I've a question. Is there any way we can retain all the data i.e. Contacts, SMSs, Applications when changing from 1 Build to another?
Eg I currently using [darkstone HD2Froyo v1] and wanna change to mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense. So is there any way to do that without losing on the Apps, Contacts, SMSs?
Bump , I am wondering about the same thing too.
For personal data (except text messages), you can set up a Google email and sync. Your contact details will appear each time you load a new ROM.
For backing up programs you can try Astro File Manager which allows you to back up and reinstall all of your programs.
......not sure how to deal with. Text messages.
Hope this helps.
Michael
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Use MyBackup and MyBackupPro(Paid App) and you can backup and restore your apps and your contacts, call logs, SMS, MMS etc. The apps can be restored along with the settings for the apps so you dont have to setup the apps after restoring.
Titanium Backup.
does that back up saved game data too?
evolutionqy7 said:
does that back up saved game data too?
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Yes, Titanium Backup does back up saved game data. Why the rolleyes?
SEARCH PEOPLE!!! not just in HD2 development, but all over XDA, there are tons of threads stating how to move data/text/settings/apps over from one build to another.
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Yes, Titanium Backup does back up saved game data. Why the rolleyes?
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cause i like em titanium build is for rooted devices and my build isnt rooted
My backup works awesome
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I'm just curious about the way you guys back up your devices before wiping your phone.
I usually use Astro to back up my apps, although it doesn't save the apps data, and use SMS Backup & Restore for my messages.
How do you guys do it?
Mybackup pro - does it all
I also use My Backup Pro. I tried Titanium a few times and it always screws something up royally. Backing up my SMS messages is something I can't afford to have done improperly and MBP does everything perfectly.
does MBP save apps data? or does it only save the apk's?
I am curious about this as well... I love trying to keep up to date with everything in the rom business but having to redo all my settings, reinstall my apps (even though they are backed up) and having my contacts get ****ed up all the time is just plain annoying....
I don't know what that other guy is talking about but Titananium Backup is awesome! Backs up apks AND app data.
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I don't know what that other guy is talking about but Titananium Backup is awesome! Backs up apks AND app data.
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I agree. Excellent app!
I've never used anything other than NAndroid.
I use both Titanium back-up (for apps and app data) and My Back-Up Pro for SMS, Call logs, and whatever else (Except Contacts and Calendar). Always works pretty great. I don't know about any problems with Titanium backup. I think it works great, could just use a better UI.
Yup, i use that exact combo too ^
I like Titanium back-up and it does a great job!
WaveSecure Beta also does a good job with SMS and Call Logs. Sends them to a server rather than backup up on your SD card.
Hi everyone
Firstly, my phone is unrooted and running the stock vodafone rom (2.1) that the phone came with on day 1.
I've seen that froyo has been released for the wildfire. Whilst waiting for vodafone to push it to me I was wondering how do I backup my sms messages, contacts, keyboard dictionary etc?
Thanks
You come into market and Download My Backup Pro and creates backups of both apps and data.
Are there any free apps that do the same?
Contacts can be backed up to your google account or to sd card via contacts app. sms, use sms backup from market.
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fireice7 said:
Are there any free apps that do the same?
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I think the MyBackup free version works fine but when you come to reinstall apps you have to do them one at a time. if you are going to do it regularly id suggest buying the app as its so much easier.
Or try Titanium Backup.
... without wiping out everything on my calendar and agenda? I have lots of stuff to remember...
Why don't you just sync your calendar with Google Calendar, then sync it back again once the ROM has been flashed ?
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Why don't you just sync your calendar with Google Calendar, then sync it back again once the ROM has been flashed ?
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+1 for synching to Google Calendar (and contacts to Gmail, for that matter). Google is so well integrated into Android, it makes synching these things completely effortless when flashing ROMs, switching devices, etc. Just enter your Google login, and everything is just there, its wonderful!
What if I'm using Jorte calendar app.
I have a lot of memos and tasks as well.
While I'm at it, I also noted a lotta crap with the NoteEverything app.
Dunno, backup the app(s) with Titanium backup ? That should save their data, shouldn't it ? (not tried it myself)
There should be some sort of an Export Option for that app, save that exported file on SD and after you load the new rom you can restore you appts, tasks, etc
Or like steview said... do some reading on Titanium backup, it freezes the apps to its state and resumes after you do a restore with the new rom.
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Dunno, backup the app(s) with Titanium backup ? That should save their data, shouldn't it ? (not tried it myself)
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This. Titanium Backup will save the app and the app's data. Then you can restore both.
Helium still the best way when considering my Note 4 is locked?
it did not work perfectly when I move from my Samsung s3 to the note but not sure if Helium is really my only option
I definitely want to move over my sms/mms
SMS's are synced to google I believe if you are using hangout.
For my backup restores I use Titanium backup, but remember that it'll only backup/restore system and apps settings and data and no personal data like images, sms, contacts etc. But if you have google backup setup transfer should be smooth for photos, sms, contacts etc.
Hey thanks. I used to use titanium but don't anymore since I thought it needed root to work properly?
I use hangout for sms. How can I be sure it gets transfered over?
And Google Backup?
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Hey thanks. I used to use titanium but don't anymore since I thought it needed root to work properly?
I use hangout for sms. How can I be sure it gets transfered over?
And Google Backup?
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I think hangout syncs all your messages automatically to the cloud. I can say this as per my experience of before and after rooting my nexus 5 on android 6.0. For root I had to wipe clean my phone and after root, hangout automatically synced all old SMSs back to my nexus 5. So I think before wiping out you can try to install hangouts on some other device and sign in with same ID that you have on Note 4 and see if your messages appear on new device. I think that would be the best way to check.
Or else use an app like - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
And by google backup I meant google account's sync service. If you use google photos, use backup option to move all photos to google and it'll be available on new device when you sign in with same account on new device using google photos. And all your contacts and other preferences are saved by google account so its matter of logging into the new device with same google account and checking how many things you were able to restore. For remaining like music and videos move them manually.
There is no easy way of moving everything to new android device in Android ecosystem unlike iOS where iTunes does everything for you (but again if you are jailbroken, even iTunes cannot sync everything).
I cant help with SMS/MMS, thats why Hangouts is great. BUT, I can help with the application data. I just pushed out a new version of my script, which, among other things, adds support for backup and restore of app data. Might help you out here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/tool-android-job-box-v1-00-t3233482
Titanium Backup is only way to transfer SMS without using Hangouts.
Will work between any Android versions and types as long as you use the XML SMS backup option.
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Titanium Backup is only way to transfer SMS without using Hangouts.
Will work between any Android versions and types as long as you use the XML SMS backup option.
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I thought helium transferred sms, just not mms?
OK guys. I'll try to see what happens when I load hangouts. I didn't realize it was backing up sms. I did use titanium back when I had my S3 rooted. That worked perfectly. Helium - yeah I lost mms
Chevycam - so it's just a tool that does adb backup? Works on any phone regardless of root status?
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I used ADB backup to transfer my data from my Nexus 6 to my 6P.
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I used ADB backup to transfer my data from my Nexus 6 to my 6P.
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How well did it work? Did you copy everything?
Backed up everything from my prior phone via Titanium Backup
Save to computer
Cut and paste onto the 6P
Restore.. although this time around, I restored only the apps and not the app data so I can start clean.
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How well did it work? Did you copy everything?
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Worked well.. Once I logged into the 6P, I let Google download all my apps. I then restored the backup, which restored most of my data. It did not seem to copy my Nova Launcher settings, so I had to copy that manually. It also does not copy Bluetooth connections, so you will have to set those up again. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I didn't want to root the phone, so I didn't do a titanium backup.
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Worked well.. Once I logged into the 6P, I let Google download all my apps. I then restored the backup, which restored most of my data. It did not seem to copy my Nova Launcher settings, so I had to copy that manually. It also does not copy Bluetooth connections, so you will have to set those up again. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I didn't want to root the phone, so I didn't do a titanium backup.
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Ouch. Certainly better than nothing but my Nova is huge with all my apps. I guess knowing this you can export/import the nova settings
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OK guys. I'll try to see what happens when I load hangouts. I didn't realize it was backing up sms. I did use titanium back when I had my S3 rooted. That worked perfectly. Helium - yeah I lost mms
Chevycam - so it's just a tool that does adb backup? Works on any phone regardless of root status?
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Yes, it's independent of the device connected. Root doesn't matter. But be aware, in order to back up APPS, you need root. Backing up the App DATA does NOT require root. Apps won't back up, even with Titanium Backup, without root.
So my experience...
1) Hangouts doesn't backup sms or at least it doesn't seem that it does. Used SMS Backup and Restore and that seems to have done the trick
2) I tried using Helium but I'm not sure what drivers to use so gave up on that
3) If Google is backing up app data in Lollipop, it has to be bare minimum. Honestly, I'm not sure what it actually did backup
4) I realized that I really don't need the backup besides SMS. It would have been easier to handle transferring stuff sure but there are only a handful of apps that I wanted to transfer settings over and they all had options to Export settings.
Oh well. Hopefully the new backup on Marshmallow will hopefully provide a better experience. It did ask while setting up the phone whether I want to do a restore through NFC from another phone - it just neglected to mention that it's not a Lollipop option
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So my experience...
1) Hangouts doesn't backup sms or at least it doesn't seem that it does. Used SMS Backup and Restore and that seems to have done the trick
2) I tried using Helium but I'm not sure what drivers to use so gave up on that
3) If Google is backing up app data in Lollipop, it has to be bare minimum. Honestly, I'm not sure what it actually did backup
4) I realized that I really don't need the backup besides SMS. It would have been easier to handle transferring stuff sure but there are only a handful of apps that I wanted to transfer settings over and they all had options to Export settings.
Oh well. Hopefully the new backup on Marshmallow will hopefully provide a better experience. It did ask while setting up the phone whether I want to do a restore through NFC from another phone - it just neglected to mention that it's not a Lollipop option
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Almost no apps use API 23 which is required for the new Google backup. Only choices are helium or adb backup
Hey guys. So everyone on XDA recommends using titanium backup to restore not only all your apps but it advertises that you can backup and restore the app data too across ROMs like wow how exciting. Yeah....
It doesn't work though..... Am I missing something?! It doesn't work. It works for restoring back the apps yes but it does not restore back the data for the apps at all and that's the MOST important aspect of it. Google play store can restore all your apps too but you have to re sign in to all the things like Snapchat WhatsApp etc like Gmail every app you have to re sign in re add accounts and that's what titanium backup advertises as the feature but it isn't true or I am doing something wrong.
Does titanium app data restore work for you guys?
I've been restoring from a data directory that goes back 6 phones and started in 2011. Yes it work and works well. Some apps are easy andmindless and some not at all. It does seem like in the last couple years, security in apps keep many from restoring the full experience including intact logins. I don't really know a lot about the mechanics of the program but it's not really that complicated. I'm not sure why your having issues.
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What specific apps are you having issues with restoring data? From my experience, using titanium backup for as far back as I can remember, most apps restore just fine as long as you tell titanium backup to backup both app and data.
That said, I've noticed some games, like clash of clans and such use online game data and those never backup, but once you log back into the game, it's all there. The Google default SMS app doesn't back up your text messages by default, but if you scroll down the app list in titanium backup there is an option for "Messages (SMS/text)" I believe it's called that backs those up.
List your apps and I'll see if I can find a way to get data.