new ROMs but backing up and resetting my settings is a ***** in a box. Also what's the function of the built in google backup when a rom is first installed?
Mybackup Root works fine, way better than Titanium.
Oh nice! But in what way and is the free version any good?
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I use Astro File Manager (which is free). In Settings and then Tools, there is a function called Application Manager/Backup. If you tick the all the apps and then select backup, this will create a proper backup of your apps.
This App Manager/Backup function has 2 advantages, first one is that you can restore all apps directly from within Astro. Second one (this is why I chose Astro) is that these backups are .apk, so in case you don't have Astro, you can just use any other file manager to restore everything.
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I use Astro File Manager (which is free). In Settings and then Tools, there is a function called Application Manager/Backup. If you tick the all the apps and then select backup, this will create a proper backup of your apps.
This App Manager/Backup function has 2 advantages, first one is that you can restore all apps directly from within Astro. Second one (this is why I chose Astro) is that these backups are .apk, so in case you don't have Astro, you can just use any other file manager to restore everything.
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Nice! Can you mark all apps directly? Does the .apk include data+market link?
EDIT: Can you also restore all apps?
andreasha said:
Nice! Can you mark all apps directly? Does the .apk include data+market link?
EDIT: Can you also restore all apps?
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he said "..you can just use any other file manager to restore everything." ^^
levibuko said:
he said "..you can just use any other file manager to restore everything." ^^
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Thank you!
andreasha said:
Nice! Can you mark all apps directly? Does the .apk include data+market link?
EDIT: Can you also restore all apps?
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Yep, you can mark each app or all of them...depending what you want. But, the best thing is that every app backed-up is an actual .apk and can be exported to any other Rom.
so it backups data and market link then?
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Yep, you can mark each app or all of them...depending what you want. But, the best thing is that every app backed-up is an actual .apk and can be exported to any other Rom.
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The only thing I miss in it is mount as r/w.
Titanium backup works like a charm too. Go to backup/restore, press settings button and batch. There u can backup userdata + apps, or only one of them. It then backups all in one click. Goes fast and painfree!
Julianv91 said:
Titanium backup works like a charm too. Go to backup/restore, press settings button and batch. There u can backup userdata + apps, or only one of them. It then backups all in one click. Goes fast and painfree!
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Yeah I use that normally too.
Julianv91 said:
Titanium backup works like a charm too. Go to backup/restore, press settings button and batch. There u can backup userdata + apps, or only one of them. It then backups all in one click. Goes fast and painfree!
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When i do it this way i always have to press install and so for every app is that NORMAL?
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levibuko said:
When i do it this way i always have to press install and so for every app is that NORMAL?
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Yes for the free version it sadly is, the pro version backups and restore faster and does it all in a batch.
Okay, this is the 2nd time this has happened.....my phone.apk has disappeared from my phone, EC09.
Last time I just blew everything up and started over. This time I refuse to do that. I'm using Dialer One, so at the moment, things are not urgent. But I do want my touchwiz dialer back.
I've backed up the app with Titanium Backup on a previous nandroid backup, and it will not restore the phone app on my current ROM. I've also tried using ADB and the install command, and I get a "install parse failed no certificates" error message.
Anyone have a way to solve this problem for me?
UPDATE: I found a valid backup from TiBu that worked for me and another user. Download this zip, unzip the files into your Titanium Backup folder on your SD card. Scroll through the apps/backups in TiBu until you find [Voicemail] Dialer 2.2.2, restore app+data. Should be good to go!
Download Dialer Tab Titanium Backup files
This seems to be a common thing happening on this phone. This also happened to me when i was running complete stock no root a while back and I had to do a hard reset to get it back. I don't know what the apks issue is but its happening to a lot of people and so far the only way to get it back that I know of is to do a hard reset.
I also lost dialer on EC09 awhile back, gave up trying to fix. Just have also just been using Dialer 1. Odd thing with it though is I had to dial 911 and it wouldn't let me, every time inputted numbers it would bring up my contacts and wouldn't let me dial it.
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Well I guess it's mildly comforting to know I'm not alone with this problem. I know there must be a way to get the dialer back without a hard reset. I just got tired/overwhelmed of researching exactly how Android handles apk's and how ADB works.
I have the apk. I just haven't been able to get it on my phone properly.
Well, the problem has been solved.
Apparently the backup I made of the phone app through Titanium Backup was corrupt. I had an entire backup of my SD card on my hard drive and I tried restoring the phone app from that. Titanium Backup restored it fine.
I couldn't understand why TiBu would be unable to restore an app IT backed up! Apparently it wasn't unable to!
If anyone wants the three files created by the backup, I can zip them up and post them.
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Well, the problem has been solved.
Apparently the backup I made of the phone app through Titanium Backup was corrupt. I had an entire backup of my SD card on my hard drive and I tried restoring the phone app from that. Titanium Backup restored it fine.
I couldn't understand why TiBu would be unable to restore an app IT backed up! Apparently it wasn't unable to!
If anyone wants the three files created by the backup, I can zip them up and post them.
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If not to much trouble I would like a copy of them, as my Tibu won't restore either and tried another method offered here somewhere without success and just gave up.
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If not to much trouble I would like a copy of them, as my Tibu won't restore either and tried another method offered here somewhere without success and just gave up.
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I'm pretty sure I should post this link elsewhere, but here you go!
Phone 2.2.2 backup up with TiBu
Nevermind I see it's resolved.
Okay since this is zip I believe it just gets installed through recovery, am I right. So when I try it just hangs at installing, had to pull battery to restart phone.
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I'm sorry for not explaining things with the link. That is the three files that Titanium Backup creates when backing up an app. I zipped them into one file. Unzip them into your Titanium Backup folder on your SD card, and restore the phone app through Titanium Backup.
Well I give up, just going to stick with Dialer 1. Took zip, extracted and moved to Tibu backup folder, went into Tibu, didn't show up in apps list went to batch and reinstalled from batch mode and still nada. Tibu shows as installed but not there. Under application settings it shows 0.00 for file size, that can't be right, so guessing did not install.
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fix!
No need for any flashing!!!
Just go into a file explorer (like root explorer) and go into system/app/ and look for the app the has disappeared and hold it down, a menu will pop up and go down to permissions.
there will be 3 columns. The first one should have all 3 boxes checked, the second column should only have the top box checked, and the last column should have all boxes UNCHECKED.
After you do that press ok and there should be a pop up saying that permissions were changed!
And that's it! Your app should be back! If not, try installing it after u change the permissions by pressing down on the app until u get a pop up and press open with, then pick apk handler, then just install, and it should work!
I'm new to the forums, so I hope this is helpful!
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No need for any flashing!!!
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No one has suggested or recommended flashing in this thread, to my knowledge.
Killyjoy's suggestion may very well work, but the file you downloaded from me might not have been the right one.
I have two trios of files that came from Titanium Backup when I was trying to restore the phone app. One trio has the word "phone" in it...and that's what you downloaded from me the first time, the other trio has the word "dialer" in it, and that is here
My initial instructions should still apply. Unzip these three files into your Titanium Backup folder of your SD card. Look in TiBu for "[Voicemail] Dialer"
You should see that there is a backup from 4/06/12. If the app shows as installed on your phone, I'd uninstall it (MAKE SURE you see that TiBu recognizes a backup exists first) and then restore the app+data from the backup.
That's how I got back up and running......if you want to give the TiBu method one more go.
spearoid said:
No one has suggested or recommended flashing in this thread, to my knowledge.
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Sorry, I just browsed thru the comments real quick and thought I saw the word flashing in there lol. But this way definitely works, I lost my phone apk. 2 times after installing tb101 mod and I got it back both times.
I figured I'd post some screencaps so you guys could maybe understand what I was saying a little bit better.
Hope they help!
killjoy1179 said:
No need for any flashing!!!
Just go into a file explorer (like root explorer) and go into system/app/ and look for the app the has disappeared and hold it down, a menu will pop up and go down to permissions.
there will be 3 columns. The first one should have all 3 boxes checked, the second column should only have the top box checked, and the last column should have all boxes UNCHECKED.
After you do that press ok and there should be a pop up saying that permissions were changed!
And that's it! Your app should be back! If not, try installing it after u change the permissions by pressing down on the app until u get a pop up and press open with, then pick apk handler, then just install, and it should work!
I'm new to the forums, so I hope this is helpful!
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Checked permissions they were right, used apk installer but get message saying not installed.
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spearoid said:
No one has suggested or recommended flashing in this thread, to my knowledge.
Killyjoy's suggestion may very well work, but the file you downloaded from me might not have been the right one.
I have two trios of files that came from Titanium Backup when I was trying to restore the phone app. One trio has the word "phone" in it...and that's what you downloaded from me the first time, the other trio has the word "dialer" in it, and that is here
My initial instructions should still apply. Unzip these three files into your Titanium Backup folder of your SD card. Look in TiBu for "[Voicemail] Dialer"
You should see that there is a backup from 4/06/12. If the app shows as installed on your phone, I'd uninstall it (MAKE SURE you see that TiBu recognizes a backup exists first) and then restore the app+data from the backup.
That's how I got back up and running......if you want to give the TiBu method one more go.
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This one worked, stock phone finally back, thanks for zips and help.
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Excellent! I'll update the OP
Weird...I've tried the whole process using root explorer and its not working for me either...I know it can be done, so I'm going to keep working on it.
killjoy1179 said:
Weird...I've tried the whole process using root explorer and its not working for me either...I know it can be done, so I'm going to keep working on it.
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If using Tibu to reinstall back up, I had to verify back up was there then uninstall in TiBu and then reinstall.
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Ok so I think I've got it figured out.
You delete the app that's missing out of the system
/app folder.
Copy and paste the new app into the system/app folder.
And then check the permissions and then reboot and it should be there.
Note: the app that your replacing needs to be from the Same ROM. So just download the rom your using and extract the app and go from there.
So next time your app goes missing, try this method and let me know if it works.
On my Nexus 7 (5.1.1) I'm trying to transfer data from one user profile to another using Titanium Backup. SU is set to allow multiple users. So, TB has root access on each user. I've also made sure that the sd card writing bug was taken care of. (I tried Helium, but the app said that helium was only available for use by the main user, and the profiles I'm trying to work with are not my main user).
When I backup an app, the TB backup folder only containts the .properties text file. I do not see the tar.gz or apk.gz file. (Also don't see the Tibkp file). In TB, when I "backup" an app, the backup runs like normal and the app shows that I have a backup. But if I close and restart TB, for the same app, there is no backup available.
Anyway, dunno if this is the right place to ask. But I 'm a bit stuck.