New Busy Box released - Ti Backup working

A new Busy Box was released on the Market. Now if you are asking yourself, “What the heck is busy box?” I can understand that. Basically busy box is a set of Unix commands other programs can call to do whatever it is they need to do. (See Wiki on Busy Box) Many root type applications will need a copy of busybox to run correctly. One such program that relies heavily on busy box is Titanium Backup. Up until today Ti backup was a bit “crippled” because you could not backup, freeze, and restore system level applications. The new BusyBox fixes this.



If you do not see an information screen in Titanium Backup (like the one above) that points to the new (BusyBox 1.18.x from system), then you may have to go to Applications > Manage Applications > Titanium Backup > Force Stop the app. Then remove the cache and data for the app.

Why is it so important to have Titanium Backup or other such program running correctly? Because once we start seeing a lot of new custom builds for the Xoom you will take a full backup of all your USER apps, install the new ROM, then batch restore all your applications with all your personal settings back to your tablet. Once you get good at the whole process it will not take you more than 15-20 minutes to backup all your data, wipe your Xoom, install the new OS, then have all your applications running again. In addtion, if you do not like any of your SYSTEM applications you can back them up and remove them or “freeze” them. Then when an OS upgrade comes around you can restore or “defrost” them all and take the upgrade. GOOD STUFF!

Notice now on my Xoom I can see both system and user apps from within Ti BU:


And if you have never seen the batch menu in Ti Backup it looks like this:

Once we get a working SD card I am sure we will see a torrent of new OS mods and custom upgrades. Stay tuned.