[SOLUTION] Titanium Backup not enough space 4.4.2 TW

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cybdani

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Feb 5, 2012
459
190
Barcelona
Hi all!

I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

Search for this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    </permission>

Add this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
    </permission>

Save changes and reboot.

Regards.
 

nrps1

Senior Member
Oct 10, 2013
55
8
Hi all!

I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

Search for this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    </permission>

Add this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
    </permission>

Save changes and reboot.

Regards.

Lifesaver, cheers! Now if only there was a way for TB to restore all your apps without you having to click Install and Done on each one, this will take all day!
 

benni_1994

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Jul 8, 2012
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449
Friedrichshafen
If you are using the batch restore(?)(restore all backups + data) then it will not ask for every single app. TB just installs everything in the background

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cybdani

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Feb 5, 2012
459
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If you are using the batch restore(?)(restore all backups + data) then it will not ask for every single app. TB just installs everything in the background

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Yes, you are right benni2903.

I hope that this thread can help to users that are upgrading to TW 4.4.2. I've spent over half an hour to find out where the problem was.

Regards
 

nrps1

Senior Member
Oct 10, 2013
55
8
If you are using the batch restore(?)(restore all backups + data) then it will not ask for every single app. TB just installs everything in the background

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk

Strange, that is exactly what I chose and it was indeed asking for each one it needed to download (I assume). Oh well, I just flashed firmware and signed in on 1st boot and Google handled the rest instead!
 

cybdani

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Feb 5, 2012
459
190
Barcelona
Strange, that is exactly what I chose and it was indeed asking for each one it needed to download (I assume). Oh well, I just flashed firmware and signed in on 1st boot and Google handled the rest instead!

I don't configure my google account after a firm upgrade (if I deleted all data) until I've restored all apps using titanium. I install the free version from my external sd.
 

hertzschi

Senior Member
May 23, 2012
510
276
Hi all!

I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

Search for this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    </permission>

Add this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
    </permission>

Save changes and reboot.

Regards.

Many many thanks for sharing this!
It really did the trick!
I was about to rip my hair off, didn't know whether to ask the kernel developer or the titanium support first.

Also TB doesn't need internet connection ob startup for license check. Now I can also use TB again offline with full functionality :)

You saved my day

P.S. I'll hit the thanks buttons tomorrow,i spend all my thanks today for @ktoonsez awesome kernel
 
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snowin

Member
May 7, 2013
23
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Hi all!

I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

Search for this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    </permission>

Add this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
    </permission>

Save changes and reboot.

Regards.

Hi there - tried doing this fix using ES File Explorer - initially it wouldn't save so I coped the file out of original file path to internal SD to test and was able to save - tried pasting new file in and got error that the file system was read only (which was likely my original problem as suspected). How to I get around this, or change the file path location to writeable to simply save the original platform.xml?

Thanks,

~snowin

Disregard - I failed to see the little button where I could change permissions on the permissions folder :p Thanks for looking

---------- Post added at 06:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 PM ----------

OK - so after re-booting my internal SD card seems to be "lost". A bunch of apps FC including titanium. I can access my external SD card using ES @ /storage/extsdcard but the /sdcard/ & storage/emulated are all blanks. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm running ezkat 2.0 ROM for Note ii
 
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cybdani

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2012
459
190
Barcelona
Hi there - tried doing this fix using ES File Explorer - initially it wouldn't save so I coped the file out of original file path to internal SD to test and was able to save - tried pasting new file in and got error that the file system was read only (which was likely my original problem as suspected). How to I get around this, or change the file path location to writeable to simply save the original platform.xml?

Thanks,

~snowin

Disregard - I failed to see the little button where I could change permissions on the permissions folder :p Thanks for looking

---------- Post added at 06:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 PM ----------

OK - so after re-booting my internal SD card seems to be "lost". A bunch of apps FC including titanium. I can access my external SD card using ES @ /storage/extsdcard but the /sdcard/ & storage/emulated are all blanks. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm running ezkat 2.0 ROM for Note ii

Before to edit file, you need to mount system as RW. Then you can edit and save file. Root Explorer is better than es file explorer.
 
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bendoc91

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Hi all!

I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

Search for this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    </permission>

Add this:

Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
        <group gid="sdcard_r" />
        <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
    </permission>

Save changes and reboot.

Regards.

Hey thanks so much for the solution! Fixed my Umi Zero right up (now I can start tweaking :) , but I'm curious, how does this fix work? Thanks!
 

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    Hi all!

    I've updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 Samsung Rom (tw). My case NB8.
    Titanium Backup has stopped working. Shows the error "not enough space" when backing up to external sd card. Also, it shows that extsdcard is not writeable.

    Here's the solution for i9505 to get it working, of course you need root to do that. It may work for other apps too and other phone models such i9500:

    Edit file platform.xml in system/etc/permissions (make a backup first).

    Search for this:

    Code:
    <permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
            <group gid="sdcard_r" />
            <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
        </permission>

    Add this:

    Code:
    <permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
            <group gid="sdcard_r" />
            <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
            [COLOR="Green"][B]<group gid="media_rw" />[/B][/COLOR]
        </permission>

    Save changes and reboot.

    Regards.
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    If you are using the batch restore(?)(restore all backups + data) then it will not ask for every single app. TB just installs everything in the background

    Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
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    Hi there - tried doing this fix using ES File Explorer - initially it wouldn't save so I coped the file out of original file path to internal SD to test and was able to save - tried pasting new file in and got error that the file system was read only (which was likely my original problem as suspected). How to I get around this, or change the file path location to writeable to simply save the original platform.xml?

    Thanks,

    ~snowin

    Disregard - I failed to see the little button where I could change permissions on the permissions folder :p Thanks for looking

    ---------- Post added at 06:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 PM ----------

    OK - so after re-booting my internal SD card seems to be "lost". A bunch of apps FC including titanium. I can access my external SD card using ES @ /storage/extsdcard but the /sdcard/ & storage/emulated are all blanks. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm running ezkat 2.0 ROM for Note ii

    Before to edit file, you need to mount system as RW. Then you can edit and save file. Root Explorer is better than es file explorer.