So, yes I searched around, and got close answers, but nothing that answers my ?'s exactly. About to root for 1st time, and then install CM, but before I start to mess with my phone at all, I want to back it up COMPLETELY...i.e. contacts, apps, app settings, dxtop homescreen shortcuts + colors, etc. etc. etc. And then, if I mess up root, how do I start over and re-install everything?
Also, once I root, will everything will be gone from my phone? I saw a thread @ androidcommunities saying yes, but is there anyway to "backup" the apps on my SD? Then copy the files SD -> computer? I don't want to install each app 1 by 1 again...And through my searchings, I'm afraid you're going to say "I have to", and if that's the case, and use apps2sd, will I EVER have to download apps 1 by 1 again?
4thephil said:
So, yes I searched around, and got close answers, but nothing that answers my ?'s exactly. About to root for 1st time, and then install CM, but before I start to mess with my phone at all, I want to back it up COMPLETELY...i.e. contacts, apps, app settings, dxtop homescreen shortcuts + colors, etc. etc. etc. And then, if I mess up root, how do I start over and re-install everything?
Also, once I root, will everything will be gone from my phone? I saw a thread @ androidcommunities saying yes, but is there anyway to "backup" the apps on my SD? Then copy the files SD -> computer? I don't want to install each app 1 by 1 again...And through my searchings, I'm afraid you're going to say "I have to", and if that's the case, and use apps2sd, will I EVER have to download apps 1 by 1 again?
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Even if you backup your apps, you'll still have to reinstall them one by one from your backup. The Market has apps that can help backup your apps to apk formats. MyBackup Pro will backup app settings and shortcuts afaik, but it isn't free. Why worry about backing up contacts, they're sync'd with your gmail account.
thanks! do you recall what app backs my apps into an apk? and then what do i do from there?
agh, 100 apps, 1 by 1, wowsers...theres gotta be a better way?
4thephil said:
thanks! do you recall what app backs my apps into an apk? and then what do i do from there?
agh, 100 apps, 1 by 1, wowsers...theres gotta be a better way?
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How the hell do you fit 100 apps in an unrooted G1? Mine was full at the high 30's.
You can use AppManager.
I have AppManager, looking at AppManager Pro with batch install. However, last time my phone pooped on me (when updating to 1.5 with Dark Keys installed), I had to hard reset. App Manager installed all my apps. However, I had to go back and do it again 1 by 1 because the Market didn't recognize that my apps were installed when I re-installed through AppManager.
Is this problem fixed? Or is there a fix to this?
P.S. 113 apps (including default ones) installed
4thephil said:
I have AppManager, looking at AppManager Pro with batch install. However, last time my phone pooped on me (when updating to 1.5 with Dark Keys installed), I had to hard reset. App Manager installed all my apps. However, I had to go back and do it again 1 by 1 because the Market didn't recognize that my apps were installed when I re-installed through AppManager.
Is this problem fixed? Or is there a fix to this?
P.S. 113 apps (including default ones) installed
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You can't get around that, Market only shows INSTALLED if installed through Market. Doesn't mean you can't use the app. If you need to keep up with updates, use aTrackdog with AppManager.
Arg, lame! But thanks for your prompt replies (I'm about to root right now)...
I guess my last question is, once I root and can install Nandroid, or Backup for Root, will I have to install 1 by 1 ever again, to make Market recognize apps? Or do these root programs backup the phone to be EXACTLY as it was when backup was made?
4thephil said:
Arg, lame! But thanks for your prompt replies (I'm about to root right now)...
I guess my last question is, once I root and can install Nandroid, or Backup for Root, will I have to install 1 by 1 ever again, to make Market recognize apps? Or do these root programs backup the phone to be EXACTLY as it was when backup was made?
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Market won't recognize installed apps unless install by Market, PERIOD. Nandroid backs up exactly the state of the phone, while Backup for Root can do individual things like SMS, Shortcuts, Data of apps, etc.
Backup for Root does have a check mark for "Market db", but I've never found it to work.
So, the bottom line, is that most rooted users don't use the market to update apps? They use AppManager/aTrackdog, because every time they restore, it would uninstall apps and market wouldn't recognize?
Use My backup Pro to back up your apps. After you root install adb on your computer, go to the application and games section and look for a thread XDA app pack 1.4 to batch install your apps. Use aTrackDog to keep up w/ updates. The market will no longer show them when you install off market. It will show them again after you update your apps (not all just the ones you update).
EDIT: copy app file from SD card (MyBackupPro) into XDA app pack folder to batch install
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Use My backup Pro to back up your apps. After you root install adb on your computer, go to the application and games section and look for a thread XDA app pack 1.4 to batch install your apps. Use aTrackDog to keep up w/ updates. The market will no longer show them when you install off market. It will show them again after you update your apps (not all just the ones you update).
EDIT: copy app file from SD card (MyBackupPro) into XDA app pack folder to batch install
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would AppManager Pro do this same thing exactly (batch install)?
4thephil said:
would AppManager Pro do this same thing exactly (batch install)?
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Yes, but if you use adb you can back up and restore your private apps No app on the market can do that.
I use Astro File Manager to back up my apps. I wiped my phone when I installed CM5 and I restored all my apps with Astro. I noticed that the apps I restored with Astro do not show up in my market's Downloaded section. Is there a way to delete the markets cache or something so that they show up so I can get updates? Thanks.
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I use Astro File Manager to back up my apps. I wiped my phone when I installed CM5 and I restored all my apps with Astro. I noticed that the apps I restored with Astro do not show up in my market's Downloaded section. Is there a way to delete the markets cache or something so that they show up so I can get updates? Thanks.
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Use aTrackdog
Works nicely, thanks!
anytime...............
And get a better backup app than Astro.
Astro only backups the apk but not the data - so theres also no market link available. You should try backing up with "titanium backup" - it's the only app, which backups all data
I'll try that from now on, thanks guys
Thanks for the answer I'll be giving it a try. Although I just want to point out that titanium backup isn't an option if you don't have root which I was stuck without until recently.
Edit: I lost one paid app using this method. Thankfully it was an app I was going to get rid of anyway. Other then that I was able to get all my apps relinked to the market using this method. And now that I'm rooted I'll be using Titanium backup from this point on.
I been playing around with different custom roms then finally came back to my preferred custom rom (from nandroid backup) and notice all my apps is gone from the market....but all my apps is working.
my problem is when i go to the android market the installed apps aren't under the "downloads"....when i search for my apps, its says its installed already
what can i do to make my apps appear on "download" section again
Any idea
a nandroid backup can only backup the apps, not the market links. install an app called Titanium backup and the choose restore market links from one of the options inside it (you may have to backup your apps inside it first.)
This will fix your problem
I went little bit too far and pressed CLEAR DATA on my phone Market App.
Now when I go to Market, Downloads tab it shows only Apps I bought but the free Apps I downloaded from Market aren't there.
Some of them I know to be have newer versions already.
Is there a way to fix the 'connections' for those apps to the market without reinstalling/updating them?
EDIT: found it, just need to install any apps and all seems restored
You can restore a market link udong titanium backup, even when.you did not backup the link before..
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Okay, so after my previous thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080251
I backed up my sms using SMS Backup+ and backed up my SD card. I wiped my phone clean, unlocked the bootloader flashed CM 7.0.3. Didn't like it much. Read somewhere NSCollab looked more like stock and I liked the stock UI.
So installed NSCollab and I liked it. So I setup my wifi and add my google account and expect it to restore my apps but it doesn't. Its been 8 hours now and I don't see any positive chances of apps being restored. Although I have appbrain, it requires me to go to each app individually and click on restore.
Restoring from .apk files I had backup using astro would make the apps not-linked to market, so I won't be notified of their updates (Or am I wrong?).
I missed a little detail here.. When I installed and booted CM 7.0.3, the market started restoring the apps but since I didn't like the UI, I switched off the wifi and flashed NSCollab interrupting the restoring process. But I don't think it would matter.
So the question is, is there any way to force restore my apps and settings from google's servers? Also, is it possible to install apps from .apk files and receive updates from the market?
I've noticed that sometimes I have to go to downloads in the app market and until I do the apps don't automatically restore themselves. Once I go to downloads they all start downloading.