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[Q] Android Revolution HD Lost Data

Hi guys i've recently rooted my phone for the first time (all worked fine) and flashed the latest Android Revolution ROM. It installed fine however it seems to have wiped my phone eg i've lost all texts, apps, contacts etc. I backed up my sd card to ROM manager before i did the root however it isn't seeing the data.
Is there any way to retrieve this data, or is it all lost?
I've read countless pages in the Android Revolution HD thread, no-one else seems to have this problem...

You would have needed to backup all your apps, texts etc with specific backup apps, such as Titanium Backup and SMS Backup & Restore.
Your contacts should be backed up onto Google's servers, and should appear when you sign your Google account back in

Whiteboard10 said:
Hi guys i've recently rooted my phone for the first time (all worked fine) and flashed the latest Android Revolution ROM. It installed fine however it seems to have wiped my phone eg i've lost all texts, apps, contacts etc. I backed up my sd card to ROM manager before i did the root however it isn't seeing the data.
Is there any way to retrieve this data, or is it all lost?
I've read countless pages in the Android Revolution HD thread, no-one else seems to have this problem...
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i didnt realy understand how yu backed up your data???? cause you coldnt have done a nandroid Backup before you were rooted
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you didnt?? export your contacts to SD card??
what and how yu backed up to SD card

Saluco said:
i didnt realy understand how yu backed up your data???? cause you coldnt have done a nandroid Backup before you were rooted
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I'm sure he meant he did it before he flashed a new ROM

Hey guys, sorry, to clarify i backed my sd card up before i flashed the ROM. I've managed to recover most of it. And i'm actually a she, which probably explains a lot...
Most confusing is that the android market on my phone is only showing about 1/4 of the apps i've previously downloaded for some reason. So i'm having to redownload everything and it's not combining with the backed up sd card app data.

Whiteboard10 said:
Hey guys, sorry, to clarify i backed my sd card up before i flashed the ROM. I've managed to recover most of it. And i'm actually a she, which probably explains a lot...
Most confusing is that the android market on my phone is only showing about 1/4 of the apps i've previously downloaded for some reason. So i'm having to redownload everything and it's not combining with the backed up sd card app data.
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The Market is buggy and annoying like this. Go to market.android.com, log into your phone, push all the apps listed in Titanium Backup that you want to restore via the market, which will usually be under the list of applications you already bought/installed on the top right corner of the website.
From there ONLY restore data for the applications to restore the application settings and such.

pretty much you got your answer from Hunter
do not rely on market for backing up,...invest few moneys in Titanium Back up and my Back up pro , trust me , is Well invested money
and most important...now that you are rooted learn to use the recovery and always do a NANDROID backup ( this backups internal phone CARD on your SD card )
things that were on your phone and you didnt back them up on your SD card are Lost

Whiteboard10 said:
And i'm actually a she, which probably explains a lot...
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Oops sorry! I really shouldn't assume, that's bad of me

Titanium backup question, please halp meh...

Ok I have a lot of backups stored in TI, but I am wanting to re flash my ROM and wipe data ect..
My question is can I somehow make a backup of just the apps that are installed on my phone right now, so when I start to put the apps back I can flash all the apps I have now instead of going and unchecking all the apps I don't want installed right now?
I hope that makes sence, I'm not good at expressing what's in my brain onto txt...
Thx for help.
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Would be good if there was a question lol
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There is a question..
And the answer is yes, select batch back up and only select the files you want to install, instead of just selecting all.
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I know how to do that. But I have a lot of apps that are backed up but not installed so it would take a while.
I just want to know if there is a quicker way.
I guess I could ask like this;
Is there a way to backup all current installed apps, then flash a new ROM or wipe data, and then re-install just the apps that u just then backed up? Completly ignoring all other backups of apps that are stored there.
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evilsock said:
I know how to do that. But I have a lot of apps that are backed up but not installed so it would take a while.
I just want to know if there is a quicker way.
I guess I could ask like this;
Is there a way to backup all current installed apps, then flash a new ROM or wipe data, and then re-install just the apps that u just then backed up? Completly ignoring all other backups of apps that are stored there.
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Yes, you can backup the current apps installed. There's an APP in the market called App Backup & Restore. This backs up all apps in your phone (giving you the option to check/uncheck which ones you dont want) and allows you to restore those apps with ease.
Check it out...I hope this is what you're looking for!

You could also back them up with a nandroid and do an advanced restore data and get all your current apps back.

kennyglass123 said:
You could also back them up with a nandroid and do an advanced restore data and get all your current apps back.
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You and I seem to think alike kenny, but you're always a bit ahead of me! I was thinking this same thing, or the other option, still in TB, would be to batch restore and then click the box "deselect all" so then you only have to go through and check the ones you want instead of unchecking the ones you don't. I think this was mentioned before as well.

I was wondering if you could provide a bit more info on the advanced restore data. I know it's an option available in CWM, but I'm wondering if there are situations where it wouldn't work as well as using some backup app. I think I read that if you were switching versions, like Froyo to Gingerbread, it probably wouldn't work well. But I've got the nandroid backup from EI22, just after I rooted and applied the GPS fix and silent camera mod, and I think the custom ROMs I've seen lately are all based on that, so would it work OK? The advanced restore of data seems like it would be a bit easier (or at least simpler) than using an app, but I don't know too much about how it works. Any clarifications about this would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dronak said:
I was wondering if you could provide a bit more info on the advanced restore data. I know it's an option available in CWM, but I'm wondering if there are situations where it wouldn't work as well as using some backup app. I think I read that if you were switching versions, like Froyo to Gingerbread, it probably wouldn't work well. But I've got the nandroid backup from EI22, just after I rooted and applied the GPS fix and silent camera mod, and I think the custom ROMs I've seen lately are all based on that, so would it work OK? The advanced restore of data seems like it would be a bit easier (or at least simpler) than using an app, but I don't know too much about how it works. Any clarifications about this would be appreciated. Thanks.
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It should work fine. It only restores 3rd party apps and data and the data folder of your phone. The other stuff should be in your phones system folder.

Well personally I would just do a clockwork backup like the previous guys said, and then advanced restore my data onto the new rom. I've been doing this with Rom installs for 2 years and it's always worked pretty well.
Anyways, if you really wanted to use TB that bad to do it, I would go into your SD card folder, copy the TB folder onto the computer (All your old backups you don't want to get rid of would be in here) Delete the TB Folder on your SD card, then re-run TB again. Do a batch backup of all your apps (that you have currently installed). If you ever want any of the old backups of apps you don't currently use, they'll always be on the computer.

Make a new label & add all the apps you have installed right now & and that you want to restore on your new rom. Then when your new rom setup is ready to restore apps just filter that label you made & bach restore
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OperationMove said:
Anyways, if you really wanted to use TB that bad to do it, I would go into your SD card folder, copy the TB folder onto the computer (All your old backups you don't want to get rid of would be in here) Delete the TB Folder on your SD card, then re-run TB again. Do a batch backup of all your apps (that you have currently installed). If you ever want any of the old backups of apps you don't currently use, they'll always be on the computer.
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Heh, exactly what I was getting ready to recommend, as this is a very easy way to do exactly what he wants
Thanks for saving me from having to type it out

Titanium Backup?

I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus; I plan to unlock and root it, and try out some ROMs. Since I've had the phone for a while, though, I wanted to back up all my save data from games, and whatnot, so I used the root method that doesn't require unlocking, and I used Titanium Backup to back up all the apps I wanted it to.
I want to copy this back up folder to my computer, so when the phone gets wiped during the unlocking process, I can just transfer it back and restore everything once I'm back up and running. The thing is, when I connect my phone to the computer, the Titanium Backup folder does not show. I can see it on the phone itself, via a file manager, but I can't see it on my computer. So, how do I copy the folder to my computer?

could always 'adb pull' it.

At the risk of sounding stupid, I don't quite understand how to use adb commands. I tend to wait for one-click methods for this kind of thing.

A quick fix, titanium has drop box sync. Just send your entire titanium to drop box over wifi.
Then after you flash, it will pull down your backup over wifi. Its built in to titanium backup.

RogerPodacter said:
A quick fix, titanium has drop box sync. Just send your entire titanium to drop box over wifi.
Then after you flash, it will pull down your backup over wifi. Its built in to titanium backup.
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Eh... I suppose, but I think the entire backup is almost two gigs (unless I read it wrong), and my home Internet is kinda slow (and has been unusually even slower the last day or so), so that would take me forever.

If you restart your phone you will see the Titanium Backup folder on your pc. I have noticed that the Galaxy Nexus only refreshes the MediaStore on boot.
"The Media provider contains meta data for all available media on both internal and external storage devices"

runely said:
If you restart your phone you will see the Titanium Backup folder on your pc. I have noticed that the Galaxy Nexus only refreshes the MediaStore on boot.
"The Media provider contains meta data for all available media on both internal and external storage devices"
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Yup i have noticed that too.
btw just a quick question about Titanium Backup.
Does the phone have to be rooted or unlocked to use it?

RedBlueGreen said:
Yup i have noticed that too.
btw just a quick question about Titanium Backup.
Does the phone have to be rooted or unlocked to use it?
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Yes, you must be rooted.

martonikaj said:
Yes, you must be rooted.
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so what program can i use to save my app data? Because doesnt rooting the phone wipe it?
Iv looked around but cant seem to find one.
I tried Mybackup but i cant seem to save the app data
I can only backup
contacts
call log
bookmarks
sms
mms
system settings
android home
alarms
dictionary
calendar
music playerlist
APNs

RedBlueGreen said:
so what program can i use to save my app data? Because doesnt rooting the phone wipe it?
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Not rooting, but unlocking the bootloader specifically, which is generally required to root the device.
Iv looked around but cant seem to find one.
I tried Mybackup but i cant seem to save the app data
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There's the ADB method for backing up. No root req'd: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351

martonikaj said:
Not rooting, but unlocking the bootloader specifically, which is generally required to root the device.
There's the ADB method for backing up. No root req'd: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
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Thanks but you already told me how to on the thread i made

RedBlueGreen said:
Thanks but you already told me how to on the thread i made
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Oh well I hardly look at (or remember) user names. Glad you got it figured out.

[Q] Titanium Backup

So here's a question for you guys.....................
I have the HTC One M8 and am rooted and S-OFF, as well as ViperOne M8 and Titanium Backup.
Whenever I get an update from Team Venom for ViperOne, I notice it says just as it's finishing the reboot (post-install) that it's upgrading my apps. So does that mean that the backups that I have (for my apps) which are stored in Titanium Backup are no longer current? I don't think the upgrade process affects the backed up data that was done pre-install, so it seems like that data would be outdated at this point?
Please answer if you think you know.
Thank You,
RockStar2005

RockStar2005 said:
So here's a question for you guys.....................
I have the HTC One M8 and am rooted and S-OFF, as well as ViperOne M8 and Titanium Backup.
Whenever I get an update from Team Venom for ViperOne, I notice it says just as it's finishing the reboot (post-install) that it's upgrading my apps. So does that mean that the backups that I have (for my apps) which are stored in Titanium Backup are no longer current? I don't think the upgrade process affects the backed up data that was done pre-install, so it seems like that data would be outdated at this point?
Please answer if you think you know.
Thank You,
RockStar2005
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No it doesn't, usually when developers release a new ROM update they also update all of their stock apps on their ROM to the newest versions. Because of that, when you reboot it tends to say that because it is updating the apps for it and or caching them. (this is to my knowledge of how it works, still though your backups are fine)

Hopefully you are only talking user installed apps? Is not a good idea to be restoring system apps.

correct, YOUR apps, that you backed up to TB are current as of the day you backed them up.
once you restore them, via TB, then of course, open play store, and let it check and see if there are any updates to YOUR previously backed up apps.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
No it doesn't, usually when developers release a new ROM update they also update all of their stock apps on their ROM to the newest versions. Because of that, when you reboot it tends to say that because it is updating the apps for it and or caching them. (this is to my knowledge of how it works, still though your backups are fine)
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So ViperOne is updating TB for me? If so, is that updating the TB backups as well??
Thank You,
RockStar2005

RockStar2005 said:
So ViperOne is updating TB for me? If so, is that updating the TB backups as well??
Thank You,
RockStar2005
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It is updating any apps that come with the ROM such as the HTC TV app or other HTC apps, TB is not included because it is not one of the pre-loaded apps that the developer included with the ROM. Also as stated above, the TB backups are not touched by this, they stay the same as they were when you made them soo you have to update the backups yourself if you wanted to.

Shadowz,
Ok, that's what I thought. I just needed to hear you say it in a different way to be sure. lol
So anytime there's a new update, I'm gonna need to re-backup all the apps with TB then. Seems like TB is only good if you mess something up and wanna restore the apps' data. When you're just doing an incremental update, or especially a full ROM install, then it's useless. I may just uninstall it.
Thanks Shadowz!
RockStar2005

Not really useless. You can create a daily schedule to backup your apps and data so you stay always current

stathis95194 said:
Not really useless. You can create a daily schedule to backup your apps and data so you stay always current
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THIS is the proper way to use TB...

I've used TB for years. After flashing clean, I just restore my user apps, data also for some and aside from a few system settings.... I'm right back how I was.
I use Nova, so restoring it's settings puts my home screens right back how they were too.
Not sure why people would want to mess with Nandroid data restores when this whole process above takes hardly any time and never brings issues. ?

stathis95194 said:
Not really useless. You can create a daily schedule to backup your apps and data so you stay always current
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Ehh, it was late last night when I posted that, and I was cranky. lol
I don't have the PRO/donate version ($5.99?? geez), so I can only schedule up to 2 days max for automatic backups.
Thanks Stathis.
RockStar2005

this was one of the first apps I bought years ago, as it has saved my butt many times over the years..

KJ said:
I've used TB for years. After flashing clean, I just restore my user apps, data also for some and aside from a few system settings.... I'm right back how I was.
I use Nova, so restoring it's settings puts my home screens right back how they were too.
Not sure why people would want to mess with Nandroid data restores when this whole process above takes hardly any time and never brings issues. ?
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Hi KJ,
Yeah I noticed that too as I also have Nova.
So you're saying you never do any nandroid backups? Interesting. Where do you save the TB backup files? I don't like saving them on internal storage, so I just transfer them to a flash drive or OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive).
Thanks,
RockStar2005

RockStar2005 said:
Hi KJ,
Yeah I noticed that too as I also have Nova.
So you're saying you never do any nandroid backups? Interesting. Where do you save the TB backup files? I don't like saving them on internal storage, so I just transfer them to a flash drive or OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive).
Thanks,
RockStar2005
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I occasionally do a nandroid. Only for a full restore. And usually just before wiping and Flashing something. I don't always, cause I can flash roms or stock manually just as easy.
And I just keep my TB backups on the device.

KJ said:
I occasionally do a nandroid. Only for a full restore. And usually just before wiping and Flashing something. I don't always, cause I can flash roms or stock manually just as easy.
And I just keep my TB backups on the device.
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KJ,
I see. Ok. I'm still gonna do them, but more for emergencies than anything.
I did that but then one time recently something happened and my internal storage got wiped clean. I save a copy on my external SD card, but then I thought "what if my phone got lost?", and decided to just store it on flash or cloud. Just wish TB would let you store it on THEIR own server so you don't have to worry about doing it manually or automatically elsewhere. The options they have like Google Drive don't offer as much space. I have Google Drive but don't want to give up the space. And I think DropBox is only 1 GIG? There is that Titanium variant that stores them automatically for only $2.99, but that got bad reviews.
Thanks,
RockStar2005

I've used TB for a few years now (paid version). I use it mainly to backup my user data just in case. Right now my M8 is stock (just got it and I wait until my warrenty is up before rooting etc) so I'm not really using it now. When I do root I'll be able to take my user data from a few games I'm playing on my rooted Transformer Prime and put the data on my phone. That's really the only thing I use TB for execpt for freezing bloatware so I can unfreeze, use Voodo Root Keeper (if it works on the device) and get OTA's. User data is always my biggest priority. I can reinstall any apps from the play store. Yes, this can take some time but doing it this way, when I f-up I can pick and choose what apps I put back on and leave off apps that I installed in the past but never use anymore. To each is own I guess. One good example was about a year ago Google updated the standard music app. I hated it. It screwed up all my album art and I hated the new interface. I used TB to restore the older version and it was like it never happened.

Contacts storage taking up all internal memory

Hi
my phone has become unusable as my Contacts Storage app data keeps filling up internal memory. As soon as I try and uninstall an app to free some memory the CS app fills it up. I have checked with Diskusage app and it's now at 3.5GB+. Tried to backup contacts to perform reset but Contacts app as well as many other apps do not open due to lack of available memory as it is all filled up by Contacts Storage. I would not like to clear data from the Contacts Storage app and lose all contacts... but what to do? Is there any viable alternative?
Thanks
Marco

Hi there!
It sounds like you have a buggy app. Is Contacts storage part of the Operating system or is it a Play Store app?

boydee said:
Hi there!
It sounds like you have a buggy app. Is Contacts storage part of the Operating system or is it a Play Store app?
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Hi, I agree, this might be a problem with the app which is a Samsung app. From the net it seems some other people had the same problem on Note II, S5

marcoa108 said:
Hi, I agree, this might be a problem with the app which is a Samsung app. From the net it seems some other people had the same problem on Note II, S5
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If your N3N is rooted already, check this link out. You could make a manual backup of your contacts first using that method and then factory reset or flash STOCK back to it.
If you're not rooted, consider trying it out?[you should know beforehand that this will DEFINITELY trip your KNOX counter] :angel::angel::angel:

boydee said:
If your N3N is rooted already, check this link out. You could make a manual backup of your contacts first using that method and then factory reset or flash STOCK back to it.
If you're not rooted, consider trying it out?[you should know beforehand that this will DEFINITELY trip your KNOX counter] :angel::angel::angel:
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Thanks for the advice. It's not rooted unfortunately. I will try that. Does routing erase the contact data on the phone?
I was hoping to find a way to fix the buggy app, whatever it is, but I'm afraid I have no other option.

marcoa108 said:
Thanks for the advice. It's not rooted unfortunately. I will try that. Does routing erase the contact data on the phone?
I was hoping to find a way to fix the buggy app, whatever it is, but I'm afraid I have no other option.
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Does routing erase the contact data on the phone?
Oh no, it does no such thing. Rooting only allows you permission to write to your system partition. See here and here for more information about rooting an android device.
Don't rush for a quick fix. Take your time to ensure your data is backed up safely before attempting any repairs or *risky* operations on your phone. Be safe, and enjoy :highfive:
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Hi, I deleted 2GB of apps... and the problem disappeared. The Contacts storage space went back to 40MB.
I backed up the contacts with Super backup and then rooted the phone anyway.
Is there any way to see (using some root enabled app) which app is causing the issue of bloated contacts storage, after I reinstall the basic/main apps like FB, Google+ etc?
I have found some logging apps on play store but not sure which one might help

marcoa108 said:
Hi, I deleted 2GB of apps... and the problem disappeared. The Contacts storage space went back to 40MB.
I backed up the contacts with Super backup and then rooted the phone anyway.
Is there any way to see (using some root enabled app) which app is causing the issue of bloated contacts storage, after I reinstall the basic/main apps like FB, Google+ etc?
I have found some logging apps on play store but not sure which one might help
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That's weird!
I'm glad you got it fixed either way. I don't think that that is normal behaviour for a system app, especially if you're SURE it's the one behaving like that. It seems the entire OS might be buggy.
Best bet is to backup data, make Nandroid backup, and flash back to STOCK or a custom TW custom ROM... Start afresh - so to speak
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Can anyone give me contacts storage apk i accidentally uninstalled it now my contract isn't loading PS help!