Should I really invest in a good backup software like Sprite or is xBackup good enough? I'm more interested in the pros and cons if and when I have to do a hard reset on the road and need to restore from a backup.
Xbackup is perfctly fine if all you need to restore is your PIM stuff (contacts, calendar etc).
If you need to make sure you can restore all your programs etc, then yes get Spritebackup or something similar and back it all up to an SD card or MMC card.
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Just wanted to know if a backup was performed by selecting all data, would it save all the programs stored in storage memory too also my text messages and what else?
The "All data" option of xBackup will backup all data in volatile RAM; since RAM is further divided into program and storage portions, both program and storage data will be backed up. To make is easy to remember, xBackup backs up everything that you'd lose if you do a hard reset.
Storage and Storage Card data are not backed up.
Hope that helps.
I made a backup with Xbackup,
So you tell me, if I perform a hard reset, xbackup can place all my settings, docs and programs back???
that's great news !!!
Yes, that's what xBackup is meant for. 8)
On a few ocassions when newly-installed software causes problems with my Mini, I will do a hard reset and restore from xBackup.
I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.
But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine. Maybe it was due to the softwares I installed but I don't care. Now I've switched to Sprite Backup which is much much faster, takes up half the storage space and much more reliable. Looking back, xbackup is just crappy.
I had just the opposite experience: I switched from Sprite Backup back to xBackup.
No doubt Sprite Backup is much faster and allows me to select what I would like to backup or restore, but this caused me to revert to xBackup:
1. Installed errant software, ending up with lots of DLLs etc in the Windows folder.
2. Decided to restore with Sprite Backup with an image prior to the software installation.
3. Still saw old DLLs in the Windows folder.
I concluded then that Sprite Backup didn't restore cleanly; the same scenario with xBackup worked wonderfully; no old DLLs.
Besides, I kept losing my custom ringtones and Contact ID photos (I am using a Mini) whenever I restored from Sprite Backup. xBackup works for me.
solitary said:
I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.
But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine.
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You get this error message with Activesync restore if your Regional Settings are different. e.g. you backed up while set to the UK but are trying to restore on machine with the default USA setting. It will also give this error if the OS is a different version (e.g you applied a firmware upgrade). Because of this, it's worth indicating the region and firmware level in the backup filename for future reference.
Maybe xbackup is the same? Try changing the region before you restore.
Sprite or other backup software, when they do the backup is it an image of the system or just copies of the files with system state?
i'm thinking of creating a backup soon but i dont wanna lose all the settings/software installed in case i hard reset and then restore.
many thanks
i've just bought 2Gb memory card for my atom exec...i use to install all my software in my phone memory before,but it seems that the space in not enuff..so,shud install all the software into the memory card,and left the phone memory empty?shud i hard reset my phone b4 i install all the program into the mmry card?how bout the contacts that i save in my phone memory?how to transfer it?
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try to use pim backup.....try to search.....
Use SpB Backup. Specify custom backup and choose PIM email etc and it will back up only contacts SMS, email etc. Then you can choose where to put the backup, choose storage card.
The good thing about SpB Backup is that is creates an executable backup file and if you later flash your PDA like I do constantly with these new ROMs you just double click the exe and it will re install all your contacts and emails.
The problem with PIM backup utility is that once you flash your device you actually need the PIM backup program installed before you can use the backed up data, not so with spb backup.
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Use SpB Backup. Specify custom backup and choose PIM email etc and it will back up only contacts SMS, email etc. Then you can choose where to put the backup, choose storage card.
The good thing about SpB Backup is that is creates an executable backup file and if you later flash your PDA like I do constantly with these new ROMs you just double click the exe and it will re install all your contacts and emails.
The problem with PIM backup utility is that once you flash your device you actually need the PIM backup program installed before you can use the backed up data, not so with spb backup.
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yeah, that is correct. But for most cases, almost all cooked ROM are equipt with pimbackup so no need to install it right? it's quite handy and doesn't eat up resources or create large file.
On the contrary with SpB Backup, I would not recomment to use it if your going to reflash your unit to a new ROM(unless it's just a plain HR then go ahead and use it). Since every ROM is different, SpB Backup may cause unstable condition and eventualy crashes the unit forcing you to do another HR or even reflash.
Hello, im looking if its possible to make a backup of full Rom. Im wanna try install nand android but im afraid to lose all data/settings and everything from my Wm rom.
Sorry for new thread.Peace.
Spb backup, sprite backup, sktools, resco backup.
Do a full backup using SPB Backup, this will save all your settings/SMS/etc onto your SD card. Download a copy of the ROM on your phone.
If you want to return to WinMo, then flash the ROM and run the SPB Backup retore file on the SD Card - this will put all your stuff back into WinMo.
Thanks guys.
I need someone to give me a course "backing up 101" ... I have so many questions I do not know where to begin. I have muddled through rooting and things are running ok. I have even put CM7 on an SD card and it works but I do not understand about backing up:
Why do people backup individual apps when you could re-download them from market?
How do you backup "everything" (like all your apps at once and/or plus the ROM itself)?
When you backup something that is in internal memory (that's EMMC, right?) where does it back up to (my desktop? SD card? more internal memory?)
What programs (apps) do you use for backing up?
Any backing up info you would like to share would be very appreciated. Thank you.
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I need someone to give me a course "backing up 101" ... I have so many questions I do not know where to begin. I have muddled through rooting and things are running ok. I have even put CM7 on an SD card and it works but I do not understand about backing up:
Why do people backup individual apps when you could re-download them from market?
How do you backup "everything" (like all your apps at once and/or plus the ROM itself)?
When you backup something that is in internal memory (that's EMMC, right?) where does it back up to (my desktop? SD card? more internal memory?)
What programs (apps) do you use for backing up?
Any backing up info you would like to share would be very appreciated. Thank you.
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People back up roms with clockworkmod in case you have issues or want to flash another rom and something goes wrong allowing you to revert back to the old one. That backup is stored on your nooks sd card. People back up apps with Titanium backup from the market. You can save the app plus the data (gmail for example). Those are stored on your nooks sd card as well. If you have a lot of apps, in my opinion, it is easier to restore from titanium than redownload each one. Both clockworkmod and titanium backup creates folders on the sd card and recalls them when needed. You would not have to concern yourself with doing anything but choosing to back up or choosing to restore.
I make backups of the ROM because i'm constantly messing it and sometimes it's easier to restore it then try and fix what i've goofed up.
Using Titanium Backup i do a batch backup of all my apps at once, and if i need to restore even one app from it It's saved all data.
Backup ROM -keeps Angry Birds
Backup Angry Birds - saves all my completed levels.