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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] v_droid31:
Recommended method to backup apps while flashing latest CROM ACE

Hey everybody,

I have been going through this thread and everybody including the OP recommends factory resetting everytime and NOT using Ti Backup or any other software to restore apps and data.

My question: How do you all backup and restore apps along with the data?

I have many apps and it would take long time if I had to install and configure them all each time a new version of ROM is released.

Not to mention some app data is important so I need a way of backing them up and restoring without degrading the overall performance of the ROM.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Hmmm... It did not do that for me.

Paper Artist set as default. Loaded right up.

Do you have P/A Installed?

No, the cast to dongle will not. I am still working on a fix. Verizon works fine and I think its because of the bootloader hack.

Smali is fun!!!

No just kidding, I hate... Maybe check in the themes and apps section or make a request in the Q/A section? Im sure someone will do it.

I just used the Tmo specific CSC files. Where as before you prolly just used AT&T, right?

This is always my suggestion. :highfive:

I talked with Tiffany in PM (she makes all the cool status bar battery mods) and she said the Tmo carrier was done well so I trust her input very much. She is one of the few people that I will put in my op as recommended mods that I did not make. She knows what she is talking about :good:

Hmmmm

What carrier are you using?

Yeah, no problems here. Maybe its carrier specific so we need to know the carrier as well.

Indeed!

Thank you! Please dont feed trolls. It just wastes space in the thread and on XDA servers.

Oh it does! Even the fella's on the international GT-N7105 are liking it...

If I could just get sprint hammered out correctly I could corner the Note 2 LTE Market for custom ROMS AHahahaha (Vincent Price laugh from Thriller) :p

MMMm.... NOt really sure TBH. I never supported any users other than English. I can try but I cannot tell you I will succeed.

Something is amiss. Sounds like you might want to put it in PC and format it.

Yes, I agree with you...

Prolly, lol :laugh:

Turd!

No, havent tested. Post carrier and we can test...

Only US ROMS use the feature.xml from what I have seen.

What are you trying to do and I can answer. Been busy, sorry.

Not sure on this... Maybe someone can shed some light for me?

IM gonna let the experts answer this...

But... I pull all my apps, and then sideload them... For the hour or two they are on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Guys, dont feed trolls. Just report an offensive post.

Feeding a troll just derails the thread. You also need to understand that not every one on the internet is at the same level of mental capacity as the rest of us. See what I am saying? Think about it.

Dont get me wrong, I am not defending this guy, Im just saying ignore things like that. Dont stoop to anyones level!

Always take the high road! Its how I live my life on the internet and in person. Got me this far Ahahahaha :good: ;)

-Scott
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gharris040604:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Hey Scott have u tried the mb3 update yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Nah, need a break... Plus its a work weekend and I also need to cycle development on two other devices.

If no one made a stock root I will make one... Otherwise... I dont have any time to do anything right now...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gharris040604:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

There is a stock root in t-mo section been running for a couple hrs with no problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rayoubi:
Scott, I used to ROM alot before and I always end up going back to stock because there's always issues with them so I stopped. However your work is so amazing I love it, its the ONLY rom I use because its so AWESOME. I love how its an enhanced version of stock without bloatware and great tweaks/modfication that improved my phone dramatically. Your work makes me want to go out and try other roms, because I have such a great experience with your rom and I have to keep in mind that its just your ROM and no one can match! haha

If I had to complain about anything, its my internet connection. I dont understand why my internet connection is so bad. I sometimes even get LTE in my area too. Ever since I've been using 4.5 ROM I been having bad connection. Any recommendations? Should I flash a new modem?

anyways great work scott keep it up you're great at what you do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
I might sit this one out then and wait for next build. If I try to keep up with EVERY single Samsung release then I will go crazy. Unless there is overwhelming demand and copious donations requesting I build a stock root then I assume that T-Mo one will be fine...

Thank you and yes I may have found the issue as a couple other people reported poor LTE. I have a thread on my site. I think its related to the Radio we have vs the radio in the MA8 builds. Like Samsung changed something so the RIL is not the same. Let me find the thread and I will link it... I posted a test file and no one reported back... so... IDK.

Let me find it...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rayoubi:
Oh wow, I see. Well thanks for looking into it. :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gharris040604:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Yea I don't think much has changed I'm using mods from m8 although the build date I believe is 2/13/13
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Please take a look at this thread and feel free to join the discussion.

I would like to keep it in its own thread so I can track it better...

http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php?2504-Signal-dropping-to-nothing-then-back-dropping-calls
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Alright fella's...

Time to pony up on battery stats...

Here is what I got at 1% right before shut down...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrawer:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

I use Titanium backup after every ROM flash to restore all Apps and App Data. On the extremely rare occasion an application isn't behaving properly then i just clear that specific application's data.

What I NEVER do is restore System data. That will more than likely cause problems... Although sometimes I restore message data and call logs and that seems to work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] oka1:
From the moderator

To all in the Thread........ the Developer is correct, in the future, please do not respond to the troll........ report them that is why us mods are here... to help

Post respectfully and stay on development related issues....... keeps the thread clean and on topic.....

Good Work Scrosler !

Thanks, ~~ oka1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Yeah, I have been around the block before... Played the games... Now I ignore the ignorance...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] o0boiboi0o:
I know u are a real busy man Sir. Thus dont wanna disturb you as far as I can.

I m trying to mute the focus UI sound. I already deleted the relevant ogg files but still there are sounds. Had been doing the same routine after every flash (renaming or deleting ogg files) but this time nt sure why but sounds still there. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Your not disturbing me. If you were I would just ignore you :angel:

I dont understand the sounds you want to stop. Can you give me an example of when the sounds is made?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MorKaiser:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

No, I chose not to install P/A.... Also, I just did another fresh and clean install, still having the same issue. Very odd. Can you try to re flash, don't install P/A, and see if it reproduces?

Thanks man!

---------- Post added at 08:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:38 AM ----------

Enjoy a pint on me buddy. Thanks again for an awesome ROM.

2PS70763FL0166036
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cellneuron:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Can i have a feature request? Anyway turn off display with the flipcover on? Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] o0boiboi0o:
Thanks Sir! My thanks has ran out. Damn.

The sound that I want to disable is the Focus sound when using Camera. U know, when u touch the screen, it is focusing. That focused sound is the one I wanna disable. I renamed all the camera-related files under audio/UI but this sound apparently keep appearing. Shutter sound on the other hand has been disabled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cellneuron:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Are you using other camera app such as 4.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jdkadius:
Yup, I do the same thing, except that I normally just redownload the apps from the play store and restore the app data through Titanium. I also restored my text messages and call logs and everything is working just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dorkboy69:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

I think I can get at least 3 days out of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] willl03:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Awesome, any special tweaks or STOCK!?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] PUTALE:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

did more playing and none of the secret codes are working with my att note 2 with tmo setup. Scott you are correct, I was using att previously and thouhght I will try t mobile carrier this time.

Btw anyone know I can just reflash the carrier to att without reflash everything? (Like just uncheck everything in the aroma except att).

With the new rom, I feel that it feel a little slower than the 4.2.5. Not day and night but 4.2.5 seemed just transition to diff menu a tad faster.no complain, still loced the stability of the rom. One thing good is that the keyboard seemed to be reaponding a bit more accurately. Battery life seemed a little better but still need to do more tests.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dorkboy69:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Perseus kernel, display turned down and not play games or surf the web.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mutantblack:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

I always have problems with TiBu even though I usually just restore the apps.

So now I use carbon or super backup. Both works great. They are not as advanced as TiBu but serve me very well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] juanzr1:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
you'll get mixed review on this as some folks seem to always have problems using TiBu... others none. I'm an avid user of TiBu and have used it to backup/restore numerous apps and app data on CR 3.5, 4.05, 4.2.5, and now 4.5. I've never had a problem or FC. When changing ROMs (even when updating CR), I've played it safe side and follow this procedure: (1)

prior

to new rom flash, delete all TiBu backups... and then redo backups for my user apps and user data ONLY (no system app backups).. make sure you backup to your external SD; (2) do all wipes and flash new rom; (3) setup WiFi; (4) setup Google; (5) do a clean (via PlayStore) re-download of your user apps (including TiBu); (6) Nandroid (for a stake in the ground) ; (7) use TiBu to restore

select

user apps and user data (if you did step #1, you'll only have user apps and data in your TiBu backups so no risk of overwriting system files). When I say "select", I mean those games, apps where you wish to retain history.

Given there have been very few (if any) key "system" files changes from LL1 to LL4, to LL7 to MA6 to MA8... I think the TiBu restore risk is minimal. But as I said, I just play it safe and cleanly resinstall my user apps. I then restore key user app data to those apps from TiBu. If the backup was done on the same rom I'm currently running, I've restored system apps as well, with no issue, but

never

restore system apps across roms. Hope that helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
i use romtoolbox pro for app backup and mybackup pro for sms and such. both work great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mutantblack:
Rom Toolbox Pro seems nice. I will try that one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
I've seen the option before too, and now I dont... You'll probably need to install the stock messaging app, turn off the setting, then flash back the cleanrom version (int'l) of the app...

I use my headphone constantly and do not have this problem...

I brought this up a while ago (search this thread for my username) and Scott mentioned that the dialer codes do not work in this ROM - probably because it's based on Int'l releases and only the US carriers use the dialer codes - look for his response to my post for a work around.

what carrier are you on? do you want small am/pm or no am/pm?

Unlikely. CleanROM is Clean. Not modded.

This fixed the issue for me. I extracted the Paper Artist apk from the CleanROM zip and installed it. Now when I hit the edit button, no crashing and it goes right into Paper Artist.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ravenseb:
well now theres XXDMB3..smh why do they keep releasing builds within days of each other
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
More than likely it's due to localizations for each different country...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JVogler:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Is there anyway to disable the volume being turned down every time you unplug/re plug a wired headset?

I suppose I could create a Tasker task to turn it back up every time, but would like to just do away with it.

-- Note II, TapaTalk II--
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
It's not that the volume "turns down" when you unplug your headset, it's that there's a different "profile" for volume with headset and volume without headset. If you set your phone volume without headset to be the same as volume with headset, when you unplug the headset you wouldn't notice a volume change...

You can test this by plugging/unplugging your headset and pressing the volume buttons, you'll see that they change when you plug/unplug...

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Ok Scott here you go... I turned off JD and only lost 1% more (2% vs 1%) which doesn't seem like much until you think about it as losing 50% more than with JD... still pretty good stats though. .. And still comparable with the guys in the betterbattery stats thread who chase every little mv...:

===================

General Information

===================

BetterBatteryStats version: 1.11.0.0

Creation Date: 2013-02-15 07:30:33

Statistic Type: (3) Since Unplugged

Since 6 h 59 s

VERSION.RELEASE: 4.1.2

BRAND: samsung

DEVICE: t0lteatt

MANUFACTURER: samsung

MODEL: SAMSUNG-SGH-I317

OS.VERSION: 3.0.31-679347

BOOTLOADER: I317UCALK7

HARDWARE: smdk4x12

FINGERPRINT: samsung/t0lteatt/t0lteatt:4.1.2/JZO54K/I317UCALK7:user/release-keys

ID: JZO54K

TAGS: release-keys

USER: se.infra

PRODUCT: t0lteatt

RADIO: I317UCALK7

Rooted: true

============

Battery Info

============

Level lost [%]: 2 Bat.: 2% (100% to 98%) [0.3%/h]

Voltage lost [mV]: 40 (4278-4238)

===========

Other Usage

===========

Deep Sleep (): 5 h 47 m 5 s (20825 s) Ratio: 96.1%

Wifi On (): 6 h 59 s (21659 s) Ratio: 100.0%

Wifi Running (): 34 m 56 s (2096 s) Ratio: 9.7%

No Data Connection (): 9 m 32 s (572 s) Ratio: 2.6%

No or Unknown Signal (): 9 m 32 s (572 s) Ratio: 2.6%

Awake (): 13 m 54 s (834 s) Ratio: 3.9%

Screen On (): 27 s (27 s) Ratio: 0.1%

Good Signal (): 19 s (19 s) Ratio: 0.1%

=========

Wakelocks

Sent from my giant i317 Pocket Monster
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] NightHawkUndead:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Even newer release since then (N7105ZHDMA5)

With a change list this time.

Sent from my thingy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mutantblack:
I wish they release 4.2 instead of these little updates for 4.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] willl03:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Where can we see the changelist? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] NightHawkUndead:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

It's a changelist, not change log. But here's a link to the international thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1985200
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cellneuron:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Thanks, i used ATT CSC but runs in Tmobile network. I want no AM/PM mod
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrawer:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

It is actually already there!

In settings, just set your Display Timeout to 30seconds. Then close your cover and 30 seconds later your screen shuts off. Walla...pretty nice hey?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MorKaiser:
Yes, I figured but without PA, shouldn't the Edit button open up the picture in photo editor? That's what I'm hoping for as I hate PA. Also, would you mind posting thatPA apk ?

Thanks so much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheGrandFinale2001:
Nicely said. The key for me is system data and system apps. I've always just restored my user apps and data I have had no problems doing so. Now there was a time on the the first Note I had when I backed up everything and restored everything including system data and apps but it was on the same ROM. And restore everything including wallpaper, settings, SMS, and my folder layout and icon layout on my home screen. The only thing it didn't restore was the widget layout. But I was like wow, saved me a lot of time putting all my apps in folders again. And I never had any problems, everything ran smoothly. Now doing that from one ROM to another definitely would have had different results. As with everything use caution and do some research.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jonnyredcorn:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

It only takes a few minutes to set everything back up after a full wipe. I restore missing apps and data with TiBu and while it does that for the 50 or so apps I have I set up my settings. Usually by the time I'm done resetting my system settings the batch restore of my user apps & data is done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
Here you go...deleted
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] daveid:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Not as quick and easy with 176 apps... I restore with TiBU, user apps and data, if an app has an issue with that I try a reinstall, if that doesn't fix I wipe it's data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gandicela:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Another alternative is ROMCleaner, you need to flash it in recovery to restore apps thereby not needing playstore download. Right after your first boot from ROM install all of your apps are installed. Then, for the data of your apps like saved game info, etc. I restore them using MyBackup Pro.

---------- Post added at 07:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:21 AM ----------

Same thing, for these quantity of apps, u back them up using backup tool of ROMCleaner.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
i'll try to take a look at it this weekend...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhoneLine:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Noticed a strange issue. When going into google, if I tap the menu button the settings menu appears but vanishes before I can select anything. It shows up for half a second. Tried rebooting and same issue.

I came across it trying to change my google now settings. I know it worked prior to 4.5 and I did do a clean install of 4.5 when it was released. Anyone having this issue or did I get graced with a wonderful glitch all for myself? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GQJ:
I have that also, but I believe the issue is with the Google Search app, specifically its newest update. When I uninstalled updates to the app, the menu button works. Plus there have been numerous complaints on Google Play specifically for the Note 2.

So don't do nothing crazy and uninstall this ROM :silly:.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhoneLine:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Uninstall this rom? Ban that man!! Blasphemy! ! LoL....kidding of course. Thanks for letting me know. I do remember updating the app recently..... so hopefully there will be a fix soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] daveid:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

To get into the settings, perform any search, menu now works....

You can also just press the voice input icon, then the menu will work as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhoneLine:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Nice. ..that works. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tosh1:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Anyone have issues with all share.? I love this feature with Samsung tv. I was able to watch all my movies wirelessly. Now when I search I doesn't find my tv.... I hope there is a Fix for this. I use it so much it could be a deal breaker. .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

New modem available here from today's ota

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38051536
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Maybe Scott can grab the new kernel out of this latest release too.... And make a boot animation version too pplllleeeaaasssseee

Sent from my giant i317 Pocket Monster
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZackFearheart:
I did all that and it won't work, Won't connect to my router with open password or not. Even tried my DD-WRT Linksys 54G router, still won't connect.. Says "Network disabled - Poor connection" and gives me retry, forget and cancel. The router is less than 5 feet away from me.. T hat's both my main router and Linksys 54G DD-WRT router..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dean1650:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

I just had to post this..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jonnyredcorn:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

I'm having a small issue with Google now. When I hit the menu button in the Google search app the menu just flickers on and off and it won't stay open to let me select any settings. Anyone else experiencing this? I have Google now enabled. The actual menu won't stay open it just flickers on and off in a split second. I've tried clearing data with TiBu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] daveid:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Seriously, look 7 posts up from yours, I posted a workaround... please attempt to read/search for an answer next time, they are often readily available.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dorkboy69:
Re: [ROM][2/9] CleanROM ACE 4.5 -★| Unrivaled Performance Stability! | The Clean Way!

Morning battery stat update.