Root Any way to backup and restore my home screen layout?

[Sak01]

I used Titanium for the first time after a wipe and I must say it's a very nifty little app.

The only problem is that I still had to re-layout my Home screens. Is there any way to automate this? Namely getting back my wallpaper, widgets, shortcuts etc.

edit: and another thing; the reason I wiped is that I was downloading a bunch of apps from the Market when I got the dreaded 'low on space' warning.

This in spite of the fact that I've got app2sd+ enabled. After Titanium restored my apps it was fine but whilst installing more apps from market I can see the internal memory creeping down again. What gives?

 

[broads desire]

mybackup pro .... this will back up EVERYTHING! its what i use ..

it will backup the home screens settings and then when you wipe... reinstall in and run a restore and it will put everything abck in place... even widgets you havent installed yet will have a placeholder where they would have been

jus have to delete them and replace them when the widget is back installed...

 

[Sak01]

mybackup pro .... this will back up EVERYTHING! its what i use ..

it will backup the home screens settings and then when you wipe... reinstall in and run a restore and it will put everything abck in place... even widgets you havent installed yet will have a placeholder where they would have been

jus have to delete them and replace them when the widget is back installed...

Thanks for that.

I guess I should have bought that instead of Titanium Backup Pro. Are there any freebies out there that will backup just the Home screens?

edit: I found MyBackup Root which does what I need. Nice.

 

[SUroot]

I use both titanium and mybackup. A combination of both works well for me.

 

[Sak01]

I use both titanium and mybackup. A combination of both works well for me.

What do you use mybackup for apart from Home screens?

 

[Usta]

What do you use mybackup for apart from Home screens?

Same here - using a combo of TB+MB.
I use Mybackup for pretty much all the user data, including contacts, calendar, sms, Bookmarks, Alarms.

 

[Sak01]

Same here - using a combo of TB+MB.
I use Mybackup for pretty much all the user data, including contacts, calendar, sms, Bookmarks, Alarms.

Cool. I'll do the same and probably buy the pro if I use it a lot.

 

[matttye]

If you use Launcher Pro or Go Launcher EX these both a backup/restore feature built in.

 

[SUroot]

Yeah sms, book marks and alarms

 

[molitar]

I have had awful luck with Mybackup Pro! My contacts restore are duplicated! It keeps restoring emails from Google Contacts when I tell it not to! For every number you have in a contact it creates an additional contact! My home screen does not restore correctly! It fails and I need an app that works for backing up Home Screen and Contacts reliably and does not make me have to spend 20 damn minutes deleting all the crap contacts.

 

[SUroot]

Homescreen restoring is crap with any application. If your contacts are google contacts, they should not be backed up or restored. Same with calendars. They will end up duplicated.

 

[Hadron]

And conversely, if your contacts are not google contacts, just export them to SD from the contacts app.

 

[molitar]

And conversely, if your contacts are not google contacts, just export them to SD from the contacts app.

Thanks I didn't know you could do that.

 

[saltire]

Restoring Go launcher isn't too bad for me, only need to delete then re- add widgets and sort wallpaper photo (easy as only run 2 widgets). Apps/ folders all appear in right places.

 

[Hadron]

Yeah, depends on your layout - I have widgets but no app launchers on my homescreens, so effectively have to reinstate everything .

Still, at least it shows me where I had stuff previously

 

[molitar]

Restoring Go launcher isn't too bad for me, only need to delete then re- add widgets and sort wallpaper photo (easy as only run 2 widgets). Apps/ folders all appear in right places.

Go Launcher? I tried ADW Launcher and it did not work well with Sense at all.. How is Go Launcher is it transparent with the rest of Sense?

 

[Hadron]

I haven't used a Sense ROM since before Go Launcher existed, so cannot comment on that. ADW worked OK with Sense when I last used them together, but that was August 2010 so a lot will have changed since then.

What problems are you having? You won't be able to use the Sense widgets with any 3rd party launcher, if that is the issue, but there are alternatives for most of these.

 

[Adam Millward]

From my personal experience of trying to backup your home screen layout, I have found that the easiest way to do it is to screenshot each page before resetting your device. Just make sure the screenshots are on an ad card or backed up on a computer if your wiping/resetting the device.