[mortenk]

Hi,

When upgrading ATV2 firmware, I need to jailbreak again and install XBMC again. The couple of times I have done this, I have actually rescanned the entire movie and tv-show data after upgrade. With over 1000 movies, this is pain. And also: losing the "watched" status on everything! The last time I did this, I discovered the mymediadb plugin which actually marks stuff as "watched" based on my online db.

But I have read some fragments here and there, that I might perhaps backup my settings and database to what it was before upgrade?! Am I right in performing these steps?

1. Upgrade to latest XBMC version before upgrade (so XBMC files are in the latest format etc.
2. Take a copy of "/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata"
3. Upgrade ATV2, jailbreak and install XBMC.
4. Copy back the the userdata folder and set owner/group to media on the userdata folder recurs.

Sums it up or not?

Thanks,

Morten

[emkay]

Yep, do exactly as you described and you will have all your data after reinstall.

EmKay

P.S: if you login as mobile instead of root when backing up and restoring the user data folder you can skip the chown step

P.P.S.: if you backup the complete XBMC folder instead of only the subdolder userdata you will also keep your installed plugins etc.