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Backing up for Rom Upgrade

I know when I was using the myTOUCH 3g there was an option to backup all my files settings of that nature with nandroid, is there something similar? Or will it just wipe it all off and have to do all the settings n etc?
Just flashed the n spl for the TMOUS

If you are flashing a new rom then it will wipe everything out. Save you PIM data with PIMBackup or similar program, contacts and emails should be okay when you re sync. You will have to reload any programs as well you have put on.
Not sure you would want to save registry settings etc from one rom to another as they may not be applicable to the new rom and cause you more issues than you would want.

InRBigness said:
If you are flashing a new rom then it will wipe everything out. Save you PIM data with PIMBackup or similar program, contacts and emails should be okay when you re sync. You will have to reload any programs as well you have put on.
Not sure you would want to save registry settings etc from one rom to another as they may not be applicable to the new rom and cause you more issues than you would want.
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Ok thanks, another question, if installing a new rom wipes it how does PIM backup? Does it do it to the SDCard?

djdant said:
Ok thanks, another question, if installing a new rom wipes it how does PIM backup? Does it do it to the SDCard?
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it saves the backup database to wherever you tell it to.
Save it among my documents and it will be synched via activesync.
Save it to SD and it will be ready to be restored after flash.
Pimbackup only saves PIM tho, that is contacts/calendar/sms/call records

ephestione said:
it saves the backup database to wherever you tell it to.
Save it among my documents and it will be synched via activesync.
Save it to SD and it will be ready to be restored after flash.
Pimbackup only saves PIM tho, that is contacts/calendar/sms/call records
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Alright thanks, its been a while since i used an WinMO device thanks for all your help

SPB backup will save all your contacts, email accounts etc.
You can save it to the Storage Card.
After you install new ROM, install SPB backup and restore
your contacts and whatever else you saved with it.
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[Q] How to install friend rom in me wildfire?

Hello
I have a HTC WILDFIRE My friend have the same Cell Phones
in his device has excellent rom I want to put his rom in my device.
So I asked him to do BACKUP via nandroid
so he did (after he did wipi factory reset).
Files created in the folder after the backup (transferred from memory card to my computer):
boot ( image file)
cache ( image file)
data ( image file)
nandroid.md5
recovery ( image file)
system ( image file)
My question is if I copy the folder to my memory card
on my cell phone and make nandroid > restore it will install the rom without problems in my cell phone?
Sorry about my English
thx

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Why don't you just install the same ROM he has from the source he got it from?
You will be able to restore his nandroid backup but then you will have all of his settings and data (contacts, call logs, sms, and your phone will be linked to his gmail account).

HOAP said:
Why don't you just install the same ROM he has from the source he got it from?
You will be able to restore his nandroid backup but then you will have all of his settings and data (contacts, call logs, sms, and your phone will be linked to his gmail account).
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He doesn't have the file
Thanks

Actually, now that I think of it you should be good to go if you restore his backup and then do a factory reset on your phone.
That way you will still have his ROM but none of his personal data.

i thinks it's save if you install fresh custom rom ..
and don't forget before you do that, backup first your original rom..

HOAP said:
Actually, now that I think of it you should be good to go if you restore his backup and then do a factory reset on your phone.
That way you will still have his ROM but none of his personal data.
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That's what I wanted to do
Thanks
pnukeid said:
i thinks it's save if you install fresh custom rom ..
and don't forget before you do that, backup first your original rom..
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Yes I do a backup now

moni69 said:
That's what I wanted to do
Thanks
Yes I do a backup now
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You may wish to move the backup to your pc - it can take around 400 mb on the sd

(Q) How to recover contacts & sms from NAND?

Hello all, i'm desperately in need of your help!!
1) The problem:
-my NAND (internal storage memory) runs out of space all of a sudden when I know for sure that it has plenty of free space since I install almost everything on my microSD. All my user setting/sms/contacts were reset and emptied. Every time I reboot/turn on my phone, it always make me go through the whole Initial Setup Wizard as if it was a brand new phone. Apparently since there's 0 space available on NAND, it simply cannot save my setting.
2) Back ground Info:
- my hd2 has been running coredroid 1.5 (or 1.6) perfectly on NAND for over 6+ months.
- I know NAND is still working because I'm still able to boot into android.
3) What I need:
- I need to figure out a way to recover my contacts and sms from NAND before I reformat it and reflash android. Please help me I've been searching on XDA and google for the past hours but no dice
thanks a million in advance!!!

just download sms backup app and add contacts with your google accout

nameless517 said:
just download sms backup app and add contacts with your google accout
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thanks for your response, but I dont think u understand my question. My contacts and SMS are emptied, so a regular backup app will not help me in this case. What I need is to somehow recover contacts and sms from internal storage.

Titanium backup can schedule the backup/restore

You guys are not understanding me, backup app can only backup the data that's currently there. but if the data has been deleted, these backup apps cannot recover them...

since they are gone, they have probably been removed. I don't think u can recover them..

computer memory and/or hard drives usually still retain the files that you deleted. it's possible to recover files after you format hard drive, so of course it's possible to recover files from a memory chip.

so I was looking at my TitaniumBackup folder, and I see these files:
com.android.providers.contacts-20110409-103323.properties
com.android.providers.contacts-20110409-103323.tar
com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts-20110409-103331
com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts-20110409-103331.tar
can one of the files above contain my contacts?

mythek88, first
P.S. and Titanium can backup to dropbox =)

sorry buddy...i dont think you can recover contacts and smss....they are converted into binary and stored is what i vaguely remember reading.
there is a undelete app for root users, if you are one... try this app. i cant promise it will bring back sometime, but sometime trying is all it takes...good luck
to avoid this situation, i typically sync everything with my gmail so i can always recover anytime....

Thank you for all the inputs, I've given up on trying to recover my data and have went ahead and reformat/repartition/reflashed my rom. Luckily I found an old backup of my contacts, so I only lost a handful of new numbers.

mythek88 said:
Thank you for all the inputs, I've given up on trying to recover my data and have went ahead and reformat/repartition/reflashed my rom. Luckily I found an old backup of my contacts, so I only lost a handful of new numbers.
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now...dont forget to sync it with some service

Restore SMS from mmssms.db with adb
Hi all,
Can anybody help me how to restore mmssms.db and also the contacts2.db? I read I can do it with adb, but as I tried, it sayd Permission Denied.
Can anybody write me a step-by-step guide how can I restore them for sure?
Thanks a lot.
Additionally, I tried Titanium, it doesn't see these files, so that is why is went for adb.
Please help!
Thanks a lot.

[Q] Best PC Backup software for SGS4

Hi everyone,
i was wondering what would be the best software for PC (Windows 8.1 x64) that can backup my i9505 (4.4.2) like contacts, apps, data of apps etc. and that the backup stays stored on the PC which i can later (after changing the ROM) restore to my phone?
Thanks in advance

I don't know why you go all this way of trouble? Titanium back data and then copy into PC, that's it...
I know few, buy they are not available I English

qtwrk said:
I don't know why you go all this way of trouble? Titanium back data and then copy into PC, that's it...
I know few, buy they are not available I English
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When i make a titanium backup i can't see the folder of the backup on PC, i managed it once with adb but don't remember exactly how and would love it a little easier
Thanks for the answer

arnes_king said:
When i make a titanium backup i can't see the folder of the backup on PC, i managed it once with adb but don't remember exactly how and would love it a little easier
Thanks for the answer
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I see, that's problem of MTP files transfer...
Try set up with custom folder for TB, it ought do it...

Restoring APP data

Hi,
My old phone was an Galaxy S (i9000) and now I have bougth the Galaxy S 5.
The i 9000 was rooted and I have backedup all Apps + Data to the SD card.
The S5 is new and I dont want to losst the warranty if I Root the phone, so I was wondering if it is possible to Restore all Apps data from the old phone to the new one without root.
Is it possible to do it without a PC?
Thanks,

Titanium Backup should be able to do it, not sure if it needs root though
But also not sure it's a good idea to restore data from a different model phone, which is likely running a different version of Android
You could turn on Google Backup on the old phone, and log into the same G Account on the new S5, and it might restore some things for you that way

*Detection* said:
Titanium Backup should be able to do it, not sure if it needs root though
But also not sure it's a good idea to restore data from a different model phone, which is likely running a different version of Android
You could turn on Google Backup on the old phone, and log into the same G Account on the new S5, and it might restore some things for you that way
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The data I was talking about is from games and apps (some games, whatsapp, notes, etc.).
I was not talking about system data.

zeroze said:
The data I was talking about is from games and apps (some games, whatsapp, notes, etc.).
I was not talking about system data.
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neither was he. hes alerting you to a possible conflict with the data from the galaxy s backups as they were on a different version of android

Ok, sorry didnt know that.
That means that there is no way to restore some game data?
on the galaxy s i was running the CM 10

zeroze said:
Ok, sorry didnt know that.
That means that there is no way to restore some game data?
on the galaxy s i was running the CM 10
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He said POSSIBLE conflict. It means maybe and maybe not. Try it for yourself.

-PiLoT- said:
neither was he. hes alerting you to a possible conflict with the data from the galaxy s backups as they were on a different version of android
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lingowistico said:
He said POSSIBLE conflict. It means maybe and maybe not. Try it for yourself.
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I wold like to try, but the problem is that i dont know how.
Thats why i asked for your help. Lets imagine that there were no conflict. How could i transfer data from apps?
Thanks

zeroze said:
I wold like to try, but the problem is that i dont know how.
Thats why i asked for your help. Lets imagine that there were no conflict. How could i transfer data from apps?
Thanks
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Copy the titanium backup folder from your old phone to your new phone. Install TiBu and restore apps&data.
I'd do this by:
1 connect old phone to PC via USB
2 copy Titanium Backup folder from old phone to PC
3 connect new phone to PC and copy Titanium Backup folder to same place on the new phone
4 install Titanium Backup on the new phone
5 restore apps&data
OR
1 in TiBu backup apks and data to SD card
2 put SD card in new phone
3 fire up TiBu and restore backup

lingowistico said:
Copy the titanium backup folder from your old phone to your new phone. Install TiBu and restore apps&data.
I'd do this by:
1 connect old phone to PC via USB
2 copy Titanium Backup folder from old phone to PC
3 connect new phone to PC and copy Titanium Backup folder to same place on the new phone
4 install Titanium Backup on the new phone
5 restore apps&data
OR
1 in TiBu backup apks and data to SD card
2 put SD card in new phone
3 fire up TiBu and restore backup
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The problem is that TiBu requires root access ...

zeroze said:
The problem is that TiBu requires root access ...
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If you live in EU you can root and keep your warranty.
Also you can root and keep Knox untouched http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-triggering-knox-2nd-method-t2843044
Or you can try Helium, it's like TiBu but doesn't need root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup