Problems with Titanium Backup

[voydas]

Just installed a new rom (ESE53) and was excited to use Titanium Backup and when I restore everything, everything remains exactly the same. I clicked the Problems? button and updated to the right version of BusyBox. On the home page it says I may not be rooted properly if when you

his instructions are:

If the "Problems?" button fails to work, you can still do it manually:
Download busybox 1.15.3 and unzip it.
Copy the "busybox" file to the root directory of your phone's SD card.
Remount the SD card in the phone.
Open a shell on the phone, using either "adb shell" or the free "ConnectBot" app.
su
cd /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files
cat /sdcard/busybox > busybox
chmod 755 busybox
rm /sdcard/busybox
Exit the shell and restart Titanium Backup. If it says "busybox 1.15.3 from app" then it's a success !

Check if your phone is properly rooted:
su
whoami
You must see "root" or "whoami: unknown uid 0". If you see something different, your phone is not properly rooted.
busybox ls -l /data/data/ | busybox wc -l (to test your system's busybox)
cd /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/ ; ./busybox ls -l /data/data/ | ./busybox wc -l (to test Titanium Backup's busybox)
You must see a number. If you get "Permission denied", your phone is not properly rooted.

heres what I get:

Last login: Tue Mar  9 18:46:09 on console
STEVE-MAC:~ steven$ adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
$ su
# whoami
whoami: not found
# busybox ls -l /data/data/ | busybox wc -l
77
# cd /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/ ; ./busybox ls -l /data/data/ | ./busybox wc -l
77
# STEVE-MAC:~ steven$

Do I need the Donate version to properly restore my apps? I dont want to use my MyBackUp pro, it wasnt very recent and was very much looking forward to having the Market links synced.

Thanks.

[voydas]

and if it matters:

# STEVE-MAC:~ steven$ adb --help
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.25

[xMyStiCx]

1. Are you rooted?

[voydas]

1. Are you rooted?

Yes, I'm rooted. Running bugless beast 0.7, comes rooted.

[thatguychuck]

I haven't used Titanium backup, so I won't be much help there.

But...I don't think whoami is included in the system/bin of Bugless 0.7, I wonder if that is causing the issue.

[cvhovey]

Yes, I'm rooted. Running bugless beast 0.7, comes rooted.

My experience has been that some custom ROMs cause the busybox change the busybox permissions back to 644. As a result, Titanium Backup will erroneously report that you don't seem to properly have root.

What I've done in that case, using Root Explorer (available through the Market), is go into /system/xbin/, click on Mount R/W in the upper right corner, press/hold on busybox, select Permissions, and then be sure the 3 Read boxes are checked, the top Write box, and the 3 Execute boxes. Then click OK ... giving busybox 755 permissions. Finally click Mount R/O at top corner, back out of Root Explorer, and you should be able to use Titanium just fine. This has happened to me multiple times when trying out new ROMs.

Alternately, some people choose to click on Titanium's Problems? box on the bottom and do an auto-upgrade for busybox.

Hope either one of those solutions fixes the issue for you. I don't check this forum often, so need further help beyond this, there's always a one-size-fits-all iPhone ... because having a rooted phone means working through issues that crop up like this.

[thatguychuck]

Hope either one of those solutions fixes the issue for you. I don't check this forum often, so need further help beyond this, there's always a one-size-fits-all iPhone ... because having a rooted phone means working through issues that crop up like this.

That seemed a little uncalled for.

[voydas]

Yes, I'm rooted. Running bugless beast 0.7, comes rooted.

My experience has been that some custom ROMs cause the busybox change the busybox permissions back to 644. As a result, Titanium Backup will erroneously report that you don't seem to properly have root.

What I've done in that case, using Root Explorer (available through the Market), is go into /system/xbin/, click on Mount R/W in the upper right corner, press/hold on busybox, select Permissions, and then be sure the 3 Read boxes are checked, the top Write box, and the 3 Execute boxes. Then click OK ... giving busybox 755 permissions. Finally click Mount R/O at top corner, back out of Root Explorer, and you should be able to use Titanium just fine. This has happened to me multiple times when trying out new ROMs.

Alternately, some people choose to click on Titanium's Problems? box on the bottom and do an auto-upgrade for busybox.

Hope either one of those solutions fixes the issue for you. I don't check this forum often, so need further help beyond this, there's always a one-size-fits-all iPhone ... because having a rooted phone means working through issues that crop up like this.

I've tryed to update to their busybox and no luck. I'll try the alternative you suggested and report back.

[voydas]

On another note, it does say that I have root and all the right permissions to be able to restore my applications and data. Must I have the donated version in order to restore my apps? I mean it appears to be a problem with my root?

when i su i get the #
but whoami and which are not known commands.

halp.

[voydas]

I haven't used Titanium backup, so I won't be much help there.

But...I don't think whoami is included in the system/bin of Bugless 0.7, I wonder if that is causing the issue.

if that it is the issue how could it be resolved?