Titanium Backup not showing any backups

[motomoose68]

I'm glad it helped somebody.

 

[Raysgto]

Titanium Backup (non Pro) does not restore.

I have a rooted Lollipop 5.0.
Titanium did backup.
While restoring, it was showing me, 'NOT ENOUGH AVAILABLE SPACE' which is wrong error.

So then as per some of the instructions here in the forum, I cleared the cache and data of the following:
1. Play Store
2. Play Services
3. Download
4. Download Manager
Titanium back failed to show all the app files in the menu>restore option, though the app backup tar.gz files where present in the TitaniumBackup folder.

I even deleted the odex file created by Titanium in Data>App>Titanium Backup to see if it solves. Still the problem of not showing the app, in the restore section continued.

Please help if you can suggest something more.

 

[BLACDRAGON]

That was it for me too

I just had an odd experience recently (as in yesterday) and this thread didn't help. however, I found something new that might help other ppl.

A brief background, I took a backup from my first S5 (now being utilized by my wife) then copied the files from the phone memory to the SD card. After setting up my second S5 (flashed then root process) copied the backup files from SD card to the phohe memory. But when I ran TB it can't find/detect the files, so meaning I wasn't able to restore anything. What's odd is I didn't experience this when I first setup my wife's S5, all went very smooth.

After many hours of digging I finally found a solution (in my case, at least). All I did was to rename all the backup files with extensions .gz.zip to .gz and wallah!

Hope this helps.

Also .properties.txt to .properties
somehow the phone or filemanager automatically assigned extensions to the files.
I'm using oneplus x.

 

[sidkumarbrar]

Worked for me

life saving post

I just had an odd experience recently (as in yesterday) and this thread didn't help. however, I found something new that might help other ppl.

A brief background, I took a backup from my first S5 (now being utilized by my wife) then copied the files from the phone memory to the SD card. After setting up my second S5 (flashed then root process) copied the backup files from SD card to the phohe memory. But when I ran TB it can't find/detect the files, so meaning I wasn't able to restore anything. What's odd is I didn't experience this when I first setup my wife's S5, all went very smooth.

After many hours of digging I finally found a solution (in my case, at least). All I did was to rename all the backup files with extensions .gz.zip to .gz and wallah!

Hope this helps.

 

[FUSIONdev]

After many hours of digging I finally found a solution (in my case, at least). All I did was to rename all the backup files with extensions .gz.zip to .gz and wallah!

Hope this helps.

OMG, this saved my life :victory::victory::victory:

 

[optimusodd]

Anyway I wasn't about to rename 100 files, so I used 7zip to make one big .tar file from my original SDcard and copied that to the new Phone via windows and then used a phone app to decompress to my TIB backup folder...
Another NOTE: I copied them to /storage/external_SD/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/ to avoid any other permissions issues... (I am on Lolipop)

Thanks for the input mate.
You mean when you decompressed the file inside TB folder,the extensions of the files reverted to original form ?And what's the point of moving TB folder to "/storage/external_SD/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/" ?
Thank you

 

[menvert]

Thanks for the input mate.
You mean when you decompressed the file inside TB folder,the extensions of the files reverted to original form ?And what's the point of moving TB folder to "/storage/external_SD/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/" ?
Thank you

If i remember correctly.
When you copy a .gz file using the standard usb mode, it will always (trying to help) rename the file and add .zip to the end. So i had to make one big archive and copy that instead. So, yes i used a file browser to extract all the .gz to that path above.

That path above is simply the 100% TiB is allowed full read/write/delete according to the way android does SD card permissions in the last few revisions, so this way you don't have to use a root editor and hack stuff. (though in Marshmallow there is no longer a /storage/external_SD location it is now something like /storage/0000-0000/ )

 

[optimusodd]

Anyway I wasn't about to rename 100 files, so I used 7zip to make one big .tar file from my original SDcard and copied that to the new Phone via windows and then used a phone app to decompress to my TIB backup folder...
Another NOTE: I copied them to /storage/external_SD/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/ to avoid any other permissions issues... (I am on Lolipop)

If i remember correctly.
When you copy a .gz file using the standard usb mode, it will always (trying to help) rename the file and add .zip to the end. So i had to make one big archive and copy that instead. So, yes i used a file browser to extract all the .gz to that path above.
That path above is simply the 100% TiB is allowed full read/write/delete according to the way android does SD card permissions in the last few revisions, so this way you don't have to use a root editor and hack stuff. (though in Marshmallow there is no longer a /storage/external_SD location it is now something like /storage/0000-0000/ )

Thanks for the reply.I guess I was not clear enough,actually the thing I want to know is how to remove .zip and .txt extensions from the files in a batch.Removing the extension of more that 300 files one by one is a tedious task.

I copied the TB folder to PC and the extensions of the files converted from .gz to .gz.zip and .properties to .properties.txt.
I want to know how to revert them to original form.
One more thing,do we also need to revert to ".properties" from ".properties.txt" to get things working ? Yes ?
Thank you

 

[menvert]

Thanks for the reply.I guess I was not clear enough,actually the thing I want to know is how to remove .zip and .txt extensions from the files in a batch.Removing the extension of more that 300 files one by one is a tedious task.

I copied the TB folder to PC and the extensions of the files converted from .gz to .gz.zip and .properties to .properties.txt.
I want to know how to revert them to original form.
Thank you

It was a while ago, i will have to assume i still had the original data on SD (think i was upgrading from 32 to 64Gb at same time) so i either used an android app to create the archive (.tar) or used 7zip on windows to make the .tar direct fron the SD in a card reader.
I don't have a quick fix if you only have the [damaged] files with the extra extention.
You'd need a batch renamer or be a pro on awk in a command prompt or something....

 

[optimusodd]

It was a while ago, i will have to assume i still had the original data on SD (think i was upgrading from 32 to 64Gb at same time) so i either used an android app to create the archive (.tar) or used 7zip on windows to make the .tar direct fron the SD in a card reader.
I don't have a quick fix if you only have the [damaged] files with the extra extention.You'd need a batch renamer or be a pro on awk in a command prompt or something....

Resolved the problem by running the renaming command on command line.

 

[Angel-King]

So just picked up my Note 2 this afternoon and already rooted and unlocked it thanks to the incredibly helpful tutorials on the development forum...

So I installed the SD card I had been using from my Xperia Play, after doing one last final TB, and am a little surprised to see that none of my backups are showing up in TB. I can see all the current apps installed, it's pointing to the right directory, yet nothing from my XP is showing as an available backup to restore. Is it just a compatibility issue between phones?

I'd like to restore some game data and some kik convo's... but if I can't I can't!

Thanks in advance!

you may have had any filters on check and clear all of them & this happened to me as well I deleted all the original backup files in phone directory after copying them to sdcard through windows no changes in the extensions and then copied all the files again through phone to backup directory
earlier I searched for a file and that name was stuck in the search bar of backup/restore all I did was clear it by searching again entering no value hope it helps

 

[innit]

I just had an odd experience recently (as in yesterday) and this thread didn't help. however, I found something new that might help other ppl.

A brief background, I took a backup from my first S5 (now being utilized by my wife) then copied the files from the phone memory to the SD card. After setting up my second S5 (flashed then root process) copied the backup files from SD card to the phohe memory. But when I ran TB it can't find/detect the files, so meaning I wasn't able to restore anything. What's odd is I didn't experience this when I first setup my wife's S5, all went very smooth.

After many hours of digging I finally found a solution (in my case, at least). All I did was to rename all the backup files with extensions .gz.zip to .gz and wallah!

Hope this helps.

many thanks sir. this is the only way that worked.

 

[excelly2k1]

Resolved the problem by running the renaming command on command line.

Pl in detail.

---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:31 PM ----------

I removed my 670 files extension (i.e .zip, .txt) with the below app in secs.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klangappdev.bulkrenamewizard

 

[optimusodd]

Pl in detail.
---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:31 PM ----------
I removed my 670 files extension (i.e .zip, .txt) with the below app in secs.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klangappdev.bulkrenamewizard

I used Command Line and run the following command to remove the the additional extension (.zip) while leaving the rest of the name and extension intact.

ren *.zip *.

Other Windows programs like Bulk Rename Utility and Bulk Extension Changer can also be used.
Thanks for sharing that app,that might be useful for many users.

 

[jijishthomas]

I'm having problem with titanium bkp. I had backup all my apps with data on 5.1.1 and flashed 6.0.1 rom. Now titanium bkp doesn't detect my bkp.
Tried many things like
copy bkp files to internal,
just made an app bkp and copy my bkp files to that folder etc.
still my TB doesn't detect my old bkp

 

[Maqbool.Safiya]

AFTer remove .zip and .txt
And backup folder changed
restored complete
Rom: 6.0.1 RR

 

[nondescript1001]

If i remember correctly.
When you copy a .gz file using the standard usb mode, it will always (trying to help) rename the file and add .zip to the end. So i had to make one big archive and copy that instead. So, yes i used a file browser to extract all the .gz to that path above.

That path above is simply the 100% TiB is allowed full read/write/delete according to the way android does SD card permissions in the last few revisions, so this way you don't have to use a root editor and hack stuff. (though in Marshmallow there is no longer a /storage/external_SD location it is now something like /storage/0000-0000/ )

Do you know how to prevent the name change from happening? I don't want to have to worry about the name change every time I copy a file around.

 

[satria95]

I just had this issue after flashing a Rom. I had the correct backup location set and could see the backups in the folder, but under Restore they didn't show. Finally, figured out that there was a filter on by default and it was screening out all but System backups. I've never seen a filter affect this area before, only ever used it to filter under the Backup/Restore tab, not under the Check Mark list of options. When I changed the filter to ALL, then the backups magically appeared.

Hope this helps someone else, since this thread kind of went off track.

Its working for me.. :good:
i create an account just to hit thanks button and say "thank you :good: :good: :fingers-crossed: "

 

[Jhon998]

Ok so it shows all my apps but not the one that are not installed but backed up in the original directory and can be visible in settings when choosing a directory. WHY

 

[jeremyenos]

Saved me!!

I just had an odd experience recently (as in yesterday) and this thread didn't help. however, I found something new that might help other ppl.

A brief background, I took a backup from my first S5 (now being utilized by my wife) then copied the files from the phone memory to the SD card. After setting up my second S5 (flashed then root process) copied the backup files from SD card to the phohe memory. But when I ran TB it can't find/detect the files, so meaning I wasn't able to restore anything. What's odd is I didn't experience this when I first setup my wife's S5, all went very smooth.

After many hours of digging I finally found a solution (in my case, at least). All I did was to rename all the backup files with extensions .gz.zip to .gz and wallah!

Hope this helps.

THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!! For some reason, I didn't search properly and didn't find it before a ton of other stuff, but I'm sure glad I found it eventually. Honestly, I don't know how I missed that detail since I was comparing new and old TIBU folders, but perhaps I never did it with my eyes wide open. I was always assuming some screwage with TIBU was at fault.
My first restore was w/o also renaming the properties to drop the .txt extension, but it seemed to work. I did it over again though after seeing the later post that mentioned the properties.txt was also screwed up. No idea if that makes a difference or not in success level.

I did notice that all the bulk rename android apps I could find failed miserably at the task, ultimately I just ran a for loop in an adb root shell to do it. I saw someone ask what the heck tags these extensions on in the first place... I don't think these ever were copied or moved by Windows, so I am a little unclear on that yet. I used ES File Explorer to move them around originally I think (to the ext SD).