Cloning and backing up WebOS/ Apps/ etc..

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Im doing a lot of experimenting with the Touchpad always having this sour taste in my mouth... as a guy that loves his iPad and uses Android also on a few devices, I got a TouchPad more as a curiosity than anything else, JUST the day before of the announcement HP would discontinue it.

I bought it in Hong Kong where there are no "refunds" or "price adjustments".. I felt stupid and ripped-off when i first turned my touchpad on the NEXT morning after buying it to read on it the news that the pad and WebOS were canned... duh... anyway...

Stuck into having to love the TouchPad... I ended up loving it really!

Im now running it at 1.9GHz 100% stable! This thing is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaast! Makes my iPad2 and Android phones I have look like a joke!

But whats really special is the realization that WebOS is truly extraordinary... by fer the best OS for a tablet, EVER! What a loss that that the best Tab EVER is discontinued and the most elegant and accomplished OS for a tablet has been sentenced to death. Nothing touches WebOS, nothing! And nothing touches the speed of the Touchpad at 1.9Ghz! Ill use and love the Touchpad for as long as I can, even with limited apps and an OS that is frozen in time. What a great loss, this is just so amazingly great! If HP had launched this a year ago and seriously wanted to make it a success, this would be for sure the iPad/ Android tablet killer... my a million miles..

This shoots me to my question... how do I backup locally apps Ive installed on the TouchPad? Its a breeze on Android to have copies of all my APKs on my laptop but, how do I do it on WebOS if I have to reset the device and re-install everything?

And, is there anything like an equivalent to a NanDroid backup to do an exact bit-by-bit copy of the whole device and restore it if needed?

I wonder if/when something goes wrong if I can do more than having to re-install everything, re-download all apps and re-configure the Tab from scratch or just have a way to recover from a backup?

Thanks a million guys!!

HP has a built-in cloud backup service under the settings tab in the launcher. I reset my 16 to sell it after I got a 32 and as soon as I logged into the 32 it asked me if I wanted to restore. It worked flawlessly. As far as local backups I'm afraid I can't help you out, but I question the necessity of them with the cloud system in place.

Originally Posted by goblue13579

HP has a built-in cloud backup service under the settings tab in the launcher. I reset my 16 to sell it after I got a 32 and as soon as I logged into the 32 it asked me if I wanted to restore. It worked flawlessly. As far as local backups I'm afraid I can't help you out, but I question the necessity of them with the cloud system in place.

Yes, I know U can backup to HP's cloud backup service but its a matter of time till HP fot sure discontinues the service! Then what? I even wonder how to activate a new device by then.. its a matter of time till HP pulls the plug in everything & we're be in the dark..

+1 There should be an option for doing local backups!

We can't rely on "cloud services" as the DR plan. Especially when no one has a solid understanding of what it is, and how long it will last. Today, the built in backup services work, but what about tomorrow?

Been digging around the file structure, and that's one of the things I've been trying to find. Think I may need to dust off the laptop and try from that side.

Sent from my very "non-stock" TP.

There's an app called Save/Restore that is useful for backing up more than what the built-in Backup app does. I think it's a Preware app. It doesn't work for all apps, however, but is still worth a look.

You can also try the following commands. I got these from a Pre- backup thread at PreCentral, so it might be a bit off:

cd / (press enter)
rootfs_open -w (press enter)
cd /media/cryptofs/apps/usr/palm/applications/ (press enter)
cp -rf com.appyouwant.tobackup /media/internal/ (press enter)
reboot (press enter)

not sure if you can properly do a backup but you can make ur own ipks from ur touchpad

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http://code.google.com/p/ipk-package...20Packager.jar

1) Open up Internalz (or download it if you don't have it, then open it)
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2) Click the top folder that takes you back ".."
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3) Click on "cryptofs"
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4) Click on "apps"
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5) Click on "usr"
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6) Click on "palm"
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7) Click on "applications"
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8) Pick any folder of an app you want to turn into a IPK.
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9) Tap it and hold so the drop down menu comes down
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10) Click on "Copy" (Don't move it or it will screw up the app on the phone)
Once copied it should show "Copied: (Name of app)" as shown in the picture.
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11) Just tap on "/media/internal" as the folder to copy it to
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Once the copy is done, You should the folder inside your internal folder if you go back to it, as shown above.
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Then plug your phone into your computer go to the USB drive and it should be there. From there you do as follows:


1) Drag and drop the folder onto your desktop
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2) Open up Ipk Packager. You can find it on Precentral in Canuck Software section, or if you don't want the trouble of trying to find it. Here's the download above.
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4) A new window should open up click on the folder you copied onto your desktop, click open.
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5) It should then show all the info of the app in the fields to the left.
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6) Click "Create IPK"
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7) A window should open up asking you were to save the IPK, usually I just do the desktop, click Save
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8) Wait for a bit then it should come up with a pop-up message saying it was created successfully.
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•credit goes to who originally wrote the tutorial can't remember who , I saved it as txt

thanks fahed2000, this works like a charm

Originally Posted by fahed2000

not sure if you can properly do a backup but you can make ur own ipks from ur touchpad

---------- Post added at 07:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:31 PM ----------

http://code.google.com/p/ipk-package...20Packager.jar

1) Open up Internalz (or download it if you don't have it, then open it)
-----------------------------------------------------------------


2) Click the top folder that takes you back ".."
-----------------------------------------------------------------


3) Click on "cryptofs"
-----------------------------------------------------------------


4) Click on "apps"
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5) Click on "usr"
-----------------------------------------------------------------


6) Click on "palm"
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7) Click on "applications"
-----------------------------------------------------------------


8) Pick any folder of an app you want to turn into a IPK.
-----------------------------------------------------------------


9) Tap it and hold so the drop down menu comes down
-----------------------------------------------------------------


10) Click on "Copy" (Don't move it or it will screw up the app on the phone)
Once copied it should show "Copied: (Name of app)" as shown in the picture.
-----------------------------------------------------------------


11) Just tap on "/media/internal" as the folder to copy it to
-----------------------------------------------------------------


Once the copy is done, You should the folder inside your internal folder if you go back to it, as shown above.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Then plug your phone into your computer go to the USB drive and it should be there. From there you do as follows:


1) Drag and drop the folder onto your desktop
-----------------------------------------------------------------

2) Open up Ipk Packager. You can find it on Precentral in Canuck Software section, or if you don't want the trouble of trying to find it. Here's the download above.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

4) A new window should open up click on the folder you copied onto your desktop, click open.
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5) It should then show all the info of the app in the fields to the left.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

6) Click "Create IPK"
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7) A window should open up asking you were to save the IPK, usually I just do the desktop, click Save
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8) Wait for a bit then it should come up with a pop-up message saying it was created successfully.
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•credit goes to who originally wrote the tutorial can't remember who , I saved it as txt