Comments on: New Titanium Backup Update Makes Flashing ROMs Even Easier, Restore Apps and Data With Flashable Zips

By: DanSan

DanSan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:58:00 +0000

zip doesnt save system data..

“create update.zip containing apps+data, apps only or data only. Both user & system apps are supported and the file can be signed.”

it can save SYSTEM APPS

By: gpzbc

gpzbc — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:10:00 +0000

I worry about using this and having it restore system data and apps. I’ve always been told not to restore system data and apps.

By: Bikram Agarwal

Bikram Agarwal — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:06:00 +0000

That doesn’t sound very good… Something to do with odex and deodex ROM? A new update was released 5.7.0.1 for that.

By: DanSan

DanSan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:23:00 +0000

is the best process to flash rom > GApps, reboot phone into android and then reboot into recovery and flash update.zip or just flash them all together then load android?

By: PhoenixPath

PhoenixPath — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:54:00 +0000

I hear you. Been waiting for something exciting to hit the Nexus for a while now…CM/AOKP variants and clones are boring the crap out of me right now.

Crazy as it may sound, since ICS dropped for the Spectrum, I’ve been using that as my main device and my G’Nex is now sitting here being used idly as a media-player.

…there just doesn’t seem to be anything out there I *gotta flash* for this crackflasher anymore. It sucks.

By: CraigBoyte

CraigBoyte — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:45:00 +0000

It is known

By: Steve Benson

Steve Benson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:28:00 +0000

It’s not getting boring at all. Like others have stated, ICS was a huge step forward in terms of functionality and polish within the Android ecosystem, but still left the door open for developers and themers to come up with some really awesome ideas and tweaks. JB on the other hand, while it may not have seemed like much changed, Google once again ramped up the polish and feel with subtle design changes and project butter to the point that stock Android has nearly everything we need.

By: Pat Hamilton

Pat Hamilton — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Been doing this with App2Zip forever. Now I don’t need it anymore.

By: Steve Benson

Steve Benson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:21:00 +0000

That’s your fault for buying an “Android based” phone instead of a true Android (Google Nexus) phone.

People, if you’re not going to buy some form of a Nexus phone, quit your bitching. It’s getting old.

A phone released by a manufacturer (not Google) isn’t simply running Android 4.xxx (or whatever). It’s running a wildly modified OS that’s only vaguely based on Android. Sense, Touchwiz and all other “skins” are completely different beasts that manufacturers have proven time and time again, are impossible to upgrade in a timely manner.

By: Steve Benson

Steve Benson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:00 +0000

Before you do anything, go into Titanium BU and create the app update.zip under the batch options. Next, boot into recovery wipe system and factory reset. Next, flash your ROM and Gapps (if necessary). Reboot recovery (just to be safe), then flash your update.zip. Reboot into Android and log in to Google like normal. After the log in process, all of your apps will already be on your phone.

By: Steve Benson

Steve Benson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:09:00 +0000

Did you set it up in the schedule then log-in to dropbox through the Titanium interface?

By: romma

romma — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Not boring, but there is no ICS Kernel source for my beloved Dinc 2, and that has stalled development of roms. Plus IMO with so many phones out there, devs are spread pretty thin and are focused on multiple phones so some rom updates are put off, or development falls off all together. Hoping for a Verizon Nexus 4 to fall out of the sky soon and surprise us,

By: eleazar

eleazar — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:04:00 +0000

Did you try flashing the zip? I went through the whole process, installed rom, booted rom, setup google account to restore wifi networks, etc., rebooted recovery, flashed Ti Backup zip file, rebooted rom. Here is the tricky part, all of the apps were blank. Ti then randomly started restoring data, the phone basically locked up and the restore ended up failing…

not exactly a great first experience. I was under the impression it would restore apps AND data at the same time when flashing the zip in recovery

By: Jacobm001

Jacobm001 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:27:00 +0000

I have both Titanium Backup and Titanium Media sync, and as great as the apps are, I really wish they would polish the interface a little. I don’t expect anything amazing, but common give us something that doesn’t look like total crap

By: Greyhame

Greyhame — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:29:00 +0000

Yeah he’s all about ROM Toolbox. Couple of updates a month at the least. It includes a backup utility and pretty much everything under the sun (think TB, ROM Manager, terminal emulator, and custom kernel settings all in one).