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I have a problem, I am running FR007 and I can't get Clockwork to make a working backup. If I try to restore from the backup it gives MD5 error. I also tried using Rom Manager and it gives me the android with the triangle error. What do I need to do to get a working backup.
Try titanium backup or Astro File Manager.
tbone22 said:
I have a problem, I am running FR007 and I can't get Clockwork to make a working backup. If I try to restore from the backup it gives MD5 error. I also tried using Rom Manager and it gives me the android with the triangle error. What do I need to do to get a working backup.
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Out of curiosity, when you turn off your phone or, restart it, whatever it is that you do to get into clockwork...do you have your phone plugged in with the usb cable?
Yeah I get into clockwork and do a android backup but if I try to restore I get an,error. MD5 something. Titanium and astrology don't do android do they.
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tbone22 said:
Yeah I get into clockwork and do a android backup but if I try to restore I get an,error. MD5 something. Titanium and astrology don't do android do they.
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lol @ astrology. damn auto correct lol. anyway, you didn't pay attention to my question. do you have your phone hooked up to usb when you are rebooting to go into clockwork?
Yeah auto correct gets me alot. And no I don't have anything hooked to the phone when I try to backup.
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are you renaming the backup folder?
No. It won't sync with HTC sync either if that helps.
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same thing happened to me for almost all of my backups, i think it was because i put in a custom kernel. I switched back and it started to work again.
If I do an advanced nandroid restore, which option will restore text messages? Somehow, my TiBackup isn't restoring messages.
I think it would be user data try that out and se where it gets you but itwill restore all apps you had too and it could make you have tons of force closes if the rom your running doesn't like somethin
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Yeah thats why i usually dont even do full ti backup restores, bc of the FCs. Ill try and see what happens.
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Yeah tell me the outcome
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jirafabo said:
If I do an advanced nandroid restore, which option will restore text messages? Somehow, my TiBackup isn't restoring messages.
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hey jirafabo have you tried rebooting your phone after a titanium back up restore....it wont show you everything you restored until you reboot
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hey jirafabo have you tried rebooting your phone after a titanium back up restore....it wont show you everything you restored until you reboot
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Haha when i read this i thought to myself "yeah thats not it, ive surely reboted a few times just in the process of having a new rom flashed and trying things out, but ill try anyway. "
And of course, that fixed it. Reboot did it. My girl says thanks, she now has the first text i ever sent her back on her phone. Awwwwww
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I'm trying to restore apps but i keep getting force closes,anything I try to restore always end up in a force close after restoration
If not resolved, I recommend people wait for ota update. Too many [email protected]
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Cat_On_Droid said:
I'm trying to restore apps but i keep getting force closes,anything I try to restore always end up in a force close after restoration
If not resolved, I recommend people wait for ota update. Too many [email protected]
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If you're restoring with titanium backup try to only restore app and not app+data. The data part might conflict with the new FW as it's a higher build number.
Don't think it has anything to do with the posted .ftf file nor the method in updating.
Regards Dousan...
I'm restoring using my backup root. Damnit.. I have so much data: (
Is there any way to bypass ?
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Your right dousan!!!data conflict is Persisistant !what can I do???
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Cat_On_Droid said:
Your right dousan!!!data conflict is Persisistant !what can I do???
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If you're restoring data from a nandroid i would then flash the doomlord kernel that matches the FW build on the nandroid. Then i would restore the nandroid and then download titanium backup and do a back up with that. Then upgrade to the state where you are now and use the TB to restore apps without data
Regards Dousan...
e: Just reread your post and saw that I missed the app you are using to restore. In that case it would be helpfull if you had a recent nandroid. Afaik My backup root can only restore one way and that's app+data at once and nothing else.
e2: You could do the above, flash kernel and firmware that matches your backup from my backup root. When flashed then restore the backup from my backup root and then download TB and do a backup with that. Then return to current state you have at the moment and restore with TB using only app option when doing so.
So I don't get any data -_-?
Edit, wrong, myroot does it threeway
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So I don't get any data -_-?
Edit, wrong, myroot does it threeway
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Yes without data or atleast do one at a time to check if it FC's.
Edited my post above.
Regards Dousan...
So I don't get any data back? I have both tb and myroot. I use my root because I don't have tbpro to restore all at once
No data? Boooo...
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Hey there is no data conflict, that's for sure.
I flashed the ftf file with the "Wipe user data" option UNCHECKED. All my apps, data, contacts, messages remained as they were without any single conflict or FC anywhere.
Besides, I restored many apps via Titanium now and then. They worked fine.
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Maybe it's a problem with MyBackup root. try mybackup Pro.
OK I restored some data, and it worked fine
Strange...
I may not wipe user data next time....
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I've used TB alot and have now and then encountered FC'ing when restoring both app+data when jumping build numbers in FW/custom roms.
Games from gameloft just acts weird at some points when restoring from TB with data aswell.
It still could be a data conflict as i've seen people upgrading the same custom roms on the same phones and some get that FC'ing when they don't wipe data and some don't and some get's it when restoring with app+data and then some don't. So it might still be worth restoring one at a time to see wich has a conflict.
Regards Dousan...
Am thinking of not wiping data and return to 233 and restore my vadass apps and data!
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Hey there is no data conflict, that's for sure.
I flashed the ftf file with the "Wipe user data" option UNCHECKED. All my apps, data, contacts, messages remained as they were without any single conflict or FC anywhere.
Besides, I restored many apps via Titanium now and then. They worked fine.
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You mean we can flash the 2.3.4 ftf file even w/uncheck wipe user data, and all those apps will still work perfectly? Hmmm, seems like I will get this 2.3.4 now.. The reason why I don't flash is because of the restoring problem also, the last time I did that, it took me 3-4 days to download all data files again.. Maybe nextime I will just do a backup of the apk using mybackup root and I will just backup my sdcard files to my PC..
But oh, I will lose root since my BL is still locked, I will not be able to flash the rootxperia.. Maybe I'll just wait for OTA then.. Tsk..
So I was playing Family Fued last night on my phone and pressed the home button. After doing so, my phone screen turned black and became unresponsive so I held the power button and rebooted. Upon booting the phone got stuck on the boot animation.
So I tried dirty flashing my ROM, gapps, and kernel. The phone booted then got stuck on the Starting Apps toast with a continuous progress wheel. I tried a combination of wiping caches and dirty flashing to no avail. I was running francos kernel with -75 UV, but flashed a kernel without UV to be sure. I'm still unable to get past the starting apps toast when I restore to the backup I made.
I just want to get it to boot so I can retrieve some important text messages. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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If you're getting as far as the starting apps dialog, you should be able to get a logcat of the boot process, which will go a long way in diagnosing the problem, and if it is recoverable.
I'm thinking either a framework file got corrupted, or even more likely, your data partition is corrupted and upon bootup, dalvik can't write to /data/dalvik-cache while attempting to "optimize" apps, and it therefore hangs.
This is all just conjecture of course, and I could be completely wrong, but a log will surely help.
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If you're getting as far as the starting apps dialog, you should be able to get a logcat of the boot process, which will go a long way in diagnosing the problem, and if it is recoverable.
I'm thinking either a framework file got corrupted, or even more likely, your data partition is corrupted and upon bootup, dalvik can't write to /data/dalvik-cache while attempting to "optimize" apps, and it therefore hangs.
This is all just conjecture of course, and I could be completely wrong, but a log will surely help.
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How would I pull the log cat? Also, is there a way I could salvage corrupted data?
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How would I pull the log cat? Also, is there a way I could salvage corrupted data?
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You need to stream the output of logcat via (assuming windows) your command prompt console using adb:
adb logcat > log.txt
Then upload the log.txt file for review. That's the best place to start and see what it says.
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You need to stream the output of logcat via (assuming windows) your command prompt console using adb:
adb logcat > log.txt
Then upload the log.txt file for review. That's the best place to start and see what it says.
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Okay I'll pull the log when I get home. Are you able to read those?
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I've read a logcat or two in my day
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I've read a logcat or two in my day
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Do I have to wait until the cursor in the command prompt stops blinking to give you the log?
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So I was playing Family Fued last night on my phone and pressed the home button. After doing so, my phone screen turned black and became unresponsive so I held the power button and rebooted. Upon booting the phone got stuck on the boot animation.
So I tried dirty flashing my ROM, gapps, and kernel. The phone booted then got stuck on the Starting Apps toast with a continuous progress wheel. I tried a combination of wiping caches and dirty flashing to no avail. I was running francos kernel with -75 UV, but flashed a kernel without UV to be sure. I'm still unable to get past the starting apps toast when I restore to the backup I made.
I just want to get it to boot so I can retrieve some important text messages. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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The last time I was stuck in Starting APps, I did a factory data reset in Recovery Mode, and it worked.
Here's what I got so far http://pastebin.com/pf3b5gc8
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The last time I was stuck in Starting APps, I did a factory data reset in Recovery Mode, and it worked.
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That defeats the purpose of trying to recover my text messages. It boots fine from other back ups and fresh installs but not from the particular backup I started a thread about.
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Titanium backup pro allows you to restore text message from android backups.
Not sure if the free version does it but I did find two other apps that are free that you can try.
1)app extractor (found on google play)
2) nand manager http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35367320#post35367320
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Titanium or any other app, at this point, won't do any good at this point since the phone won't boot up all the way
The logs definitely show things look pretty FUBAR'ed. Though not optimistic, the first thing I'd try is to reboot to recovery and click 'fix permissions' via the 'Advanced' tab (assuming TWRP), and see if that does anything.
If that doesn't help any, and you don't care about trying to continue down the path of getting the ROM to boot, and all you do care about (mostly) is saving your text messages, assuming they are still there, what I would do is, from recovery, adb pull the data folder where the mms/sms/call log database is stored, do a full wipe, install a fresh rom, and then after first boot, reboot back to recovery and restore the data you pulled (this is all titanium is doing anyway).
You could even make a nandroid of your current bad setup if the above didn't work for some reason.
To get the current data for mms/sms/calls, first, reboot to recovery:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Via your command prompt, make a directory in the same folder from where you are running adb, and then change into it, as follows:
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mkdir com.android.providers.telephony
cd com.android.providers.telephony
Then, while still in recovery mode, pull your data:
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adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony .
After you've successfully pulled your data, wipe the phone completely, install your new ROM, gapps, etc, and let it boot up completely, then reboot back to recovery again. Once back up in recovery, push the data back to the phone.
(make sure you are still inside the 'com.android.providers.telephony' directory you created via your command prompt)
Code:
adb push . /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony
That should restore you previous database, cache, etc.
Reboot the phone and cross your fingers
That's what I was essentially suggesting, but I didn't know how to manually do it.
From his current ROM that works he could use tb or the other two apps to restore just his SMS from his nandroid backup
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That's what I was essentially suggesting, but I didn't know how to manually do it.
From his current ROM that works he could use tb or the other two apps to restore just his SMS from his nandroid backup
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Problem is, he doesn't have a current ROM that works.
But, he could first wipe and install a fresh ROM all together, and then install Titanium, and use it to restore the above referenced data from a Nandroid.
Though, he'd FIRST have to/want to Nandroid the current bad ROM in order to make sure the nandroid has the most current data, else any new text messages would be lost since the previous nanadroid.
After doing all of that, it'd be much simpler/quicker to just follow the instructions provided above
All of this, of course, is based on bailing on the current ROM, but for the sake of challenge, I'd love to try and get it going as well, based on making changes and following the impact via logcat.
Well I feel dumb. I mixed up a couple threads that were talking about the same thing. Only in the other they did have a nandroid.
I should not be responding when I'm half asleep.
Edit - maybe I didn't mix up but its now I've only been up maybe for a bit. Had to drive brother to school. But reread his op and this caught my eye " I'm still unable to get past the starting apps toast when I restore to the backup I made."
So he does have a current nandroid of the bad ROM?
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marsdta said:
Well I feel dumb. I mixed up a couple threads that were talking about the same thing. Only in the other they did have a nandroid.
I should not be responding when I'm half asleep.
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No worries, the concept / principle is still sound We're all here to help!
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No worries, the concept / principle is still sound We're all here to help!
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Now I'm getting "Error while restoring /system" when I try to restore my derped backup
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Now I'm getting "Error while restoring /system" when I try to restore my derped backup
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Why are you trying to restore your derped backup? Did you already wipe and update to a fresh ROM?
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Why are you trying to restore your derped backup? Did you already wipe and update to a fresh ROM?
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Yes, I'm already running a fresh install. I'm a little confused by your instructions above. Which setup am I pulling the telephony data from? The bad nandroid?
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nbeebe24 said:
Yes, I'm already running a fresh install. I'm a little confused by your instructions above. Which setup am I pulling the telephony data from? The bad nandroid?
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Last I read, you never got past the starting apps dialog, so all of my instructions are based on the fact that that's where you're at.
If you've already make a nandroid of the bad version and are up and running on a new ROM, this process changes.
In this case, what I would do is pull the the data partition nandroid file (in your TWRP/BACKUPS folder), "data.ext4.win", off of your sdcard, add the ".tar" extension (this is all these files are):
data.ext4.win.tar
Then open the above file with WinRAR, navigate to the same /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/ folder referenced in my previous instructions and pull the content out of the .tar.
Then, go into recovery and use adb to push the contents of the "/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony" that you extracted from the .tar file and push back to your phone.
Or, if you use titanium, as mentioned above, you could try and extract it right out of the nandroid file directly while the new ROM is running.
Hi there, I'm new to the Galaxy S5 forum and don't actually own the device itself yet, but I'm planning on getting it in a few months so here goes my ? :
Since I've got around 300 apps on my current phone, I don't wanna download and update each apps's settings all over again when I get my new S5 and I was wondering if doing a nandroid backup of my S3 Mini containing just the "data" partition and restoring it on the S5 will work and all of my apps will be copied over with all of their settings untouched, BUT I also won't lose any of the preinstalled apps on the S5 itself?
Or maybe I can try this app and make flashable zips of my apps and then flash them on the GS5?
This has always been the main trouble I have had when switching phones before, though I never switched from Android to Android. Hope someone can shed some light on my question and make me buy the S5 sooner Good night all!!
P.S. I DON'T CARE ABOUT KNOX AND SUCH CRAP. THE FIRST DAY I GET MY PHONE IT'S GONNA BE ROOTED AND WITH TWRP INSTALLED.
Try Helium app from goggle --> „Helium - App Sync and Backup”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup or try Titanium Backup
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Try Helium app from goggle --> „Helium - App Sync and Backup”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup or try Titanium Backup
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Will do, but will any of the methods I described work? I just don't wanna install an app if it is possible just with TWRP.
I have used titanium backup pro for 5 years and even more phones. I have never had a problem with any of the backups or restores.
metalfan78 said:
I have used titanium backup pro for 5 years and even more phones. I have never had a problem with any of the backups or restores.
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Titanium is the best. Additionally you can remove or frezze system app....
Ok. Titanium it is then. 10x for the help guys
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koragg97 said:
Ok. Titanium it is then. 10x for the help guys
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My Backup Pro is also a good choice.
koragg97 said:
P.S. I DON'T CARE ABOUT KNOX AND SUCH CRAP. THE FIRST DAY I GET MY PHONE IT'S GONNA BE ROOTED AND WITH TWRP INSTALLED.
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+1 for Titanium backup.
Other method, google for nandroid manager (need root so).
Just copy your (previous) recovery backup on phone, and restore via nandroid manager all that you want.
Be aware of system apps not to restore of course.
Good luck
Franky
fgth90 said:
+1 for Titanium backup.
Other method, google for nandroid manager (need root so).
Just copy your (previous) recovery backup on phone, and restore via nandroid manager all that you want.
Be aware of system apps not to restore of course.
Good luck
Franky
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Won't this actually work just by hitting restore in TWRP and choosing only the "data" part of my backup (why an app)? Or maybe TWRP won't recognise my S3 Mini backup, because it's from another phone?
koragg97 said:
Won't this actually work just by hitting restore in TWRP and choosing only the "data" part of my backup (why an app)? Or maybe TWRP won't recognise my S3 Mini backup, because it's from another phone?
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No, I don't think so.
AFAIK, restoring data will restore all data without restrictions, and it could be bad if you come from another phone or ROM.
With nandroid manager, you can choose what you want to restore (app or app+data) for user app or system app, for every app you want.
You have to copy your last backup from old phone to new one, choose it by nandroid manager then navigate for options of restore.
You can restore bluetooth-wifi pairings, sms, mms, call logs, and apps (app or app+data).
Google for a tuto on "how to", here's an exemple http://www.informationlord.com/how-to-restore-nandroid-backup-without-cwm/.
Good luck
Franky
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No, I don't think so.
AFAIK, restoring data will restore all data without restrictions, and it could be bad if you come from another phone or ROM.
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I think that choosing Advanced Restore in TWRP settings gets you to this window and then you choose what to restore. It's the same with backing up, you choose backup and then select with "x" the partitions you wanna backup. I just didn't know if restoring just "data" will break my phone, but now I know it won't, because when the phone is new there aren't going to be any apps installed in the "data" partition (all are pre-installed in "system"). So I'll just have to go to TWRP, choose advanced restore and only select "data" with "x", then swipe to restore. If something goes wrong I can always go back to recovery and wipe "data" (I'll still have all of my system apps) or even flash a stock ROM with Odin
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I think that choosing Advanced Restore in TWRP settings gets you to this window and then you choose what to restore. It's the same with backing up, you choose backup and then select with "x" the partitions you wanna backup. I just didn't know if restoring just "data" will break my phone, but now I know it won't, because when the phone is new there aren't going to be any apps installed in the "data" partition (all are pre-installed in "system"). So I'll just have to go to TWRP, choose advanced restore and only select "data" with "x", then swipe to restore. If something goes wrong I can always go back to recovery and wipe "data" (I'll still have all of my system apps) or even flash a stock ROM with Odin
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Yep, starting from zero = you risk nothing
Could you please report and say if it's ok or not (just to have the info).
Thanks in advance
Franky
fgth90 said:
Yep, starting from zero = you risk nothing
Could you please report and say if it's ok or not (just to have the info).
Thanks in advance
Franky
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Ok, but I'm not getting my S5 since Christmas (maybe even February) so you might have to wait a bit Thanks for the tips, though
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Ok, but I'm not getting my S5 since Christmas (maybe even February) so you might have to wait a bit Thanks for the tips, though
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the least we can say is that you'll be prepared!
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the least we can say is that you'll be prepared!
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Yup xD
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It's almost here
My S5 arrives next week I'm gonna use this app, because I don't want to restore all of my apps (gonna flash Alliance 5.6 so.. xD). Will report if it works, as promised
A word of caution.......
Your new S5 will be preinstalled with KK.
If your old phone has a different version of Android, be VERY cautious about installing app data.....There is a very good chance that doing so will cause instability and force closes of your apps.......
Restoring the apps themselves this way shouldn't cause any issue......you'll just see a message that says something like "android is upgrading.......1 of xx apps" before your phone starts.....but as I said, data *may* prove to be a whole other issue.......
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Sooo... here I am. It worked 50% with ZipMe. Apps copied but their data didn't.
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