SS 4.x - bkapps and rstapps - What R They?

[ChevyNo1]

bkapps/rstapps


These two scripts are certain to become your total backup/restore procedure if you flash ROMS as frequently as I do! They are still a work in progress, so I welcome comments and suggestions. In addition, there is some new functionality in 4.1 only; it's option is simply '-c':

bkapps -c and
rstapps -c

This option is to be used alone, no others apply. This represents a COMPLETE backup/restore. What do I mean by complete? EVERYTHING, with the exception of on-screen widgets. If you know how they are programmed that would be obvious as to why. So, this even includes all of your accounts, Google/Facebook/Corporate/Twitter, and background wallpaper. It even includes your MMS messages!

How quick are they?

How about 46 seconds to backup 51 market apps, including all data, mms, etc?

How about 2 minutes, 26 seconds, to restore all of that back?




Note that only '-c' saves everything. '-a' will back up apps + data, but no accounts, no mms, desktop, etc.

I will also note this, since I've stated this is a 'progress in works': Either use just '-c' or just '-a' along with app lists; the two right now are not playing well together. I recommend '-c' since it does everything, and I presume that's what 99% of you are looking for. In addition - this currently only stores ONE backup. Which means if you have a full backup taken, and you accidentally run bkapps again say on a fresh ROM with no apps ... you just blew away your backup. So only run this when you are doing a FULL backup. Future version will allow for multiple.




BKAPPS

Usage: bkapps -a [app1 app2 app3]

-a -> Backup ALL apps and their data
-c -> COMPLETE backup, including accounts, mms msgs, desktop, etc

App lists are separated by spaces

If you specify -a, everything will be backed up.
If you want only certain apps, specify them without
the -a option. In addition, only partial names of
apps need to be specified, ie faceb will match on
com.facebook.katana.

Use rstapps to restore.




RSTAPPS

Usage: rstapps [app1 app2 app3] -a -f -np -nd -p -x [app1 app2 app3]

-a -> Restore ALL apps and their data
-c -> COMPLETE restore, including accounts, mms msgs, desktop, etc
-f -> force reinstallation, even if local is more recent
-np -> Don't set permissions
-nd -> Don't restore data files
-x -> Exclude following apps from restoration
-p -> Fix permissions only

App lists are separated by spaces; the list ends when the next
parameter (ie. -f) is specified.

In addition, only partial names of apps need to be specified,
ie faceb will match on com.facebook.katana.

NOTE: If apps are running when you try to restore them, they WILL be killed

[joshk]

When I run terminal emulator on my phone I get permission denied no matter what I try to run. For instance I just tried bkapps -a and it says denied but then says be patient then says cant open /data/data
cannot create /sdcard/chevyno1/apps/myapps.1st:: directory nonexsistant

Says the above a couple times then finishes by saying all apps backed up??? Am I an idiot or doing something wrong. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps. By the way its all command or scripts I try not just backup or restore.

JOSH

[ChevyNo1]

When I run terminal emulator on my phone I get permission denied no matter what I try to run. For instance I just tried bkapps -a and it says denied but then says be patient then says cant open /data/data
cannot create /sdcard/chevyno1/apps/myapps.1st:: directory nonexsistant

Says the above a couple times then finishes by saying all apps backed up??? Am I an idiot or doing something wrong. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps. By the way its all command or scripts I try not just backup or restore.

JOSH

Hi Josh, there was a 'bug' in the first implementation of bkapps - if you make sure to create the directory on your sdcard first (chevyno1/apps) it should work. This is fixed in the next release.

[joshk]

Thanks for the quick reply!!

JOSH

[stewp97]

I think I got it to work. I have a file called /sdcard/chevyno1/apps/backup.tgz It is 5231374 bytes in size. I will try a restore when I update to 4.1 Thanks for your work on it!

peter

[stewp97]

I wiped and installed 4.1. After I rstapps -c and rebooted the phone a couple of times with a battery pull, I was getting FCs on most apps. I tried the ulv kernel as well since it worked well on 4.0 for me. Same FCs. I ended up re-wipping and reinstalled a nandroid backup of 4.0, then upgraded to 4.1 without wipping. Everything seems to working fine now.

peter

[ChevyNo1]

I wiped and installed 4.1. After I rstapps -c and rebooted the phone a couple of times with a battery pull, I was getting FCs on most apps. I tried the ulv kernel as well since it worked well on 4.0 for me. Same FCs. I ended up re-wipping and reinstalled a nandroid backup of 4.0, then upgraded to 4.1 without wipping. Everything seems to working fine now.

peter

OK thanks for the feedback - hmmm, odd. I've tested this exact scenario myself several times ...

[stewp97]

OK thanks for the feedback - hmmm, odd. I've tested this exact scenario myself several times ...

Could always be user error too!

I did log into my Google account before I did the restore, and I think my apps started to download automatically from the market before I did the restore. I wonder if that might have been the problem?

[ChevyNo1]

OK thanks for the feedback - hmmm, odd. I've tested this exact scenario myself several times ...

Could always be user error too!

I did log into my Google account before I did the restore, and I think my apps started to download automatically from the market before I did the restore. I wonder if that might have been the problem?

That is a possibility - I'll test it out

[stewp97]

OK thanks for the feedback - hmmm, odd. I've tested this exact scenario myself several times ...

Could always be user error too!

I did log into my Google account before I did the restore, and I think my apps started to download automatically from the market before I did the restore. I wonder if that might have been the problem?

That is a possibility - I'll test it out

I tried it again without logging into Google first. Several apps were still giving me FCs, but mainly it was NewsRob. I tried to reinstall from the market and restore from Titanium. No luck with either method. A couple of the other apps I was having problems with seemed to work this time though.

It looks like a great way to backup and restore the phone. I will try it again next time!

thanks, peter