[TUT] How to easily restore data when changing roms.

masterex567 · Jul 16, 2012

Hey fellas.
I don't know if this is wrong section or not, but i have something to share.
Are you a sort of person who changes ROMS alot and finds it buggy to keep restoring data and installing the apps again.
This Thread Is going to guide you how you can easily restore your apps and data easily.

Note: Only tested on Gingerbread.
Note: I have only tested this on the same CM7 versions, like Restoring between Apocalypse and Miracle V4, and Official CMs. This might not work for other ROMS which are not Cyanogen Mod like Adrenaline Rom, Stocklite, Lewa, Joy Os and many others.
This is not any sort of personal mod but is something included withing our Ace.

For this to work you ofcourse need to be rooted and have Clockwork Mod Recovery.

Guide:
TO BACKUP DATA AND APPS.
1. First, On your ROM. Install all the apps that you need on other ROMS, and all the data you need on your current ROM
2. Reboot into recovery.
3. Glide to Backup And Restore.
4. Make a Backup.

Now when you install another ROM, you ofcourse need to wipe data and cache and stuff.

Guide:
TO RESTORE ONLY DATA AND APPS.
1. On your new rom, Reboot into Recovery.
2. Glide to Backup and Restore.
3. Select Advanced Restore
4. Select the date of the backup you made above.
5. Restore data.
6. Reboot.

You'll see that all your apps of the previous rom are now working with the new rom without wasting lots of time in installing.

If you end up in bootloops, or hangs try restoring cache too.
And If your device is not booting and is stuck at splash screen. Try adb reboot recovery or pull out battery, boot into recovery and to full restore.

iSxy · Jul 16, 2012

Or one of the best way Is to use Titanium Backup

Sent from my GT-S5830

black_1986 · Jul 16, 2012

iSxy said:
Or one of the best way Is to use Titanium Backup

Sent from my GT-S5830

sime times titanium backup is buging and the rom stop work

Sent from GT-5830 ACE

dimspace · Jul 17, 2012

tested with a lewa backup restoring to a fresh lewa install. bootloop.
same with cm7 - lewa and cm7 to cm7 :/

I use titanium, but for post rom flash i use gobackup, handles contacts, messages as well as apps, but also remembers your widgets, folder layouts etc. By far the quickest solution following a reset.

masterex567 · Jul 17, 2012

iSxy said:
Or one of the best way Is to use Titanium Backup

Sent from my GT-S5830

Yes you can even n use titanium backup but I heard people have issues with it, and in titanium backup the restoring is way slower plus the apps need to be restored manually..

Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

masterex567 · Jul 17, 2012

dimspace said:
tested with a lewa backup restoring to a fresh lewa install. bootloop.
same with cm7 - lewa and cm7 to cm7 :/

I use titanium, but for post rom flash i use gobackup, handles contacts, messages as well as apps, but also remembers your widgets, folder layouts etc. By far the quickest solution following a reset.

I didn't test it on lewa bit it works perfectly along cm7 versions...

Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

hey.yudi · Jul 17, 2012

How about cm9?

Sent from Makassar, Indonesia

Blackstard · Jul 17, 2012

i tried on stocklite 7.1 and didnt work :/ had to restore with titanium,thanks for sharing anyway !

Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA premium with StockLite v7.1 rom

masterex567 · Jul 17, 2012

hey.yudi said:
How about cm9?

Sent from Makassar, Indonesia

Can work on cm9 as long as you're using same version. Like it works for CM9 and Paranoid Ancroid.

mohitchechani · Jul 17, 2012

titanium backup seems to be best
as I switch between CM and Stock ROM.........
thanks for this tip:good:

censor_ID · Jul 17, 2012

mohitchechani said:
titanium backup seems to be best
as I switch between CM and Stock ROM.........
thanks for this tip:good:

i aggre

Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk 2

golbe · Jul 17, 2012

Is there any way to backup data only?, Not to backup the entire rom.
Using another recovery?

Enviado desde Kremlin

masterex567 · Jul 18, 2012

golbe said:
Is there any way to backup data only?, Not to backup the entire rom.
Using another recovery?

Enviado desde Kremlin

No...as I know ace supports only like 3 recoveries. Clockwork mod is the best. You can backup data using titanium backup by touching menu button then batch and click run next to backup all user data and system apps. Then you can restore them the normal way. But in recoveries you have to backup everything.

Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

dimspace · Jul 18, 2012

I have both titanium and go installed and I find go superior for restore post rom flash

I have the titanium apk saved on my sd card, install that first, use that to install gobackup and s2e, then use go backup to restore the rest.

Go saves contacts, but also call history, messages, as well as your launcher and widget layouts as well as all apps, and it seems much quicker to restore things than titanium is. The downside is less options when restoring, but for a quick reinstall its the quickest. I use titanium for the other features such as freezing apps, restoring old backups, data etc.

dhalham · Jul 18, 2012

You do know that this is just basically flashing a rom over another without data wiping. This method can be buggy 50%.

Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk

dimspace · Jul 22, 2012

dhalham said:
You do know that this is just basically flashing a rom over another without data wiping. This method can be buggy 50%.

Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk

where is flashing a rom over another without data wiping? The rom is installed in the usual way, cache cleared, factory reset etc, install the rom. and then restore your apps. Its worth noting that the op just said he has tested it in CM7 based rom, so hes not changing rom source.

that said, several people in the thread, myself included have said it does not work with their cm7 based rom. I tested and got bootloops.

And honestly there is no point when there are perfectly good backup packages like titanium, go etc to use.

athe_s · Jul 22, 2012

Can you confirm this is working with amarulls script installed.. ?

Sent from my GT-S5830 from my hand

bzharsha · Jul 22, 2012

Titanium works the best!!

masterex567 · Jul 22, 2012

I tried carrying out some tests. And, it works perfect across CM7.
I flashed cm7 nightly, two of the RCs, and some stable releases and this method works great.

It's also a lot faster, because I am a gamer. And installing the games again, then copying data to appropriate location is very time consuming.
So this method works best for me.

I will try testing if it works on Lewa, Joy, Mokee OS..etc.
But, as long as the base is CM7, I don't think there is any problem that can come across.

[TUT] How to easily restore data when changing roms.

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

New member

Senior Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts