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.
JDV28 said:
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.
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I just flashed the new fresh 2.1 rom and my numbers are gone. I have a nandroid though, is there any way to get my numbers back in? If I use the nandroid, wont it put me back to my previous state when I did the nandroid backup?
with numbers you need to have a backup separate than your phone...restore and sync your contacts to outlook or google contacts, THEN flash and resync... I keep my contacts in exchange so I get them back everytime...just a thought otherwise you'll be stuck where you are.
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Hmm, ok. For some reason when I sync it does NOT backup my contacts... It says its synching but nothing happens. How do I get HTc sync, well to sync my backups?
that's asking too much once you restore your contacts should re-appear from there sync your contacts to outlook or google contacts....this shouldn't have anything to do with backing up backups with htc sync. Hope that helps...if you can't get past this I wouldn't fiddle with your phone/rom anymore...just sayin.
Oh I thought you meant that I needed to use HTC sync and backup. I can do it with google.. I'll see if I can figure it out. Im restoring now.
Alright I signed into my gmail account on my PC and I see the contacts now. I never use gmail and I never knew it backed them up. So I'm going to export them over. Thanks a ton.
i thought that google backs up all your data? so even if you lost your numbers after a nandroid all you do is go to accs and sync your data back.. am i right? or did i just miss the whole point of this thread?
No you are right, I never knew that. Call me dumb or whatever you will, I just never knew that.
mroneeyedboh said:
Alright I signed into my gmail account on my PC and I see the contacts now. I never use gmail and I never knew it backed them up. So I'm going to export them over. Thanks a ton.
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glad it worked out man
mroneeyedboh said:
No you are right, I never knew that. Call me dumb or whatever you will, I just never knew that.
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no your fine.. no need for the name calling or bashing someone for not just knowing something..
But glad you fix your problem
I reeally want to root my g1 but i dont want to lose all my contacts,since there saved on your computer gmail account if i press sync will the all go back?
If not what else can i do?
g1joe8 said:
I reeally want to root my g1 but i dont want to lose all my contacts,since there saved on your computer gmail account if i press sync will the all go back?
If not what else can i do?
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You will not lose your contacts as long as they're synced with google. Every time you flash you have to sign back in, and it pulls all of your contacts. It's nice.
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You will not lose your contacts as long as they're synced with google. Every time you flash you have to sign back in, and it pulls all of your contacts. It's nice.
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yeah what he said. also the app "AddressBook for Android" will backup your contacts. However if you use this to restore them it dupes b/c of the sync with Google. Slightly annoying so I ditched its slow laggy bugginess for the stock dialer/contact manager. I found an app to sync my contacts to facebook- that was the only real feature I dig about addressbook, and even that was sketchy.
also NitroDesk for android (outlook exchange sync) will backup your apps but its $20....
Im writing here because i have to where to go to ask for at problem like this
to night i updated my moms x8 because of an error with the market and gmail app on the phone. not rooted btw. and there wasent any gmail attached to the phone.
but after i had run the backup and restore application on the phone running 1.6 at that time. it backed everything up. then i plugged in the phone and updated to 2.1. after the install and i turned the phone on. i find out that i only got 4 contacts on the phone. and 1 contact in fav section there's no contacts on the simcard and backup and restor took about 1 min to restore contacts when i restored from the backup.
Any idea where the contacts have run away to or are they just lost for good?
They could have been attached to a google account. So when you backed up the files, you only backed up what was actually on the phone, which could be those 4 contacts.
Try doing a sync.
can't access that gmail. and i dont know if they have been synced to that gmail. i will try to get access to it, but as far as i know the phone hasent synced it contacts with it, not manually it hasent, dont know if it does so automaticly?
I think it does it automatically. One day I went to look at the contacts that were actually stored on my phone. Apparently none of them were, they were all tied to the gmail account.
So yeah, I'd say it does it automatically. I could be wrong though.
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.
I got my first Android phone last year, and I've loved it. Obviously, hanging out in here, I'm looking at getting the Atrix. OK, I'm committed to it, damnit.
Anyway, question is this: When I pick up the Atrix...how do I get all my crap from my N1 to it? Apps, texts that I want to keep, game data, etc. Is this where we just run something like Titanium (which I *think* requires root) and just restore from that? I'm sure this is really simple and basic...but I've never had to change Android phones before.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
ETA: Are there options that don't require root? Assuming it could take a week or so for the Atrix to be rooted.
Requiring root. You can titanium backup your messages and game data to your sd card. When you get the atrix, put your sd card in it and restore the data using titanium.
Your apps/contacts/games will download automatically as soon as you log into the phone, assuming you have a google account and have everything set to sync automatically on your current phone.
As for a non-root method, I haven't looked into it.
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Requiring root. You can titanium backup your messages and game data to your sd card. When you get the atrix, put your sd card in it and restore the data using titanium.
Your apps/contacts/games will download automatically as soon as you log into the phone, assuming you have a google account and have everything set to sync automatically on your current phone.
As for a non-root method, I haven't looked into it.
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You sure the apps and everything will download? The GF lost her Captivate, so I got her a new one, logged in, contacts downloaded...and that was it. Maybe I just haven't checked the setting to back up the apps as well? If not, I probably need to do that on my N1, though I've got that thing backed up ten ways from Sunday lol.
ETA: Appreciate the help, Mike.
App backup, if I recall correctly is enabled by default, but only available on 2.2+ builds. So that would be why the Captivate didn't come back. As for texts, SMS Backup & Restore works perfectly for me, and it doesn't require root.
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App backup, if I recall correctly is enabled by default, but only available on 2.2+ builds. So that would be why the Captivate didn't come back. As for texts, SMS Backup & Restore works perfectly for me, and it doesn't require root.
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Thanks! Appreciate that
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If you use a messaging program like handcent, you can back up your SMS and MMS to be reloaded onto your new phone too. Save all your numbers to your google account too, and also consider moving all your apps and files to your external sd card.
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If you use a messaging program like handcent, you can back up your SMS and MMS to be reloaded onto your new phone too. Save all your numbers to your google account too, and also consider moving all your apps and files to your external sd card.
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Contacts and SMS aren't too big of a deal. I've got those covered a few different ways. I'm worried more about apps, app data, and various settings. If an app doesn't natively support being on the SD card, then one must run Apps2SD, which is cool. Except it's not, since we have no idea when the Atrix will be rooted. And then there's the issue of apps that AT&T *may* not allow. I'm not sure how those would be installed from the SD card, as per your recommendation, if AT&T elects to block non-market APK installs.
In short, I appreciate the reply and discussion. I could have thought through my initial question much better, as your reply has cause me to rethink a bit. Thanks mate.
Funny, I'm gonna go from an N1 to an Atrix as well. I know as far as contacts go, el goog will have them for me already. But I was wondering if using a csv(?) contact backup would be better? My google contacts aren't all right, my online gmail is missing some contacts that are on my phone. My main concern is getting all the extra stuff in contacts; email address, street address, birthdays, etc... Just wondering which would be better at transferring all that?
im in the original winmo boat. First time going to android. What if I sync with outlook, will android synch with outlook? Anybody?
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im in the original winmo boat. First time going to android. What if I sync with outlook, will android synch with outlook? Anybody?
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Are you using an Exchange account with Outlook? Android will sync mail, calendar, and contacts with Exchange much more easily that trying to sync directly with Outlook.
stoli412 said:
Are you using an Exchange account with Outlook? Android will sync mail, calendar, and contacts with Exchange much more easily that trying to sync directly with Outlook.
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I am using Outlook without Exchange on my home PC. Still checking different ways to sync phone and android. I have >5000 contacts from several associations I am in, and I am not sure if Gmail can handle those plus the supplemental info (spouses, birthdates, etc.).