problem restoring apps to new phone

[cableguynoe]

Hey guys,

Just got a D3! Rooted and ready to go.

I'm pretty sure this isn't a D3 problem, but here goes.

I had all my apps backed up on my D2 on titanium, also on Astro and Ultimate backup.

I put my SD card into my D3 and I get nothing! There are zero apps to restore... what gives?

If i put the card back into my D2 they are all there. But it's like the D3 can't see them. But all my pictures are there, so I know it's seeing the SD card.
Why can't any of these backup apps see the backups? I've done this before when switching phones without any problems.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[dan330]

i have to ask the obvious first... is the backup app installed on the D3?

 

[cableguynoe]

i have to ask the obvious first... is the backup app installed on the D3?

hahaha.

Yes, of course. I've installed Astro, Titanium and Ultimate from the market.

 

[chanchan05]

Check out what folder are the backups in, then go to the Titanium app on your D3, then specify the folder from where to look for backups.

 

[dan330]

do you have a file manager app like astro.. see if you can find the folder and files... and then do as Chanchan05 says

 

[cableguynoe]

OK, i think I might have found the problem.

The backups are in /mnt/sdcard-ext/titaniumbackup.
Titanium is looking for them in mnt/sdcard/titaniumbackup.

How did the -ext happen? Dont know much about sd cards... but i never created a partition or anything like that.
Using root explorer I see there is an sdcard and an sdcard-ext.

IS there a way to merge those 2 together? Or how do I tell titanium where to look?

 

[T.M.M.L]

Greetings cableguy,

Forgive me if I ask what seems to be a silly question. It seems the D2 has 8gig of internal memory. Is it possible that all your backups went to the internal memory of your D2 and not to the SD card?

Does your D2 allow you to restore apps without the memory card installed in it?

If yes, then you will have to remake the backups, but this time you'll have to choose the destination of the files from within the menu options of which ever program you use.

Edit....

OK, i think I might have found the problem.

The backups are in /mnt/sdcard-ext/titaniumbackup.
Titanium is looking for them in mnt/sdcard/titaniumbackup.

How did the -ext happen? Dont know much about sd cards... but i never created a partition or anything like that.
Using root explorer I see there is an sdcard and an sdcard-ext.

IS there a way to merge those 2 together? Or how do I tell titanium where to look?

Its exactly what I thought. Well not quite. The EXT is the removable SD card. EXT(External)

In titanium, press the menu key and you should see a option for backup folder location. The first option will allow you to browse to the folder location of your choice. It should have an option to detect your backup folder location.



Hope this helps

 

[chanchan05]

It's somewhere in the settings. I don't have titanium anymore. Or just cut and paste them to the correct directory.

 

[cableguynoe]

Or just cut and paste them to the correct directory.

Thanks. I think that will work.

Dont have a USB cable at work with me today, so I guess I'll have to do this on my own time

 

[chanchan05]

You can use a file manager app for that.

 

[jerofld]

OK, i think I might have found the problem.

The backups are in /mnt/sdcard-ext/titaniumbackup.
Titanium is looking for them in mnt/sdcard/titaniumbackup.

How did the -ext happen? Dont know much about sd cards... but i never created a partition or anything like that.
Using root explorer I see there is an sdcard and an sdcard-ext.

IS there a way to merge those 2 together? Or how do I tell titanium where to look?

The ext gets added when the device has some user-accessible internal memory. Android treats all user storage space as an 'SDcard', even if it is internal memory. So when an actual SD card is inserted, it has to note the difference between internal memory (which Android assigned /sdcard) and an actual SD card.

 

[AndroidSPCS]

As mentioned above you can use SwiFTP to transfer files via wifi.

However I don't like restoring apps to a new phone or even a new ROM. I think it's cleanest and best to install from the Market with a new phone / ROM. It makes the phone most stable.

 

[cableguynoe]

As mentioned above you can use SwiFTP to transfer files via wifi.

However I don't like restoring apps to a new phone or even a new ROM. I think it's cleanest and best to install from the Market with a new phone / ROM. It makes the phone most stable.

Who has that kind of time? haha

After restoring old backups, usually they all need to be updated from the market, so I figure it ends up being the same thing.

Except I dont have to re-login to all my games, bank apps, work email exchange settings, etc, etc...

 

[AndroidSPCS]

Who has that kind of time? haha

After restoring old backups, usually they all need to be updated from the market, so I figure it ends up being the same thing.

Except I dont have to re-login to all my games, bank apps, work email exchange settings, etc, etc...

I always say do it right the first time, because doing it right the second time is far more time consuming. So I prefer a clean install when switching software, whether it's Windows, Android, or anything else.

You just never know when / if a software conflict comes up, that could cause a lot more headaches / time to debug and track down. Better to do it right the first time.

This is why I believe my Android devices / computers / etc all run extremely smoothly, hardly with any strange bugs or weird stuff happening. I don't have the time not to do it right the first time.