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[Sharing]My experience - Moving from WM TouchHD to froyo - Backup Contact, Cal, SMS

After trying Android Froyo for my Touch HD, I decided to use it for daily use, because I think Froyo is stable enough (last time I tried the eclair I feel not so stable), and overall it's better than WinMo
So I tried to move few important things that exist on my winmo, and the most important things that I feel is:
- Contact
- Calendar
- SMS
As a newbie I feel it might be useful for those of you who just tried to use android for you Touch HD device, and I will try to share my experience in doing it.
Hopefully useful.
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WinMo - Sync Contacts and Calendar with Gmail account
The first thing need to do is performing synchronization between the existing Calendar and Contacts on winmo with gmail account. If you haven't already, you can follow the steps described here :
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299
It is not so hard to do
WinMo - Backup existing sms
Because I have some important sms messages so I don't want to lose them.
1. Download sms exporter from http://stop3dataroaming.googlecode.com/files/SmsExporterSetup0.5.CAB
2. Create a backup file with sms exporter and store it in the folder <sdcard> / SMSBackupRestore (if this folder is not exist please create it first), and give it the name: mySMS.xml
Installing Android
Install Froyo Android on your device, you can use the steps described on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732362
And use your gmail account to get all contact and calendar items on android
Froyo - Downloading SMS Backup
Download and install the SMS Backup and Restore app by typing the word SMS Backup and Restore on the android market and select/install the application SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu
Froyo - Restore SMS
Run the SMS Backup and Restore app, and click the restore button. There will be a pop up asking you which file to restore and then choose mySMS.xml.
Select OK and then the application will start the restore process.
Froyo - Transferring SMS backup to gmail - optional
Later, once the SMS has been moved to the android, I felt froyo becoming a bit slow (I have about 2300 sms mesages lol), so I decided to move / backup all the SMS to my gmail account.
What you need is only to install the SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel (just search it on android Market)
And after all sms items uploaded to my gmail account under label SMS,I remove some old messages and then android becomes faster
That's all. Hopefully will help for those of you who tried to install froyo on your Touch HD

Or use Sprite migrate
spritesoftware.com/Products/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer

Spidersoft said:
Or use Sprite migrate
spritesoftware.com/Products/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer
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thanks! is it free of charge?

It's free and as far as i proofed, it doesn't phone home

ahaha ... isee ...
thanks for share @spider
I wish I know that link before I did the manual backup (i've spent many hours for that lol)

[Q] Restoring Contacts problem

I've been flashing and enjoying all the different roms. I backed up my phone from a few days ago via clockwork recovery and one version has all of the contacts that I need, but when I restore the data after a new flash, not only do I get the contacts I want, but also other things that I don't want to restore.
So for now, I just want to bring over the contacts file that I backed up, and none of the other data. I tried google sync but it only brings over the email addresses, but not the phone numbers of my contact. I tried Titanium Backup, but it did the same thing. I tried Android Backup app, but it won't restore what I backed up.
Where can I find the specific contacts file and what is the best way to back it up and restore it?

This isn't a direct answer to your question however the simplest and most foolproof way is to go into contacts and export the list. You can take that file and import it into your gmail contacts (the option is there). After that you can move the email addresses to another folder within your gmail contacts. (They'll still be just as easily accessed when emailing) After that when you do gmail sync it will always bring back just the phone numbers. Then it's as easy and adding that acccount within your rom. Hope this helps....
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worked! Thanks so much.

restore contacts from nandroid

Hi,
I did a backup from nandroid before to upgrade to a other ROM. Could we just restore contacts from one of nandroid backup?
If so, which part of the backup should i restore? There are boot,system,data,cache,sd-ext.
Thanks

No, i really don't think there's such app. Just no point to creat it. Spend 20mins and you'll get your stuff back. Backup current ROM -> restore old one -> backup contacts -> restore just created ROM back up.
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Arf, my backup didn't include contacts. I may have done it after downgrading from 1.72 to 1.34 :S
Anyway, i did your solution I went back to RUU, transfer data from my old phone, export contacts to SD. Back to GV1.5 and import contacts from SD.
Could we save contacts from Titanium backup free, because the contacts/call...cts storage 2.3.2 seems to store only call log...

Your phone should automatically backup and restore contacts from whatever google account you have or setup on your phone. There's no need to have a contact backup utility on this OS. If you don't have a data plan then use wifi to do it.

Not everyone wants to sync with google
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Well that's understandable.
There should be an option when you're looking at you contacts to export them to the sdcard. Just pull up the menu and click 'import/export' then export to sdcard. When you restore your phone do the same thing except import from the sdcard. Not sure why 2.3 only exported your call log though, maybe you have to switch the contacts to phone storage o something.

I have synced with google and got many more contacts that are not supposed to be there or the same contact in triple...
How i can delete all contact and try again? Delete one by one is quite annoying
EDIT: I'm on Gingervillain 1.5

Giving my G2 away - How to "clean" the phone?!

I am giving away my phone to a friend, but how do I "clean" the phone?
Like, I want to erase/uinstall all the apps I've downloaded and installed, empty my messages, folders and camera files... Make it look like "new"..
Can I save my sms/text messages + contacts and their details on my PC or something? Or can I perhaps put them on my sim-card as I won't be giving away the sim-card?
I will be using another android phone, of course.

There are various programs on the market that perform sms backups/restores. I use SMS backup+ to backup my sms every few hours automatically to my gmail account under a label entitled "SMS." I think there is an option to restore SMS in that app too.
As for contacts, they should be backed up with your google account (email). Log into your google account on a computer and under contacts will be various groups. I've created a group specifically with phone numbers to appear under my contacts on android (Contacts [push menu]> display>click google account.and check the contact group you want on the phone).
By default, google will back up your contacts. Under settings, push accounts and sync, and manage your google account. There, the Sync contacts should be enabled and all of your contacts will sync to the google account (where you can edit the groups I've outlined above).
I would connect the phone to a computer, create a folder, and copy all of the contents of your SD card into that folder just in case. When you're ready to pass on the phone, wipe the sd card (on the computer or on the phone by settings>storage>erase sd card).
Reboot into recovery and wipe data, cache, etc. There might be a factory reset option as well. If you aren't rooted, I'm not sure, but there might be a key sequence that does the wipes for you. Try a google search for that.

elgy said:
I am giving away my phone to a friend, but how do I "clean" the phone?
Like, I want to erase/uinstall all the apps I've downloaded and installed, empty my messages, folders and camera files... Make it look like "new"..
Can I save my sms/text messages + contacts and their details on my PC or something? Or can I perhaps put them on my sim-card as I won't be giving away the sim-card?
I will be using another android phone, of course.
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market - smsbackup - works great here, puts all your sms on your sdcard. then email them to yourself.
then
settings - factory reset (wipes everything you ever did off the phone)
if you make a TiTanium Backup of the device first, you can just move everything from the sdcard to your new phone, or let google take care of the settings (online backup). either way, it's pretty painless.
what are you getting next ?
should take

If you're rooted you can data wipe from within CWM and format your sd card and also for backing up you can use mybackup very handy application. It'll backup your apps, sms, call logs, contacts and your media(camera pictures, videos)

Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset

Best way to fully backup everything (including SMS)

I haven't clean wiped my phone since taking delivery (March 2016) I'm rooted and have flashed every update up to N4F26J but I'v noticed a drop in battery even running the same kernel. I'd like to factory reset things then just restore apps and SMS. What is the best method to accomplish this? Previously I'd use SS Backup&Restore along with a Titanium Backup but that was a different device and different Andriod version, is there anything more efficient?
Thank you!

Thats what i do. Sms backup & restore by carbonite and titanium backup. Its pretty easy if you have the pro version of TB.

I use Titanium for user Apps and SMS...

g cloud is good if you dont know tit backup. tit backs up everything perfectly if you know how. for sms change your sms app in settings to titanium backup then go in titanium and back up (messages sms&mms) it'll be in yellow text. then you have to go back to your default sms app screen and change it back to hangouts, messenger or whatever you use. then in titanium backup find in settings create update.zip . as long as you dont wipe internal storage youll have your backups.
when restoring a backup change sms app default to [titanium backup] as your default messaging app. then go to in to tit backup and restore the generic looking yellow entry that says [Messages
(sms&mms)] what till its finished restoring. then just change the default messaging app back to hangouts or whatever you use.
you dont back up an sms app like messenger or hangouts because the sms are only read by those apps. their stored in (messages sms&mms) its a location in your phone.

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g cloud is good if you dont know tit backup. tit backs up everything perfectly if you know how. for sms change your sms app in settings to titanium backup then go in titanium and back up (messages sms&mms) it'll be in yellow text. then you have to go back to your default sms app screen and change it back to hangouts, messenger or whatever you use. then in titanium backup find in settings create update.zip . as long as you dont wipe internal storage youll have your backups.
when restoring a backup change sms app default to [titanium backup] as your default messaging app. then go to in to tit backup and restore the generic looking yellow entry that says [Messages
(sms&mms)] what till its finished restoring. then just change the default messaging app back to hangouts or whatever you use.
you dont back up an sms app like messenger or hangouts because the sms are only read by those apps. their stored in (messages sms&mms) its a location in your phone.
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Thats nuts. Ive seen where TB showed up as an sms app but never knew why. I'll definitely switch.