What's the best backup app? I'd like something that saves all contacts, messages...possibly settings. Not too bothered about apps.
If it doesn't save apps, it's not very complete
MyBackup is OK, but I can't see it on the market as it's protected and for now Desire will not show protected apps.
Karolis said:
MyBackup is OK, but I can't see it on the market as it's protected and for now Desire will not show protected apps.
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You sure? It shows up ok in the one i have for the moment (Unbranded, 1.15.405.4)
UPDATE: Actually, just noticed it is only the trial that shows up.....here we go again with the protected apps nonsense!
I would strongly recommend Titanium Backup.
It does everything you need, plus lots of extra goodies
Zappza said:
I would strongly recommend Titanium Backup.
It does everything you need, plus lots of extra goodies
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But surely that only works on rooted phones?
norm2002 said:
But surely that only works on rooted phones?
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yes its only working on rooted phones. but if you want to backup ALL there is no real alternative (my back pro has now also a root modus but restore was buggy for me)
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To back up the way you have your screens set up? Also, how do I preserve user data from apps?
I hope someone helps!
cjcamilla said:
To back up the way you have your screens set up? Also, how do I preserve user data from apps?
I hope someone helps!
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go download titanium backup, don't know it you can preserve your senseui setup but it works fine with other launchers.
mrono said:
go download titanium backup, don't know it you can preserve your senseui setup but it works fine with other launchers.
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I'll go ahead and try it, thanks.
mrono said:
go download titanium backup, don't know it you can preserve your senseui setup but it works fine with other launchers.
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It can, you have to backup the item called "[DESKTOP] HTC Sense 1.00" It will be in green font.
Hi guys,
I've read the answer to this somewhere on the MT4G thread here but can't find it anymore for some reason.
I've rooted with the S off and all that good stuff and I do remember someone saying Titanium Backup would be a good way to remove all the T-Mobile stuff but....
1-I don't remember what is safe to remove
2-How exactly can I remove the stuff with Titanium Backup?
I'd appreciate if someone can direct me to the right thread or just help me out.
P.S: On a separate question, when I try to write someone's name on Handcent SMS into the TO part, contacts are showing in doubles. One without a dash between the numbers and one with a dash between the numbers in the format of 555-444-3333(the american way) It also happens on an app I use called Fast Dialer. I checked my contacts/view and I only have one selected which is PHONE.
Thanks again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869719
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851912
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825062
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839195
Not sure what you want to know that's not described in these 4 threads already.
thanks mate.
I know this might sound stupid but I get this screen below on the backup/restore section of TB and I can't seem to figure out how to freeze apps through this section.
Dodolom said:
I know this might sound stupid but I get this screen below on the backup/restore section of TB and I can't seem to figure out how to freeze apps through this section.
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click on "problems?" and it'll download the busy box, titanium backup will restart and you'll see the apps installed.
great. thanks a million. they are all in there now.
I used Root Explorer. I just selected the apps I wanted out, cut them and made a folder in my SD card. I pasted them there just in case I need to put them back. As soon as I did that, they were gone from my app drawer.
"Freeze" them in Titanium. It will remove them from your drawer listing but keeps all files on the phone in the event they are needed for future upgrades. You'll forget they ever existed; and you can "unfreeze" them later to put them back in the app drawer if you ever want to use them again.
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"Freeze" them in Titanium. It will remove them from your drawer listing but keeps all files on the phone in the event they are needed for future upgrades. You'll forget they ever existed; and you can "unfreeze" them later to put them back in the app drawer if you ever want to use them again.
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or... MAKE A NANDRID... then uninstall them and free up the space on your phone... you can make backups first and restore them in the future if necessary or you can skip the backup crap and use the nandroid to restore in the future...
thanks for all the responses guys.
At the bottom of my Titanium Backup application list I see two entries: `com.android.htcprofile` and `recovery`. Both are crossed out, as if they stand for uninstalled applications. They are not backed up, so there's no reason for them to appear in the list. Refreshing the list does not make these entries to go away.
What are these entries? What is the importance of having them in the list? Why does Titanium Backup display these entries in the list, even though Titanium Backup itself seems to understand that they are "uninstalled" and not backed up?
BUMP
I was wondering the same thing, I don't see Recovery anywhere in my list but I do see com.android.htcprofile
I'm having problems with my widgets disappearing on the stock Rom. Only on the stock homescreen not ADW. Was thinking this could be the cause possibly?
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I was wondering the same thing, I don't see Recovery anywhere in my list but I do see com.android.htcprofile
I'm having problems with my widgets disappearing on the stock Rom. Only on the stock homescreen not ADW. Was thinking this could be the cause possibly?
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If it was i am thinking it is.
HTC profile is a stock application much like blackberry has different applications. Same basic idea. When you are are home, and you have the "home profile" active it will not pull your work emails. If you are at work it pulls everything but lowers the volume not to disturb people around you.
and i do not have "recovery" on mine so i do not know what it does.
google doesn't even know the answer to your question, therefore, it must not have an answer.
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google doesn't even know the answer to your question, therefore, it must not have an answer.
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stumpped the google? the world must be ending shortly.
Lol that's why I posted and my profiles/modes work just fine.
option94 said:
google doesn't even know the answer to your question, therefore, it must not have an answer.
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Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Mrdaviso said:
Lol that's why I posted and my profiles/modes work just fine.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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Im just glad that you searched first. lol.
neidlinger said:
If it was i am thinking it is.
HTC profile is a stock application much like blackberry has different applications. Same basic idea. When you are are home, and you have the "home profile" active it will not pull your work emails. If you are at work it pulls everything but lowers the volume not to disturb people around you.
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Well, what I'd like to know is not what "HTC profile" does. The main question here is really about Titanium Backup: what exactly does that mean when Titanium Backup shows in its list an application that is crossed-out?
Normally, Titanium Backup shows a crossed-out application when you uninstall something. An uninstalled app is shown crossed-out until you refresh the list. After refresh it disappears. Sometimes, an uninstalled application might remain in the list if you previously backed it up. So, a persistent crossed-out entry normally means "it is uninstalled, but you still have a backup for it".
In my case I see `com.android.htcprofile` and `recovery` crossed-out in the list, but I have no backup for these applications. So, the question is why Titanium Backup keeps showing them in the list? What is Titanium Backup trying to tell me by keeping these crossed-out entries in its list?
Same here. DAMN, and I just did a system wipe, thinking I unistalled something by mistaki
I ended up at this thread when I Googled after encountering the same thing. I came across it because I was trying to free up some space. It is associated with a 4 MB+ text file which Titanium can't delete. I think the text file is the reason it's showing up.
I use TB a lot, and today it did, and continues to do something odd.
When I hit Backup/Restore, then batch, I get the screen where you select how you want to backup or restore things, then no matter what I hit, instead of the screen where you get to choose what to backup, it goes back to the main screen with the listing of all the apps/data on your phone.
Now I can do a backup or restore from there, one at a time by pressing on an app, then selecting what I want, but that's it.
WTF?
click the Problems box and redownload busybox. If that doesnt work, try uninstalling and reinstall TB.
Thx.. never considered re d/l'ing busybox
I've seen this. Clearing data for TB seems to clear it up too.
bkrodgers said:
I've seen this. Clearing data for TB seems to clear it up too.
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Actually, that's exactly what I did, and it did fix it.
So you have TB playing nice with CM7? Gingerbread + TB has always crapped on me.
Really?? I Never had an issue with it on CM
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So you have TB playing nice with CM7? Gingerbread + TB has always crapped on me.
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Cm7 USED to do that
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
Hey guys, i found this awesome app here on xda and thought i would share it with the inc community. What it does is restore your apps and app data (user and system) from a nandroid to your current rom. It can also restore wifi settings , bluetooth settings, bookmarks, home screen shortcuts, etc... It is in beta right now and not on the market yet, but works well on the inc thanks to some fixes by the developer. Here is the apps thread if anyone is interested. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414
Thanks man but can't TB already do this? Never tried it though.
On a side note, or the same. Looking to get a new phone in the coming months, TB will be able to transfer game saves (like angry birds) from the incredible to another droid without a problem right?
Hand76 said:
Thanks man but can't TB already do this? Never tried it though.
On a side note, or the same. Looking to get a new phone in the coming months, TB will be able to transfer game saves (like angry birds) from the incredible to another droid without a problem right?
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I dont know if TB can do this or not. I paid for and tried TB a while ago and found it over complicated, so i got a refund. My understanding is that TB has to run its own backup on an old rom and then restores it to a newly flashed rom. Where this app cuts out a step and extracts the apps and data from a nandroid you were going to make any way. Also for the moment at least, this app is free.