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I am having trouble receiving MMS. I'm running Evil Eris v3.0 which claims to have MMS working out of the box, but that is not the case for me. I was wondering if there was a general MMS fix that works for all ROMs?
Turnyface said:
I am having trouble receiving MMS. I'm running Evil Eris v3.0 which claims to have MMS working out of the box, but that is not the case for me. I was wondering if there was a general MMS fix that works for all ROMs?
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Download APN backup and restore, download the file I included, unzip it and put the APN into the APN backup folder on your sd card, click "delete APNs" and then "Restore APNs" and choose the working apn. That should do it.
Sheen160 said:
Download APN backup and restore, download the file I included, unzip it and put the APN into the APN backup folder on your sd card, click "delete APNs" and then "Restore APNs" and choose the working apn. That should do it.
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You are the man. Thanks much!
Turnyface said:
You are the man. Thanks much!
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You're quite welcome.
question about this... why when i backup the apn's, there are 935 or so... then, when i restore ivan's... there are 3? just "extra crap" or....
tenzomonk said:
question about this... why when i backup the apn's, there are 935 or so... then, when i restore ivan's... there are 3? just "extra crap" or....
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Not sure honestly. When i backed up there was only 3. Maybe just extra stuff or a bug?
tenzomonk said:
question about this... why when i backup the apn's, there are 935 or so... then, when i restore ivan's... there are 3? just "extra crap" or....
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I've only ever had 3 every single time I tried it. Weird...
I backed up from CLB2.3 and had 935 apns! When I backed up from Tainted Vanilla... only 3. Weird indeed! There were 8 errors when backing up... China, etc were included. Hmmm
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where do i get APN backup and restore
Palmbxr said:
where do i get APN backup and restore
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I found it in the market.
where can i find the apn backup and restore? it is in the market?
jaykap said:
where can i find the apn backup and restore? it is in the market?
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eldouche said:
I found it in the market.
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It is still in the market
just did a search in the market and i can't find it.
Try typing in "APN Backup" (without the quotes) in the Market search.
I just did and I found it in the Market.
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/apn-backup-restore
thanks a whole bunch. hopefully this will fix my problem sending pics to people
jaykap said:
thanks a whole bunch. hopefully this will fix my problem sending pics to people
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It will. If it doesn't for some reason, let us know in the thread or PM me.
ok i downloaded apn backup and restore and i put the apn-ivan.xml file in the backup folder. i backed up all my apns, deleted them, restored them with the ivan file and now i have no service. am i doin something wrong?
jaykap said:
ok i downloaded apn backup and restore and i put the apn-ivan.xml file in the backup folder. i backed up all my apns, deleted them, restored them with the ivan file and now i have no service. am i doin something wrong?
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Doesn't sound like it.. But I'll explain it in detail so maybe that'll help.
1. Download APN backup and restore
2. Run it once so it'll create a directory in the sd card
3. Navigate to said directory and place ivans apn into the backups folder
4. open APN backup and click "Backup apns" just in case
5. click delete APNs NOT delete back up files
6. Choose "Restore APNs" and choose apns-ivan.xml
7. ????
8. PROFIT!
That should do it.
i figured it out. i reran apn, deleted the apns again, and restored my original backup and it works
jaykap said:
i figured it out. i reran apn, deleted the apns again, and restored my original backup and it works
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Good to hear. Glad you finally got it working.
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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KJW979 said:
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!
killjoy1179 said:
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.
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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.
Yay. The evil witch has been slain. I got mms working on this phone with straight talk. Only took 8 hours lol. Anyways I was browsing the web and took from several places. Will give proper credits when I find out what came from where. First off u need to have phone dev unlocked and wp7 root tools installed. Next email the attachment to your phone and click the document til it opens. Back out and go to wp7 root tools. Browse to application data, then volatile, then attatchments, then copy the xml document. Paste the file in the windows folder. Reboot phone. Next open up mfg menu. Go to engineer menu, then other, then set network profiles. Type 310 in mcc box and click find. Select the ST_US one. Turn the three boxes at top to on. Back out to main screen. Go to settings. Go to cellular, add apn. Just type art.mvno in apn box. Save. Back out and reboot phone. And u now have working data and mms.
Problem not sure how to upload file. Pm me if u want file. And I will email it or if someone can host file, let me know
Edit: try this link. Its my dropbox.
http://db.tt/HRQu2wcC
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Shorthrow, did u get it working?
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works great
Thanks for the update, and the info. This gave me the info I needed. I did modify the approach though. For whatever reason I could not download or view the xml file as an attachment. still all was not lost, Simply did a search for the _PROV_ST(..).xml file through the WP7 Root tools (there are a lot of xml files to wade through but it was in there!) and found it in the IE temp cache folder. Was able to copy and paste and make it work that way.
No matter what I do after flashing a ROM, I can't get TiBu to restore any app/data. After flashing the new ROM, I download TiBu from App Store and then hit menu then batch, go down to restore missing apps/missing apps+data but it shows NO apps or data as in zilch, nothing nada as if I have no apps backed up.
I know I have been using TiBu to back up my apps on a daily basis-blah blah blah. What gives?
I have tried to restore from a nandroid I made right before flashing the new ROM but it just hangs on analyzing data from backup???
Could it be folder issue? Open "menu" in TiBu, "preferences", scroll to "backup folder location", select "detect" and choose "whole device" and see what it comes back with.
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No matter what I do after flashing a ROM, I can't get TiBu to restore any app/data. After flashing the new ROM, I download TiBu from App Store and then hit menu then batch, go down to restore missing apps/missing apps+data but it shows NO apps or data as in zilch, nothing nada as if I have no apps backed up.
I know I have been using TiBu to back up my apps on a daily basis-blah blah blah. What gives?
I have tried to restore from a nandroid I made right before flashing the new ROM but it just hangs on analyzing data from backup???
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I hope you were having TB back up to your external sdcard, if you weren't then when you factory reset you lose your backup. By default TB backs up to the internal sdcard and you have to set external in the preferences section.
Nope its definitely storing on the SD card, I know exactly where the folder and all the files are at. I can see the latest backup files in there.
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Use preference to search for backup folder location (as mentioned) select the folder where your files actually are (ExternaSD).
Then go into batch and Run Verify all your backups. That should get them to show up correctly
leaderbuilder said:
Use preference to search for backup folder location (as mentioned) select the folder where your files actually are (ExternaSD).
Then go into batch and Run Verify all your backups. That should get them to show up correctly
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It shows 0 for number of backups to verify. TiBu seems to not be very user friendly, especially for a noob. Very frustrating to say the least, I hate having to log in to every single application all over again, then rearrange my icons and desktop/screen.
It isn't as if I went from one ROM to a completely different ROM, I went from TriForce 5.0 to 5.2.
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mrrsquared1979 said:
It shows 0 for number of backups to verify. TiBu seems to not be very user friendly, especially for a noob. Very frustrating to say the least, I hate having to log in to every single application all over again, then rearrange my icons and desktop/screen.
It isn't as if I went from one ROM to a completely different ROM, I went from TriForce 5.0 to 5.2.
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Open Titanium to search the entire phone for the backup directory.
If that doesnt find the directory specify it.
By default it looks at internal sd. You need it to look at the ExternalSd.
go into Titanium Backup
click your menu button
select preferences
scroll to Backup Location folder
click your back button on the phone and stop at the /storage folder
there you will see "extSdCard" and "sdcard0" under it.
select ExtSdCard
Then choose 'Use Current folder' IF it shows you backups in there.
It appears you are NOT finding the right folder.
[Now it is possible you backed up to the internal or some other folder I don't know but that should get you started.]
and HOPEFULLY you'll find your Titanium backup folder.
leaderbuilder said:
Open Titanium to search the entire phone for the backup directory.
If that doesnt find the directory specify it.
By default it looks at internal sd. You need it to look at the ExternalSd.
go into Titanium Backup
click your menu button
select preferences
scroll to Backup Location folder
click your back button on the phone and stop at the /storage folder
there you will see "extSdCard" and "sdcard0" under it.
select ExtSdCard
Then choose 'Use Current folder' IF it shows you backups in there.
It appears you are NOT finding the right folder.
[Now it is possible you backed up to the internal or some other folder I don't know but that should get you started.]
and HOPEFULLY you'll find your Titanium backup folder.
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Yes it has found the folder on my extSDCard, it has some 432 backups in there(i believe individual files not backups) it for some reason doesn't restore my apps or data.
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storage location is:
/storage/extSDCard/TWRP/TBackups
showing 432 backups.
mrrsquared1979 said:
Yes it has found the folder on my extSDCard, it has some 432 backups in there(i believe individual files not backups) it for some reason doesn't restore my apps or data.
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Try this Uninstall Titanium (and the Pro license) via apps manager.
Reboot to recovery and delete dalvik and cache then reboot.
Go into playstore and re-install TI and the Pro key then reboot the phone.
Then open TIb and you should be prompted for SU permissions; grant them. Then go to preferences>backup folder location and have it search the whole phone again. then when/if it finds the folder select it.
Then see how that goes - try and 'reverify all backups'. If it finds them you should be good to go.
There is also the 'Problems' button when you open the app which has some suggestions too.
leaderbuilder said:
Try this Uninstall Titanium (and the Pro license) via apps manager.
Reboot to recovery and delete dalvik and cache then reboot.
Go into playstore and re-install TI and the Pro key then reboot the phone.
Then open TIb and you should be prompted for SU permissions; grant them. Then go to preferences>backup folder location and have it search the whole phone again. then when/if it finds the folder select it.
Then see how that goes - try and 'reverify all backups'. If it finds them you should be good to go.
There is also the 'Problems' button when you open the app which has some suggestions too.
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Ok, standby, I'll do that right now. TIA
Oh and go to the Backup and restore tab, then 'search' and make sure you check on 'clear filters'!!
That will cause nothing to show up!
I've done that!
leaderbuilder said:
Oh and go to the Backup and restore tab, then 'search' and make sure you check on 'clear filters'!!
That will cause nothing to show up!
I've done that!
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I've just done all that, I have a screen shot but have never uploaded a screenshot to the forum so I don't know how to do that. I know that may get us a little off topic for a bit but at least I could show you exactly what I'm encountering on my end.
leaderbuilder said:
Oh and go to the Backup and restore tab, then 'search' and make sure you check on 'clear filters'!!
That will cause nothing to show up!
I've done that!
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Click on "click to edit filters" then clear.
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leaderbuilder said:
Click on "click to edit filters" then clear.
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That's exactly what mine looked like before and after I clicked on "click to edit filters" and then hit "clear" up at the top...essentially I didn't have any filters from the get go.
First on the filters make sure your's is checked like my pick above. If you've haven't selected anything nothing will show.
then if it doesn't work...
another crazy thing to try.
Create another Titanium folder using file explorer (myfiles or whatever) - Maybe named 'Titanium2' or something on the ExternalSD.
Open TiB >preferences>Select backup folder location.
Then navigate to the new folder (empty one you just created) and then 'Use Current folder'.
Then create a full backup (in batch>backup all user data and apps..).
After that is done go back to preferences>backup folder location and have the app search entire device.
Then see if your 'Real' backup folder location shows up. select it. Then see if you can restore.
leaderbuilder said:
First on the filters make sure your's is checked like my pick above. If you've haven't selected anything nothing will show.
then if it doesn't work...
another crazy thing to try.
Create another Titanium folder using file explorer (myfiles or whatever) - Maybe named 'Titanium2' or something on the ExternalSD.
Open TiB >preferences>Select backup folder location.
Then navigate to the new folder (empty one you just created) and then 'Use Current folder'.
Then create a full backup (in batch>backup all user data and apps..).
After that is done go back to preferences>backup folder location and have the app search entire device.
Then see if your 'Real' backup folder location shows up. select it. Then see if you can restore.
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Yes all of the filters are exactly as yours before and after clearing all the filters. I would post a screenshot but don't know how to do that. I even went one step further and downloaded the xda app instead of using the tapatalk app, that way I could hopefully mimic you more easily if possible.
Cool.
I have to sign off, got an east cost conf. call I have to be up for in a couple hours.
Please post screen caps of what your stuff looks like and I'll jump back in as soon as I can in the morning.
mrrsquared1979 said:
storage location is:
/storage/extSDCard/TWRP/TBackups
showing 432 backups.
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DING DING DING!!!! There is your problem! You never made a backup with Titanium Backup. The folder you are point to is the TWRP recovery nandroid backup file not the TB backup file. Your backups should be in this folder: /storage/extsdcard/titaniumbackup.
Now the pro TB version has the ability to extract backups from a nandroid backup. Load TB, select menu, scroll down to special backup/restore, and look for extract from nandroid. Good luck.
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DING DING DING!!!! There is your problem! You never made a backup with Titanium Backup. The folder you are point to is the TWRP recovery nandroid backup file not the TB backup file. Your backups should be in this folder: /storage/extsdcard/titaniumbackup.
Now the pro TB version has the ability to extract backups from a nandroid backup. Load TB, select menu, scroll down to special backup/restore, and look for extract from nandroid. Good luck.
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Thanks cruise350! I didn't see the twrp!!
That'll be the problem.
All the other things I suggest are solutions that have worked for me over the past few years when you actually do have the problem of TiB backups not showing - the filters things is the biggest, happened all the time with my E4GT and S3.
Hopefully he'll get it sorted out.
I have a bunch of wifi access points and passwords that I use regularly, but always lose them when I flash a new ROM. What's the best way to backup these credentials so that I can restore them after flashing a new ROM? I've tried the "WiFi Pass Recovery & Backup" app but it totally bombards you with ads (seriously) and also causes thousands of wakelocks so drains the battery as well (I've had spyware which has been less obtrusive).
I try to avoid syncing my apps and data with my Google account as it takes so long to restore it all (I usually backup apps to my SD card).
Go to system-->misc-->wifi-->wpa_supplicant.conf
Backup this file. It has all the wifi passwords you've ever accessed.
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DeepankarS said:
Go to system-->misc-->wifi-->wpa_supplicant.conf
Backup this file. It has all the wifi passwords you've ever accessed.
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I don't see a "misc" subfolder in my system (or sys) folder
???
Ill send the exact thing. Sorry for the confusion mate.
Sorry.
Actually i am not rooted as of now. On 4.4.2 and waiting for a knos friendly method.
Sorry brother.
Wait..
I think it is this..
Data/misc/wifi/wifi_supplicant.conf
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itm said:
I don't see a "misc" subfolder in my system (or sys) folder
???
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Were you able to figure out?
Thank me if I helped
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DeepankarS said:
Go to system-->misc-->wifi-->wpa_supplicant.conf
Backup this file. It has all the wifi passwords you've ever accessed.
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Were you able to figure out?
Thank me if I helped
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No - I couldn't find a "misc" subfolder in the data folder either I'm afraid
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No - I couldn't find a "misc" subfolder in the data folder either I'm afraid
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There is a free app on Google Play called Wifi Key Recovery
Get that. It does all the work for you and shows you the saved passwords in a nice organized layout. You must be rooted for it to work.
Have a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.wifiKeyRecovery
Skipjacks said:
There is a free app on Google Play called Wifi Key Recovery
Get that. It does all the work for you and shows you the saved passwords in a nice organized layout. You must be rooted for it to work.
Have a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.wifiKeyRecovery
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Thanks - that looks like a useful app. A backup and restore feature would have been ideal, but in the absence of that this will be useful the next time I reflash a ROM.
Also Titanium Backup pro backup wifi passwords
itm said:
Thanks - that looks like a useful app. A backup and restore feature would have been ideal, but in the absence of that this will be useful the next time I reflash a ROM.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryanamaral.wifi.passwords&hl=nl
There are plenty of apps on Google Play that backups / recovers WiFi keys.
Skipjacks said:
There is a free app on Google Play called Wifi Key Recovery
Get that. It does all the work for you and shows you the saved passwords in a nice organized layout. You must be rooted for it to work.
Have a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.wifiKeyRecovery
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Skyriderz said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryanamaral.wifi.passwords&hl=nl
There are plenty of apps on Google Play that backups / recovers WiFi keys.
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That's the app that I referred to in my original post. It generates more full-screen popup ads than any app I've ever seen, and also causes a massive amount of wakelocks, which take their toll on the battery.
itm said:
That's the app that I referred to in my original post. It generates more full-screen popup ads than any app I've ever seen, and also causes a massive amount of wakelocks, which take their toll on the battery.
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Yea, I noticed. My apologies.. I attempted to edit my post regarding it, but it appears that I had to wait 5 minutes. Can't you use an app like Lucky Patcher for the app? And or use the WiFi app for backup/restore reasons, and freeze it for future usage.
verny94 said:
Also Titanium Backup pro backup wifi passwords
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I've just been exploring this. Presumably it's the "Backup data to XML" option? I just tried this for "Wi-Fi Access Points", and chose to save the file locally (to the suggested default location: \storage\emulated\legacy). It seemed to succeed, but when I looked in the \storage\emulated\legacy folder there was no sign of the file.
So I then chose the Dropbox option, and confirmed that the file had been uploaded there. When I tried to restore it using Titanium the app was unable to locate the file - i.e. in the TiBu app I chose "Restore data from XML", navigated to the relevant folder in Dropbox, and it said "No matching files". If I go into the Dropbox app it can see the file no problem.
Am I missing something, or is the TiBu XML backup/restore option flakey??
itm said:
I've just been exploring this. Presumably it's the "Backup data to XML" option? I just tried this for "Wi-Fi Access Points", and chose to save the file locally (to the suggested default location: \storage\emulated\legacy). It seemed to succeed, but when I looked in the \storage\emulated\legacy folder there was no sign of the file.
So I then chose the Dropbox option, and confirmed that the file had been uploaded there. When I tried to restore it using Titanium the app was unable to locate the file - i.e. in the TiBu app I chose "Restore data from XML", navigated to the relevant folder in Dropbox, and it said "No matching files". If I go into the Dropbox app it can see the file no problem.
Am I missing something, or is the TiBu XML backup/restore option flakey??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677566
1. Download root file manager
2. Go to with root explorer
/data/misc/wifi/
3.And open "wpa_supplicant.conf"
That's where all your wifi network passwords get saved to
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I've checked my S4 for that directory (root browsing), I can find it just fine. Haven't tried it further though.
verny94 said:
Also Titanium Backup pro backup wifi passwords
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Skyriderz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677566
I've checked my S4 for that directory (root browsing), I can find it just fine. Haven't tried it further though.
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OK that seems to work - thanks. I'll keep a copy of the .conf file on my ExtSDCard and restore it after I flash a new ROM.
itm said:
OK that seems to work - thanks. I'll keep a copy of the .conf file on my ExtSDCard and restore it after I flash a new ROM.
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The file has information on it? I haven't checked that as I merely checked if the directory and file exists.
Just be careful of what you get. Most of these don't restore passwords. Only some do.
most of these just show you a list of them. The one I linked lets you save that list. But you still ahve to manually re-enter them.
Skyriderz said:
The file has information on it? I haven't checked that as I merely checked if the directory and file exists.
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Skipjacks said:
Just be careful of what you get. Most of these don't restore passwords. Only some do.
most of these just show you a list of them. The one I linked lets you save that list. But you still ahve to manually re-enter them.
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Yes the .conf file contains the SSIDs and passwords in plain text format (surprisingly I thought). Anyway it hopefully gives me a way of restoring them to a rooted device if I use Root Explorer.
itm said:
Yes the .conf file contains the SSIDs and passwords in plain text format (surprisingly I thought). Anyway it hopefully gives me a way of restoring them to a rooted device if I use Root Explorer.
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I had no idea they were stores in plain text. That is pretty odd.