Titanium Backup issues

[ergalthema]

Verizon S5 with towelroot and Safestrap nandroid.

I'm trying to use Titanium Backup for the first time. I'm watching the video on the Play Store page. The guy says to go to MENU>Preferences>Backup folder location, and then click "DETECT!". When I do, it shows a progress bar and then a message "No backup location was found." I can click back and navigate to the SD card, but it doesn't show up as a backup location.

Someone elsewhere said that KitKat has some issue with allowing apps to write to SD Card and suggested "SD KitKat Fixer". I installed it, tapped 'FIX', and it says "FIXED: Apps should be able to write to removable sdcards.". However, Titanium Backup says "This folder is not writable" for every folder on the SD card.

I'm hoping to eventually use Titanium Backup to remove some bloat and freeze some Samsung/Verizon processes, but I want to get the backup happening first. Every little step causes frustration because things never seem to happen the way they do in the instructional videos.

Also, under Help, there is an option to "Upgrade Superuser". This takes me to Superuser app on the Play Store. I already have SuperSU. Do I need to install Superuser?

 

[WoohooGuy]

You do not need to "upgrade" superuser, I am not even seeing the option in the settings. Are you running TB free?

SuperSU is the only and best SU manager you need.

I can suggest something for you to try -

Let TB set it's backup location by default, create a backup, then use a file explorer like ES File Explorer to navigate to that location and confirm the backup is there.

You can go one step farther and backup a simple app you downloaded and test the restore feature by uninstalling the app, then use TB to restore your backup to make sure it is viable.

After you are sure the backup feature is working, get an app from the market called Foldermount Root -

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en

FolderMount is a very simple but very powerful app that creates symbolic links to internal folders/apps on your system, moves the content of that folder onto your external sdcard, and then restores those links every time your phone reboots.

All you have to do is create the folder pair selecting the internal folder and external pair, FolderMount does the rest.

Create a folder pair/pin the folder TB wants to use to a folder on your sdcard.

To test the pairing, go back to TB and create a new backup of a different app you downloaded. Check the folder on your sdcard and see if the pairing worked.

Test the restore by uninstalling the app and restore the backup to make sure TB can read the backup from the sdcard.

If it all works, congrats. Consider buying FolderMount pro (internal app purchase) to allow more then 3 pairs at a time, they come in very handy.

Note that the inherent danger of moving app data to the sdcard is the possibility of losing the data if the phone loses power during access of the data, sdcard corruption, and what not.

Backup data that is important you, if you care to purchase TB pro it has a feature that will also copy your app backups to a cloud provider like Box or Dropbox to ensure another level of protection.

 

[funkylogik]

^completely this^
I also get the prompt to update superuser but I use SuperSU so I just ignore it
Another thing making Pro worth buying is that with the free one, when restoring apps you have to click "ok" for each app (i have over 300 apps lol but my wife only has about 60 and it annoys her enough that she's gonna go pro).
In pro you just leave it restoring in the background and it tells you when it's done :thumbup: