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[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] joemill:
I heard this as well from the battery optimization thread....

When I first got the phone I restored a backup from my s9plus with smart switch as well as restoring my Google data.

My battery life was not great at all. Noticed a lot of Google play services drain. Tried all solutions to remedy it (cleared cache in recovery, cleared Google services data) but still only got 5 hours SOT MAX.

I finally reset my phone and the battery life did improve to about 7~8 hours SOT. I set my phone back up completely and made a back up with the latest smart switch.

I recently had to reset my phone again and this time I restored that s10plus backup and the phone has still been good.

So maybe the issue lies in restoring a backup from a older phone or maybe it's been resolved in the latest smart switch app or maybe it's a random bug and I got lucky the second time.

If you got to reset might as well make a backup and try restoring with smart switch.

Let us know your feedback

Oh also a nice tip is to use Samsung pass to save all of your auto fill passwords. Just make sure you go into Samsung pass and sync your data to your account before you reset.:svetius:
[Nokia 7.1 Questions & Answers] Chemikus:
Hi, I can't debug with dual debugger (native + java) on Nokia 7.1

I asked question on stackoverflow but nobody answered.

Does anybody have similar problem?

Link to stackoverflow question:

stackoverflow . com/questions/56250853/unable-to-debug-with-dual-debugger-on-nokia-7-1

(remove spaces from link, I'm new here and can't post outside links)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] faraonsvk:
Hi, is there any setting or some app , where a setup minimum time between notification ? I found this article , https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-set-a-notification-frequency-limit-on-a-phone-For-instance-only-one-notification-is-allowed-to-make-a-sound-every-5-minutes but in my S10 this option is not there
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] VidJunky:
The article opens with, on Android Nougat... Do you have an overactive app that is sending you a lot of notifications? Let's talk about that, see if there's something you can do.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] StreetkillnHD:
Just wondering how is the screen u uniformity been with the op7, any half warm half cool screen or any warm or cool blotches?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] .vermilion:
Everything seems accurate here, no issues.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] acheney1990:
No issues on mine.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] StreetkillnHD:
Havent seen any reports so good
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] pankozin:
Iv got uniformity problems on my 7pro, but it's not a big deal

Upd. It's underscreen sensors, which are visible under some light conditions
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] StreetkillnHD:
The issue u have is with the sensors?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] pankozin:
Sensor circle is visible on medium gray, especially in night mode.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Reuben_skelz92:
So thats what that circle is ? I only see it in at night with the lights off, light brightness and night mode. Greys like on XDA there's a little circle
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] pankozin:
Yeah, I meant the same. Guess it's OK. The remaining screen is perfect.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Reuben_skelz92:
I was surprised to see it at first and was tempted to exchange. But it doesn't bother me tbh. Has to be in very particular conditions and most the time I don't notice.

But I'm glad it's not a screen issue ?
[General Questions and Answers] vukis:
Hi.

Just had and upgrade from OnePlus 6t to OnePlus 7 pro. I was thinking, that it's gonna to be easy walk in the park using my old friend Titanium backup. Ow how I was wrong. I used "migrate system data" checkbox checked

Every third user app force closes after restore from titanium backup

All user settings bluetooth / wifi pairings was was not restored successfully. Didnt even tried messages and call logs, as I read in play store comments, that it's also a failure

Box.com backups of app got's corrupted. Downloaded backups verification fails with "error with properties of backup". In details it shows: has data:yes, has app:No. But folder size is same as on source system. Simple to test on single device: backup any app, upload to box.com. Uninstall app and delete it's backup. Sync back from box to titanium backup. And this app is not restoreable anymore. Same test succeeds with google drive. Wrote support, but no answer. Ended moving files between devices via oneplus file manager file dash.

Folder organizer labels does not work anymore

How I can backup and move titanium settings and labels from one device to another? "Auto sync tb settings" checkbox does not generate any file on source device for me

UI issues trimming part of the labels / texts

And it's not only me. See one of the most thanked comment on play store from 2019-03-18:

I don't want to say farewell to my old beloved friend, but lack of support and such issues is not acceptable for me. Any recommendations for reliable backup app?
[General Questions and Answers] vukis:
I think I found alternative: Swift backup.

Supports all new android features (split apks + permision restore). Also app has extremely active and supportive telegram group with app author in constant contact with users. Requested one feature, and it got implemented in a few moments!
[General Questions and Answers] frov:
I also now start running into hanging restores using trusty old Titanium Backup. So it stopped working properly. I indeed reckon it is due to split apks. So I am now also stuck wondering whether to ask for updating TB or move over to using something else. I will have a look at your found alternative, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] DrWowe:
Necrothreading here :p. But in 2020 Titanium still freezes on split APKs and doesn't support DE app data. I also took a look at Swift but immediately rejected it because it won't run even in a basic mode without GApps and a sign-in - useless when testing developer ROMs where the gapps might be broken.

Any other 2020 root backup solutions that work?
[General Questions and Answers] cash_h:
Those apps are not taken care because people don't root their phones nowadays. Would recommend you to use TWRP for backup.
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Fitzie:
had the same issue, but I fixed it with disabling this android setting: "Verify apps over USB". This setting is under system > developer options, so you will have to enabled developer mode..

I found this advice elsewhere, so I thought I'd put it here too. I'm looking for an alternative for titanium, (I'm happily using SMS Backup and Restore), but haven't found anything I like just yet.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Swift Backup

And

Helium
[General Questions and Answers] dadnammit:
I disabled "Verify apps over USB" and it allowed my hanging restores to complete.

HOWEVER, the apps in question then crashed every time I tried to open them. So not truly a working solution. :(
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Fitzie:
did you take a look at logcat for details of the crash? I think I had similar issues, and it turns out I needed to change permissions/ownership on a single directory (/sdcard?). I had to do this once, and then all subsequent restores have been working fine. it's quite easy to do with "adb logcat" and then just try to start the app.

The best thing I did was not to try to restore everything on the new phone, but just selectively restore apps that I missed from the old phone over time. apps like signal/whatapp need specialized restore processes anyway due the encryption, and the storage of data outside of the app data location.

hth/
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
SWIFT requires GAPPS. If you're trying to move away from Google, it won't work.

I have noticed on my own phone that Titanium Backup often does not restore the APK properly. However, I have had great success with it in restoring app data and I can always download and install the app from APKMonk, APKMirror F-Droid or my backup APK. Unfortunately, without GAPPS, the Titanium Backup PRO key will not work and the free app is too limiting. Titanium Backup does have the capability of using a license file and I have tried multiple times to contact the programmer to acquire or re-buy the license file but I have heard nothing back from them since I started pestering them a month ago, not from their TitaniumTrack website, not from the legacy page and not by direct email to Mr. Bourquard. I'm going to keep trying but there have been no updates to the app in Google Play since 24 Nov 2019 (the TitaniumTrack website has a change log but no update date). I hope he isn't dead ... :(
[General Questions and Answers] dadnammit:
The problem of apps with Split APK's makes it harder to make your own backup APK, and if you can't find the full APK on a mirror, you can be in trouble.

I have found a good solution using SAI ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aefyr.sai&hl=en&gl=US ).

I backup the app with TiB (which, as you say, does a good job still with the app data). And I backup the APKs with SAI. Between the two, I can rollback/restore/etcetera.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
That's not a bad idea. :)

I recently migrated away from Google and have /e/OS loaded on my phone without GAPPS. I can use Aurora Store to access Google Play but SAI is also available in the /e/ store so I'll get it from there. I had looked at and rejected SAI because it doesn't save app data but I'll try combining the two.
[General Questions and Answers] simplydat:
I'm not sure why Swift Backup is not talked about more often. It's one of the best backup app out there. Way better than what Titanium offers.
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys:
Well, unfortunately Titanium hasn't been updated in ages...
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Just wish the app would grab the data, too.
[General Questions and Answers] deadmeiker:
I also search a new Backup ap and tried swift.

I tried it with some apps and the datas are also restored
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
As I explained earlier, Swift requires the Google Play store, which I purposely do not have installed on my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] charlie@39:
Have you guys not heard of oandbackup ? It's not updated since 2019 but I think it does a pretty good job, the github page also mentions about how to restore the files manually and setting security context etc. I haven't tried it but I am about too.
[General Questions and Answers] charlie@39:
It is no longer mandatory to have GApps, though it is still mandatory to sign to google account. You can still do local back up
[General Questions and Answers] jinz24:
I have a rooted Poco X3 NFC

What can I use to back up all my data including apps, app permissions, etc to restore on another rooted Xiaomi device?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Shojimeguro:
try swift as author recommends
[General Questions and Answers] innocence07:
If anyone is still looking, this alternative is closer to titanium backup in terms of ui, functionality and overall fell, OandBackup
[General Questions and Answers] Atharkhan101:
I love you bro. You saved my life. Now restores are not forever for some apps.
[General Questions and Answers] dohanin:
I have been using Swift Backup and am satisfied with it except it forces encryption of app data. According to its FAQ (https://swiftapps.org/faq#encryption), the backups can only be restored using same google account and using Swift Backup.

Anyone knows if I can restore my backup done on another device? I used to use Titanium Backup to back up and restore app data from old phone to new phone and am curious to know if Swift Backup is able to do so.

Even if it can, there is still some inconvenience. For example, if I want to examine the app data (*.dat files), I must restore it first (which would overwrite the current version) and then use root explorer to copy out the files. Whereas with Titanium Backup, I can always extract from the data from archive files (*.gz).

Any other good alternatives to Titanium Backup and Swift Backup?
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
Go with Swift Backup and you won't regret it.
[General Questions and Answers] dohanin:
Yes, i like it, but the only thing is that I can't manually extra contents from the app data backups, since those archives are encrypted and there is no way to disable it.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
S

Swift Backup requires the Google Playstore, which we de-Googled folks purposely leave off the phone.

I think more people are rooting their phones now with all the political censorship going on.

I did find a script that uses ADB to backup your rooted phone to a computer - don't know if anyone would be interested in that.

The developer of SD Maid is working on a Titanium Backup alternative called Backup Butler. No idea when it will be ready for release and it's not in Alpha yet.
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
I think you could sort it out with AppCloner. It has a feature to go around Google Play Services.
[General Questions and Answers] veekay:
Really disappoiinting with this news about TB. I'm still on A10 and haven't had any issues using it, but now I worry what will happens when it comes time to upgrade. I'm pretty sure this was my first paid app back in the day and I'm very partial to it.
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
Have you actually tried to use TB to backup a recently updated app (this is to make sure the version of the APK is a "split APK"), then uninstall that app and try to use TB to restore that app? The chances are the restored app will crash when you try to run it.

This is because it seems google is now requiring more apps to use "Split APK"s when uploaded to the Playstore. And TB does not know how to properly back these new types of APK, so when it restores one of these newer APK's , that restored app will crash.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
{Mod edit: Quoted post has been deleted}

Tried OandBackupX. Doesn't work on Nougat.
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
Yeah, it's for "Android 8+".
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
[Dear Moderator, I am unable to find the forum rules easily, so I don't know exactly what rule #5 says. However, the following post is a unique response to a post in this thread and hopefully helpful to the readers of it]

It appears TB is not compatible with the newer "split apks" format for newer apps in the appstore.

This newer app works great with Split APK's and has a lot of features similar to TB:

GitHub - NeoApplications/Neo-Backup: backup manager for android

backup manager for android. Contribute to NeoApplications/Neo-Backup development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[General Questions and Answers] RelaxDA:
I'm getting failed to restore apk with something along these lines:

" *APP* failed to install: System package manager rejected the backed up APK [Success: streamed xxx bytes, Failure [INSTALL_ FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE]] 1 app(s) skipped restoring as no apk was found"
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
See if this issue was already reported, and if not, submit a new bug report:

Issues · NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

backup manager for android. Contribute to NeoApplications/Neo-Backup development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[General Questions and Answers] xerel89:
I am also searching a system backup app.

In the moment I use migrate, but this app can not save pictures and video
[General Questions and Answers] RelaxDA:
I don't think any of the apps do backups of media, you should transfer that either to cloud or via cable to your PC, you can also try Synching, but it isn't recommended as an only backup option.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I use the FTP server in the file-manager MiX on the device, and FilesZilla on my Windows desktop, to manually backup or restore my sdcard to my PC. ie picture and video etc etc etc
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
This open-source backup/sync app supports FTP and MTP and works great!

FreeFileSync

Download FreeFileSync 13.7. FreeFileSync is a free open source data backup software that helps you synchronize files and folders on Windows, Linux and macOS.

freefilesync.org
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
I have used FreeFileSync myself and I'm sure that it would work with your phone / SD card.

Still no app that can do a backup/restore of apps/data on a de-Googled phone.
[General Questions and Answers] xerel89:
But this app only works on the PC and is not installable on the mobile phone, did I understand that correctly?
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
This app is designed to only backup files on your internal memory and because it supports MTP, it should be able to backup those files from your phone to the PC without having to install any app on your phone because this app will access those files as if your phone was a memory stick.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Yes, it is a PC backup app but it should recognize your phone as a storage device and back it up to wherever you designate.
[General Questions and Answers] olalbinx:
can i use swift to backup my netflix app and restore when i install a new rom? because i used tested it with my youtube vanced app and it didnt work. The app just kept crashing.
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
If your device is rooted, NeoBackup is far superior to Swift Backup:

GitHub - NeoApplications/Neo-Backup: backup manager for android

backup manager for android. Contribute to NeoApplications/Neo-Backup development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[General Questions and Answers] xerel89:
What is a swift backup?
[General Questions and Answers] olalbinx:
and it will backup my netflix downloads?
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
It has the ability to backup "additional" data files such as "External Data", "OBB Data" and "Media Data", so there is a good chance it will, but you can always try it for yourself.
[General Questions and Answers] olalbinx:
so i just tested it with youtube vanced and it was able to restore a download i made something swift wasnt able to do. Thanks alot.
[General Questions and Answers] xerel89:
There are no great differences with migrate or?
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Oooh! New! I'll be trying NeoBackup for sure!
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
NeoBackup is still pretty rough around the edges. Interface is missing things like labels for rows of check boxes, settings buttons don't all work and backing up stuff seems to make it disappear. Think I'm going to have to wait a little longer for a decent Titanium Backup alternative.
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
It's actively being developed right now, so your best bet to get those bugs fixed is to report them asap because I don't know of anyone else working on a root-mode backup program that has even a fraction of the features of NeoBackup, so you'll be waiting a very long time for another app.

Here's the link to report bugs:

Issues · NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

backup manager for android. Contribute to NeoApplications/Neo-Backup development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Got it. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] veekay:
Will be following NeoBackup - thanks for the mention of it
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
It is a very good application I'm using which is serving as an alternative for the other backup applications. I'm happy with it.
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
I didn't try it with netflix. My YouTube works totally fine after being restored.

In case it doesn't work just back up the data and everything else and reinstall the application. Restore the data after that.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
I have no doubt that it works very well - just not with a de-Googled phone - and, I think with the current surveillance state in place, de-Googled phones are going to become somewhat more popular.
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
I guess your case is specific then.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Well, specific to phones without Google Play services, yeah.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
I think that I've found an alternative to Titanium Backup. The app is called Migrate and is available on the Google Playstore. It's a bit difficult to use, has multiple parts, does not support SD cards (you have to move the ZIP file back and forth manually) but it will successfully back up and restore all applications, even games and game data. Came highly recommended to me from a person who sells rooted / modded phones for a living.

edit 20230106: SD card support has been added.
[General Questions and Answers] AirFlame:
I miss TB option to make shortcuts stop/run app on my home screen.
[General Questions and Answers] immortel_la:
can Swift freeze/unfreeze apps though?
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
I'm sure that Swift is perfect for those with Google Play installed. For those of us with rooted / modded phones who have chosen not to install GAPPS, Swift is not an acceptable substitute. The Migrate suite of apps seem to be doing the trick for me. I highly recommend them.
[General Questions and Answers] immortel_la:
i mostly need freeze/unfreeze app from titanium backup, and sometimes full backup when buying new phones. can i use migrate for the former and neobackup for the latter? or migrate can do them both?
[General Questions and Answers] EngineerMind:
Neobackup should be able to do both.
[General Questions and Answers] Shadeclan:
Migrate is used strictly for moving stuff on and off the phone and has saved my keester many times. If you need to freeze / unfreeze apps and your phone is rooted, I find that SD Maid is an excellent tool for that and has many other useful functions as well. Hope that helps.
[General Questions and Answers] immortalwon:
I have yet to find a working full internal storage backup that backs up everything 1:1 ratio as an image
[General Questions and Answers] doggydog2:
With TitaniumBackup™ dead for several years, I was using 3C® Toolbox, which offers "everything you can imagine".

I've had backups ready on Samba. Was just switching phones after a long time. I did make an extra backup with NeoBackup™ "just in case" despite i hated its predecessor, and copied to PC. Oh my god, that was a good decision.

First luck was, the phone died literally next day:)

Second luck was, NeoBackup did much better data copies. I was shocked to find out empty data for most apps with 3C. Compares all backed up properties and it was pretty poor (and worse than in past). Meanwhile NeoBackup restored so much, that I could literally continue working with tricky apps like Telegram or banking just where i ended. Very few exceptions like Signal.

Great app! So much better than OandbackupX.