Quick background:
I was running stock Android 4.2.1 with a custom kernel & recovery (TWRP) and decided to install CM's latest rom. I forgot to make a backup before installing the new rom and, because I didn't want to lose all of my app data, I did not do a factory reset after installing the CM rom. This caused me to end up in a broken state with Android being stuck at the boot animation. To prevent myself from breaking anything else, I made a backup of this broken state using TWRP. I then proceeded to factory reset which got Android working again.
Question:
I have some app data (read: game saves) in the broken TWRP backup that I would like to recover. Is there a way to pull app data from the TWRP backup that I can use to restore the app using Titanium, TWRP, or something else?
Thanks in advance!
Titanium Backup > Menu > Extract apps/data from Nandroid Backup.
Username invalid said:
Titanium Backup > Menu > Extract apps/data from Nandroid Backup.
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Thanks for the reply! I just tried doing that and the backup is detected, but no apps/app data show up. The list is blank.
Is there anything else I should try or is my data just gone?
eurasianboy1112 said:
Thanks for the reply! I just tried doing that and the backup is detected, but no apps/app data show up. The list is blank.
Is there anything else I should try or is my data just gone?
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Was the backup compressed?
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I know you should make a backup. So when you wipe and flash a new rom and kernel, do you restore data and that will restore all the programs you had prior at the time of the backup?
Thanks.
mynewepic10 said:
I know you should make a backup. So when you wipe and flash a new rom and kernel, do you restore data and that will restore all the programs you had prior at the time of the backup?
Thanks.
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If you do an advanced restore of your data through CWM recovery, yes it will restore all your programs and settings. However, this can cause problems as the old data does not get along with some ROMs.
mattallica76 said:
If you do an advanced restore of your data through CWM recovery, yes it will restore all your programs and settings. However, this can cause problems as the old data does not get along with some ROMs.
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So it is best to just reinstall programs?
I would use Titanium Backup or My Backup Pro to back up you apps+data. After the flash you can either restore everything from the backup or just the data. Some people have said that it's best to re-download your apps from the market and only install the data from the backup (as opposed to restoring app and data). I don't know, I've done it both ways and have never noticed a difference.
So I am currently on Paranoid Android and wish to switch to another ROM (most likely AOKP or PACman just to try). In TWRP recovery, what would I select to just back up my app data and NOT my ROM, and after that is possible, what must I restore to get it back and in what order of flashing alon with my new ROM and GAPPS???:silly:
You can go into TWRP and backup and choose what partitions you want to backup. However, I'd suggest you backup everything and don't try to restore the data to another ROM.
I use Titanium to backup all app data as well as MMS history, WiFi networks etc then do a full backup in TWRP. Then wipe everything and flash the new ROM. Then boot up and reconfigure accounts and restore apps + data with titanium.
It may be a little more effort but this way you can always roll back to the previous setup if anything goes wrong and you're less likely to run into any weird issues from moving data around between ROMs.
Or you could try something like app2zip off the play store to make a flashable zip of only selected apps and data which is probably safer than the whole partition. If you do a full backup first you can always rollback if something goes wrong.
When using Titanium Backup, when I hit run backup, where does it go and how do I restore it after I flash my new ROM. Or do I do the update.zip option and flash that when I'm doing my new ROM?
GraysonB said:
When using Titanium Backup, when I hit run backup, where does it go and how do I restore it after I flash my new ROM. Or do I do the update.zip option and flash that when I'm doing my new ROM?
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It goes into a folder on /sdcard called TitaniumBackup. When you flash a new rom, you will need to redownload titanium backup. When you redownload it, it will find the backups and you can click on the app to restore it.
Theres no need to use the update.zip method. Do it like this ^
Hello, I did a backup of all my apps+data and now I'm trying to restore it but it gets stuck at the "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox". Does anyone have a guess of what's going on?
Ps: I'm still trying to run it but it's like more than 10 minutes that way
Edit: the toolkit said the process was completed, but not all my apps are there.
ruskylfc said:
Hello, I did a backup of all my apps+data and now I'm trying to restore it but it gets stuck at the "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox". Does anyone have a guess of what's going on?
Ps: I'm still trying to run it but it's like more than 10 minutes that way
Edit: the toolkit said the process was completed, but not all my apps are there.
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restore your nandroid backup the right way, not through a root toolbox. restore it in/with your custom recovery.
you dont backup usual apps in system partition as it will hang or reboot, just backup user data, and use CWM
Hey guys!
So yesterday, I installed the app 'Android Control Center'. I messed around with a few settings and ended up in a bootloop. I do not have anything backed up in Titanium backup. So I made a nandroid backup in the hope that id be able to restore my apps out of that by using nandroid manager, but all of my app data were not extracted from the nandroid. So now im planning to restore the nandroid backup and use TWRPs file manager to remove that apk and its data. Are there any other things I should do to fix this problem? Will this work??
Guys, any help is appreciated!!!
Hardly believe that app can cause your system into bootloop... anyway, if you want to try.
Titanium Backup can restore apps from Nandroid backup, preferably CWM tar backup. However, this function is currently having issues with Android 4.3, so if you want to reflash the ROM, pick ROM with 4.2.2.
I believe TWRP backup should also works, but I haven't try it before. If you need to use TWRP, do it without compression & encryption.
IMO your problem can be a simple fix by remove the faulty app and reflash the ROM.
just reflash your rom via recovery, dont wipe, you wont lose any data
Alright thanks for the response. I copied my TWRP backup to my PC, extracted it and now I'm trying to copy the data folder from my TWRP backup to my ROM's data folder. Hopefully, this will work.
PS - I removed the app and i reflashed the rom but that didn't seem to fix the problem.
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I have been doing some nandroid backups with online nandroid backup app and noticed the settings app was missing shortly after restoring desktop data from a nandroid backup using nandroid manager. Please help! This is a major inconvenience!
Wipe dalvik cache and cache and reflash your ROM and gapps.
estallings15 said:
Wipe dalvik cache and cache and reflash your ROM and gapps.
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Thanks for the response. What do you recommend I do in terms of backup? Would nandroid backup and later restore with nandroid manager app of user apps/app data work? How about my rom's settings I've worked so hard setting up?
frusso21 said:
Thanks for the response. What do you recommend I do in terms of backup? Would nandroid backup and later restore with nandroid manager app of user apps/app data work? How about my rom's settings I've worked so hard setting up?
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Make a nandroid in recovery. I always use titanium backup to restore apps. If the data for settings.apk is in your data partition it won't be touched. The other APS shouldn't be touched either. The backup will just be for good measure.
estallings15 said:
Make a nandroid in recovery. I always use titanium backup to restore apps. If the data for settings.apk is in your data partition it won't be touched. The other APS shouldn't be touched either. The backup will just be for good measure.
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Aaaaand it didn't work. Everything is the same as 10 minutes ago. Please help
ROM Update fixed this.