(I also posted this on the Titanium users forum, but there is a lot more traffic here, so I hope to get better results here)
Like a lot of people here, I test a lot of ROMs on my phone. Probably every week I go through at least one new ROM. A lot of people suggest NOT backing up system settings when installing new ROMs, because the settings on a current ROM may not make sense on the newly installed ROM. But many of the settings *should* be safe to backup, in my opinion. For instance, each time I install a new ROM, I spend quite a while resetting my SMS, gmail, ringtones, and other notifications. I would think those would be safe to backup. My questions: Which setting in Titanium should be safe to backup and restore when installing a new ROM? Specifically, which items in the titanium system settings refer to the notification sounds and ringtones? There are so many of them and some of them are quite cryptically named, I don't know which ones are the ones.
Thanks in advance!
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OK, I know there are Titanium users in here. We've all heard not to use it to restore system settings when testing new ROMs. I have searched and my question has not been answered as far as I could tell (can't prove a negative). So, how about a little love, please
Bluetooth pairings, wireless access points, sms/mms, and web bookmarks and I think that's it.
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As per title, I would like to know if there is a similar way to back up the whole system (including user generated data) like I used to do with Android
In Android system you can use the Nandroid feature to backup/restore the whole system including user data.
Just to make an example if you want to try a cooked ROM in Android you just have to make a nandroid backup first, install the cooked rom and if you don't like it you can simply restore the old one by simply running a nandroid backup. This will resyore your system exactly as it was just one minute before installing the cooked ROM, will all settings and apps as they were before...
Is there a similar feature/ app in Windows Mobile??
Thanks
This is rather problematic on WM. There is no way how to tell which files or registry entries are system and which are user. User data must be preserved, system data must not be preserved.
Do there are backup solutions which backup all, but they are intended to be restored on the same ROM. Then there are systems which can be restored on different ROMs, but they don't backup all, only known common user data.
Ok... let me start off by saying you obviously havent searched this forum as you would have found several thousand threads asking about how to backup a full system and restore.
Now to answer your question...
You can run a full system backup (ALL data) with SPB Backup.
SPB Backup creates an exe file that when run will restore your entire system (apps, pim data,... EVERYTHING!). It is completely customisable so YOU choose what to backup.
However... you must make sure that you run the restore in ROM UPGRADE MODE if you are restoring onto a rom that is different from the rom that the backup was created with.
It is not problematic on windows mobile. Its just that most users havent got a clue about this.
Thank you!
Audio Oblivion and Dr.Sid , I really appreciate your answer, I will give it a try
I understand what you're saying and makes perfectly sense.
It's just that such backup feature is so important I was expecting to find it more easily
(i.e. without 'expert' mode enabled )
it is relatively easy to find but there is just so much mis-information posted on these forums nowadays. Noobs dont really have much chance.
Let me know if you get any problems!
Ok I'm sure this a really noob question but after searching I was unable to find an answer.
I flashed Schizopunk's Epic Experience v1.1.3 rom early last week and he has since made many updates (and btw the rom definatly is EPIC! Way to go dude!) This was the first time I've done this.
My question is each time you flash a new rom, do you have to go back and reinstall all your apps, setup your home screens like you like them, and set all your settings like you like them or I there some easier way
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This isn't where you post questions this is only for development threads, but yes there's apps like titanium backup or backup pro
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I'm sorry, I saw other questions relating to the processes of the rooting and flashing in this topic, so I figured this would be the best place for this question.
Would a mod be willing to move this thread to a more appropriate topic please?
I have tried to use titanium backup but when reinstalling my apps, it kept giving a parsing error, and I just ended up having to reinstall all apps from the market. It also failed to restore any settings or my homescreen setup.
I will try backup pro next time! Thanks!
Does anybody else have any suggestions?
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I'm sorry, I saw other questions relating to the processes of the rooting and flashing in this topic, so I figured this would be the best place for this question.
Would a mod be willing to move this thread to a more appropriate topic please?
I have tried to use titanium backup but when reinstalling my apps, it kept giving a parsing error, and I just ended up having to reinstall all apps from the market. It also failed to restore any settings or my homescreen setup.
I will try backup pro next time! Thanks!
Does anybody else have any suggestions?
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this happens in titanium if it doesnt like your version of busybox. in titanium, click problems and download busybox from within the app, this should fix the parse error.
TB is not going to restore home screens or anything, just apps and data. if you use ADW launcher (i havent used launcherpro much) you can export your settings and desktop config, then import it on your new ROM.
some people also do an advance restore from within clockworkmod recovery and restore data (you DID do a backup, right?!), i havent tried that yet, i know it works with varying degrees of success due to the differences in some ROMs.
i dont have a ton of experience so other people may have better solutions but this is working for me.
First of all I tried the search button, didn't find satisfactory answers. I guess someone will show me how badly I'm using the search function, in that case I'm sorry
I would like to ask what are the best ways to move between android builds backing up as much as possible, specifically what is the best "clean" and best "dirty" way.
By clean way I mean maximum of stuff that I'm able to backup and restore without affecting the new build performance or stability wise.
By dirty way I mean backing up some more stuff then by the "clean way" while doing things that MAY affect the new build in a bad way, but not certainly (it's just much less certain then the clean way).
Thanks for ideas.
I can't recommend a "dirty" way of doing it, but have a look at Titanium Backup in the market. I use that to backup and restore my apps and settings from build to build. (I'd strongly recommend getting the paid version so it restores all your apps with 1 click, rather than 2 clicks per app!)
I would thought that restoring apps and settings is dirty thing to do. Ok, let's say apps is safe, but is it really safe to backup settings? Are those android settings?
Thanks.
Something I do when switching build to build is create a folder on my desktop and transfer all supporting Android folders and files from my phone to that folder. I mainly do that when I'm testing builds so I can go back to a previous version if I don't like the build in switching to.
Also when I play around with kernels I'll have the specific build backed up so I can switch the kernels on my phone if I mess something up. Once I go back to that build everything is transferred back over with no issues.
Not sure if that's what you're looking for. Others also suggest just keeping your data image as well.
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Thanks for that too.
Hi guys,
First of all (in case you didn't realize it), I'm an android noob. This is my first Android phone (my employer tried to give me an iPhone, but caved when I told them I'd just stick it in my drawer and save it as an emergency phone) and I just rooted it
Now...I made a backup of it after rooting. This should get me back to stock if I need it, right? Should I copy it off the phone? I guess it will be removed if I have to wipe...?...
Also; will I retain my settings, sms/mms etc etc if I use a custom ROM? This is my main concern at the moment, as I want something more fancy and hopefully less energy consuming ROM.
Cheers!
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Hi guys,
First of all (in case you didn't realize it), I'm an android noob. This is my first Android phone (my employer tried to give me an iPhone, but caved when I told them I'd just stick it in my drawer and save it as an emergency phone) and I just rooted it
Now...I made a backup of it after rooting. This should get me back to stock if I need it, right? Should I copy it off the phone? I guess it will be removed if I have to wipe...?...
Also; will I retain my settings, sms/mms etc etc if I use a custom ROM? This is my main concern at the moment, as I want something more fancy and hopefully less energy consuming ROM.
Cheers!
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Hi there!
if you made the backup just after rooting, if you run that Backup (through CWM etc) it will revert the phone back to how it was at the time of the backup, so if you didnt have any settings,sms,Apps etc they will not show. you can copy the backup file if you wish to but i believe (not 100%) the backups are stored on External SD and as a result are not lost on a Factory Reset/Wipe
Some Custom ROMS (Litening ROM i use) allow you to flash with no loss of data, including all your apps, SMS and settings. Basically you have the exact same phone layout but with a Spiffy,fast,Fresh rom they are really easy to flash with ODIN, now im not sure if other Roms (Villain, Cognition, etc) retain the Data partition on flashing you would need to check out the specific Threads on the Android Development section of the forum
hope that helped !
Thanks - that was helpful I will look into the other ROMS and decide from there.
Do you know if any of the SGS2 ROMs have more themes available? I get bored easily, and it would be great to change the look and feel every now and then
well being that the phone is still relatively new and still not available for the North American market, the development for it is still small. However, the CM7 team are developing roms for it, and a lot of other custom roms are based off CM7, so there should be a good selection of roms in the near future. the sgs2 is one of, if not the most anticipated android device this year, so i'm sure rom selection wouldn't be a problem.
Thanks, guys
I just bought Titanium Backup after some recommendation in another thread. Is there anything I should be aware of, or any recommendations, when making a backup before trying out other ROMs?
tiwas said:
Thanks, guys
I just bought Titanium Backup after some recommendation in another thread. Is there anything I should be aware of, or any recommendations, when making a backup before trying out other ROMs?
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Whenever i do anything such as update/change my ROM, i do a Ti backup of all my apps (incase they go missing) then a CWM backup of my System which i can roll back to if i have any problems
Also, just to 2nd what p00kienrayray Said, the only ROMS i know of which support themes are MIUI and CM7 which should hopefully work fully soon
tiwas said:
Thanks, guys
I just bought Titanium Backup after some recommendation in another thread. Is there anything I should be aware of, or any recommendations, when making a backup before trying out other ROMs?
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Yes, there *definitely is* a recommendation, when making a backup before trying a rom which wipes your phone, check out the message I sent to TB developer..
"Hi, I bought titanium few days ago to help the transition from my Magic to the new Galaxy S2. I used to use My backup Pro but appreciated the apps freezing function of Titanium that could possibly help avoid the battery drain problem on the S2 due to the Samsung WiFi sharing bug.
I had quite a bad experience, though, regarding a hard reset I had to perform on the phone, which I previously backed up with Titanium: the default backup directory is /mnt/sdcard but that corresponds to the internal memory on the S2, while the external one is located in /mnt/sdcard/external_sd (if I am not wrong). That led to losing a week worth of photos (the one part I couldn't really get back, given that I had a week old backup made with SMS Backup & Restore + Call Log backup & Restore made on the Magic).
Ok, lesson learnt for me but may I suggest that the default directory can be automatically set to /mnt/sdcard/external_sd if the terminal is an S2, for future users not to be unsatisfied? Is it something that could be implemented in TB?
Thanks for listening,
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PS well, shame on Samsung as well for such a weird choice... I would have set /mnt/sdcard for the external one and /mnt/internal_sd for the internal one... and don't understand why the hard reset (performed through the *2737*3655# code - if I remember correctly) does reset the internal memory which if I am not wrong is a separate partition from the system."
CONFIGURE YOUR TB BACKUP DIR TO /mnt/sdcard/external_sd BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE
Not to mention that some apps like SMS Backup & Restore do not allow you to change the dir, therefore you have to manually move the backup results after you have finished
hi all,
i'm an alltime iOs'er.... but please don't let distract the purpose of this thread and become a debate or comparision discussion
Having updated my new Android love (Le Max 2 x821) to Android 7.1.2, I spent the whole day yesterday downloading my preferred apps, organising my dashboard, changing my settings and preferences...etc
Now I have been browsing the forum and am actually wanting to change the ROM I selected and play around with other ROMs etc, but I don't want to have to reorganise all my apps in the relevant folders or redownload all of them.... its a pain!!!
I have been searching without luck for the past few hours on how I can backup the phone in "itunes" style, i.e all apps, settings and messages/photos/etc backed up to my computer, where once a new ROM is updated (as I read many require to fully wipe to factory settings) - I can "one click" restore.
thanks to the android "all timers" who have probably already cracked this!
Dirty flash or use titanium backup and don't wipe your internal storage.