If the issue persists, you may try to enable the “Force use system busybox” option in the preferences as a last resort.įor those who are interested in this (and are too lazy to look it up at Wikipedia ? ): You can think of busybox as a “system toolbox”.
If, however, you have problems with root access or with busybox, try hitting the “Problems” button to upgrade your “Superuser” app first. Titanium Backup uses an optimized, built-in version of busybox by default, so you usually don’t need to change anything.
If all requirements are met, you can go to the market and install the application from there – as you do with all other applications.
Android OS versions from 1.5 to 4.0 are tested and supported. Titanium Backup is designed to work on any rooted Android device. Also required is that you have the “superuser” application installed, which in most cases is done during the “rooting process”. So this is something you have to take care of yourself. That is, you must have “super-user” permissions on your device except for developer devices, none have this as they are shipped. Of course, you need an Android phone which – you might have guessed from the preface – must be “rooted”. Those which can require root access – and so does Titanium Backup. Most backup applications only cover parts of what’s involved: They either backup (and restore) only your applications, or your SMS, or … And last but not least, only a few can even backup your applications settings. Or think of upgrading to a newer/different ROM: Do you want to spend hours afterwards fuzzing around re-instalingl and re-configuring all your applications and settings – if the same result can be achieved by just tapping three times and leaning back? Tips & Suggestions for using Titanium BackupĪ reliable backup is a must – especially when thoroughly investigating your (new) Android phone, testing a lot of apps, and playing with all those settings – so in case of trouble you can simply revert.
How to restore your backups after installing a ROM (if you wiped your phone).It will enhance your understanding on the application and at the same time tell you why is this application a must have for any Android user. If this is the first time you are using Titanium Backup, this is the best place to begin.
I have only had that happen once, but the backup saved me from having to restart setting up all the filters etc.This is the Titanium Backup official manual.
This way I can always know that if, for whatever possible reasons, the original in the data folder is erased possibly due to tibu being a system app in a new ROM, I have it all in the extra backup folder. I like to make a copy and put it in a folder inside the main data folder and name it tibulatest, or whatever you prefer. So just erase data again in app management and restart and now tibu has been recalibrated with the most recent set up.Īlso all of the data and databases are separate from the app backups, found in data folder on your sdcard. This results in missing categories and identifying colors to apps left.Īlso it won't have any of newer categories you have made. Then restart tibu, and all the correct data will be there as tibu backs up your preferences, settings, filters and categories and which apps are in which category.Īlso this is recommended when flashing to restore a backup as it will be reading tibu data that is from when the backup was made. Sometimes you just need to go to the application management page and clear data.