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When I do a NAND Backup, what does it include?

Does it get everything... as in:
- kernel
- firmware
- radios
- all applications including gapps, sprint apps, etc
Is there anything it doesn't get? (besides bootloader and recovery)...
Thx!

Do a nand before you flash something or make and drastic changes. It backs up everything.
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dglowe343 said:
Do a nand before you flash something or make and drastic changes. It backs up everything.
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I have never gotten nandroid to work for me. EVER. I tried it twice on my adp and once on my evo. It completely ****ed up my card, and I had to reformat. I don't know what the hell I'm doing wrong..it didn't seem like it should be that difficult. However,i gave up using it after it ****ed up my d card.

If you do a ‘NANROID’ backup from ClockWork Recovery, what does it actually do?
Only reason I ask is that I want to switch and play around with some different ROMS that I’ve seen but want to back up my text messages, etc… so I can restore it all on the new ROM of my choice.
Is there a contents guide as to whats involved?

Just think of a Nandroid backup as a snapshot of everything that's on your phone at the time you make the backup. I generally check everything that's an option to backup, just in case. I'm using the Smelkus recovery.
You can't use a Nandroid to restore info to a new ROM. It's only there in case you run in to problems, then you have something to fall back on, namely, restoring whatever ROM you've backed up.
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For SMS use SMS backup from the play store. Only way I know of to transfer or save messages. Real easy to use and once you load a new rom and reinstall SMS backup it will reload all your conversations if you wish
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RascalDoc said:
For SMS use SMS backup from the play store. Only way I know of to transfer or save messages. Real easy to use and once you load a new rom and reinstall SMS backup it will reload all your conversations if you wish
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Or Google Voice.
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FinZ28 said:
Or Google Voice.
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Google Voice restores SMS messages? I'll have to look at that.....
Birmingham.... Alabama?? Half my family tree originated in Ensley......lol

RascalDoc said:
Google Voice restores SMS messages? I'll have to look at that.....
Birmingham.... Alabama?? Half my family tree originated in Ensley......lol
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Well, not so much restores them as it saves them separately from the messaging app. Take for instance, even if I delete all my texts in my messaging app, they are still in Google Voice unless I go and delete them (which I normally do about once a week or so on my laptop since it's such a pain to delete multiple texts in the app).
Yes, Birmingham, Alabama, would be correct. I hear Ensley was nice back forty or so years ago. From what I've seen of it nowadays, I know that's no longer the case

Does it backup let's say all my mp3 files on my internal sd card too?

Best backup program???

Im looiking to eventually ROOT and want to know whats the best app out there to backup my contacts. I figured out after all my contacts were put in to save them as google and now i cant go back and change. I always used PIM backup on WM phones. Do they make an android app?

what is wrong with using google for contacts backup ?

I liked Titanium Backup so much I donated to unlock all the stuff. Let me just say... being able to fully restore apps with 1 click is awesome And by 1 click, I mean I tap 1 button and it restores all 40+ apps I have backed up.

simplyphp said:
I liked Titanium Backup so much I donated to unlock all the stuff. Let me just say... being able to fully restore apps with 1 click is awesome And by 1 click, I mean I tap 1 button and it restores all 40+ apps I have backed up.
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i may be wrong, but I dont believe this does a backup of contacts. Mybackup Pro does however. You can also recover homescreen settings as well with this

FattySparks said:
i may be wrong, but I dont believe this does a backup of contacts. Mybackup Pro does however. You can also recover homescreen settings as well with this
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Found this post using Google, pretty much sums it up:
1 - Open Ti Backup
2 - Select the 'Backup/Restore' tab
3 - Select the 'menu' button to bring up some options in this tab
4 - Select 'Batch' (there a bunch of pre-programmed choices)
5 - Option 3 <RUN> 'Backup all user apps+system data'
6 - This will open another window where you can view all the items that are going to be backed up one of which is 'CONTACTS/CALLS' among a bunch of other items.
7 - Select 'Run Operation' at the top and the backup will start
8 - Be sure to copy the contents to your local machine HD for safe keeping
For Titanium Backup Restore:
- Repeat steps 1-4 to advance to the batch menu
5 - Select option 9 on the list <RUN> 'Restore missing apps+ all system data
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http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205535

just add all of your contacts to gmail and the phone will sync and add them automatically. you will never need to manually backup your contacts again.

My backup pro for sure. The home screen settings didn't seem to restore for me though.
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Another vote for Titanium Backup. The Donate version is incredible, and I'd be lost without it. Otherwise it would be nearly impossible to restore all 130 of my apps with data and Market links.

I thought titanium backup was only for rooted phones. And with Google, I found out u can save that way acre my contacts were transfered. When making a new contact u have the option of making it a Google contact so that it will sync. Unless I'm missing something.
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mebo73 said:
I thought titanium backup was only for rooted phones. And with Google, I found out u can save that way acre my contacts were transfered. When making a new contact u have the option of making it a Google contact so that it will sync. Unless I'm missing something.
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TB is only for rooted users. As soon as you root I suggest jumping on it.
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Yes, not rooted = use MyBackup
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+1 for Titanium Backup Paid Version. Totally worth the $5 bucks to back everything up.

Some say MyBackup Pro is less capable than Titanium. What does Titanium do that MyBackup Pro doesn't other than uninstalling applications?

Gmail’s contacts. I like to flash customs roms, so I have to wipe my phone all the time. With Gmails contacts all I need is to log into my account and its sync all my information immediately.

Doofenshmirtz said:
Gmail’s contacts. I like to flash customs roms, so I have to wipe my phone all the time. With Gmails contacts all I need is to log into my account and its sync all my information immediately.
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But what about your apps?!
I'm using TB Pro and loving it thus far. It only seems to backup my contacts and apps though. Wish it would also backup my settings, but I guess there would be conflicts with changing ROMs and especially changing firmware since setting options might change.

akarol said:
But what about your apps?!
I'm using TB Pro and loving it thus far. It only seems to backup my contacts and apps though. Wish it would also backup my settings, but I guess there would be conflicts with changing ROMs and especially changing firmware since setting options might change.
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Titanium Backup will get all of your settings.

Mybackup has alwaysdone great for me.
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Widgets!

Anybody know of a program that will restore widgets to their respectful place after a wipe, or upgrade. Kinda getting tired of placing each and every widget each time I wipe. Thanks in advanced.
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Titanium Backup will restore your apps and settings ....but the only way I know how to restore your widget setup is via nandroid backup

The Desktop system app contains your homescreen setup. Caution when restoring system apps though.
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The Desktop system app contains your homescreen setup. Caution when restoring system apps though.
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Desktop systems app? Where can I find it? And can you elaborate on being "careful" restoring. Thanks.
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There is no way to really, consistently, do what you're asking, thanks to the limitations of the Android system.

Maybe someone could figure out a way to export "scenes" to the SD card then you could just save your scene, flash a new sense rom and have everything back how you had it.
I'm just brainstorming, I have no clue if "scenes" can be exported

MyBackup Pro sort of does it. It has a function specifically for restoring homescreens but does not work perfectly.
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If you use adw it can backup your desktop configuration. That's what I do.
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brownmc77 said:
Desktop systems app? Where can I find it? And can you elaborate on being "careful" restoring. Thanks.
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There's a system app named HTC SENSE: DESKTOP. It stores your desktop config. Restoring system apps from one rom to another can cause issues. I'm not sure of specific issues cuz I usually only restore WiFi access points.
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I use this cool thing called pen and paper. It lets you write down where everything is on the home screen. Then when you restore, you can look at the "paper" part, to figure out where everything goes. Isn't that cool?

DeMiNe0 said:
I use this cool thing called pen and paper. It lets you write down where everything is on the home screen. Then when you restore, you can look at the "paper" part, to figure out where everything goes. Isn't that cool?
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Or you could take a screenshot of each screen then put those on your computer and look at them while you're restoring your screens. None of this "paper" business... whatever "paper" means.

My Backup Pro works quite well for me
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ijrod21i said:
Or you could take a screenshot of each screen then put those on your computer and look at them while you're restoring your screens. None of this "paper" business... whatever "paper" means.
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+1 I use shoot me before I wipe for all screens, but it is still a pain

You can't. Just remember where your widgets are or take screens if you really have that many.

Or take a screenshot of each home screen? If rooted, of course.
Just noticed someone mentioned this idea already.

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None of this "paper" business... whatever "paper" means.
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I think it's supposed to be in the market, but I haven't been able to find it.
+1 for screenshots though

I found out by accident that if I back up all apps and data with Titanium Backup and then flash whatever... when I restore with Titanium my apps come back but I also discovered that when I power off and then power back on my previous personal scene and apps and widgets all return to where I had them.
I think that is what is being asked.

[Discussion]Backup apps with user data

Crackflashers do full wipe many times, so I guess they are expert at backup-ing apps. I'm currently using Go backup, not go backup ex.
What other apps do you use?
I know stormbird backup, titanium, go backup, miui backup.. what else are you using?

Hi!
I also use Go Backup!
I was using titanium by the past, but really like the ability to restore all my apps & things without any prompt!

Titanium looks a bit complicated..
Isnt there a simple app to just backup ur data n apps?

Keanu4 said:
Titanium looks a bit complicated..
Isnt there a simple app to just backup ur data n apps?
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MyBackup Root.

Titanium backup since day 1.

Titanium backup :thumbup:
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Rom toolbox can do this also. Honestly, I never backup my data. If I do backup, I only backup the apps to save me some download time. Over the last few years of using Android I've learned that most apps really just aren't important enough for me to even install so it's not a big deal to me.
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ANDROID TUNER is what I have been using. Have used titanium and ROM tb but android tuner is a better "all in one" app for me and my phone.
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Anyone able to backup gmail app data? Using TiBk, it just backs up the app, but when restoring, none of the settings are preserved. Really inconvenient if I want to change between different roms.
Also any way to backup system data like ringtones, sound, display settings?

kjaved373 said:
Anyone able to backup gmail app data? Using TiBk, it just backs up the app, but when restoring, none of the settings are preserved. Really inconvenient if I want to change between different roms.
Also any way to backup system data like ringtones, sound, display settings?
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???What?? they are synced to your account. What settings are you talking about? If it is general settings it takes like 2 sec. to check the box. I have never used TB for Gmail. Just get it from Play or it is in GAPPS.
You don't want to restore system settings between ROM'S, it will generally ef up the new one. Things don't necessarily mix well.

jayjay3333 said:
???What?? they are synced to your account. What settings are you talking about? If it is general settings it takes like 2 sec. to check the box. I have never used TB for Gmail. Just get it from Play or it is in GAPPS.
You don't want to restore system settings between ROM'S, it will generally ef up the new one. Things don't necessarily mix well.
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I have a lot of labels and custom notifications for each set up, takes like 5 min to setup. Kinda annoying but would be more convenient if I can restore it.
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i use go backup. it's simple and awesome.

ok I agree now titaniumsbackup .. it works
kjaved373 said:
I have a lot of labels and custom notifications for each set up, takes like 5 min to setup. Kinda annoying but would be more convenient if I can restore it.
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there are small this and that settings those need to be done again and sometimes takes 15minutes and still some left out
actually yes thats what I have been searching around to find out... if I am going for full flash after wiping everything for backup... titaniumbackup can take backup of apps n data,
Choose: Backup -> All User Apps + System Data
full flash will change the Device ID? ... Yes it will .. using this same app you can .. even if you have 2 step Account on. ..Restore the device id .. then you can have the login of the Google Account back as well !!
Hope this helps...
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Titanium is my *****!
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Transferring content from old android to nexus 4

i currently have a lg g2x and i have apps and sava data from games and was wondering if there is any good app that can transfer all this content to the new phone? also could it brings issues from 1 being gingerbread and the other jelly bean?

peste19 said:
i currently have a lg g2x and i have app and sava data from games and was wondering if there is any good app that can do this? also could it brings issues from 1 being gingerbread and the other jelly bean?
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Use titanium backup from the app store. Copy the folder with backed up data from the phone to your pc, copy it onto new phone and restore.

Titanium won't work on unrooted phones. Try my backup pro!
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More importantly, how do you get the titanium backup files on the Nexus 4? You can't do it though USB, right? Should I use a FTP server app and do it through FTP?

Sizzlechest said:
More importantly, how do you get the titanium backup files on the Nexus 4? You can't do it though USB, right? Should I use a FTP server app and do it through FTP?
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Just transfer them with USB. Its a folder called TitaniumBackup
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nbeebe24 said:
Just transfer them with USB. Its a folder called TitaniumBackup
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Yep, this is exactly what I did coming from the S4G...Titanium Pro Rocks!

Well, I restored my apps+data on my N4 from my Evo 3D and the N4 bootloops
Where can I find a list of compatible apps for JB 4.2.1? Thanks!
I'm back on my Evo 3D for now...
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Don't just restore all data and go through them one by one. Restore only data for user apps installed from the Play Store. The likelihood is your phone messed up because you overwrote some system data.
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Chrono_Tata said:
Don't just restore all data and go through them one by one. Restore only data for user apps installed from the Play Store. The likelihood is your phone messed up because you overwrote some system data.
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I did restore some system data but they showed up as green in TB so I thought it was safe (like calendar, contacts, SMS/MMS, wi-fi access points). I will try again and only restore user apps with data. A few apps did not restore at all though (like FB, official Twitter), weird.
I hope I can sort this out. Otherwise, I'm gonna sell the phone.

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Just transfer them with USB. Its a folder called TitaniumBackup
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Here's the problem, I can't see files backed up to that directory. It seems as if they're being filtered from my view. Isn't there an issue with the way USB works such that it's not giving access to all the files, just the multimedia ones?

I use an app called DataSync to sync app data between phones. I've had no problems transferring app data between my HTC Rezound and my Nexus 4. I use dropbox as my storage area, you then upload old data from old phone to dropbox and then download it from dropbox to new phone. You select which apps to sync, the repository, then which direction to sync, very simple to use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quintstoffers.DataSync&hl=en

I used adb backup & restore to move content from my unrooted One X to my N4.

There's an issue with MTP that directories don't show up right away. There's workaround for other phones or if you install CM 10, but I don't think there's a way to get back to USB Mass Storage on stock Jelly Bean.

Ok so it turns out it WAS one of system settings in green that messed up the phone. My problem is it's actually the SMS/MMS backup, which is apparently tied to the phone app (the HTC one since my backup is from the Evo 3D). I'm not sure how to restore these. I know I can do SMS with SMS Backup & restore but it doesn't do MMS. Any app out there that can save & restore both?

Ghisy said:
Ok so it turns out it WAS one of system settings in green that messed up the phone. My problem is it's actually the SMS/MMS backup, which is apparently tied to the phone app (the HTC one since my backup is from the Evo 3D). I'm not sure how to restore these. I know I can do SMS with SMS Backup & restore but it doesn't do MMS. Any app out there that can save & restore both?
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Use the backup./restore XML feature in titanium backup it does SMS and mms including pictures
As a rule of thumb avoid restoring any system data from differing make phones or across android roms/versions.
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Rusty! said:
I used adb backup & restore to move content from my unrooted One X to my N4.
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This, and it b/u's up your sdcard as well, just do this after you unlock your bootloader if that's in the works.

I found letting it try and backup the shared storage caused me a bunch of problems, so I told it to skip that and copied the bits I needed myself.

ben_pyett said:
Use the backup./restore XML feature in titanium backup it does SMS and mms including pictures
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Oh wow, thanks!! I didn't know about this XML feature!
edit: oh but it only works in the donate version....
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As a rule of thumb avoid restoring any system data from differing make phones or across android roms/versions.
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Yeah I get your point. I'm usually super careful but green options are supposed to be safe to restore but, as it turns out, they're not really.

Use SMS Backup & Restore from the Play Store, it's free and good.

I am having a similar problem, my Nexus 4 will arrive this week.
All stuff is ok with TB, except Line from Naver.
Anyone knows how to export and import messages, don't wanna lose them