Hacking VitaBackup [WIP]

[Joel16]

VitaBackup is a minimal, user friendly backup tool for the PlayStation VITA. VitaBackup gives the user 100% flexibility on what they want to back up on their device. (Please look at editing backup config below). Currently the way it works is that it packs all the contents of a folder, or file to a single .tar file. After this is done, it adds the .tar file into a .zip file and compresses it if the user selects a level of compression.

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Current Features:

• See README.md.

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Planned features:

• Select a custom backup location instead of u*0:/data/VitaBackup/bacups/
• Back up to FTP/USB.

Spoiler: More Screenshots

Credits:

• See README.md.

Downloads:
https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup/releases

Source code:
https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup

 

[RY0M43CH1Z3N]

Thank you for you incredibles works for this community!!

 

[Joel16]

Backup process has been completed (at least the basic functionality). It backs up the entire path along with it as well, for example:

Say a person wants to backup their license, the app creates a tar file called license.tar in ux0:/data/VitaBackup/backups/
Inside the tar file, the entire path would be created ->
ux0:/license/ (all your license files)

So when a person would have to restore it, it basically extracts the contents into ux0:/ -> which overwrites any existing changes. The restore process has yet to be written however, but I might start releasing a beta at some point to make sure things are in good shape before an actual release.

 

[DinohScene]

Oh that is sweet!

Joel, Thank you for your work on some amazing pieces of homebrew.
Pieces of homebrew that I gladly use that help me repair and identify consoles in a jiffy.

 

[hellionz]

oh great , we need am app on this way on VITA

Thx bro

 

[mikey420]

Nice app. I like the idea of an open backup utility. Great addition to the available tools thank you

 

[Joel16]

Initial beta release is up!

Remember this is the first beta release, so bugs may exist and many things are subject to change in future releases. Also, do feel free to give some feedback as long as it's not anything crazy.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Known issues:

• Progress bars (especially when restoring) is not accurate.
• No touch controls as of yet.

Controls:

• Cross - to select item.
• Start - to begin backup/restore process.

Download:
https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup/releases

 

[AlternativeZero]

v1.00 is working great, at least at restoring the app.db which is what I wanted, haven't had the chance to test out the others yet.

 

[hellionz]

lets give a try

 

[djalmafreestyler]

Very useful! Thanks

 

[Reploid]

Good. Not useful for me, but someone might benefit of it

 

[Joel16]

Version 1.10 is up!

Spoiler: New Screenshots

Change-log:

• Completely re-structured the backup process:

This gives the user 100% flexibility on what they want to back up.
The user can decide on a name and path like so:
Modify the path.txt file in ur0:/data/VitaBackup/path.txt and add entries in the following format:

[name]~[path]

Example:
Trophies~ux0:/user/00/trophy
Licenses~ux0:/license

Do not put a forward slash at the end if it's a folder.

• Prevent home button and auto-suspend during backup/restore process.
• Only display scroll bar if we have more than 5 files.
• Use the proper enter/cancel buttons depending on your device's region. (JP uses the "Cross" button to cancel items)
• Backup archives have their timestamps separated by a '-'. (Example: some_file-2018-02-08.tar)
• Added a light theme in options. (Thanks to Berion for the design)
• Added minor touch controls in options and main menu.

Download: https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup/releases/tag/1.10

 

[sincaz]

The home button block was still active for me after completing a backup. Had to reboot the system since exiting the application wasn't possible. Nice work otherwise.

 

[Joel16]

The home button block was still active for me after completing a backup. Had to reboot the system since exiting the application wasn't possible. Nice work otherwise.

Just tested by backing up everything that was on the default path.txt, didn't happen here. This happens if it fails to backup one of them. Did you modify your path.txt to add anything to it?

Edit: Fixed it. It now unlocks the home button even if the backup process fails to properly read an incorrect entry in path.txt.

 

[Joel16]

Version 1.10 has been re-uploaded. Please re-download if you haven't. I just needed to make two quick fixes:

- Reset touch positions after using the touch screen (Will not interfere with the buttons anymore)
- Home button will no longer be blocked (even if the backup/restore process fails to read an entry properly)

Spoiler: New Screenshots

Change-log and Download: https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup/releases/tag/1.10

 

[sincaz]

I didn't change anything, but I just set everything to backup. However, ux0:/data/savegames didn't exist. I guess that's what triggered it. Thanks for the quick fix!

 

[Joel16]

Version 2.0.0 Released.

Change-log:

• Fixed bug with app.db not being backed up properly.
• Use sceIo instead of stdio for i/o handling.
• Display instructions in backup/restore screens.
• Removed light theme because it didn't fit well, and just took up a lot of space. (There is no longer a theme mode, because this is just a backup tool, we don't need that here.)
• Support files larger than 4GB.
• Add options to delete backup files from the restore menu. (Press cross to select files, then square to delete.)
• Add 11 levels of compression using miniz. (0 being no compression, which is generally recommended)
• Add more valuable data to initial backup list. (ur0:/data/VitaBackup/path.txt)

Spoiler: New Screenshots

https://github.com/joel16/VitaBackup/releases/tag/2.00

 

[RY0M43CH1Z3N]

I love you man for the support!

 

[phantom-lord]

Thank you so much for your hard work