Hi, is there a way to save your app placements on your homescreen so that when you do a clean wipe and a fresh install of a rom everything will be in the same place? So basically the applications will get moved to their folders or places on the screen without having to move them around manually after a fresh install. Thanks
Nova Launcher has such a feature (plus a ton other ones)
Flipz77 said:
Nova Launcher has such a feature (plus a ton other ones)
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That's how I do things when I switch from ROM to ROM. Been using Nova for a few years now, and it keeps getting better and better. I flash ROM, Gapps, then a Titanium zip with all my apps and data, set Nova as my launcher, and all the icons and widgets (have to be individually restored, but that just takes a tap) are where they're supposed to be.
this launcher is awesome! thanks guys!
Google now launcher backs up your arrangement automatically. After a clean flash during the end of the setup it asks you whether u wanna restore a backup. Select one. It also restores your arrangement of apps and folders. And it does it in a pretty cool way.
Edit - You need to flash your ROM and gapps package together so that u get the setup screen.
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Hi All,
I use Titanium Pro to back up my EVO so doing a full wipe is relatively painless and automated. However, although Titanium restores the placeholders for my widgets, I have to re-add them manually. For some widgets that require modifications (Pure Calendar, etc), this can be a pain.
What I would love (and gladly pay for), is an app that could save and restore my desktop widgets exactly as they were prior to a full wipe. Nandroid does this but of course, using Nandroid would negate my new rom flash.
Any ideas?
Along this train of thought, is it possible to do a Nandroid Backup and Restore that restores everything EXCEPT the rom and kernel you just flashed?
You can do this with adw and launcher pro just save your desktop, wipe, then use titanium to restore apps then restore your desktop with which ever launcher.
Thats what I do using adw.
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grungbuk said:
You can do this with adw and launcher pro just save your desktop, wipe, then use titanium to restore apps then restore your desktop with which ever launcher.
Thats what I do using adw.
Sent from my EVO running cm6
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This is exactly what I do, however Launcher Pro will not restore widgets...rest of desktop yes..No big deal I just re-add the 2-3 widgets I have and go on.
This may have been asked before in stages but a thread stating the full process would be nice.
I am using Cyanogenmod 6.1 (nightly) on my wildfire. It works nice apart from the video recorder and the wifi which has an issue of freezing streaming of video after 5 minutes.
Before putting on Cyanogen I backed up my original ROM to nandroid and also a copy of my sd card to pc. Since then I've got my phone setup nicely with a lot of apps free and paid and ADW launcher customised.
The thing is I'd like to try one of the other custom roms and would like to do a full backup of everything. I'm a little unsure of the apps required and whether a restore will get my phone back to the exact state it is now with full customisation of ADW and all my shortcuts on seperate screens etc including some custom icons using pictures on sd card.
Download Titanium Backup from the Marketplace.
When you start it up, hit Menu and then Batch. Scroll down to Backup all system and app data, or something along those lines.
Once you reflash, download Titanium Backup again and hit Menu, Batch, Restore all apps and data.
If you just want to try out other rom, then a nandroid backup is for you. Think of it like a image capturing all your settings,apps and rom.
As for transfering apps, then you will need Titanium Backup.
So will the nandroid backup just backup my cyanogenmod rom with its pre-installed apps or does this include google apps as this was a seperate flash? The Titanium Backup of apps sounds good but what about my shortcuts and layouts of widgets/apps and settings using ADW launcher?
Nandroid backs up the whole thing in case you fudge up a new install. Titanium backs up your apps, data and settings.
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So will the nandroid backup just backup my cyanogenmod rom with its pre-installed apps or does this include google apps as this was a seperate flash? The Titanium Backup of apps sounds good but what about my shortcuts and layouts of widgets/apps and settings using ADW launcher?
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ADW launcher has a backup and restore function
Does anyone know how to back up the stock launcher settings, mainly the homescreen layouts and folders, so that they can be restored after (re)installing a ROM?
skinien said:
Does anyone know how to back up the stock launcher settings, mainly the homescreen layouts and folders, so that they can be restored after (re)installing a ROM?
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Titanium Backup does this, but be aware that if you install a from with a different launcher version, it will not work.
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Titanium Backup does this, but be aware that if you install a from with a different launcher version, it will not work.
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I have Titanium Backup pro and I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Sorry, I don't understand your "beware" statement.
skinien said:
I have Titanium Backup pro and I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Sorry, I don't understand your "beware" statement.
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If you open Titanium Backup and go to the backup/restore tab and back everything up, all of you launcher settings (Desktop and it"s contents) are saved. This is because your desktop launcher is an app. Now to clarify what my beware statement was; if you are on Honeycomb and do a backup, then flash an ICS rom, your saved Launcher settings will not work because the Launcher in ICS is version 4.0.3 while the launcher in Honeycomb was 3.x.x. As far as TiBu is concerned they are different apps and you do not have a backup for the newer version. Now if you are using ADW or Launcher Pro it will work just fine. If you are doing updates on say Eos Nightlies for ICS your backups for the app [Desktop] Launcher 4.0.3 are the settings for the stock launcher and should be restorable. You can also install the ICS Launcher that Cyanogen is creating called Trebuchet and do backups and restores of your desktop with this as well. I hope this helps. Let me know if this does or doesn't make sense to you.
Note: I don't mean to insult your intellegence, but just in case. To restore an app in TiBu, on the backup/restore tab, press whichever app you want to restore and a menu will pop up with options, among those options is restore (That is, of course, if you have done a backup previously). Make sure before you flash any other ROM that everything showing in TiBu has a current backup. Easiest way to do this is while in the backup/restore tab, press menu/batch and about the fifth option down should be "Backup all user apps + system data" . Press the "RUN" button next to this line.
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If you open Titanium Backup and go to the backup/restore tab and back everything up, all of you launcher settings (Desktop and it"s contents) are saved. This is because your desktop launcher is an app. Now to clarify what my beware statement was; if you are on Honeycomb and do a backup, then flash an ICS rom, your saved Launcher settings will not work because the Launcher in ICS is version 4.0.3 while the launcher in Honeycomb was 3.x.x. As far as TiBu is concerned they are different apps and you do not have a backup for the newer version. Now if you are using ADW or Launcher Pro it will work just fine. If you are doing updates on say Eos Nightlies for ICS your backups for the app [Desktop] Launcher 4.0.3 are the settings for the stock launcher and should be restorable. You can also install the ICS Launcher that Cyanogen is creating called Trebuchet and do backups and restores of your desktop with this as well. I hope this helps. Let me know if this does or doesn't make sense to you.
Note: I don't mean to insult your intellegence, but just in case. To restore an app in TiBu, on the backup/restore tab, press whichever app you want to restore and a menu will pop up with options, among those options is restore (That is, of course, if you have done a backup previously). Make sure before you flash any other ROM that everything showing in TiBu has a current backup. Easiest way to do this is while in the backup/restore tab, press menu/batch and about the fifth option down should be "Backup all user apps + system data" . Press the "RUN" button next to this line.
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A long time ago I got into the habit of backing up user data only because backing and restoring system data would give me many issues when flashing ROMs. You made me realize that I can chose to back up system data and backup/restore the stock launcher. Thanks again.
skinien said:
A long time ago I got into the habit of backing up user data only because backing and restoring system data would give me many issues when flashing ROMs. You made me realize that I can chose to back up system data and backup/restore the stock launcher. Thanks again.
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Glad I could help.
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I know that we need to wipe everything before flashing a rom. I was just wondering what you guys do to make it easier to restore everything such as apps and the homescreen/widgets layout I already have (I'm using nova launcher btw).
I spend too much time trying to make everything perfect and when I find a new rom I want to try I don't want to have to go through the trouble of setting it up all again.
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I know that we need to wipe everything before flashing a rom. I was just wondering what you guys do to make it easier to restore everything such as apps and the homescreen/widgets layout I already have (I'm using nova launcher btw).
I spend too much time trying to make everything perfect and when I find a new rom I want to try I don't want to have to go through the trouble of setting it up all again.
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Titanium Backup to backup and restore apps. It will save the app data as well so you won't lose game save progress, carefully customized settings, etc. as you would if you just restored from the play store after resynching your account. Buy a pro key, its worth the few bucks for fully automated app restore, otherwise when you go to restore all of your apps you will have to sit there and tap accept on every single one when it tries to install them all (at least that part is still automated).
Nova launcher has a backup and restore function in Nova settings. Make sure the check box to restore widget's faster is checked. Restores wallpaper, widgets, layout, settings, etc.
Before you wipe and flash, back up user apps (NOT system data too, just apps) and back up nova settings. Then reboot to recovery, wipe/flash/reboot. Log in to play store and download Titanium Backup first, and nothing else. Stop the play store from redownloading all of your apps if it starts that process because they won't have all of your data from before. Once TiBu is installed, batch restore all of your apps. Then, go in to nova settings and restore they back up you made.
Fully automated, couldn't be any easier with TiBu Pro and nova backup/restore.
Thank you!
So every time I install a new rom I do a fresh install of all my apps. The biggest pain is setting everything back up page by page.
Titanium backup. Backup all of the launchers you use before a rom flash. After rom is flashed and your apps are restored, use titanium to restore data of the launchers.
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So every time I install a new rom I do a fresh install of all my apps. The biggest pain is setting everything back up page by page.
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Evie Launcher saves your layout to your Google account. You can backup and restore as you please.