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[Q] back up utility

hi im not all that new but im new enough and i have a little experience with Roms on my hd2 and theres one i just really enjoy but i want to try other Roms out without losing all my data i have tried my backup but it takes 16 to 20 min for me to back up is there anything that can do it faster?

theted said:
hi im not all that new but im new enough and i have a little experience with Roms on my hd2 and theres one i just really enjoy but i want to try other Roms out without losing all my data i have tried my backup but it takes 16 to 20 min for me to back up is there anything that can do it faster?
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maybe Titanium Backup?

p107r0 said:
maybe Titanium Backup?
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tried it still too slow but thanks

theted said:
tried it still too slow but thanks
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How many app do you have on your phone?

10507 said:
How many app do you have on your phone?
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i have like 36 apps

theted said:
i have like 36 apps
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Wow, with that few app, I don't think it should take that long to backup with Titanium Backup or My Backup. I have around 250+app and both Titanium/My Backup back up my app in less 5 minutes. I think there's something wrong with your SDcard.

idk i just got this one after my last card died on me

I'd suggest checking the card for errors on PC plus defragmentation (mydefrag has flash drive mode),
then you could try increasing card cache size in Android:
- SD Tools to measure RW speed before & after
- SD Speed Increase to set cache size to 2048 or whatever works best for you
-> more details in this thread

Id like to know to for a backup for playlist, apps, photos, I searched for it all I came up with is titanium backup, & mybackup root; but don't work , I used titannium backup for apps it worked, but couldn't restore playlist, data, and photos
Would like to see an application for this
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[email protected] said:
Id like to know to for a backup for playlist, apps, photos, I searched for it all I came up with is titanium backup, & mybackup root; but don't work , I used titannium backup for apps it worked, but couldn't restore playlist, data, and photos
Would like to see an application for this
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Photos should be somewhere in DCIM folder on your card, so no need for backup app, when it's easier to copy it manually wherever you need.
Apps and settings are backed up by Titanium, with the exception of those installed on card (if I'm correct).
As for playlists, I'm not sure, it may depend on particular player you're using, but I shouldn't expect any problems with Titanium as well - all in all it has separate mode for system/app data and settings backup.
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Titanium Backup fail

I did a backup yesterday with TB before wiping and flashing to a new rom. After the wipe and installation of new rom(LeoMar) I realised not all my apps were backed up. So... I'm dealing with the fact that I've lost quite a significant amount of data, but I still want to know why this happened. I clearly did a full backup of apps+data on TB Pro before the wipe. After the wipe, I see that all of my apps only had 1 backup, which was a very old one ( some were the latest backup though).
Anyone got the same thing happening before?
And btw, are cwm backups and TB backups related in any way?
Thanks.
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Where did you back your apps up, on the External_SD or on the phone memory itself, aslo, which batch operation did you run, what I do to ensure I have the latest backup, I delete everything and I create new backups for all my apps

achillies400 said:
Where did you back your apps up, on the External_SD or on the phone memory itself, aslo, which batch operation did you run, what I do to ensure I have the latest backup, I delete everything and I create new backups for all my apps
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Phone memory, I do not have an external sd. (Unless the full wipe cleared the phone memory?) I ran the "backup all user apps and system data" batch operation.
Also, the weird thing is that it says that I have 287 backups, but the restore option says that I have only 228. The missing 59?
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darylimjz said:
I did a backup yesterday with TB before wiping and flashing to a new rom. After the wipe and installation of new rom(LeoMar) I realised not all my apps were backed up. So... I'm dealing with the fact that I've lost quite a significant amount of data, but I still want to know why this happened. I clearly did a full backup of apps+data on TB Pro before the wipe. After the wipe, I see that all of my apps only had 1 backup, which was a very old one ( some were the latest backup though).
Anyone got the same thing happening before?
And btw, are cwm backups and TB backups related in any way?
Thanks.
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dont keep an eye on the date that is under the app. it happend to me many times - while flashing Cognition - and it had outdated flash player - i knew i made a backup of the newer version but i coudltn find it. what i did was i simple clicked on it and made restore - even the date was incorrect it gave me the option off the new version- ignore the dates. i mean app that is included in your new rom will overwrite the date in showing in titanium - even you have made a newer there will be still old one so - the date wont be acurate. so try to click on it and restore - and let me know whats happend.
sorry for my broken english

Hunteres said:
dont keep an eye on the date that is under the app. it happend to me many times - while flashing Cognition - and it had outdated flash player - i knew i made a backup of the newer version but i coudltn find it. what i did was i simple clicked on it and made restore - even the date was incorrect it gave me the option off the new version- ignore the dates. i mean app that is included in your new rom will overwrite the date in showing in titanium - even you have made a newer there will be still old one so - the date wont be acurate. so try to click on it and restore - and let me know whats happend.
sorry for my broken english
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I see, thanks for the info. That solves a part of my problem, but the question of why there are missing apps still exist. It seems that I actually made the backup of my 287 apps (as verified by TB itself) but the "restore all apps+data" batch operation option says only 228. ('all apps+data' includes both apps that I already have after the wipe, and the ones I do not have yet)

darylimjz said:
I see, thanks for the info. That solves a part of my problem, but the question of why there are missing apps still exist. It seems that I actually made the backup of my 287 apps (as verified by TB itself) but the "restore all apps+data" batch operation option says only 228. ('all apps+data' includes both apps that I already have after the wipe, and the ones I do not have yet)
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Some of the rest may have been system apps, and you may not have Titanium configured to back up the app with the data for system apps?
Also, are you sure you don't have any filters set, either when backing up, or now when restoring?

almost very sure. I never touch the filter settings at all.

Rule one backup your backups as its easy to corrupt or delete a backup .
jje

JJEgan said:
Rule one backup your backups as its easy to corrupt or delete a backup .
jje
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Thanks for the tip. And how do you do that?
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I think I have a vague idea of the problem now. Looking at TB again, I realise that the apps which are backed up on 9-05 (5 September, yesterday) are only stock apps (like hubs, mini diary, etc) and stock system apps. Weird. And I'm suspecting that this might be due to me clearing my CWM backup files earlier (just after wipe. Cleared the older backups, leaving the latest one. Or at least I think it was the latest...)
And I'd also like to know what a full wipe deletes. (did the wipe from cwm recovery)
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darylimjz said:
Thanks for the tip. And how do you do that?
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Copy Titanium folder and Clockwork Recovery folder to PC .
jje

JJEgan said:
Copy Titanium folder and Clockwork Recovery folder to PC .
jje
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+1.
I do this once a week or so. It's a good habit to get into (just like making a back-up before flashing anything...).

I think the issue is when you back up "system data" when doing backups your should stick to backing up just the user apps and user data batch operation as it is not advisable to backup and restore system data....

Ah thanks... the jargon. Never realised I could just backup the user apps. And I'll also do that backup thing from now on. Thanks for the advice guys.
And to the tip earlier about the wrong dates, you're right. An app which I only downloaded a few days ago said it was backed up on 8-14, which was impossible. As for some other apps.
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Backup apps to cloud?

So i was wondering if anyone has ever needed to back up all there apps to a location other then there phone/tablet. it would be cloud storage i would think. reason is i need to backup all my apps and have then to be restored apon receiving replacement nexus. I herd sandisk memory zone? thanks.

MyBackup Pro has an option to backup to online storage and restore. I'm not sure if the free version has that option but I know the paid version does.
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I use the following process to ensure I can restore my whole device to a brand new unit if necessary.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29550640
I use my workstation rather than a Cloud for a Number of reasons. The best being that the workstation has a triple redundant backup, and if I really need access to it remotely I already have that ability.
I used this to create a restorable copy of a completely setup device to a brand new unit successfully already.
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I create the same functionality with Dropsync. It basically lets Dropbox function the same on your tab as your computer. I run my backups with TiBu in the early morning, and although syncing can be slow, it easily finishes before I get up. I was already using Dropbox so this was the most convenient solution for me.
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I forgot to mention that i would like an option to do an entire backup without having to root first. From my understanding rooting it would wipe user data? so then there would be no point lol

Sofwhitewolf said:
I forgot to mention that i would like an option to do an entire backup without having to root first. From my understanding rooting it would wipe user data? so then there would be no point lol
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Rooting doesn't wipe the data, Unlocking the Bootloader does. Why unlocking should be done before doing a lot of work.
You can use adb to do a backup of your system, but none of the other things I talked about will work. No point in moving it to a cyberlocker since it will already be on your computer/workstation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
spottedcatfish said:
I create the same functionality with Dropsync. It basically lets Dropbox function the same on your tab as your computer. I run my backups with TiBu in the early morning, and although syncing can be slow, it easily finishes before I get up. I was already using Dropbox so this was the most convenient solution for me.
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While TB is something that I do and end up with a copy in my backup system, it is not what I use to restore to a new device. Instead I use the Nandroid Backup (created with TWRP). Much much faster and more complete. Only need to move over the Nandroid backup files after you have unlocked the new device and rooted, and put the recovery on the device. Then simply do a restore in recovery wipe Davik and Cache and you are right back where you were with the other device.
The sync to the workstation via the Cheetah Sync is much faster than syncing to dropbox and I am backing up more than just the TB files for a more useful backup.

Sofwhitewolf said:
So i was wondering if anyone has ever needed to back up all there apps to a location other then there phone/tablet. it would be cloud storage i would think. reason is i need to backup all my apps and have then to be restored apon receiving replacement nexus. I herd sandisk memory zone? thanks.
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TitaniumBackup+ has support for backing up to Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive.

I use App Backup & Restore to backup every app I install (automatically), then Dropspace to push it to my Dropbox (automatically). Then I relax with a cappuccino and carrot cake.

[I9505-MH8] Restore data app will break the app

Like I asked to Stock Rom thread I have a little problem.
I restore the app data and after some app (not all) crash righ after start.
I also tried to delete data/cache of the app but I have to uninstall and reinstall from zero.
chubby65 said:
Try avoid restoring data if possible mate
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worms said:
It's a lot of app.. this night I will try to install from zero and restoring only data.
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kafej666 said:
Restoring applications data via titanium backup from the same ROM base is SAFE !!!
Don't spread panic !!
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chubby65 said:
But not system data
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ooook,
I make a full wipe of MH8.
Install by myself all my old app, without titanium.
After I tested to restore only app data (to have back my old progress with some games ) and I have problems only with angry birds (ever version except for bad piggies), Fruit ninja, plant vs zombies.

Only games heh ...
First question you had app like app to sd on ROM from backup was taken ?
Second question those apps was moved (partialy) to sd via settings in ROM ?
Third question hardly connected to aboves - you switched USB modes ? (UMS <-> MTP) ?
Your kernel is ?
There is a lot of chance that backup was corrupted via 3 first aboves q.

kafej666 said:
Only games heh ...
First question you had app like app to sd on ROM from backup was taken ? No, I never had a MicroSD on my phone
Second question those apps was moved (partialy) to sd via settings in ROM ? like up
Third question hardly connected to aboves - you switched USB modes ? (UMS <-> MTP) ? maybe, i don't remember
Your kernel is ? stock odin package, only prerooted
There is a lot of chance that backup was corrupted via 3 first aboves q.
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If I change USB modes and restore my app again, there are any chance to get back.
Untill now I found only this app, maybe there are another.
ps: I used titanium backup.

In my opinion there is nothing wrong with ROM, but probably backup was corrupted by something ;D Im not on this ****ty sammy MGA+ ROMS with new knox, so I can be wrong !.
If I'm correct then there is no hope ;P if not then logcat could be helpful.
You can check if backup itself is corrupted. Send this one app backup (titanium backup folder -> app + app data zip) that doesn't work to some friend with android or (if you are not afraid of public way) here to test it on another ROM (you can back to your previous ROM and test it by-self but that will be HARDCORE ! )

kafej666 said:
In my opinion there is nothing wrong with ROM, but probably backup was corrupted by something ;D Im not on this ****ty sammy MGA+ ROMS with new knox, so I can be wrong !.
If I'm correct then there is no hope ;P if not then logcat could be helpful.
You can check if backup itself is corrupted. Send this one app backup (titanium backup folder -> app + app data zip) that doesn't work to some friend with android or (if you are not afraid of public way) here to test it on another ROM (you can back to your previous ROM and test it by-self but that will be HARDCORE ! )
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I uninstalled broken aps, reinstalled, test and after restore a old backup (two month ago,that I'm sure was working).
Nothing, after restore I had app broken.
I'm pretty sure that is a firmware problem...

You are right !
Rom with knox changed the way of keeping data of apps, so backups will fail.
Creators of apps like Titanium Backup can in near future implement changes for knox ROMs, but I will not bet on this

Full backup phone

Hey! I was asking if you guys know a good way to fully backup a phone (like cloning it).
I would try some ROM like PA and some other but I also want to be able to good back to the state I'm right now (fully configured, with all apps I need, and when restoring this backup I would like to have exact same app data, configuration, account, everything in fact).
I don't even know if it's possible x)
In all case, thanks for your answer

https://www.technipages.com/how-to-backup-your-entire-android-device
You shouldn't need to install ADB tools though, they come included on the additional partition OnePlus adds with drivers, just copy those files over to your PC

Adb already installed
Thanks for it mate. I'll do this tonight and cross my finger hoping it would work as I think

TWRP. If you are installing ROMs TWRP would already be there and all you would have to do is create a backup.

Orion116 said:
TWRP. If you are installing ROMs TWRP would already be there and all you would have to do is create a backup.
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This will not backup app data, but thanks anyway.

ShiiroSan said:
This will not backup app data, but thanks anyway.
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A nandroid backup through TWRP will backup everything mate.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-a-nandroid-backup-and-how-exactly-does-it-work/

danjamand said:
A nandroid backup through TWRP will backup everything mate.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-a-nandroid-backup-and-how-exactly-does-it-work/
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... Everything EXCEPT internal storage if using TWRP. I make a zip archive of all storage files and folders and copy it to my computer.

ShiiroSan said:
This will not backup app data, but thanks anyway.
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Yes. It does.

lollyjay said:
... Everything EXCEPT internal storage if using TWRP. I make a zip archive of all storage files and folders and copy it to my computer.
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Oh, ok thanks!
Orion116 said:
Yes. It does.
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My bad so, I was thinking app data was included in Internal Storage :x

ShiiroSan said:
Oh, ok thanks!
My bad so, I was thinking app data was included in Internal Storage :x
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App data IS backed up by TWRP but anything you see in internal storage is NOT backed up by TWRP.

The way I do it is:
Titanium Backup for all user apps
An app called pairs for Bluetooth and WiFi backup and restore
Create a Nova backup for my home screen setup
Transfer any media (such as photos and music) to my PC
And then I go about flashing a new ROM/clean flashing my current ROM.
I do end up having to go through my ROM settings over again, as well as setting up system apps again, but it's not a huge deal to me.
This feels like the "cleanest" way to backup and restore, so it's a small price to pay! (For me at least lol)

Can you confirm that even chrome app data is being saved and restored? Eg: cookies
Thanks!