hey, i'm selling my x10 soon and i would like some tips on the preparation. thanks for the help. hopefully this would also be useful for future sellers.
1.) what should i do to save the important data (like pictures,videos,text,contacts).
2.) i would also like to save the apps if possible cause my next phone would most likely be another android .
3.) and how do restore to its factory state (erase all my info,data)?
connect it to your pc, move all your files that you want to the SD card - or to your pc if you want to sell with the SD still installed.
if you have a rooted phone, search for all your .apk files and copy to sd/pc also.
sure fire way to ensure phone is crisp and clean is to flash it back to original spec.
might not be the easiest way, but it will ensure that NO data is left behind!!
anymore tips?
If the phone is rooted I'd recommend Titanium Backup (http://matrixrewriter.com/android/). You can take a backup of all apps, settings, contacts, etc and then selectively restore to the new phone.
You still need to backup your SD card as mrtim123 said.
if use mybackup to backup the apps,, do i still need to copy all the apk files from my phone to my pc? do i simply
1 From the Home screen, tap the applications bar.
2 Tap Settings > SD card & phone storage > Factory data reset > Reset phone.
3 Enter your screen unlock pattern.
4 Tap Erase everything.
to delete everything and restore it back to factory settings?
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Hello,
Few hours ago, I managed to fix the grey "Move to SD" problem in froyo by using the setInstallLocation 2 solution, after doing that, I moved all my applications to the SD card. Then I did a wipe factory reset to my device.
When turning on the phone, the SD card apps were gone, but they are still in my SD card "secure" folder,files with .asec extension.
They don't exist in my phone, but when turning on the usb storage, i can see them in my SD card.
Has this happened to anyone?? ty very much/1
I don't have much experience with this option, but I would say that a wipe is a wipe and the associated file on the sdcard is only a link to the put the application on the sdcard not the full application.
At best it would keep the option when you re-download that application from the market.
If so, where the real application is? what's the point of "moving the SD" if the application is still stored on the phone?
And it can't be a link because of the size of the files, it's really near the size of the application. I'm convinced it is the application, but wondering why I can't use or find them.
it's pissing me off, i had plenty of games and useful apps
yes, the "registry" of installed apps is gone with the wipe, so android does not know how to use those files on the sd card. You will have to nandroid/titanium restore or reinstall.
Aww.. lucky i got the saved games on the sd...
I got an unrelated question:
I found that the apn settings are saved under the file apns-conf.xml.
I downloaded the file with the settings i need, pushed it to system/etc and still i don't get the apn settings. tried rebooting the phone, and wonders why i still don't get the apns?
If you have a backup, restore it, move all your apps back to phone, then wipe, flash the new rom and move them back to SD.
All problems solved, ty
Flashing rom.. how do i backup contacts and other information on phone? tried to search but it kept giving me links to other phones not our htc hd2 tmobile thanks!
Since your asking I'm going to assume you haven't read this walk though. Please read it.
READ THE WALK THROUGH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
1.Download the recommended PimBackup program.
2.Copy/paste or Cut the pimbackup.exe file onto your storage card.
3.Open your phones file explorer and double tap on the program.
4.Follow the steps and backup contacts, messages, etc. etc.
5.Remove the SD card.
6.Flash the ROM and reinsert the SD card.
7.Open your phones file explorer and double tap on the program.
8.On the drop down menu find restore and press browse.
9.Look for the pimbackup_2010XXXX file in the root of your storage card and select it.
10.Press next and sit back and watch all the cool text pop up.
11.Your done. That's the fastest way for me to quickly back up my stuff and restore after flashing a new ROM.
Hi everyone, I'm trying to back up Titanium Backup folder from phone (nexus 6p) without luck,
I have USB debugg in developing section of phone + MTP enable to transfer files, I could see the internal memory with all the goods but not my root files, when use root explorer I could see " Titanium Backup folder ",
My concern if I need to wipe phone I want it to have back up, any other way to accomplish this ? I do have a back up in the cloud, would I be able to use cloud backup file if need to ?
Thank you all in advance,
yvyv said:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to back up Titanium Backup folder from phone (nexus 6p) without luck,
I have USB debugg in developing section of phone + MTP enable to transfer files, I could see the internal memory with all the goods but not my root files, when use root explorer I could see " Titanium Backup folder ",
My concern if I need to wipe phone I want it to have back up, any other way to accomplish this ? I do have a back up in the cloud, would I be able to use cloud backup file if need to ?
Thank you all in advance,
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Your only going to see the sd card this way
I've been provided with a Moto G5+ to replace a Moto G4+ that was having too many ghost touch issues (when charging and also not when charging).
I'm just after a brief steer on the best way to migrate across.
I only have 1 SD card available which is currently in the G4.
Should I boot both devices without the SD card in either, then log in with google account etc and subsequently do the Moto Migrate app option? When that's complete, then put the SD card into the new phone (mainly images on the SD card, but not sure if there is any app data or not on there).
Or should I boot the G5 first with no SIM, no migration, connect to wifi and do a software update, then restart as first port of call?
Or should I do as the first option, but move the SD card straight into the new phone, boot it and follow the usual google account login, Moto Migrate options etc?
Any advice gratefully received - I only do this once so it would be good to do it properly!
To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
TheFixItMan said:
To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
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Thanks. Realised my error with the G5+ forum after I'd posted, sorry about that. Thought the + models would be too niche to have their own sub-forums.
In the end booted the new phone with no SD card present, the google account brought nearly everything across and used the "set up new phone" facility that Google Settings / Admin prompted me for. Probably should have put the SD card in first of all as some apps that subsequently downloaded wanted to use the storage there, but other than that it was faultless and simple. Had a backup solution already for SMS etc, so that wasn't an issue, and everything else was cloud based.
I'm on stock and am considering unlocking phone.. is there any way to unlock my op6t without the data being wiped. That's the only thing holding me back
Unfortunately no...
Nope not possible, just do a backup of data onto your laptop/desktop. Or use something like Google Photos for your pictures etc
What's the best way to backup my data before I unlock my phone?
Firstly connect your phone to a PC and copy all your important files like music, photos, etc.. Copy the entire folders. I recommend to copy all the internal storage. Next be sure that Google backup is on. To be sure to to Settings->System->Backup and click on backup now. After wiping the phone you need to setup your device with your Google account and click on restore from the previous device. After this copy all your files from internal storage and your phone will be fully restored