Hey guys!
i want to use TB to backup all my apps and save games - so first i wanted to ask, do i back up user apps AND system Data? or just user apps? also i saw that some stuff in "system data" seems like fundamental things that might change with a new rom.. so how does that work?
2nd,
i used the backup option and put it in the "Downloads" folder, (for easy access), i also have 3 extra pics there.
when i conncet the USB (debugging is on) to the PC and open DOWNLOADS folder in the phone, i only see the 3 files, no TB backup folder,
show hidden files and folders is activated on my PC... also tried this in a few diff folders but nada..
help?
If I'm going to be switching ROMs I usually just backup user data...I've had problems in the past restoring system data on a new ROM.
As far as transferring the TitaniumBackup folder to your PC, its my understanding that since Jellybean (or maybe even ICS, I don't remember) devices connect as MTP devices (and not mass storage) so you can't see non-media files from Windows Explorer.
I'm not sure what everyone else is doing, but I've just been using adb to pull the TitaniumBackup folder from the phone. You could probably also just use one of the Samba servers in the Play Store to setup a windows accessible shared drive on your phone and copy the backup folder over wifi.
Caniv said:
Hey guys!
i want to use TB to backup all my apps and save games - so first i wanted to ask, do i back up user apps AND system Data? or just user apps? also i saw that some stuff in "system data" seems like fundamental things that might change with a new rom.. so how does that work?
2nd,
i used the backup option and put it in the "Downloads" folder, (for easy access), i also have 3 extra pics there.
when i conncet the USB (debugging is on) to the PC and open DOWNLOADS folder in the phone, i only see the 3 files, no TB backup folder,
show hidden files and folders is activated on my PC... also tried this in a few diff folders but nada..
help?
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keonikapila said:
If I'm going to be switching ROMs I usually just backup user data...I've had problems in the past restoring system data on a new ROM.
As far as transferring the TitaniumBackup folder to your PC, its my understanding that since Jellybean (or maybe even ICS, I don't remember) devices connect as MTP devices (and not mass storage) so you can't see non-media files from Windows Explorer.
I'm not sure what everyone else is doing, but I've just been using adb to pull the TitaniumBackup folder from the phone. You could probably also just use one of the Samba servers in the Play Store to setup a windows accessible shared drive on your phone and copy the backup folder over wifi.
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for some reason samba doesnt work for me, says Enabled - not runninig
Caniv said:
for some reason samba doesnt work for me, says Enabled - not runninig
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I ended up downloading it yesterday to try it out, it shows "Enabled - Not Running" on my phone, but I was still able to connect to it from my Linux box (didn't try from Windows yet)
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How do you guys store backups on your n7 that root and flash your tablets? Since 16gigs is probably not enough.
I keep a fully stock backup on my device, and the rest on a PC.
The stock backup is very small so takes up little room. This way, if i mess up, i can restore that, and then transfer and restore the latest backup i made from the PC.
Are the back ups saved with blobs now on the n7? And how did you get it on your computer?
I use twrp wich doesnt use blobs
And usb wire
Oh duh. I'm stupid. Didn't even think about that lol
if you use cwm you can backup the whole directory to computer.
i use ftp sync and sync this stuff of the night time to my FTP Server. that syncs with our desktop that also supplies storage to all of our devices as well as movie storage for the tvs.
the ftp allows me to backup or restore even if im not home .as well as access every file picture document or piece of software we own..
FTP been around for a very long time and still most reliable..
Ok now im telling how old i am.. remember the bbs systems .. and the pre irc relay chat servers. on a first generation modem ?
No idea how what ftp is but I will look into it! Thanks!
use CMW to backup and save to your computer ...
This may have been covered elsewhere, but I'm having a hard time finding it.
I backed up my old phone contacts with Titanium. I've been using my Nexus 4 with the imported Google contacts, but there are some gaps. I'd normally place the old Titanium Files into the Titanium Folder (via Windows) and restore.
However, I have limited access to the file structure for the Nexus 4.
I've tried work-arounds like Dropbox, etc... but, in all honesty, I wasn't sure what I was doing. The file I managed to pull and restore via dropbox gave me a error in the Nexus that would end process the contact area.. so I defaulted back to the normal contacts Titanium Nexus backup. So.. back to the original setup.
Can anyone tell me how to get an old Titanium file of contacts to merge (ideally) with the Nexus? I could probably just replace it with the old file as well, seeing as the Nexus will auto-add contacts to google (apparently).. so that would be easy enough to update.
Any ideas? The easiest, I think, would be to gain access to the Titanium file under windows.. but I can't find a way to do that. Most of the file structure seems to be locked out/invisible.
I'd appreciate any ideas or help!
cetkat said:
This may have been covered elsewhere, but I'm having a hard time finding it.
I backed up my old phone contacts with Titanium. I've been using my Nexus 4 with the imported Google contacts, but there are some gaps. I'd normally place the old Titanium Files into the Titanium Folder (via Windows) and restore.
However, I have limited access to the file structure for the Nexus 4.
I've tried work-arounds like Dropbox, etc... but, in all honesty, I wasn't sure what I was doing. The file I managed to pull and restore via dropbox gave me a error in the Nexus that would end process the contact area.. so I defaulted back to the normal contacts Titanium Nexus backup. So.. back to the original setup.
Can anyone tell me how to get an old Titanium file of contacts to merge (ideally) with the Nexus? I could probably just replace it with the old file as well, seeing as the Nexus will auto-add contacts to google (apparently).. so that would be easy enough to update.
Any ideas? The easiest, I think, would be to gain access to the Titanium file under windows.. but I can't find a way to do that. Most of the file structure seems to be locked out/invisible.
I'd appreciate any ideas or help!
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What is your old phone model? I'd suggest using a file manager to bring the file to an accessible location on the phone (possibly the root of your usbstorage), then you can copy it to your computer hopefully via usb. It could also be that you need to change the permissions on that file so you can see it on windows. You can access most of the file structure inside usbstorage, where your titanium backup folder should be ideally located.
vorbatello said:
What is your old phone model? I'd suggest using a file manager to bring the file to an accessible location on the phone (possibly the root of your usbstorage), then you can copy it to your computer hopefully via usb. It could also be that you need to change the permissions on that file so you can see it on windows. You can access most of the file structure inside usbstorage, where your titanium backup folder should be ideally located.
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The old phone is an HTC Sapphire, but that connects to the computer fine & the titanium file is already saved on the computer.
Ok, I figured out the problem. The file structure for the Nexus won't show up with debugging enabled. Disabling it gets the new MTP protocol to work for me. Any idea if it's supposed to work that way?
Thanks for the help!
cetkat said:
The old phone is an HTC Sapphire, but that connects to the computer fine & the titanium file is already saved on the computer.
Ok, I figured out the problem. The file structure for the Nexus won't show up with debugging enabled. Disabling it gets the new MTP protocol to work for me. Any idea if it's supposed to work that way?
Thanks for the help!
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Hmm weird...It should work regardless of having debugging enabled or not. If you can access your files without debugging being enabled, then just stick to transferring using MTP. It shouldn't really affect transferring files that much since you still have access to the root of your storage.
Don't restore your contacts that way. It will cause issues as the way HTC stores its contacts are very different then anything you will find here.
Wayne Tech Nexus
zelendel said:
Don't restore your contacts that way. It will cause issues as the way HTC stores its contacts are very different then anything you will find here.
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Thanks for the head's up. I figured google-based would be the same. I've already done manual entries for most of them, so I'll stick with that.
Is there any app/method to achieve this ? I think it would be a generic app, if it exists. But I own a stock Moto G4. Hence, method specific to this device would also suffice.
For example, Fifa Mobile is installed in my device. Now I want to know where are all the associated data, so I can manually copy from the location. I know there are some tools like TItanium Backup or other ( I dont remember), but I guess, those work on rooted device and they simply backup the whole data+apk.
Ok, first off, my G4 is stock and not rooted.
I use File Manager from ZenUI, Asus Computer inc, available at the play store.
Once installed look in the phone's main memory, in the Android folder, sub folder Data.
fifamobile should be there...
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Getting ready to OTA the official 8.1 from Nougat BUT I am paranoid.
I have two PH-1's so I would like to update the never yet used phone to 8.1 THEN copy all contacts, text, photos and downloads into it from my in use PH-1. After that, I would like to factory reset my used PH-1, update it to 8.1 and then copy my stuff back.
Coming from Samsung to Essential, I lost a lot of file downloads - mostly .pdf's, some photos and some contacts. It took a long time to recover not knowing what was missing until I could not find it and some things are still missing!
Thanks in advance for all suggestions!
That's what the cloud is for my friend. Google Contacts, Drive, and Photos.
Used Google last time. Lots did NOT transfer!
If you're rooted, I love Titanium Backup. I've used it for years now. It will backup anything and everything, then just backup your Titanium folder to your PC. I also have tried SMS Backup+ which will backup your texts and MMS to Google. I will restore texts but will NOT restore MMS (yet. maybe one day.) Contacts should always be available on the cloud as long as you have the settings for it set. (You can check what contacts are saved to the cloud by going here: https://contacts.google.com) Also, if you're using Google's built-in backup services, you can check in settings to see when the last successful backup was done (Or check here: https://drive.google.com/drive/backups. If you change any settings you'll have to wait a while for it to sync again. Hope this helps!
Contacts look good but File Backups only have 5 files. Lots missing!
Zargone said:
Contacts look good but File Backups only have 5 files. Lots missing!
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Do you mean that Google Drive only shows 5 entries named something like "PH-1 backup"? This should be correct -- it stores the entire backup as one entry. What you'll want to check, most importantly, is the date on the right side of each entry. The most current, which would be done 'today' will have the time, instead of a previous date.
I may be wrong, but to me, it seems like some apps just don't backup their data to Google Drive. I know, for instance, my bank app does not seem to remember my login, but I find that to be more secure.. if someone gains access to my Google account, they cant just restore my bank app and get my login handed directly to them. Another thing I've personally noticed is that when you do a fresh install and during setup it asks if you want to restore, the top option is NOT always the most recent backup. I don't know why this is, but I have accidentally restored an older backup while restoring a fresh install. Maybe that's what happened to you last time when things were missing?
If you want to make absolute sure you get everything in a backup, or don't trust Google to get the job done accurately, I still recommend Titanium (I use this, I'm not affiliated.. I just KNOW it works and it works well). Or, you can use any other 3rd party backup utility that you like.
Hope this helps!
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If you want to just make a backup to your PC, you can use ADB to do backups.
adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|nosystem] [<packages...>]
I personally don't use adb for backups because I only backup a few select apps, but I would think that running adb backup with the 'nosystem' argument would provide you with a solid backup. I do NOT know all the ins and outs of using ADB so you'll want to research the correct usage to backup what you want, but I just wanted to add this as a backup option.
I also see no reason you couldn't use adb backup to do exactly what you originally asked... that is backup one PH-1 and restore it to another?
The link to the Backups keeps changing to:
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/my-drive
It shows individual files only, no Backups.
Zargone said:
The link to the Backups keeps changing to:
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/my-drive
It shows individual files only, no Backups.
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Hmm. I don't have my phone right now so I can't look into it further, but is there not an option somewhere within that (in a dropdown menu maybe?) to view Backups? Alternatively, you could try the Desktop version. Click the 3 dots on the right upper corner of Chrome and select the box that says something about desktop version or desktop view.. something like that.
If all else fails, open the link I shared on an actual computer.
I have looked through the topics and online but cant find anyway to backup existing apps, games and general settings on the Shield TV without root.
Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as Google have actually started to delete games entirely from the play store, and you cant even download them if you have previously purchased them as they are missing from your purchase history, there are a few games on the Shield I want to backup so I can restore them if I need to, also I wouldn't mind being able to do a full backup of them all at some point.
I would use Helium but that's cant be installed from the play store, so you cant install it and then the premium key that I would need for backing it up. I tried ES Explorer but the Shield version is dire and doesn't do backups.
For some reason the usual backup option is missing from the backup and reset option in the OS itself, even so this would not restore deleted games on the play store in the event of a reinstall.
If I could backup the games and apps apk's I guess I could manually backup the obb files etc using a file manager.
Any help would be appreciated.
funem said:
I have looked through the topics and online but cant find anyway to backup existing apps, games and general settings on the Shield TV without root.
Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as Google have actually started to delete games entirely from the play store, and you cant even download them if you have previously purchased them as they are missing from your purchase history, there are a few games on the Shield I want to backup so I can restore them if I need to, also I wouldn't mind being able to do a full backup of them all at some point.
I would use Helium but that's cant be installed from the play store, so you cant install it and then the premium key that I would need for backing it up. I tried ES Explorer but the Shield version is dire and doesn't do backups.
For some reason the usual backup option is missing from the backup and reset option in the OS itself, even so this would not restore deleted games on the play store in the event of a reinstall.
If I could backup the games and apps apk's I guess I could manually backup the obb files etc using a file manager.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I have ES File Explorer Pro (I think I paid $2.99 for it a few years ago) and it lets me backup my apps. I can then move them to a NAS I have connected to my router. Now, I will say, I'm not a gamer, so I can't vouch for how well it would backup some of these huge game files, but it might be worth your time to give it a try.
Best of luck! And let us know if it works for you.
LDBAKE said:
I have ES File Explorer Pro (I think I paid $2.99 for it a few years ago) and it lets me backup my apps. I can then move them to a NAS I have connected to my router. Now, I will say, I'm not a gamer, so I can't vouch for how well it would backup some of these huge game files, but it might be worth your time to give it a try.
Best of luck! And let us know if it works for you.
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I ended up using X-plore File Manager to extract and save the apk, then made backup copies of the data and obb directories manually to a usb key inserted in the Shield. Installing the apk on my phone then copying the directories back seems to have worked. I was hoping for something more automated though as I can see process having to be carried out again in the future.
Found out after I did this process, X-Plore File Manger has a built in WiFi server so the directories could have been copied from the shield to the phone from my PC with the WiFi server running on each device without the need for a USB Key.
Thank you for taking the time to reply, any help or suggestion is always appreciated.
Link to X-plore File Manger - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore