I don't think this plays nice with this phone, probably not a fault with Titanium, rather with Samsung. Restored my phone today as a test and got force closes on camera. Restored cam app again no joy, factory reset clearing cache as well, still no joy. Finally had to re-flash a rom using ODIN from scratch to resolve the issue.
What was odd was that when I did a factory reset it kept the screen res I set in LCD density suggesting it was not actually resetting fully, this was a surprise to me.
I've come from a nexus one and did a titanium of it before I switched (to save all my life's work eg angry birds saves....)
This worked cool just restoring individual apps but yeah I thought I'd be clever and restore call log etc that didn't work.
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You're not silly enough to be restoring a backup of a system app from a different phone are you?
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You're not silly enough to be restoring a backup of a system app from a different phone are you?
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Ha. I kinda did.... well data only. Call log etc. No harm done.
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You're not silly enough to be restoring a backup of a system app from a different phone are you?
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just a straight restore from a backup taken yesterday, same phone, same rom, nothing had changed, Titanium just messed it up.
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I don't think this plays nice with this phone, probably not a fault with Titanium, rather with Samsung. Restored my phone today as a test and got force closes on camera. Restored cam app again no joy, factory reset clearing cache as well, still no joy. Finally had to re-flash a rom using ODIN from scratch to resolve the issue.
What was odd was that when I did a factory reset it kept the screen res I set in LCD density suggesting it was not actually resetting fully, this was a surprise to me.
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I have stopped using this app on my GS2 due to similar issues I was having with it. But with this mobile becoming so popular, I have no doubt TB will be updated to work properly with it in the near future.
Its been well posted Titanium backup restore apps only .I have found no trouble that what in countless restores .
I also copy of via root explorer the apps folder to PC so i have a backup of the app that are clean .
jje
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I was wondering if there is a good app that will let me backup game info on select apps like angry birds or stupid zombies. So that way I don't lose the levels after I wipe out my phone evey time.
If so what's the best one out?
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Titanium Backup..it can backup the app and the date. If your new ROM restores the apps automatically, you can restore just the data through Titanium Backup.
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Titanium Backup..it can backup the app and the date. If your new ROM restores the apps automatically, you can restore just the data through Titanium Backup.
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I have that but never use it ... Do you know what option I would use to back that up with and restore it ... Without backing up everything?
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Yea, you open the app, and if you have never used it you have to click on the "problems" box at the bottom which will install busybox. When that is complete, at the top, select backup/restore. That will list all of the applications on your phone. You choose which ones you want to back up by selecting it and choosing "backup". White text apps are user apps, and red text apps are system apps. System apps are mostly unnecessary to back up because the ROM you flash will have its own system apps, and in some cases restoring system apps from a different ROM can cause issues. When you flash something else and go back into Titanium, you go to backup/restore again and find the app. When you click it and select restore you have the option of restoring just the app, app and data, or just the data.
Ah .. Very nice ... Thanks a lot ... This is going to help a lot ... Wish I knew that a long time ago lol
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lol, yea it's a great app, and you won't be able to live without it now!
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lol, yea it's a great app, and you won't be able to live without it now!
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Probably not ... My daughter hates me every time I mess with my phone and lose her angry birds progress lol... And now I have my stupid zombies game too.
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So when ics ota is avaliable on my phone, I'm going to update it. But I have one serious question: do I need to factory reset my phone? I heard that I don't need to but if I don't, my phone will get very sluggish because of the old os fragmentation or something... Is this true? Do you think I should erase all my data and apps to update? (ps. I'm not rooted) I actually have mybackup pro, but does that restore apps and data of the app? Some said that it does and some said it doesn't. I want to make sure.
Thanks so much.
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If you have a locked bootloader and you have a straight stock GB rom, with the apps and so on you have downloaded from market, you should have no issues. All apps and data should still be there on ICS.
I highly doubt mybackuppro can backup all apps/data on a non-rooted phone, so i wouldn't rely on it.
Keep in mind however it is still a fairly large upgrade and it is ALWAYS best to backup the data you need most (SMSs, contacts (if not synced), photos, videos, music and so on), even it's on the SDCard. Also note that if your bootloader is locked (no padlock on boot) you don't have any option to do a full backup at all. Unlocking it will get rid of ALL personal data. Only way forward is through the update.
So let me get this straight...
I should factory reset my Nexus S and I don't need to worry about apps and data of the app because Google will do that for me? Well that's very convenient! And I don't really care about media cuz everything is on my computer which I can just copy it back to phone.
Thanks a lot man! Now I can rely on Google for all my apps ;-)
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So let me get this straight...
I should factory reset my Nexus S and I don't need to worry about apps and data of the app because Google will do that for me? Well that's very convenient! And I don't really care about media cuz everything is on my computer which I can just copy it back to phone.
Thanks a lot man! Now I can rely on Google for all my apps ;-)
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I get the feeling that's *not* what Harbb said
If I'm correct... Harbb is saying
1) you don't need to factory reset your phone
2) theoretically, your data and apps should be safe on your phone
3) but for safety, you should backup all your stuff
Sorry kyokeun, i forgot to say that you should NOT factory reset. kto_matchu hit the nail on the head.
Every flash has it's risks, even the most minor ones. Although nothing should go wrong for you, and i highly doubt it will, there is always a chance. For your situation though, the only way to get to ICS is to go through it without a full backup - however doing so definitely doesn't need a data/factory reset.
OK, thanks guys :-D
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I did mine using the downloaded OTA, and it was fine. I am running a stock, non-rooted and non-unlocked NS. However, I did backup my "SDcard" contents, SMS's and call logs prior to the update. There were no issues at all with the update process.
OK thanks. My sms and contacts are backed up and all I'm worrying is just apps and data.
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Crackflashers do full wipe many times, so I guess they are expert at backup-ing apps. I'm currently using Go backup, not go backup ex.
What other apps do you use?
I know stormbird backup, titanium, go backup, miui backup.. what else are you using?
Hi!
I also use Go Backup!
I was using titanium by the past, but really like the ability to restore all my apps & things without any prompt!
Titanium looks a bit complicated..
Isnt there a simple app to just backup ur data n apps?
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Titanium looks a bit complicated..
Isnt there a simple app to just backup ur data n apps?
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MyBackup Root.
Titanium backup since day 1.
Titanium backup :thumbup:
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Rom toolbox can do this also. Honestly, I never backup my data. If I do backup, I only backup the apps to save me some download time. Over the last few years of using Android I've learned that most apps really just aren't important enough for me to even install so it's not a big deal to me.
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ANDROID TUNER is what I have been using. Have used titanium and ROM tb but android tuner is a better "all in one" app for me and my phone.
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Anyone able to backup gmail app data? Using TiBk, it just backs up the app, but when restoring, none of the settings are preserved. Really inconvenient if I want to change between different roms.
Also any way to backup system data like ringtones, sound, display settings?
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Anyone able to backup gmail app data? Using TiBk, it just backs up the app, but when restoring, none of the settings are preserved. Really inconvenient if I want to change between different roms.
Also any way to backup system data like ringtones, sound, display settings?
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???What?? they are synced to your account. What settings are you talking about? If it is general settings it takes like 2 sec. to check the box. I have never used TB for Gmail. Just get it from Play or it is in GAPPS.
You don't want to restore system settings between ROM'S, it will generally ef up the new one. Things don't necessarily mix well.
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???What?? they are synced to your account. What settings are you talking about? If it is general settings it takes like 2 sec. to check the box. I have never used TB for Gmail. Just get it from Play or it is in GAPPS.
You don't want to restore system settings between ROM'S, it will generally ef up the new one. Things don't necessarily mix well.
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I have a lot of labels and custom notifications for each set up, takes like 5 min to setup. Kinda annoying but would be more convenient if I can restore it.
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i use go backup. it's simple and awesome.
ok I agree now titaniumsbackup .. it works
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I have a lot of labels and custom notifications for each set up, takes like 5 min to setup. Kinda annoying but would be more convenient if I can restore it.
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there are small this and that settings those need to be done again and sometimes takes 15minutes and still some left out
actually yes thats what I have been searching around to find out... if I am going for full flash after wiping everything for backup... titaniumbackup can take backup of apps n data,
Choose: Backup -> All User Apps + System Data
full flash will change the Device ID? ... Yes it will .. using this same app you can .. even if you have 2 step Account on. ..Restore the device id .. then you can have the login of the Google Account back as well !!
Hope this helps...
Regards
Titanium is my *****!
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When I get the message up in the notification area that "Updates are available".
It seems to display something along the lines of "Updates are available &&n&p".
Or something along those lines. What the hell is the rubbish after available all about? It's driving me nuts.
And it doesn't take much to drive me nuts let me tell you
Between the update message weirdness and the Unfortunately gaaps has stopped crap whenever I boot back up etc. Arghh. And don't get me started on the remote restore function using ADB which doesn't seem to work anymore since the latest update.
OK rant over But seriously. What's up with the "Updates are available" message?
I did perform a factory reset BTW. Which is when I found out remote restore seems to be broken.
Cheers
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When I get the message up in the notification area that "Updates are available".
It seems to display something along the lines of "Updates are available &&n&p".
Or something along those lines. What the hell is the rubbish after available all about? It's driving me nuts.
And it doesn't take much to drive me nuts let me tell you
Between the update message weirdness and the Unfortunately gaaps has stopped crap whenever I boot back up etc. Arghh. And don't get me started on the remote restore function using ADB which doesn't seem to work anymore since the latest update.
OK rant over But seriously. What's up with the "Updates are available" message?
I did perform a factory reset BTW. Which is when I found out remote restore seems to be broken.
Cheers
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it means that you have some apps that have updates available in the play store. you can turn off the notification in the play store settings, then they wont bug you.
I knew what the message meant I just don't know what the rest of the gobbledygook is after the word available.
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blueeagle69 said:
I knew what the message meant I just don't know what the rest of the gobbledygook is after the word available.
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just that, gobbledygook :silly:
That's one word for it
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I have that issue too... Not on all apps, and I can't remember which apps I got it from...
How do you have a device with a simple native way to take a screen shot.. And not post one as an example of the "gobbledygook" in question for us to look at?
I have tried to get a screen shot. But just like most other notifications. It's gone before you grab it.
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ooh that feeling when you think you captured it only to look at the shot And see nothing but your home screen
Yep.
I even tried sitting there with my fingers on the buttons waiting for the updates message.
But you never get it when you want it :'(
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Lol like sex in prison
What you want you don't get, and what you get you don't want
lol
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lol
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when you did the factory reset.. Did you do this in custom recovery or in settings on the tablet.. Are you stock ?
Did you use anything to restore your apps such as ti backup adb restore (does not always work).
If you are on a custom rom or have been in the past.. I would suggest you do a FULL Format of your tablet system cache dalvic DATA and all...reboot the tab back into recovery adb push stock new downloaded rom to tab or use usb otg and flash brand new rom... Then see if you still have issues.. DO NOT RESTORE A BACKUP you could be putting the issues back on device..
The way the NO SD Card devices use data. you can have issues linger from a older rom or pop up after flashing.
Be CAUTIOUS ABOUT DELETING DATA ON This device. IT WILL WIPE A DOWNLOADED ROM.. and otg storage with twrp or adb push will be required to get a rom back on device to flash..
Good Luck..
No mate. Just on rooted stock.
I initiated the restore from within settings I believe.
I did two backups originally just in case.
One from ADB and one from My Backup Pro.
It backed up fine using ADB. When restoring it, I had the initial quick reboot. Then when I had the restore my data screen on the Nexus, I hit the Restore button and the Nexus rebooted back to the home screen.
The PC restore was running, but nothing got restored.
I then gave up and restored using My Backup Pro.
But after restoring everything. I keep getting the Gaaps has stopped message.
So time to backup my games and wipe again in the future.
I'll then restore everything else direct from the Play Store, to hopefully get rid off the Google Apps problem.
As for the weird symbols after the Updates are available message, they have been there since 4.2.1 though.
Looks like I'm putting up with this.
I'll grab it on a screen grab eventually
Cheers.
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No mate. Just on rooted stock.
I initiated the restore from within settings I believe.
I did two backups originally just in case.
One from ADB and one from My Backup Pro.
It backed up fine using ADB. When restoring it, I had the initial quick reboot. Then when I had the restore my data screen on the Nexus, I hit the Restore button and the Nexus rebooted back to the home screen.
The PC restore was running, but nothing got restored.
I then gave up and restored using My Backup Pro.
But after restoring everything. I keep getting the Gaaps has stopped message.
So time to backup my games and wipe again in the future.
I'll then restore everything else direct from the Play Store, to hopefully get rid off the Google Apps problem.
As for the weird symbols after the Updates are available message, they have been there since 4.2.1 though.
Looks like I'm putting up with this.
I'll grab it on a screen grab eventually
Cheers.
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It does sound like there is something in your backups that is stopping them from restoring.. Make sure when you restore a backup you are restoring APPS AND APP DATA ONLY.. not system data and system apps.. Such as google apps being system apps.. This often restores old data on top new and causes big issues. With the fcs really sounds like this is the case..
I Think a Good WIPE and Fresh flash will help you out...
Good Luck ..
Erica Renee Geeky android addict
OK, just to add to this, I saw exactly this "updates available amp&n&p" notification this evening . . . . but on my HTC One X, which is stock, unrooted.
The apps updating are: -
ConvertPad
HDWidgets
SoundHound
WhatsApp
Facebook
Doubt its related, but the WhatsApp update bugged out. That was probably my 3g connection though, which is patchy round here.
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Cheers.
I have a feeling this is a bug with Play Store.
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erica_renee said:
It does sound like there is something in your backups that is stopping them from restoring.. Make sure when you restore a backup you are restoring APPS AND APP DATA ONLY.. not system data and system apps.. Such as google apps being system apps.. This often restores old data on top new and causes big issues. With the fcs really sounds like this is the case..
I Think a Good WIPE and Fresh flash will help you out...
Good Luck ..
Erica Renee Geeky android addict
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Thanks for that.
That's what I'll be doing mate.
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It seems my suspicions were correct concerning the &&anp or whatever it is that gets displayed at the end of the Updates are available message you get in the notifications are from the Play Store.
I noticed that my Samsung Galaxy S3 is showing the same thing.
It's gotta be a Play Store bug.
Because my S3 is running 4.11 and my Nexus 7 is running 4.2.1.
It almost looks like variables not getting parsed correctly.
As this only happens when there is more than one update available it seems.
And both my devices are on different versions of Jelly Bean.
And I still can't grab the screen fast enough. As you never know when the updates notifications from the Play Store will appear.
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Why are the notifications not staying in the drop down?
Do you have the market Set to auto update, otherwise I have to hit the notification in order to open the store.
Unless you aren't talking about the notification area but the the ticker in the status bar up top?
Looks like even the almighty note 3 cannot escape the classic force close problems in the built in apps.
I have been experiencing force close in "action memo to web" and "link 2 contacts as 1" functions.
And by the way this is on pure stock, unrooted device.
Already tried clearing cache and data, to no avail.
I'm guessing the famous factory reset will have to be used to restore peace in the world.
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Looks like even the almighty note 3 cannot escape the classic force close problems in the built in apps.
I have been experiencing force close in "action memo to web" and "link 2 contacts as 1" functions.
And by the way this is on pure stock, unrooted device.
Already tried clearing cache and data, to no avail.
I'm guessing the famous factory reset will have to be used to restore peace in the world.
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have been using android for some years and ive been very lucky not having any problems with force closes either on stock or custom roms so far.
got my note 3 now and i have zero problems with anything crashing..
guess it might be some app for you making the system unstable? try uninstalling apps 1 by 1 and figure out if thats whats causing it!
If you cant find a solution you should probably do a factory reset and start from scratch!
Hope you get a crash free note 3 and happy x-max!
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have been using android for some years and ive been very lucky not having any problems with force closes either on stock or custom roms so far.
got my note 3 now and i have zero problems with anything crashing..
guess it might be some app for you making the system unstable? try uninstalling apps 1 by 1 and figure out if thats whats causing it!
If you cant find a solution you should probably do a factory reset and start from scratch!
Hope you get a crash free note 3 and happy x-max!
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Thank you sir. Currently I cannot uninstall and re-install system apps such as Action Memo without rooting. Will try such tactics in the future when my warranty expires and the haxxing begins. Until then I shall just factory reset and restore like a peasant on a corn field.
Thanks for your input
Just do a Clear Cache of the FC apps should solve most of the problem.
There is no need to reset your phone in most cases.
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Should be another app thats in conflict with your action memo.
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Just do a Clear Cache of the FC apps should solve most of the problem.
There is no need to reset your phone in most cases.
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I did. Cleared data and cache for all the apps that were force closing. Nothing was solved
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Should be another app thats in conflict with your action memo.
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I factory reset, and it works fine now.
Thank you