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Best way for switching info between roms?

Hey everyone,
Just recently I've switched over to the leaked 2.2 froyo and I bought the donate version for titanium backup. After installing all my apps over to 2.2 it was a pain in the ass to get all my icons and widgets back to where they were.
Is there an easier way to restore settings between roms and have the home screens be the same with some kind of restore?
For example if I backed up leaked froyo right now and tryed out pmf v2.0 I wouldn't want to restore some settings because of the fact that sense is removed and may cause some errors and force closes right? But if I did a full restore going from froyo > skyraider it would be smoother correct?
I just need some clarification of how to restore settings so that when I'm switching between roms there is an easier way rather than taking that extra 25-35 min to get everything back to where it was. Thanks.

Titanium backup allows for you to choose what you want to put back onto your phone. Since its 2.2 -> 2.2 then imo you really shouldn't have any major problems with most things.
HTC Incredible, rooted w/ modified Sense 2.1

ilinfinityil said:
Titanium backup allows for you to choose what you want to put back onto your phone. Since its 2.2 -> 2.2 then imo you really shouldn't have any major problems with most things.
HTC Incredible, rooted w/ modified Sense 2.1
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Well, yeah I was using titanium backup for restoring all my applications however I didn't want to restore system apps/settings in case it would overwrite the newer and updated core apps to 2.2. How would I go about restoring homescreens and where I put all my icons with titanium backup?

If you use something like launcher pro, you can backup from within the program. Also, titanium backup will do the same. If using sense look for the green desktop item to back up.
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dspero said:
If you use something like launcher pro, you can backup from within the program. Also, titanium backup will do the same. If using sense look for the green desktop item to back up.
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Okay cool I'll look out for it, thanks.

both launchers, adw and laucherpro, have a save homescreen icons setting. It's really helpful. Just use titanium backup first...and then restore the launcher files..in that order good luck! Sense can only save scenes..but its too bad you cant save to sd card.

qmartman711 said:
both launchers, adw and laucherpro, have a save homescreen icons setting. It's really helpful. Just use titanium backup first...and then restore the launcher files..in that order good luck! Sense can only save scenes..but its too bad you cant save to sd card.
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Yeah, see that's what I was looking for is a sense restore with scenes however I didn't want to restore like a sense 2.1 setting over a sense 2.2 setting and mess with any of that. Might use adw since it's pretty b.a.

Dream App: Save & Restore Widgets After Full Wipe

Hi All,
I use Titanium Pro to back up my EVO so doing a full wipe is relatively painless and automated. However, although Titanium restores the placeholders for my widgets, I have to re-add them manually. For some widgets that require modifications (Pure Calendar, etc), this can be a pain.
What I would love (and gladly pay for), is an app that could save and restore my desktop widgets exactly as they were prior to a full wipe. Nandroid does this but of course, using Nandroid would negate my new rom flash.
Any ideas?

Along this train of thought, is it possible to do a Nandroid Backup and Restore that restores everything EXCEPT the rom and kernel you just flashed?

You can do this with adw and launcher pro just save your desktop, wipe, then use titanium to restore apps then restore your desktop with which ever launcher.
Thats what I do using adw.
Sent from my EVO running cm6

grungbuk said:
You can do this with adw and launcher pro just save your desktop, wipe, then use titanium to restore apps then restore your desktop with which ever launcher.
Thats what I do using adw.
Sent from my EVO running cm6
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This is exactly what I do, however Launcher Pro will not restore widgets...rest of desktop yes..No big deal I just re-add the 2-3 widgets I have and go on.

close or remove twLauncher ?

I have installed the go launcher, it works well.
Anyone knows how to close or remove twlauncher? I have rooted my galaxy note.
thank you.

uninstall with titanium backup
but first of all make a backup of tw (with titanium)

uvz said:
uninstall with titanium backup
but first of all make a backup of tw (with titanium)
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You can also choose to just freeze it, all the benefits of uninstalling without losing your twlauncher. Titanium Backup Pro, MyBackupPro and my personal favorite: ROM Toolbox can just freeze apps.

Thank you very much.
I uninstalled twlauncher by titanium backup... then I did a stupid thing.
I'm wondering if I uninstall go launcher too, is there the default android launcher? so...I uninstalled the go launcher.
Now, the phone can not boot, stop at SAMSUNG logo screen. It looks I have to refresh the ROM.

lydr said:
Thank you very much.
I uninstalled twlauncher by titanium backup... then I did a stupid thing.
I'm wondering if I uninstall go launcher too, is there the default android launcher? so...I uninstalled the go launcher.
Now, the phone can not boot, stop at SAMSUNG screen. It looks I have to refresh the ROM.
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if you know how to use ADB you can push a launcher apk back onto the phone from your PC.

RashaMatt said:
if you know how to use ADB you can push a launcher apk back onto the phone from your PC.
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Thank you.
ADB means "Android Debug Bridge" ?

lydr said:
Thank you.
ADB means "Android Debug Bridge" ?
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yes. Google for info on how to download and set it up - it's part of the development sdk package.

Back up stock launcher

Does anyone know how to back up the stock launcher settings, mainly the homescreen layouts and folders, so that they can be restored after (re)installing a ROM?

skinien said:
Does anyone know how to back up the stock launcher settings, mainly the homescreen layouts and folders, so that they can be restored after (re)installing a ROM?
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Titanium Backup does this, but be aware that if you install a from with a different launcher version, it will not work.

mikedyk43 said:
Titanium Backup does this, but be aware that if you install a from with a different launcher version, it will not work.
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I have Titanium Backup pro and I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Sorry, I don't understand your "beware" statement.

skinien said:
I have Titanium Backup pro and I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Sorry, I don't understand your "beware" statement.
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If you open Titanium Backup and go to the backup/restore tab and back everything up, all of you launcher settings (Desktop and it"s contents) are saved. This is because your desktop launcher is an app. Now to clarify what my beware statement was; if you are on Honeycomb and do a backup, then flash an ICS rom, your saved Launcher settings will not work because the Launcher in ICS is version 4.0.3 while the launcher in Honeycomb was 3.x.x. As far as TiBu is concerned they are different apps and you do not have a backup for the newer version. Now if you are using ADW or Launcher Pro it will work just fine. If you are doing updates on say Eos Nightlies for ICS your backups for the app [Desktop] Launcher 4.0.3 are the settings for the stock launcher and should be restorable. You can also install the ICS Launcher that Cyanogen is creating called Trebuchet and do backups and restores of your desktop with this as well. I hope this helps. Let me know if this does or doesn't make sense to you.
Note: I don't mean to insult your intellegence, but just in case. To restore an app in TiBu, on the backup/restore tab, press whichever app you want to restore and a menu will pop up with options, among those options is restore (That is, of course, if you have done a backup previously). Make sure before you flash any other ROM that everything showing in TiBu has a current backup. Easiest way to do this is while in the backup/restore tab, press menu/batch and about the fifth option down should be "Backup all user apps + system data" . Press the "RUN" button next to this line.

mikedyk43 said:
If you open Titanium Backup and go to the backup/restore tab and back everything up, all of you launcher settings (Desktop and it"s contents) are saved. This is because your desktop launcher is an app. Now to clarify what my beware statement was; if you are on Honeycomb and do a backup, then flash an ICS rom, your saved Launcher settings will not work because the Launcher in ICS is version 4.0.3 while the launcher in Honeycomb was 3.x.x. As far as TiBu is concerned they are different apps and you do not have a backup for the newer version. Now if you are using ADW or Launcher Pro it will work just fine. If you are doing updates on say Eos Nightlies for ICS your backups for the app [Desktop] Launcher 4.0.3 are the settings for the stock launcher and should be restorable. You can also install the ICS Launcher that Cyanogen is creating called Trebuchet and do backups and restores of your desktop with this as well. I hope this helps. Let me know if this does or doesn't make sense to you.
Note: I don't mean to insult your intellegence, but just in case. To restore an app in TiBu, on the backup/restore tab, press whichever app you want to restore and a menu will pop up with options, among those options is restore (That is, of course, if you have done a backup previously). Make sure before you flash any other ROM that everything showing in TiBu has a current backup. Easiest way to do this is while in the backup/restore tab, press menu/batch and about the fifth option down should be "Backup all user apps + system data" . Press the "RUN" button next to this line.
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A long time ago I got into the habit of backing up user data only because backing and restoring system data would give me many issues when flashing ROMs. You made me realize that I can chose to back up system data and backup/restore the stock launcher. Thanks again.

skinien said:
A long time ago I got into the habit of backing up user data only because backing and restoring system data would give me many issues when flashing ROMs. You made me realize that I can chose to back up system data and backup/restore the stock launcher. Thanks again.
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Glad I could help.
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a way to save your arrangement of apps on home screen?

Hi, is there a way to save your app placements on your homescreen so that when you do a clean wipe and a fresh install of a rom everything will be in the same place? So basically the applications will get moved to their folders or places on the screen without having to move them around manually after a fresh install. Thanks

Nova Launcher has such a feature (plus a ton other ones)

Flipz77 said:
Nova Launcher has such a feature (plus a ton other ones)
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That's how I do things when I switch from ROM to ROM. Been using Nova for a few years now, and it keeps getting better and better. I flash ROM, Gapps, then a Titanium zip with all my apps and data, set Nova as my launcher, and all the icons and widgets (have to be individually restored, but that just takes a tap) are where they're supposed to be.

this launcher is awesome! thanks guys!

Google now launcher backs up your arrangement automatically. After a clean flash during the end of the setup it asks you whether u wanna restore a backup. Select one. It also restores your arrangement of apps and folders. And it does it in a pretty cool way.
Edit - You need to flash your ROM and gapps package together so that u get the setup screen.