I used APN backup and restore bu after converting it to system app It would not load or anything. Are there any other programs or ways of doing this manually? I want to try out cloudy's flex rom but last time i did it i had service issues because I didnt backup and restore my apn settings. I'm stock rooted kitkat right now with sovocas kernal and xposed
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I used APN backup and restore bu after converting it to system app It would not load or anything. Are there any other programs or ways of doing this manually? I want to try out cloudy's flex rom but last time i did it i had service issues because I didnt backup and restore my apn settings. I'm stock rooted kitkat right now with sovocas kernal and xposed
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I normally just take screen shots and copy them manually. They save my ass again and again.
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Hello, XDA. I'm a long time user (unregistered), have flashed many ROMs successfully on various phones, but this one's got me stumped.
My girlfriend just switched from her iPhone to a Galaxy S4 on the Sprint network. To show her the wonderful world of Android, I showed her all the customizable ROMs and such, and she wanted to hop on board. So I did a nandroid backup, full wipe, the works, like I have many times before without any issue. We decided to go with the Darthstalker S4 Version 9.
We got it up and running, beautifully might I add, with absolutely no issues... until today. Her phone will make and receive calls and texts. But she cannot access the internet, send or receive MMS. I looked through her phone and found nothing out of the ordinary, so I figured a reboot may do the trick. Rebooted, and went to go to the Firefox app to test the internet, when suddenly, this small info box appeared and faded at the bottom of the screen:
"Sorry, no suitable apn info for your sim card, operator is"
Mind you, it appears and fades very quickly, I used Hot Reboot numerous times so the dialog would appear enough times so I could read it. Strangely, it ends at "operator is" and nothing else. To my understanding, APNs are for use with phones using SIM cards. So why is this happening suddenly? Nothing has changed and nothing else has been flashed besides the 100% Transparent AccuWeather Widget. I've been fighting with this for hours now and it seems to beyond my capability of understanding at this point. So, I'm turning it over to you. Can anyone explain to me why this is happening?
Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to get the whole story in so no further questions needed to be asked ("Did you dirty flash" "Choose appropriate carrier in AROMA" etc) so we can move on to the real issue.
Thank you in advance.
That rom is based on T-Mobile. Its known to cause issues with data and MMS. Did you try to back up Apns on a working sprint ROM , then restore those APNs on Darthstalker ?
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That rom is based on T-Mobile. Its known to cause issues with data and MMS. Did you try to back up Apns on a working sprint ROM , then restore those APNs on Darthstalker ?
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I still have the nandroid backup of the Stock MF9 ROM that I rooted. I'm going to make a nandroid backup of the current Darthstalker so I can just go back to it when I restore the stock ROM.
The bizarre thing is I cant seem to locate APN anywhere in the settings on her phone. I have the AT&T variant of the Galaxy S3 myself, and I know where it is located there. I figured it would be the same, but I have searched every inch of the settings and found no APN options. That said, where could I find this? I know there are APN related apps, but I've never used them.
On a working sprint native touchwiz ROM. Downlaod system app mover and APN backup frothe the play store. Now open up system app. Give super user permission and make APN backup a system app. Then you will have to reboot . after doing so open up APN backup and hot menu then disable ICS check. Now make a backup.
From here you can flash or restore darthstalker ROM. Download those two apps again, and open up system app and give it su permission, make APN backup a system app. Reboot. Open APN restore, and restore APNs from you backup. Reboot and you should be done with data. Let me know if MMS works after this. If not there is a way you can change some things up with gosms pro to use mms
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On a working sprint native touchwiz ROM. Downlaod system app mover and APN backup frothe the play store. Now open up system app. Give super user permission and make APN backup a system app. Then you will have to reboot . after doing so open up APN backup and hot menu then disable ICS check. Now make a backup.
From here you can flash or restore darthstalker ROM. Download those two apps again, and open up system app and give it su permission, make APN backup a system app. Reboot. Open APN restore, and restore APNs from you backup. Reboot and you should be done with data. Let me know if MMS works after this. If not there is a way you can change some things up with gosms pro to use mms
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Sorry for the late reply, been a busy day. She gets off work in an hour so when she gets home I'll try this and report back here. Thank you so much for your help. It's very greatly appreciated.
Hey there, I'm new at this forum.
I'm using a I9505 S4 and yesterday I changed ROM for first time.
Now I'm working with 4.4.2 Paranoid 4.3 Beta 3.
I made a backup with JS Backup and I restored it today.
Call history where restored perfectly but sms/mms app didn't take the restored data.
I also restored sms with kies. What should I do. I also tried Messaging Pro as a SMS app but same result.
Any help?
Try easy backup
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Try easy backup
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Thanks, but if I dont understand wrong this would mean that I have to go to the original ROM retrieve Kies backup , backup with easy backup and then again flash paranoid...
Is there a way to get it with out re doing all that?
Hi guys, my Titanium Backup 6.2.0.3 has backed up 80 apps on android KitKat. Everything was allright back then, all backups were verified. So i tried Lollipop yesterday, and i tried to restore those apps. Nope, it just hang. TB was allright, i tried to change everything in settings, every mode etc. but it just didnt work. Nothing. So i flashed SuperSU 2.40, as some people talked about it on the forum (i had Ressurection Remix, last version). Nothing. I changed my ROM, now i have Vanir. TB restores DATA, but just data. It can not restore any app, even without the data. The android installer method works (user installation of apk + TB restore of data) but doing that to 80 apps? Seriously?
I solved it, I wrote a How-To here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/help/how-to-restore-kitkat-apps-titanium-t3005385
So i verified those backup in Lollipop. It says 162 errors. In 80 backups theres 162 errors. I did not do anything with the backups. What's the problem? Why is it corrupted? I don't get it.
So i went back to KitKat and guess what? All backups are confirmed as allright, i can restore them and everything.
I found a solution to this.
Which is?
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Which is?
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3005385
batch restore
Some apps are not compatible with Lollipop, so when you do a batch restore using TB, take note of apps that breaks the batch restore process and exclude them in the next batch restore attempt. Or else it will keep breaking the restore process. I have used TB on Lollipop successfully.
Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
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You are welcome!
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Some apps are not compatible with Lollipop, so when you do a batch restore using TB, take note of apps that breaks the batch restore process and exclude them in the next batch restore attempt. Or else it will keep breaking the restore process. I have used TB on Lollipop successfully.
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That was not the problem. On the ROM's thread more people complained about the problem, some people even suggested using Helium instead. However, I found a solution that restored ALL apps without any problem from the backups created by Titanium Backup.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3005385
No need to do all that. The problem is with Lollipop denying permissions from apps to modify folders and files. Just enter SuperSu and in Settings, under Security, find "Mount namespace separation" and untick it. Then restart your phone and Titanium Backup should be able to back up and restore again.
I'll try to be as thorough as possible.
I started out with the stock S4. Everything worked, minus a terribly damaged screen which I replaced. It was originally on 4.4.2 the NG2 build. I rooted with CF-Auto Root through Odin 3.09. I flashed PhilZ recovery through Rashr's Recovery Tools. It says 6.15 something, but when it boots in recovery mode it just says 6 and CWRM 6.0.4.7 (not sure if this matters or not). I then installed the latest snapshot for CM 11-20141112-snapshot-m12-jflte.zip and gapps-kk-20140606 which was fine. I got LTE service, but no SMS/MMS at all. I then tried CM 12.1-20151116-snapshot-yog7dao1jn-jfltespr.zip with gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip which looks and works great (LTE works) minus the SMS/MMS again.. I tried the same with the latest nightlies of both CM 11 and 12.1 to no avail. I wipe phone, cache and dalvik before flashing every ROM.
I have tried changing the "Bearers" to LTE for all of the n.ispsn options under APN which I'm not even sure is a valid solution anymore. My preferred network is set to LTE. I am rooted through developer options both app and adb. I have come across other Sprint SMS/MMS workaround threads, but they seem dated; it's hard to sift through what is still relevant.
My baseband still shows up as the NG2 version with Android version 5.1.1 (I am currently on CM 12.1). Does this matter? Am I using the correct versions of what I should be?
My goal is to have CM 12.1 running so I can use mobile hotspot among other features. I don't necessarily need CM, but mobile hotspot is my biggest wanted feature. And obviously SMS/MMS needs to work.
As a last ditch effort, can I go back to stock rom/does it have to be an NG2 one?
I have temporarily reactivated my previous phone (HTC One M7) until I have a sure way of accomplishing my goal with the S4.
Thanks in advance!
Just did a full wipe and installed latest TWRP as my recovery. I flashed the Optimized CM 12.1 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...lop/exclusive-antaresone-alucard24-s-t3066696
and the latest gapps from 11/29/15 (nano fwiw).
Still have LTE. Still no MMS/SMS. I changed the same APN bearers to LTE. I tried Textra (APN settings seemed correct) and Google Messenger to no avail. I even did this dialer fix method found here (post #3):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...int-note-4-t2973257/post57613217#post57613217
What am I missing?
If it was MMS only that you were having issues with, then fiddling with the APN settings would make more sense to me.
However, since you have neither SMS nor MMS, it suggests something other than the APN settings.
Some potential things to try:
Turn off mobile data and see if SMS works.
Turn off LTE and drop down to 2G or 3G and see if SMS/MMS work.
Try updating your profile (hiding somewhere in the Update Software in the Settings menu) and then trying to see if SMS/MMS work.
I have had reasonable functionality on the NG2 baseband with the Dirty Unicorns ROM (v9.7) on the L720, though I did not explicitly verify that hotspot was working.
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I'll try to be as thorough as possible.
I started out with the stock S4. Everything worked, minus a terribly damaged screen which I replaced. It was originally on 4.4.2 the NG2 build. I rooted with CF-Auto Root through Odin 3.09. I flashed PhilZ recovery through Rashr's Recovery Tools. It says 6.15 something, but when it boots in recovery mode it just says 6 and CWRM 6.0.4.7 (not sure if this matters or not). I then installed the latest snapshot for CM 11-20141112-snapshot-m12-jflte.zip and gapps-kk-20140606 which was fine. I got LTE service, but no SMS/MMS at all. I then tried CM 12.1-20151116-snapshot-yog7dao1jn-jfltespr.zip with gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip which looks and works great (LTE works) minus the SMS/MMS again.. I tried the same with the latest nightlies of both CM 11 and 12.1 to no avail. I wipe phone, cache and dalvik before flashing every ROM.
I have tried changing the "Bearers" to LTE for all of the n.ispsn options under APN which I'm not even sure is a valid solution anymore. My preferred network is set to LTE. I am rooted through developer options both app and adb. I have come across other Sprint SMS/MMS workaround threads, but they seem dated; it's hard to sift through what is still relevant.
My baseband still shows up as the NG2 version with Android version 5.1.1 (I am currently on CM 12.1). Does this matter? Am I using the correct versions of what I should be?
My goal is to have CM 12.1 running so I can use mobile hotspot among other features. I don't necessarily need CM, but mobile hotspot is my biggest wanted feature. And obviously SMS/MMS needs to work.
As a last ditch effort, can I go back to stock rom/does it have to be an NG2 one?
I have temporarily reactivated my previous phone (HTC One M7) until I have a sure way of accomplishing my goal with the S4.
Thanks in advance!
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I would suggest flashing latest stock and make sure everything works, the CM builds you were flashing may be having issue with the fact you were in NG2. Go to sammobile.com get latest OH1,flash that via Odin, make sure everything is working, then flash TWRP via Odin. Now you will be stock with custom recovery, then you can flash your latest CM in TWRP and everything should work.
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I would suggest flashing latest stock and make sure everything works, the CM builds you were flashing may be having issue with the fact you were in NG2. Go to sammobile.com get latest OH1,flash that via Odin, make sure everything is working, then flash TWRP via Odin. Now you will be stock with custom recovery, then you can flash your latest CM in TWRP and everything should work.
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Thank you (both of you guys). I am downloading the stock OH1 rom from sammobile right now (1 hr+ download though..). I'll try to post up later if I get the chance.
Download is complete; however I can only find TWRP 2.8.7.0 as a .img file, even on their official site. I can download 2.8.4.0 as a .tar file, but I'm pretty sure I have to be rooted to flash an .img. We'll see I guess..
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Thank you (both of you guys). I am downloading the stock OH1 rom from sammobile right now (1 hr+ download though..). I'll try to post up later if I get the chance.
Download is complete; however I can only find TWRP 2.8.7.0 as a .img file, even on their official site. I can download 2.8.4.0 as a .tar file, but I'm pretty sure I have to be rooted to flash an .img. We'll see I guess..
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Just Odin the 2.7.4.0
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Just Odin the 2.7.4.0
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Yeah, I Odined the 2.8.4.0 after installing the stock rom which was successful after a factory wipe. I reactivated the S4 with Sprint and have just tested SMS and MMS-both of which work. Now to flash CM (fingers crossed!).
TWRP didn't take over my recovery.. Guess I'll reodin it.
Reflashing TWRP 2.8.4.0 didn't seem to work.. Do I need to go back through the CF-Auto Root process?
I think I got it. I had to hold up immediately after odining TWRP. I am backing up now.
Success so far! I have SMS and MMS working correctly and LTE working. Thank you!
However; I lost my backed up apps + data from Titanium Backup Am I able to restore a backup from this ROM earlier today to somehow recover this information?
Apparently flashing the stock ROM via Odin wiped out everything on my internal storage. I do have a backup from the 29th I made on CM 12.1 with CWM. Can I flash/Odin CWM and then restore this backup to get back my app data? Or can TWRP restore this backup as well? I also see an "extract from nandroid" option in Titanium Backup, but it is a paid option. I don't have a problem with this if it is my only option, but why would TB back up my apps/data internally by default? Backing up to SD card makes way more sense to me.
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Success so far! I have SMS and MMS working correctly and LTE working. Thank you!
However; I lost my backed up apps + data from Titanium Backup Am I able to restore a backup from this ROM earlier today to somehow recover this information?
Apparently flashing the stock ROM via Odin wiped out everything on my internal storage. I do have a backup from the 29th I made on CM 12.1 with CWM. Can I flash/Odin CWM and then restore this backup to get back my app data? Or can TWRP restore this backup as well? I also see an "extract from nandroid" option in Titanium Backup, but it is a paid option. I don't have a problem with this if it is my only option, but why would TB back up my apps/data internally by default? Backing up to SD card makes way more sense to me.
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Should always make your backups on external SD card. By default TB backs up to internal because a lot of phones either don't have external SD card capability, or they just don't have one. TB is worth the couple of bucks, try googling to see if there are any free options to restore apps from nandroid
There are apps that should be able to pull apks from the nandroid backups, but I'm unsure if they can pull the data as well.
The long and tedious way to do it is to just reload your previous CM12.1, rerun Titanium backup, then restore your current firmware.
Make a nandroid back up of your current working OH1 from TWRP and copy it to your SD card or somewhere else. I believe the backup resides in a directory called TWRP on the sdcard.
Use TWRP to restore your backup of CM12.1 (copy your backup directory into a corresponding folder in the TWRP directory). I believe it should be a standard nandroid backup if you used CWM to back it up. If it doesn't work, then flash CWM recovery with odin and then use CWM to restore your backup.
Then boot into your CM12.1, run Titanium Backup, then copy the Titanium Backup directory on to an SD card. Copying might not be necessary since you won't need to use odin to get back to stock OH1 firmware. You could probably also check to see if MMS/SMS is working.
Once you are done making the new backup of your apps/data with Titanium Backup, then use TWRP to restore your working OH1.
When restoring your apps, just be careful to choose just the ones you need. I have never tried it, but I would expect that there would be some incompatibilities between apps in CM12.1 and apps for TouchWiz (i.e. funny things may happen if the cLock screen lock app got restored).
Now that you have SMS/MMS working, do you have mobile hotspot working yet?
So good news/bad news I guess. I installed paid version of Titanium Backup and chose extract from nandroid. None of the apps I'm looking for were in there. I must have made nandroid after installing gapps but before other apps which is my fault. I'm guessing I'm SOL on this issue now.
I did test mobile hotspot and that seems to work though :/
And now SMS/MMS doesn't work through stock messaging app.. It does in Hangouts though thankfully..
I got my app data from the nandroid after all! I had to reinstall the app from the play store and then install the app data afterwards. The app data was named something completely different than the app name and from what I was looking for. $6 well spent
I am still on the 11/1 optimized build. I still have issues with MMS. I won't receive them at all in stock messaging app. I experience major delay (and no notification unless I am in the app) if I use Hangouts. And I cannot receive them at all through Google Voice. SMS is also very much delayed except through Google Voice (with Sprint Integration). Is there anyone here that is using a CM 12.1 ROM with Sprint and having success with MMS and MMS? All of the research I have found seems to just go nowhere. I hear Hangouts and Sprint together don't work and you're not supposed to integrate GV with Sprint either (although it is the only way I can use SMS consistently and get notifications). Apparently GV isn't even compatible with MMS?
BTW, the 11/30 build destroys my Bluetooth. I can't even enable it successfully. Didn't even bother to try SMS/MMS. Flashed right back to 11/1.
I'm wondering if I can/should just flash to a rooted stock ROM. Not having reliable SMS/MMS is rather annoying..
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I am still on the 11/1 optimized build. I still have issues with MMS. I won't receive them at all in stock messaging app. I experience major delay (and no notification unless I am in the app) if I use Hangouts. And I cannot receive them at all through Google Voice. SMS is also very much delayed except through Google Voice (with Sprint Integration). Is there anyone here that is using a CM 12.1 ROM with Sprint and having success with MMS and MMS? All of the research I have found seems to just go nowhere. I hear Hangouts and Sprint together don't work and you're not supposed to integrate GV with Sprint either (although it is the only way I can use SMS consistently and get notifications). Apparently GV isn't even compatible with MMS?
BTW, the 11/30 build destroys my Bluetooth. I can't even enable it successfully. Didn't even bother to try SMS/MMS. Flashed right back to 11/1.
I'm wondering if I can/should just flash to a rooted stock ROM. Not having reliable SMS/MMS is rather annoying..
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Have you tried Google Messenger?
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Have you tried Google Messenger?
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I did and it did not initially work either. I did not spend much time troubleshooting this as the general workaround seems to be just using Hangouts.
I am now in the process of switching to T-Mobile. I could not pass up on their $200/line deal for being a Sprint customer (I have 5 lines). I'm sure I'm going to have to go back to stock for awhile on this device and then maybe flash a different CM ROM to get back to where I am now. Idk, maybe not. I guess I have to have Sprint unlock my device first. If it doesn't go smoothly, I'll just sell my S4 and get a T-Mobile one. T-Mobile says this one is compatible with their network though..
EDIT: Probably not going to be fully compatible. Likely going to have to get a T-Mobile S4. I'm guessing the CF-Auto Root is still valid for rooting being it is the same device? Thank you for the help!
hi guys am back here as this section as thers more people here... when i had my G2 i did backup with titanium.. restorinf worked okey in 5.1.1
and when i changed to 6.0 it was still able restore apps and data.. only i could update new back ups.. and a new back up was created... i had to delete all . but i had a back up of titanium on my laptop... but when i try to restore it shows only data and check mark.. i already installed all apps . but am missing some important data on a notepad thing app..
so when i move those back ups made on G2 they dont restore. it does but when i open app it FC.. then i reboot app opens okey. but data isnt restored... am rooted twrp.. and free version.. how could i make my old data install on G4.? here a pic.. of the new back ups i did it kept creating new ones .. i already deleted that files.. but am using the files i had on my laptop.. and i only get the same as picture a check mark.. it says data - ok... but like i said it doesnt restore it FC and no data is restored after reboot.
any other way to restore data only.? from old back up.?