How to Backup & Restore TiviMate: Settings, Playlists & Favorites

If you have spent hours tailoring your IPTV setup—organizing thousands of live channels, curating custom sports folders, setting up parental PINs, and mapping electronic program guides—the last thing you want is to start from scratch when you purchase a new Amazon Fire TV Stick, upgrade to an Nvidia Shield TV Pro, or perform a factory reset.

Fortunately, TiviMate features one of the most reliable and efficient backup and restore engines in the streaming media player world. In this comprehensive 2026 guide, we demonstrate step-by-step how to export, migrate, and restore your complete TiviMate configuration alongside your Watchmyiptv subscription in under 60 seconds.

What Exactly is Saved Inside a TiviMate .tmb Backup File?

Unlike rudimentary media players that only export raw playlist URLs, TiviMate packages your entire app state into a compact encrypted binary file with the extension .tmb (TiviMate Backup). When you create a backup, it saves:

• • Active Playlists: All Xtream Codes API server addresses, usernames, and encrypted passwords.
• • Custom Favorites: Every starred live channel across sports, US networks, movies, and pay-per-view feeds.
• • Group Organization: Hidden categories (e.g. international languages you don't watch), custom re-ordered folders, and channel renumbering.
• • EPG Configurations: Primary and secondary XMLTV guide URLs, customized time offsets (e.g., +2 hours for Pacific time zones), and manual channel mappings.
• • Playback Customizations: Buffer size settings, Auto Frame Rate (AFR) matching toggles, audio decoder assignments (HW vs HW+), and parental control security PINs.

Step 1: How to Create a TiviMate Backup (Exporting Your .tmb File)

Generating your backup file takes fewer than four clicks using your television remote control. Follow this exact sequence:

1. Open the Settings Menu: From the live TV guide or channel overlay, press the Left arrow on your remote to display the side navigation bar. Scroll down and click the Settings gear icon.
2. Access General Settings: Inside the main settings panel, select General.
3. Click "Backup data": Scroll down to the bottom of the list and select Backup data.
4. Select Destination Storage: TiviMate will open its internal directory selector. Select Select folder, then choose:
   • Internal Storage > Download (Recommended default for Amazon Fire TV Stick and Android TV).
   • USB Drive / External OTG Storage (If you have a flash drive connected to your streaming box).
   • LAN / SMB Windows Share (If you store backups on a home computer or network attached storage).
5. Confirm Backup: Click Select or Backup. TiviMate will compile your database. Within 2 to 4 seconds, a green notification banner will display: "Data has been successfully backed up."

Step 2: Transferring the Backup File to Another Device

If you are creating a safety copy on the same device, you can skip to Step 3. However, if you are transferring your setup from your bedroom Firestick to your living room Nvidia Shield TV, you must move the .tmb file. Here are the two most practical methods:

Step 3: How to Restore TiviMate on Your New Device

Once your .tmb file is located on the destination streaming device, restoring your complete television interface takes seconds:

1. Install TiviMate: Download and install TiviMate on the new device (via the Google Play Store or using Downloader if on Firestick).
2. Navigate to Restore Data: Launch the app. On the initial setup screen, rather than clicking "Add Playlist", select Restore from backup. (Alternatively, if the app is already running, open Settings > General > Restore data).
3. Locate Your File: Select Select folder, browse to the directory where your .tmb file was received (usually /storage/emulated/0/Download/), and click on your backup archive.
4. Confirm Overwrite: TiviMate will display a confirmation dialog: "All current data will be replaced. Do you want to continue?" Select OK or Restore.
5. App Reload: TiviMate will restart automatically. In less than 10 seconds, your entire channel guide, customized groups, favorites, and Watchmyiptv channels will populate identically to your original device.

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