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I am planing on a ROM upgrade, I don't want to lose all my settings, so I am looking at a backup utility. I read a lot about sprite backup, is there a TOP list that I can choose from? Share good/bad experience pls.
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I have good results with spb backup http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
Creates a executable on the storage card so no need for pc. Other users given good reports.
Problem is with rom upgrade it may not work out as registry settings and other files will not be the same???. Dont know if sprite does the same. You will have to do manual backup of all the relevent files i guess.
I would also recommend SPB backup.
GliTCH82 said:
I would also recommend SPB backup.
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me too. it is the best utility for backup.
GliTCH82 said:
I would also recommend SPB backup.
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I changed from SPB Backup to Sprite Backup. This one is more versatile. You can better choose what to backup or to restore. Make sure you install on your SD-card, so you can use it after a hard reset.
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GliTCH82 said:
I would also recommend SPB backup.
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I changed from SPB Backup to Sprite Backup. This one is more versatile. You can better choose what to backup or to restore. Make sure you install on your SD-card, so you can use it after a hard reset.
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zou can do the same with SPB backup. and by the way, who needs a serial for spb backup, pm me
I've always used Sprite Premium Backup in the past with WM2003/SE devices, and I have had to restore from a backup on many occasions. Never let me down. It creates a self-extracting backup on a storage card, and it also has a PC component that allows backups to your PC when connected via a USB port.
Unfortunately Sprite was without a solution for backing up WM5 devices for quite a while.
So I picked up SPB Backup, as mentioned by many other users here. SPB Backup appears to work fine, at least as far as creating the backups and storing them on my storage card. However I have not yet had to try to restore my device from a backup made with SPB Backup - which is the only real test that can be performed. And I don't feel like wiping out all my data just to test the SPB Backups.
Any backup application can appear to run fine; it's the "put it all back and make everything OK again!" part of any backup program that will make you love it or hate it!
Has anyone here who says that SPB Backup is working great for them ever attempted to restore yet? Not that I don't think that it will...
I would just like to hear that has successfully restored someone's device - it'll make me feel a lot better!
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I've always used Sprite Premium Backup in the past with WM2003/SE devices, and I have had to restore from a backup on many occasions. Never let me down. It creates a self-extracting backup on a storage card, and it also has a PC component that allows backups to your PC when connected via a USB port.
Unfortunately Sprite was without a solution for backing up WM5 devices for quite a while.
So I picked up SPB Backup, as mentioned by many other users here. SPB Backup appears to work fine, at least as far as creating the backups and storing them on my storage card. However I have not yet had to try to restore my device from a backup made with SPB Backup - which is the only real test that can be performed. And I don't feel like wiping out all my data just to test the SPB Backups.
Any backup application can appear to run fine; it's the "put it all back and make everything OK again!" part of any backup program that will make you love it or hate it!
Has anyone here who says that SPB Backup is working great for them ever attempted to restore yet? Not that I don't think that it will...
I would just like to hear that has successfully restored someone's device - it'll make me feel a lot better!
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I've restorfed backups many times, as I tested various ROMS for the Wizard. each time i put a new ROM, I perform a backup restore from my card.
J-Mac said:
I've always used Sprite Premium Backup in the past with WM2003/SE devices, and I have had to restore from a backup on many occasions. Never let me down. It creates a self-extracting backup on a storage card, and it also has a PC component that allows backups to your PC when connected via a USB port.
Unfortunately Sprite was without a solution for backing up WM5 devices for quite a while.
So I picked up SPB Backup, as mentioned by many other users here. SPB Backup appears to work fine, at least as far as creating the backups and storing them on my storage card. However I have not yet had to try to restore my device from a backup made with SPB Backup - which is the only real test that can be performed. And I don't feel like wiping out all my data just to test the SPB Backups.
Any backup application can appear to run fine; it's the "put it all back and make everything OK again!" part of any backup program that will make you love it or hate it!
Has anyone here who says that SPB Backup is working great for them ever attempted to restore yet? Not that I don't think that it will...
I would just like to hear that has successfully restored someone's device - it'll make me feel a lot better!
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Yes it has without a hitch!
naughty said:
I am planing on a ROM upgrade, I don't want to lose all my settings, so I am looking at a backup utility. I read a lot about sprite backup, is there a TOP list that I can choose from? Share good/bad experience pls.
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naughty,
After I posted I re-read your post and realized what you are hoping to do.
A word of advice - don't!
Backups are great for restoring your device after a hard reset - especially those most-hated unexpected hard resets.
But for a ROM upgrade, you really want to start with a completely clean device. Your device most likely has a lot of abandoned registry entries, shortcuts, and general crap that you really don't want cluttering things up after a ROM update. I do a lot of beta testing so I always have a lot of crap left over from continually installing and uninstalling applications.
On any device running WM5 has, to some degree, a problem with uninstalling and/or upgrading programs. It's a Microsoft bug that hasn't been fully corrected yet. So even if you think that you have kept the device clean, it has junk left over from every time you had difficulty uninstalling something.
For any hard reset where you are just reinstalling exactly what you had before the reset, by all means, restore from a backup.
But for a ROM upgrade, I would advise against it.
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But for a ROM upgrade, I would advise against it.
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I was suspecting something like this..
I will probably delay the ROM upgrade, now that I think I have to re-do my
1. Voice dials
2. GPRS settings (my provider doesn't have wutomatic)
3. MMS settings
4. Email settings.
5. the installed software should be re-installed and configured..
Does anybody know what files contain the contacts, calender, tasks, notes etc. (The equivalent of the .pst files in Outlook)
i belive at the root level in file explorer, there is a file called PIM. I think that is it. Pretty sure.
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Does anybody know what files contain the contacts, calender, tasks, notes etc. (The equivalent of the .pst files in Outlook)
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You need to be able to view the databases on your device. These are not readily available via the file explorer.
You can see them with some third-party applications, such as SK-Tools amd Mem-Maid.
You cannot view the contents of the DBs except by looking at your contacts, calendar, etc.
Actually I have heard that someone has created or updated an app that does let you view individual items in DBs. Not sure which one offhand, but I'll post back if I find out.
I'm with Jmac on this.
I went from 287 to 217 ROM afterwhich I restored my apps with SPB.
The new comm mgr was overlaid, activesync is no longer active nor does it sync and some stuff don't work ne more.
SPB only provides the option to selectively restore PIM, system and ? (something else). It doesn't have the option to restore specific apps.
Tonight when I flash again, I'm going to manually install my stuff again and just use Activesync to get my PIM data.
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Does anybody know what files contain the contacts, calender, tasks, notes etc. (The equivalent of the .pst files in Outlook)
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Yes pim.vol in the root directory of the device contains all contacts and appts - copy to storage card as backup
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Mesias said:
GliTCH82 said:
I would also recommend SPB backup.
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I changed from SPB Backup to Sprite Backup. This one is more versatile. You can better choose what to backup or to restore. Make sure you install on your SD-card, so you can use it after a hard reset.
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zou can do the same with SPB backup. and by the way, who needs a serial for spb backup, pm me
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Um, no you can't. You can select specific files and folders to backup but you cannot restore when you are away from your PC. Sprite allows selective restores even on the device itself.
A word of advice - don't!
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Most of time I would agree with you. However, with Sprite's restore after upgrade feature, you can safely restore a backup. I have done it several times on pre-WM5 devices and Sprite has updated the current WM5 version to do the same.
JNGold,
I understand that Sprite just released 5.1 a day or two ago; that's the version thar is supposed to do this.
Have you tried 5.1 yet to see if it works now?
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dimushor said:
Mesias said:
GliTCH82 said:
I would also recommend SPB backup.
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I changed from SPB Backup to Sprite Backup. This one is more versatile. You can better choose what to backup or to restore. Make sure you install on your SD-card, so you can use it after a hard reset.
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zou can do the same with SPB backup. and by the way, who needs a serial for spb backup, pm me
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Um, no you can't. You can select specific files and folders to backup but you cannot restore when you are away from your PC. Sprite allows selective restores even on the device itself.
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How come? I always do restore from my miniSD card.
The new SpriteBackup also allows to create self-installing/self-extracting backups. Works great on my Wizard. I restored backups several times - without any problems.
Hello all, i'm desperately in need of your help!!
1) The problem:
-my NAND (internal storage memory) runs out of space all of a sudden when I know for sure that it has plenty of free space since I install almost everything on my microSD. All my user setting/sms/contacts were reset and emptied. Every time I reboot/turn on my phone, it always make me go through the whole Initial Setup Wizard as if it was a brand new phone. Apparently since there's 0 space available on NAND, it simply cannot save my setting.
2) Back ground Info:
- my hd2 has been running coredroid 1.5 (or 1.6) perfectly on NAND for over 6+ months.
- I know NAND is still working because I'm still able to boot into android.
3) What I need:
- I need to figure out a way to recover my contacts and sms from NAND before I reformat it and reflash android. Please help me I've been searching on XDA and google for the past hours but no dice
thanks a million in advance!!!
just download sms backup app and add contacts with your google accout
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just download sms backup app and add contacts with your google accout
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thanks for your response, but I dont think u understand my question. My contacts and SMS are emptied, so a regular backup app will not help me in this case. What I need is to somehow recover contacts and sms from internal storage.
Titanium backup can schedule the backup/restore
You guys are not understanding me, backup app can only backup the data that's currently there. but if the data has been deleted, these backup apps cannot recover them...
since they are gone, they have probably been removed. I don't think u can recover them..
computer memory and/or hard drives usually still retain the files that you deleted. it's possible to recover files after you format hard drive, so of course it's possible to recover files from a memory chip.
so I was looking at my TitaniumBackup folder, and I see these files:
com.android.providers.contacts-20110409-103323.properties
com.android.providers.contacts-20110409-103323.tar
com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts-20110409-103331
com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts-20110409-103331.tar
can one of the files above contain my contacts?
mythek88, first
P.S. and Titanium can backup to dropbox =)
sorry buddy...i dont think you can recover contacts and smss....they are converted into binary and stored is what i vaguely remember reading.
there is a undelete app for root users, if you are one... try this app. i cant promise it will bring back sometime, but sometime trying is all it takes...good luck
to avoid this situation, i typically sync everything with my gmail so i can always recover anytime....
Thank you for all the inputs, I've given up on trying to recover my data and have went ahead and reformat/repartition/reflashed my rom. Luckily I found an old backup of my contacts, so I only lost a handful of new numbers.
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Thank you for all the inputs, I've given up on trying to recover my data and have went ahead and reformat/repartition/reflashed my rom. Luckily I found an old backup of my contacts, so I only lost a handful of new numbers.
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now...dont forget to sync it with some service
Restore SMS from mmssms.db with adb
Hi all,
Can anybody help me how to restore mmssms.db and also the contacts2.db? I read I can do it with adb, but as I tried, it sayd Permission Denied.
Can anybody write me a step-by-step guide how can I restore them for sure?
Thanks a lot.
Additionally, I tried Titanium, it doesn't see these files, so that is why is went for adb.
Please help!
Thanks a lot.
Hi,
My old phone was an Galaxy S (i9000) and now I have bougth the Galaxy S 5.
The i 9000 was rooted and I have backedup all Apps + Data to the SD card.
The S5 is new and I dont want to losst the warranty if I Root the phone, so I was wondering if it is possible to Restore all Apps data from the old phone to the new one without root.
Is it possible to do it without a PC?
Thanks,
Titanium Backup should be able to do it, not sure if it needs root though
But also not sure it's a good idea to restore data from a different model phone, which is likely running a different version of Android
You could turn on Google Backup on the old phone, and log into the same G Account on the new S5, and it might restore some things for you that way
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Titanium Backup should be able to do it, not sure if it needs root though
But also not sure it's a good idea to restore data from a different model phone, which is likely running a different version of Android
You could turn on Google Backup on the old phone, and log into the same G Account on the new S5, and it might restore some things for you that way
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The data I was talking about is from games and apps (some games, whatsapp, notes, etc.).
I was not talking about system data.
zeroze said:
The data I was talking about is from games and apps (some games, whatsapp, notes, etc.).
I was not talking about system data.
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neither was he. hes alerting you to a possible conflict with the data from the galaxy s backups as they were on a different version of android
Ok, sorry didnt know that.
That means that there is no way to restore some game data?
on the galaxy s i was running the CM 10
zeroze said:
Ok, sorry didnt know that.
That means that there is no way to restore some game data?
on the galaxy s i was running the CM 10
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He said POSSIBLE conflict. It means maybe and maybe not. Try it for yourself.
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neither was he. hes alerting you to a possible conflict with the data from the galaxy s backups as they were on a different version of android
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He said POSSIBLE conflict. It means maybe and maybe not. Try it for yourself.
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I wold like to try, but the problem is that i dont know how.
Thats why i asked for your help. Lets imagine that there were no conflict. How could i transfer data from apps?
Thanks
zeroze said:
I wold like to try, but the problem is that i dont know how.
Thats why i asked for your help. Lets imagine that there were no conflict. How could i transfer data from apps?
Thanks
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Copy the titanium backup folder from your old phone to your new phone. Install TiBu and restore apps&data.
I'd do this by:
1 connect old phone to PC via USB
2 copy Titanium Backup folder from old phone to PC
3 connect new phone to PC and copy Titanium Backup folder to same place on the new phone
4 install Titanium Backup on the new phone
5 restore apps&data
OR
1 in TiBu backup apks and data to SD card
2 put SD card in new phone
3 fire up TiBu and restore backup
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Copy the titanium backup folder from your old phone to your new phone. Install TiBu and restore apps&data.
I'd do this by:
1 connect old phone to PC via USB
2 copy Titanium Backup folder from old phone to PC
3 connect new phone to PC and copy Titanium Backup folder to same place on the new phone
4 install Titanium Backup on the new phone
5 restore apps&data
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1 in TiBu backup apks and data to SD card
2 put SD card in new phone
3 fire up TiBu and restore backup
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The problem is that TiBu requires root access ...
zeroze said:
The problem is that TiBu requires root access ...
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If you live in EU you can root and keep your warranty.
Also you can root and keep Knox untouched http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-triggering-knox-2nd-method-t2843044
Or you can try Helium, it's like TiBu but doesn't need root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
So doing fresh installs of roms is hard work (you get the idea).
What is your way to restore the apps you use and love to get back as soon as your phone is fresh? What method do you use? Is there an/several apps or piece of software that you prefer? What do you think is the most effective solution?
Titanium backup works pretty well as long as you don't touch system apps.
Since the first release of Titanium Backup I only use that app. With pro version the restore of hundred apps is really quick. The only thing is a problem restoring account settings in nougat builds, which didn't work properly... But that's OK for all of time Titanium Backup saves to you
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Titanium backup works pretty well as long as you don't touch system apps.
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strongst said:
Since the first release of Titanium Backup I only use that app. With pro version the restore of hundred apps is really quick. The only thing is a problem restoring account settings in nougat builds, which didn't work properly... But that's OK for all of time Titanium Backup saves to you
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I know that titanium backup is very popular, but there might be something else out there, someone who has used titanium backup and figured out a better paradigm. A app name does not complete the story of a great restoring practice!
It's a start with two votes for the Titanium backup. But where do you store your data, because that is also not really clear. If you are paying I guess that you would use a web service, which one is the best? Or do you relay on your computer because it might be faster file transfers through USB then a web service? Because once the backup is done and it is time to wipe, nothing will be salvaged? Or do you go for the USB as android system mounted extend or as a separate sd-card disk? Here are lots of pro and cons.
I am probably being a little anal but I kept my Titanium backups on my SD card, Google Drive, and Dropbox. I really could tell no difference between Google and Dropbox as far as cloud storage goes. I played around with Hellium but I always liked the extras I used in TB like freezing/defrosting apps, SMS backups, converting user apps to system apps and on and on. It is a full featured app.
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I know that titanium backup is very popular, but there might be something else out there, someone who has used titanium backup and figured out a better paradigm. A app name does not complete the story of a great restoring practice!
It's a start with two votes for the Titanium backup. But where do you store your data, because that is also not really clear. If you are paying I guess that you would use a web service, which one is the best? Or do you relay on your computer because it might be faster file transfers through USB then a web service? Because once the backup is done and it is time to wipe, nothing will be salvaged? Or do you go for the USB as android system mounted extend or as a separate sd-card disk? Here are lots of pro and cons.
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I've not used any alternatives after I started with titanium so can't help you there.
For storing in case of flashing roms I just keep in the SD card cause that hasn't failed yet.
Only when I'm going from custom to stock or vice versa do I update my google drive backup. I use google drive because its faster for me than anything else no other reason.
USB backup to PC or a separate SD card might be required for only when you wipe storage (internal and SD) which I can't imagine when. But backup sometimes when you have connected the phone to your PC for any other reason. Otherwise I don't really do that much as it is too much of a bother.
OK I'm convinced. Could you tell me more about how you use titanium backup. What is your setups after all these years?
Do you make your own flashable collections?
(I purchased the pro Ti and connected Dropbox)
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OK I'm convinced. Could you tell me more about how you use titanium backup. What is your setups after all these years?
Do you make your own flashable collections?
(I purchased the pro Ti and connected Dropbox)
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How to use titanium backup? Mate, there are tutorials out there and the help page, a little reading and trying and that's it. It's not difficult and there is no "setup" you need
strongst said:
How to use titanium backup? Mate, there are tutorials out there and the help page, a little reading and trying and that's it. It's not difficult and there is no "setup" you need
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I have set it up and already know how to use it (been using it for years). I'm asking about how you use it and not how I should. Get it?
It is considerably more interesting to discuss "user cases". No manual or guide will ever give that because the approach to the question is different.
Not sure if anyone uses it still but I use Nandroid Manager for most of my restores but its hit or miss on working right since 6.0. Titanium just never seemed to work right for me. I almost got to the point of just letting Google restore my phone for me and just relogin to apps. Best to save everything to the cloud in my opinion then there's no worries. Lol
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/
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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/
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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.
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This will not backup app data, but thanks anyway.
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Yes. It does.
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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.
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Oh, ok thanks!
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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!