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When switching to a different build do I just swap out the android folders on my SD card? Is their way to keep all my apps and stuff?
just delete your current Android folder and replace with your new one and if you want to backup your apps and settings you could use MyBackupPro or Titanium backup form Marketplace although Titanium backup is said to have some issues. But seriously though, you need to do some more searching before you make a thread
Look in your build's thread. Some builds will have instructions for updating a new version. Usually if you are updating to a new version of one build you can just swap the contents of the android folder minus the data.img. I would suggest titanium backup if you are moving to a completely new build.
Hi Guys!
I want to switch to another NAND build, cause my current one does not have OpenGL support!
I want to port all my Apps and Settings to the new build, but currently im using App 2 SD Pro to move my internal Apps to SD Card (Its not the partition one, i need to move the Apps after install manually).
If i backup all my files with Titanium Backup, is it possible to restore the Apps and Settings?
Or maybe my Apps are still availible after reinstalling App 2 SD Pro cause the Apps are on SD card which will be not formatted?
Greetz and thx,
infernalshade
Yeah, all your apps (apks & data) & settings will be backed up & restored as long as you select the full backup & restore function in titanium...There's even an experimental feature that remembers and restores files back to your sd where it was copied from...i haven't tested this feature yet but do feel free to try it...
P.S. if enabled in settings (usually enabled by default), ur apps downloaded from d market place & phone settings are backed up 2 google's servers (tied 2 ur gmail acct)...Restoring em is just a matter of syncing to ur gmail acct after a flash..Using Titanium is much faster as everything's stored on ur sd card n doesn't require re-downloading, if u wisj 2 restore via titanium, do not add ur gmail acct yet till u've completed d restore process and rebooted ur phone.
I need someone to give me a course "backing up 101" ... I have so many questions I do not know where to begin. I have muddled through rooting and things are running ok. I have even put CM7 on an SD card and it works but I do not understand about backing up:
Why do people backup individual apps when you could re-download them from market?
How do you backup "everything" (like all your apps at once and/or plus the ROM itself)?
When you backup something that is in internal memory (that's EMMC, right?) where does it back up to (my desktop? SD card? more internal memory?)
What programs (apps) do you use for backing up?
Any backing up info you would like to share would be very appreciated. Thank you.
barbo said:
I need someone to give me a course "backing up 101" ... I have so many questions I do not know where to begin. I have muddled through rooting and things are running ok. I have even put CM7 on an SD card and it works but I do not understand about backing up:
Why do people backup individual apps when you could re-download them from market?
How do you backup "everything" (like all your apps at once and/or plus the ROM itself)?
When you backup something that is in internal memory (that's EMMC, right?) where does it back up to (my desktop? SD card? more internal memory?)
What programs (apps) do you use for backing up?
Any backing up info you would like to share would be very appreciated. Thank you.
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People back up roms with clockworkmod in case you have issues or want to flash another rom and something goes wrong allowing you to revert back to the old one. That backup is stored on your nooks sd card. People back up apps with Titanium backup from the market. You can save the app plus the data (gmail for example). Those are stored on your nooks sd card as well. If you have a lot of apps, in my opinion, it is easier to restore from titanium than redownload each one. Both clockworkmod and titanium backup creates folders on the sd card and recalls them when needed. You would not have to concern yourself with doing anything but choosing to back up or choosing to restore.
I make backups of the ROM because i'm constantly messing it and sometimes it's easier to restore it then try and fix what i've goofed up.
Using Titanium Backup i do a batch backup of all my apps at once, and if i need to restore even one app from it It's saved all data.
Backup ROM -keeps Angry Birds
Backup Angry Birds - saves all my completed levels.
Is there a quick way to (re)install all my apps after changing ROMs?
Been using Pongster's awesome NAND HyperDroid build since v5 and have been upgrading along the way by reinstalling the data section from my CWM backup. Recently on v11 I started having a few glitches and upgrading to v12 only made matters much worse. I just want to start a fresh on v12, but is there a way quicker than writing down all my apps then selecting each from the market. Have looked in Android Market on using desktop PC and it only lists 11 apps. Thanks.
SheenaIsAPunkRocker said:
Is there a quick way to (re)install all my apps after changing ROMs?
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I believe Titanium Backup Pro is the most popular choice, it can restore all your apps and data automatically, plus there's an option to repair missing market links.
That rom uses an ext partition, so as well as restoring the data partition after a fresh flash, if you also restore the sd-ext partition (same method), all your installed apps will be restored, complete with all their settings still in place, since you are restoring data too.
D'oh, and double d'oh. Thanks for the tips. I backed everything up using Titanium backup. Being running HyperDroid without an EXT partition so while I was in the process of installing v12 again, I thought I'd use the handy partition function in ClockworkMod. However, what it fails to mention is in re-partition my SD Card for me it would handily wipe everything Looks like I'm hosed now anyway!
nooOO!, hah, oh well, it happens, and theres no better learning curve than seeing mistakes in action.
I literally had the SD card in my desktop to copy everything on it, but before I did, I put the SD back into the phone to do something else ... never got around to doing that copy. At least phone numbers are backed up on Google (I hope!), but I guess I'll have to start again on Tower Raiders 2, that's the real loss!!
since you are at a fresh start, you COULD try reinstalling all the apps, and THEN restore the data partition, which (unless im wrong) holds settings? ,,though i know some stuff uses folders on the fat32 part of the sd card too, , so may not work, , worth a try if you're in an investigative frame of mind.
Say for example, I have Angry Birds installed in my 'phone' (internal). Since it's too big, I decided to use App2SD to move it to microSD. Then afterwards I decided to upgrade to the latest nightly. In order to keep my apps, I used titanium backup. I have my backup directory located somewhere at the eMMC. If I continue on and flashed the latest nightly, wiping Dalvik Cache + Data + System/Data/Cache, and reinstalled Titanium Backup, if I restore my apps, will they be restored in the same directories? Like some at the internal and some at the microSD?
No, it goes into internal, so you might run out of space and not fully restore, suggest that you restore the biggest files/culprits and move them to the sd, then batch restore the smaller ones.
if you're using a cm7 rom you may want to check this out......
Im running s2e on my htc aria. it works great. loving it
s2e: for cm7 roms only.
https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.krikun.s2e&feature=search_result
or: not sure if it would work on other phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790786
You can choose where to restore actually (in the newer versions)
Prefs> Restoration Settings > Restore Backup To:
Looks like the only gotcha's are it only applies to Android 2.2 and up.