I've finally decided to make the dive and root my N1, and I am fully aware that it is going to wipe my device. But I've had it since launch and installed a good amount of apps and games and was wondering if there was a way to backup my apps and/or be able to restore them after the root process. I'm mostly concerned with certain games that I've been playing on it and having to start over once it gets wiped. Is there any way to go about doing that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=617235&highlight=backup
flomid said:
I've finally decided to make the dive and root my N1, and I am fully aware that it is going to wipe my device. But I've had it since launch and installed a good amount of apps and games and was wondering if there was a way to backup my apps and/or be able to restore them after the root process. I'm mostly concerned with certain games that I've been playing on it and having to start over once it gets wiped. Is there any way to go about doing that?
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When I rooted mines this morning, it turns out apps are backed up then reinstalled after inputting your account info.
But just incase...download Astro File Manager, backup apps onto the SD Card, then if the apps don't reinstall like it did on mines, go download the Astro, then reinstall your apps. Just that simple.
Sorry for my noobish ways, but i just purchased my first Android device (Nexus One ) so i really know nothing.
When i wipe my phone, what gets deleted? will my contacts, songs and photos get deleted or only apps?
Contacts are synced wit your Google account. (If you allowed it)
that will be downloaded after you logon after wiping it.
Apps and settings can be synced with your Google account also.
I've lost the text messages and call log after wiping the phone. Apps were redownloaded and reinstalled
you can use wavesecure to backup your sms's and call logs. for free, If you signed up fo to their android beta in time. not sure what their current account offerings are. works well.
I saw this option on my brothers Desire today when he updated his phones firmware over WiFi, first time in my life I have seen that the phone updates himself Anyway, he has option in settings to make backup and the phone made backup of phonebook, apps, widgets, EVERYTHING and after the firmware was upgraded he got completely restored phone as it was, like nothing happened !! I have tried to find this backup option on my X10 and now I ask, is it possible that X10 does not have that option ???? Is that because of 1.6 vs 2.1 or HTC has made this great option ? If my brother hasnt bought Desire before me I would buy it over X10, thats for sure. Because there is nothing worse for me than get clean original state phone after update.
Tnx a lot
No one ? Can you at least tell me the name of the app that can do that ?
Cheers
hmmm wel i dont really know much about that so not much help there.. it could be possible that hes syncing it all perhaps?
theres a program called mybackup that backups alot of the things although i must say restoring apps afterwards is wierd (includes other backup/restore apps) because the app list dont show up in the market 'downloads' category.. so you would'nt even know if there was an update available! only way would be to install the actual apk yourself or via market installation!
hope it helps!!
Hi
I got a message from vodafone today about froyo
yey
but I really want to 'not muck everything up'
I rooted my phone with one click rooter to use titanium backup pro.
My questions:
Should i back up using Nandriod before i attempt the froyo update?
Is Nandriod easy to use? how do i use it?
How do update to Froyo?
Should I unroot my phone using the one click rooter before
and reroot to 2.2 after? (using the one click rooter)
Sorry for all the obvious questions
Can you guys help?
I was previously on JPC froyo, rooted & lag fixed. I use my backup pro for my backup. All I did to update via kies was backup the stuff I wanted, I didn't un-root I just did a factory reset, wiped the cache, then let Kies do its thing. Rebooted, applied a OCLF & Root then restored.
I used the Samsung KIES software. (cheers for the tip)
It took ages to update the software and i had to keep pressing retry i turn kaspersky off at one point but I'm not sure if that helped speed it up any.
I unrooted my phone
Did the Update through Samsung KIES software
the update
removed my desktop icons
and rearranged my apps list to alphabetical
but i get a cool new beach live wallpaper
but where is the autumn leaves one?
GMail app now shows full message
all good
but still GMail get things stuck in outbox esp video
and the TEXT app - 420 character text convert to MMS is still there
but it seems faster overall
and i had to reroot with
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
and i used titanium backup pro to remove the vodafone spam apps
You can get the Autum leaves LWP again there's a topic about how to get it here.
I followed a suggested guide on Vodas eForum, but included my own backup step......
1. On 2.1 installed MyBackup (Free 30 Day trial) from the market and backed up my apps and data to local sd card.
2. Download KIES from http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/d...enter.samsung.com/content/&ModelName=GT-I9000 (http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I9000)
3. Manually copy off music and images and my backups from the sd card to my PC
4. Installed Kies
5. Factory reset phone (recommended)
6. Update via Kies*
7. Restore music and pictures from PC to phone.
8. Copy mybackup folder form 'sd' directory to 'external_sd' directory and restored data and apps.
* Also found that you need Windows Media player 11 for the MTA drivers to work, certainly did on my XP box.
Faffing around it took me about an hour and a half as I wanted to make sure everything was backed up. Only adverse affect is that games havent kept my progress/saved games, another good excuse to trash them again. Oh and the restored texts have the same date and time (time of restore) rather than the original sent times - meh, I'm not bothered 2.2 is better.
Hi - I got a warranty replacement Atrix from AT&T and am now faced with moving all my settings/apps/etc. from my old Atrix to the new one. The phone is not rooted. MotoBlur will restore minimal settings and Android Market reinstalls my paid apps though other than spending hours setting up my new Atrix to match my old one, does anyone have any way/suggestions to easily transfer all my settings/programs from my old Atrix to my new one? I called Moto support - total waste of time; I knew more than the tech about software/features of the phone.
Thanks in advance for any assistance. I tried a google search of backup/restore functions but didn't have much like. Astro file manager backed up everthing to my SD but, when i tried to restore, Atrix wouldn't allow install of "non-secure" apps.
To restore everything you´ll need to root. Then you can use Titanium Backup...
zevrosenthal said:
Hi - I got a warranty replacement Atrix from AT&T and am now faced with moving all my settings/apps/etc. from my old Atrix to the new one. The phone is not rooted. MotoBlur will restore minimal settings and Android Market reinstalls my paid apps though other than spending hours setting up my new Atrix to match my old one, does anyone have any way/suggestions to easily transfer all my settings/programs from my old Atrix to my new one? I called Moto support - total waste of time; I knew more than the tech about software/features of the phone.
Thanks in advance for any assistance. I tried a google search of backup/restore functions but didn't have much like. Astro file manager backed up everthing to my SD but, when i tried to restore, Atrix wouldn't allow install of "non-secure" apps.
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If have to root your phone to be able to do any backup restore. Titanium backup is the most preferred app for backup/restore. If you don't want to install this app, you can still enable sideloading (allow install of "non secured" apps) using guidance from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969960. You will still have to root your phone for this.
any way to do this without root?
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any way to do this without root?
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Yes for the apps, heres a batch installer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559491
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
Anyway, lately my phones been running slowly and apps force closing, so I've decided to downgrade it and root it (psneuter method), and try some different ROM's.
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
I have a copy of:-
RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.34.405.5_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155556_signed
which I believe is the stock ROM for this device, but as far as I know if it goes wrong I'll be unable to flash this as the update won't allow me to flash an earlier version..
Would I be able to mount and then backup the whole phone using adb or any other method.
I've been reading about it for a while now, and while I have lots of bits of information, I've been unable to find a good solution.
Thanks,
...John...
j0hn0n1 said:
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
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Without root, a good app to backup your other apps is astro file manager, its available free from the market, you just have to hit menu, tools and it'll back up all the apps on your sd card, in terms of files, just make sure their all on your sd card and they'll be fine
Not sure how to back up SmS but i know their are apps out their, a point you may have forgotten is to make sure you back up your contacts as they all get wiped and I made this mistake, the easiest way to do that is to make sure your contacts sync up with your google account so after rooting, you can just sync them back,
Hope i helped!
Use google to remember what apps you've downloaded from market. Once associated, when you flash a new rom, google will automatically redownload all your associated apps. For sms, i suggest you download GoSMS and use their internal backup feature. It will save to sd and be visible to your stock sms app as well on restore.
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Ya but too many times google starts restoring apps that I uninstalled months ago. Great idea but bad implementation imo.
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Sorry I haven't replied, was in work all day yesterday.
I have Astro File Manager, but I hadn't even considered it, thanks. I have my contacts sync'd with Google, so it seems that as long as I backup my files and sms everything else should be done automatically anyway.
Go SMS seems worth getting anyway, as the bog standard Android messages app is seriously dull. I'll give it a try.
I had wondered about Google Market restoring apps, but I thought it would only reinstall apps that were installed at the last sync.
If you install an app and it screws up your phone, and do a factory reset then Google will just reinstall the app that caused all the problems in the first place.
Definitely a good idea, but needs more work.
Anyway, thanks for all the info, I'll give it try tonight, when I get back from work.
...John...
I find SMS Backup & Restore to be the best app for this purpose and I wouldn't recommend the backup feature from the market, as you said it is likely to give problems.
Without root though, the backup choices are somewhat limited for apps and such.
I've been using Super Manager by gpc. It works pretty good, plus offers a ton of other features that can be used with or without root.
I've backed up what I could, although it's typical that as soon as it's all gone I realised things that I should have wrote down (I had been using the wallet/pocket app and although I backed up all my apps, I'm guesing it won't have backed up any of the passwords, logins, bank details, etc).
Anyway, I've downgraded and successfully rooted my phone (through gfree), I have CID: 11111111 and S-Off, but I haven't installed and ROM's yet as I read somewhere that you are supposed to wipe everything between ROM's, am I wiping the Davlik cache or doing a factory reset (I mean won't the factory reset just reset my stock ROM back to it's original condition).
I'm also wondering about finding custom ROMs, on my dell streak I had installed ROM Manager and could get a list of any that were available.
I first installed ROM Manager and used it to flash recovery, but this time I've installed CWM first, so would it be safe to install ROM Manager now, will it want to flash a recovery over the one I have already.
Or is it not advisable to use ROM Manager, as I have previously heard of a few problems it may cause.
Thanks ...John...
Rom manager shouldn't give any problems, but for custom roms it's best to take a look at the development forum. If you don't like that you can still use the list in rommanager, it might be just me who prefers downloading roms to my pc first.
But before you install any of them I recommend you make a nandroid backup from recovery just to be safe.
I think the issues were that some people, not all, found problems flashing some of the gingerbread roms via Rom manager. Better to save the Rom to SD and then flash it via CWM.
Right I've done a nandroid backup, and I've saved one to another mSD card which I can keep somewhere just in case (probably a bit over cautious, but...).
I thought that by saving apps to an sd card, they would run from the sd when I restarted my phone, even the ones that I had moved previously with the application manager in settings are not seen.
Still reinstalling the ones I want isn't really that bad.
Seriously, somebody needs to sort out the Markets app backups feature, when I was setting up the phone at first, I specifically chose to not automatically sync with Google and that I would do it manually when needed. Then I went in to the market to get a file manager and the download failed, it was only when I looked at what was going on I realised it was already downloading and reinstalling 96 apps. I looked around for a 'cancel all' option and there isn't any, so I had to cancel them all one by one and then uninstall the ones that had managed to install.
A simple checklist to select the apps you want would be great, oh, and a cancel all button would be a bonus.
Anyway, things are not as much fun when they're too easy.
Thanks ...John...