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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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Backup games

I was wondering if there is a good app that will let me backup game info on select apps like angry birds or stupid zombies. So that way I don't lose the levels after I wipe out my phone evey time.
If so what's the best one out?
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Titanium Backup..it can backup the app and the date. If your new ROM restores the apps automatically, you can restore just the data through Titanium Backup.

lowandbehold said:
Titanium Backup..it can backup the app and the date. If your new ROM restores the apps automatically, you can restore just the data through Titanium Backup.
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I have that but never use it ... Do you know what option I would use to back that up with and restore it ... Without backing up everything?
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Yea, you open the app, and if you have never used it you have to click on the "problems" box at the bottom which will install busybox. When that is complete, at the top, select backup/restore. That will list all of the applications on your phone. You choose which ones you want to back up by selecting it and choosing "backup". White text apps are user apps, and red text apps are system apps. System apps are mostly unnecessary to back up because the ROM you flash will have its own system apps, and in some cases restoring system apps from a different ROM can cause issues. When you flash something else and go back into Titanium, you go to backup/restore again and find the app. When you click it and select restore you have the option of restoring just the app, app and data, or just the data.

Ah .. Very nice ... Thanks a lot ... This is going to help a lot ... Wish I knew that a long time ago lol
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lol, yea it's a great app, and you won't be able to live without it now!

lowandbehold said:
lol, yea it's a great app, and you won't be able to live without it now!
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Probably not ... My daughter hates me every time I mess with my phone and lose her angry birds progress lol... And now I have my stupid zombies game too.
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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....
ben_pyett said:
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

Upgrading from Note 2. Easiest way to transfer data and apps?

I currently have a rooted N2 and looking to upgrade to thd N3.
What is the easiest and safest way to transfer all my apps and data?
I know my contacts, emails, sms, music, images and things can be backed up easily. And apps can be re - downloaded.
But what about app data? Game saves and progress, my aCar info, etc.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks

Titanium backup.

As manmyth said, ti is the best way, but only back up user apps. Data (music pictures, sms (sms backup and restore)), I would recommend throwing on the SD card.

Just be aware that Titanium backup won't save certain apps for example Dropbox it saves the app but not the data, same goes for Opera Mobile and a few others.
I'm not sure why but I think it's because these apps store their settings in a different location from that used by most other applications.
Also you'll have to start your games over again.

I strongly recommend the pro version of Titanium backup. It's probably the only Android app I've ever paid for.

affenzeit said:
I strongly recommend the pro version of Titanium backup. It's probably the only Android app I've ever paid for.
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Remember that TiBu requires root which you may not have right away if you get an AT&T or Verizon variant. I suggest My Backup Pro if you don't have root now or possibly won't later:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&hl=en

If you are changing Galaxy phones then I would say use Kies. It works more like itunes for iPhone.
barneystuta said:
But what about app data? Game saves and progress, my aCar info, etc.
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+1 for Titanium backup. It backups app data easily.

TiBu requires root on both devices. However, you can use Helium to backup both the app and its data without root.
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i prefer Super Backup to T.B.

ARTAQaf said:
i prefer Super Backup to T.B.
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Have you been able to successfully back up MMS messages with this app? Like Barneystuta, I have a rooted Note 2, and I've done my preorder for the Note 3. I saw on another thread here on XDA that (supposedly) someone is on standby to unlock the bootloader and provide root as soon as they get the phone in hand, but as docnok said, I'm fairly sure root access won't be available for quite some time. TiBu was always best for me when changing ROMs, and I can copy most items over to my SD card, but savings MMS messages (I'm weird and I like to have everything saved: date/time sent, etc) was always a struggle when I wasn't rooted.

derrtydee said:
Have you been able to successfully back up MMS messages with this app?
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hi. yea i have used S.B. successfully recently when i had to wipe my GN1 to put Padawan on it. it backed up and restored my txt's, call log history & contact list, pretty quick and painless.

I'd say Helium because it doesn't require root and we are still uncertain how locked down the GN3 will be. If we could get root the I would also look at TB.

BBFreak said:
I'd say Helium because it doesn't require root and we are still uncertain how locked down the GN3 will be. If we could get root the I would also look at TB.
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