So i am a frequent flasher, i like to try different ROMs and I have a problem with recovering my data. It seems to be a huge pain in the ass with android. With Win Mo it was simple, one click on SPB backup and everything was restored. Not on Android.
I am using only Desire HD or Z based ROMS, currently NAND wit SD IMG. I am looking for a simple way how to backup and restore following settings:
1. CONTACTS - and I mean all contacts with all detail. I have my contacts synched with FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype etc. Google sync and HTC Sense pretends that its synched, but after flash, only basic google contact is synced and I have to manually add all the login info for those services and then wait for them to be asociated and then asociate those that were not connected manually.
2. SMS - this could be solved by using SMS backup, but it would be nice not to have a special application for that. I also have suspicion, that sometimes this is restored from cloud and sometimes not. After one flash, I thought that my sms are lost, because i didnt backup them. After another flash, they miraculously reapeared without me doing anything. WTF?
3. Call log
4. EMAIL SETTINGS - I dont want to set up all the email after each flash.
5. Apss and Data - yeas, this could be done by several apps, smallest problem.
6. System DATA - by that i mean mostly my homescreen setup, wifi settings, bookmarks, RSS feeds, calendar, tasks etc. Something seems to be synced by google, something not. Some apps do that, but after restore, they mess up whole system and cause repeated errors (acore etc.)
IS THERE A ONE APP ONE CLICK SOLUTION FOR THAT?
What pisses me most is the inability of Gmail or HTCSENSE to sync all the information of my contacts. WTF? WHy it cant store all the info, pictures etc. WHy even HTC sense couldnt do it? WHat the hell is HTC SYNC good for, when only option to sync contacts with PC is to sync them to Outlook, whioch is not even available in windows anymore!
I tried several apps and they mostly fail. When tried My Backup Root to backup contacts, it created 800 duplicated contacts out of 300 and when google sync steps in the way during that, it will even mess up your data on the cloud. When i tried to restore system settings with this app I ended up with broken system with error every second.
I dont know how to force Titanium to backup my system data, or SMS and I doubt its possible. When I selected batch full apps+data backup, it didnt recovered even my homescreen setup.
Is it really ncessary to fiddle with my phone for several hours after each flash to get it into previous shape?
the answer is pretty simple
use this application 'mybackup pro'
and install it then you can configure how to backup
it will backup all your app and data
and when you flash a new rom you can restore everything
android is cool
i'm cool too
Is mybackup pro better than titanum backup ?
As far as i get it, My Backup Pro is paid version of My Backup Root which messed my contacts and caused my system to crash after restoring system settings.
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this is incredible.
my google apps have stopped working, so i can't access the market or gmail.
I have deleted all the data in the application, so that i can reenter my credentials, but now it won't connect via 3G, Gprs or Wifi. "no stable connection available"
meaning i can't install a backup app, so that i could do the hard reset and configure again.
i can't backup in restore mode, because i have the new ROM, so it fails.
What is wrong with android? retarded? why can't i backup from my PC?
I have been long enough on WMobile to know how not easy and not intuitive it can be,
but give me a break.
does anyone know a solution how i can make gmail and the market again without having to loose all my settings, apps etc...?
Google never made a backup app.
Third party developers can not access the Google apps to back up the data within them, as they are closed source.
various other reasons....
looks to me like you are going to have to start from scratch... and watch out for that google apps thing, never clear the data on that thing cos you will get that exact error and HR is the only way out....
not fun, but there it is.
thanks rhedgehog for your quick reply
Thing is that my Gmail app stopped working, it didn't sync anymore 1week+
i searched for solutions on the net, and found that alot of people succeded with deleting their gmail data, and reentering their credentials.
I thought android was finally the answer to a simpler way to use your phone, but this is a step back imho.
solution
Well i found the cure to my disease...
i downloaded myBackup directly from the internet, and copied it to my SD-Card where i installed it from. made the backup, reset the device, installed myBackup again, recovered everything.
now Gmail, Market, etc works again, and i have all my apps and Data.
just watch out when using that before an update. it's third party so there's no guarantee it will work across ROM updates...in fact i know some people had major problems with that over the 1.76 - 2.73 update.
... 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 ?
steviewevie said:
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.
steviewevie said:
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.
so i used this before upgrading a ROM but i cant seem the get my phone contacts back. everything else restored though.. but i cant seem to get my contacts.. any suggestions? i didnt save a copy oof my contact to the card cause i thought titanium would save it.
Didnt you sync them to your Gmail account? thats automatic.
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Didnt you sync them to your Gmail account? thats automatic.
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Doesn't sound like it, he expected titanium to backup his contacts for him.
no i didnt have it synced to my gmail.. but its okay i actually had an old copy of the vcf file at home which i can load. wheeew.. but yeah i had those on my sd card but erased it thinking it was old..
Next time just make sure you go to Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> Google and check the box for contacts. Then you won't have to backup your contacts manually.
Also, although Titanium is an awesome app and certainly has it's uses, for things like backing up and restoring of basic things like apps, contacts, call log, bookmarks, and SMS/MMS, I find MyBackup much easier to use.
Hello all,
My question is, how can I transfer full account & sync info (including accounts' settings, contacts, emails, calendar, ect) from one rom to the next, without loosing my account info?
Here's my situation: I have been testing a couple different roms (who hasn't ;-) switching from non-sense to sense, all gingerbread though. I have been using Titanium to backup all apps and system data, and as a secondary backup MyBackup (root) of all data (sms/mms, contacts, call log, ect.).
Say I start with AmeriCanAndroid (non-sense), backup as described above, then wipe and install one of the Runny (sense) roms, restore with Titanium.. I can't restore system data because if I do I get continuous FC on com.android.* and so on (which I believe I understand to be incompatible system apps), so instead I only restore installed apps and a few system (bluetooth pairings and wifi access points). And then restore data with MyBackup.
This works out well for everything except contacts and calendar, which is a huge deal. (Background on my contacts; I have a personal exchange server and I don't upload contacts or anything related to google, but atm my server is down and I haven't got around to troubleshooting the issue yet) MyBackup doesn't restore the accounts themselves, it just replaces or appends the info to existing ones, so when I change roms I have it set (for now since I can't connect to exchange to re-setup the account) to place those contacts as part of the phone account (I very much dislike this method, but its the only thing I found that worked out on short notice since I need my phone useable all the time).
I'm looking for a simple backup all accounts method that will restore across variations of android to the default accounts & sync. Is that possible? Thank you very much for your advise/suggestions.
Did you tried to save all your settings via google account? You can do that in settings->privacy->backup my data. Some friends of mine do that with their android phones and when I flash a new rom to their phones they get most of settings and apps back by syncing with their google accounts.
It's worth to try.
Thanks for the reply icke, but the problem in that is, I will never backup my data to google's (nor any other server, other then my own) if possible. That's why none of my contacts are sync'd with google.
I need a solution that will allow me to keep it all local.
demonloader said:
i will never backup my data to google's (nor any other server, other then my own)
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+1
NEVER!!!
I wish to update my Android version, and have done this several times before, but each time I had to manually reinstall my apps and I would lose the app settings and (game) progress made.
I am rooted and have TWRP installed.
How can I back-up all the apps with settings, images, messages (sms/ whatsapp)?
My biggest problem is that my phone has very little storage left, so how can I back these things up to my PC?
Afterwards the upgrade I want to restore these as well.
Thank you
Michael
Try an app called helium. It lets you back up to cloud based storage
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You can use an external program such as Titanium Backup for the apps and associated data needing to be saved (mainly games). It can also save your sms, call logs and wifi access points. I don't know for WhatsApp.
I once used Helium, but it failed restoring some games, I never had a problem with Titanium.
If you synchronise your applications in your google sync settings, all your apps from playstore should be automatically downloaded after first account add.
It is not generally recommended to restore apps, it can cause problems, so I recommend you to save only the apps with data/settings you cannot change manually or hard to retrieve. That won't take too much space. I usually only save games, or apps not coming from playstore/amazon appstore..., and sms, call logs and wifi access points. Then, once all the apps downloaded, i go into every one individually to change settings or log into (facebook, ...) according to my needs, that does not take too long generally.