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Best way to backup before root

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just search the market for a backup app.

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Which file saves your Android Data/Settings?

I am using the Desire v5 rom and want to replace some of the files but dont want to lose my data and settings in the process. Which file contains this information so that I can reuse it?
Thanks again!
Mike

The Mods dont like it if you open a thread for a silly question, that has been answered 100 times...
Use search next time please...
Backup Apps: Use ASTRO FILEMANAGER (Market, Free)
Backup Contacts: You can use sync with Gmail. (Read Discussion ANDROID post #4)
if you dont use gmail (which you should),
Get Sprite backup from the market to backup sms, word documents contact ect.

Need help getting Bell i9000m stock APKs

I thought I had used Titanium Backup to make backups of my base system, not realizing that it didn't make APK backups.
I then proceeded to remove a few packages here and there. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the Samsung Program Monitor Widget and the Samsung App Store (or whatever it's called), which means I can't update the Social Hub program.
Could send me a copy of their own APKs that I could use to restore my phone to stock apps/settings?

there is a topic in the application section with all the APK from the stock i9000 ROM
search for it

Swipe restote

I used titanium backup to backup the new Swipe before removing it. I went to restore it and there is a checkbox next to the item, instead of the other logo. Basically the restore feature is grayed out for most items I backed up? I went to the directory the backup uses and there is a compressed file for swipe. If I open it, I see some data, but no apk file.
Question 1st is how do I find the apk to restore this?
Question 2 is why can't I restore all backed up files via titanium (paid version)? Scares me to think I was safe using this product.

Use astro and hit the search button. Type swype with no spaces and search. You might find the apk that way.
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Well I just discovered something strange with most Apps backed up with titanium. If I click on a file that I backed up (say swipe from last update) and uninstalled via titanium, and I get a message that data was backed up, and but no apk present. Sure enough, if I click on the archived swipe file, I see a data file and folder and no apk. Why would titanium backup some files completely and partially with others?
Also, without doing a nand restore, which I really don't want to start from square one, how can I get the swipe apk from the last OTA? SwiftKey has been unreliable since their past two updates?
Thanks

Pull the APK from a stock rooted ROM's zip file.
TB usually won't backup /system apps because, y'know, they're in the non-writable system partition. Normally, they're still there, and normally, you don't mess with stuff in /system, nor should you copy stuff over from one ROM to another if it's a system app.

Creating a backup using the inbuilt MIUI backup.

Hi all, I found this good guide for backing up using the in built MIUI Backup feature so thought it may be useful put here.
CREATING A LOCAL BACKUP
This step is optional but if you want to have all the apps, settings, and arrangement of the apps back after flashing, you can create a local backup. Please remember that when flashing, all data on the device will be deleted.
Open the setting for local backup on the device by opening the Settings / Settings app.
Then you go to "Additional Settings / Advanced Settings" -> "Backup & reset / Backup & reset" .
Then continue with "Local Backup / Local Backup" and there you can see your current your backups and can scroll down to click on "Backup" to create a new backup.
In the next window, you can select which items you want to save. Look in the details, because it is often that sometimes you no longer need all the apps & or data. Also the contacts should be omitted if one has all his contacts with Google, since it then may duplicate twice.
Afterward the backup can be found on your internal memory folder "MIUI -> Backup" pthat is where your backup is stored.
Save this backup folder to your PC or SD card. Then you can in its entirety recover it using the same options in the backup "Restore"

Thanks this is handy,i assumed it was a micloud backup but a local one is really useful.
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So just to confirm I just did a backup & it stores the files in: Internal storage/MIUI/backup/...