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Help First time Titanium Backup user

Hi I have a Motorola Atrix which is my first Android phone. I rooted my phone and used Titanium Backup for the first time, I did the copy all app data + system data, and it copied it all to a folder in my internal storage called TitaniumBackup, with I think 655 items in the folder. Now I then copied the folder to my external sd card. Then I ran my update rooted, and copied the "TitaniumBackup" folder back to the root of my internal storage(where it originally was) and tried to run titanium backup, but after all the red" restore" buttons there it says there is nothing to restore, in any of the restore options? So I have 2 of the same titanium backup folders, one in the root of my internal storage and one on the root of the external sd card. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be great. Thanks
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First and foremost, WHY did you make a copy? Before you backup, you can select in your preferences, the folder you can backup to. Normally it's in a default setting like: mnt/sdcard/titaniumbackup. If you want to choose another folder, make it and select it, in preferences.
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Deleting nandroid backups.

Hey guys,
So recently I flashed another rom, but before doing so I did a backup within clockwork and now I don't need it anymore. I've tried various file explorers that have root access but I cannot find the backup....
Us there a specific way to delete them, an app or the directory of the backup? Thanks! !!
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You don't need root access, just get any file manager and lookup for the clockwork folder in your SD card, saves are named according the date you made the save. Something like sdcard>clockwork>buckup>your save <-delete

You don't need root access, just get any file manager and lookup for the clockwork folder in your SD card, saves are named according the date you made the save. Something like sdcard>clockwork>buckup>your save <-delete
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this is the way
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Yeah that's the way ok, i had done a few backups and was wondering why i was running low on memory on my SD card when i remembered it was the backups i did so i deleted them and now have much more room, you really only need 1 backup at any one time anyway.

[Q] Is the sd card independent of rom?

Do the contents of my sd card have any effect on rom or after downgrade. I think i understand that some apps require 2.3.4 for compatibility reasons. After downgrading, rooting, can i use my previous sd card?

The contents of the sdcard can, but normally do not affect the ROM. Unity does store some stuff on the sdcard and android creates a few hidden folders for data. If the other ROM doesn't use the same storage, there should be no adverse consequences.
If your sdcard has multiple partitions; fat, ext, swap; then it will be more likely to cause issues. If you are just using it for storage then it shouldn't be an issue.
Be sure to move any PD15IMG files to a subfolder and you should be fine.
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Hopefully the PM was alright. I'll be sure to move the PD15IMG.zip to another folder. When using titanium backup for the apps i saved the data also. If, after rooting redownload the app and having the dropbox account and having saved the titanium backup data folder - should i be able to restore each app + data without having to save each data folder? I appreciate your help.

If you copied the titanium folder from the sdcard after running the backup, then yes, your data is saved too. Some apps will act a little funny if you do a restore of "app + data". With those, I restore the app only, then restore data only.
You may find it easier to put the titanium folder back on the sdcard before you download the app again. Then when the app initializes it will see the folder is already there and use the information in it.
Google's backup feature has been hit and miss with me when switching ROMs. Sometimes it installs all my apps from the market, some times only a few of them and usually none of them.
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Move 4.1 SD card contents so apps in 4.2 can see them

How can i move my files?
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Can u be a little more specific?
Titanium backup works awesome for backups if you have root,if not then you will have to do a directory crawl with a pc and back up that way.
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Kodiack99 said:
Can u be a little more specific?
Titanium backup works awesome for backups if you have root,if not then you will have to do a directory crawl with a pc and back up that way.
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i upgraded my rom (paranoid android) and it has android 4.2 on it. but with multiuser support, the sd card contents got redirected somewhere else, but it didnt take my files with it. so now none of my apps see my files. i need to know how to get them into a readable place.

You should have done a backup with titanium before installing the new rom,then you could have reinstalled titanium and restored appa and data.The multiuser file system is a pita,install your apps from playstore and then find the directories they hold their data and transfer it manually.Time consuming but unless you have a nandroid of you 4.1 that you could install to do a titanium backup on thats the way to go.
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I made a nandroid already. My apps aren't the problem. I only need to get to my old sd card contents. That has my app backups from rom toolbox.

So you need to move your rom toolbox backup from your old sd to your new backup location so it can restore?
You will have to use a file manager or pc to copy paste from old location to the new one ,finding the new one might be a pain but I believe the old one should be sdcard/romtoolbox folder.
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I figured out where everything was. My old sd card stuff was under "mnt/shell/emulated" while the new sd card was under "/sdcard". kind of a pain trying to find it.

Good to know.
Cheers
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Backup

I hope I'm posting in the right section.
So I did a backup yesterday, installed diskusage app and noticed that the backup file has around 1.5 GB.
I kinda need some free space on my phone so I was thinking if is there any way to keep the backup file in my PC and use it with some sort of a program to push it into my phone if it goes into a bootloop or anything happens to it.

If you do a nandroid backup or a backup via adb, you get a backup file. This backup file has several GBs of size depending on your used storage. This file can be copied to your computer and restored anytime.

I know that.What I asked is this: let's say I make a backup file. I copy it in my PC, then delete it from phone.Next day my phone goes into a bootloop or.. I don't know, something happens to it and I need that backup file.What do I do?

What does the diskusage app backup? Most likely your going to have to get past the bootloop first. Then you can copy and paste it back to your device.
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So I guess there is no point in keeping the backup file in my phone as long as I need the free space for something else.
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