I'm coming from the epic 4G with CM 10.1 (used CM all the way back to first put on epic). I've backed up apps and data with mybackup root and titanium backup. Call log and SMS with call log and sms backup and restore. I need to restore the call logs and sms and data from a few info apps like fuel log onto thet S4. At this point I have no idea how to proceed. is it is safe to do so for any of it? Do I need to root in order to do so? If I do is it possible to safely return to out of box state if something were to go wrong? I would like to tether do I need to root to tether? And I am wanting to get rid of most if not all of the junk preloaded on the S4.
The following show as downoaded apps: 1Weather, BaconReader, CBS Sports, com.sprint.mobileid.googleiconpack, Google Play services, Google Play store, IAP, Lookout Security, Samsung Apps, Samsung Push service, Scout, Sprint - Discover apps, Sprint Icon Pack, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint TV and Movies. GP store will stay and I assume GP services are needed for it? Is there any benefit of keeping the samsung app store thing? And are IAP and samsung push services part of it? The rest appear to be safe to remove. I have no idea what sprint icon pack is, anyone know?
Flipboard, Google+, Google Talk, My Files, Play Magazines, Play Movies and TV, Play Music, Polaris Office, S Health, S Memo, S Translator, *Samsung Hub, *Samsung Link, *Sprint Worldwide, *Sprint Zone, Story Album, TripAdvisor, VPN Client, WatchOn, and CBS Sports appear to be system apps. I'm not likely to use any of these either. Will freezing them be the same as if I uninstalled them? And is root needed to do that?
Freeze apps. You can always restore them if you broke something. I am guessing that restoring apps and data from another phone, which is running a different ROM and version of software won't work very well. You might be able to restore your SMS MMS using SMS MMS backup and restore, but I don't think you're going to have much luck with other apps. See if your old apps have a backup and restore feature in settings and back up to SD card then restore on the new phone.
I rooted following QBking77's latest video. However titanium backup can't find SU where it expects to. At least that is the message I get after opening TB even after getting the prompt to give SU permission and even after rebooting after that as well.
I guess I was hasty in my previous post, I used busybox to check to see if everything as ok and it didn't appear busybox was installed. I went ahead and installed it and now TB works.
I just discovered Carbon Backup (Helium) for backing up apps. It is perfect for me because I do not want to root my Nexus 7 (2012) but still want to backup app data.
A problem I have ran into is that an app I was playing was on a different user profile. I noticed I cannot access any of my files on an administrator (Primary) account, and that Carbon only works on that primary account. When I am connected to Carbon, the list does not show any apps from the secondary user account on the tablet. So, I need a solution on how I can transfer or find another way to backup data from a game that is not on a primary administration account on the tablet.
I am running android 4.3, my tablet is 8GB, and it is stock and not rooted. If I need to provide any screenshots or more details on anything, please reply below and I'll see what I can provide.
Appreciate any replies,
-Salstrzw
P.S. The ideal way in my mind is to move the app data to the primary account somehow and backing it up via Carbon.
Helium still the best way when considering my Note 4 is locked?
it did not work perfectly when I move from my Samsung s3 to the note but not sure if Helium is really my only option
I definitely want to move over my sms/mms
SMS's are synced to google I believe if you are using hangout.
For my backup restores I use Titanium backup, but remember that it'll only backup/restore system and apps settings and data and no personal data like images, sms, contacts etc. But if you have google backup setup transfer should be smooth for photos, sms, contacts etc.
Hey thanks. I used to use titanium but don't anymore since I thought it needed root to work properly?
I use hangout for sms. How can I be sure it gets transfered over?
And Google Backup?
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andy_d0 said:
Hey thanks. I used to use titanium but don't anymore since I thought it needed root to work properly?
I use hangout for sms. How can I be sure it gets transfered over?
And Google Backup?
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I think hangout syncs all your messages automatically to the cloud. I can say this as per my experience of before and after rooting my nexus 5 on android 6.0. For root I had to wipe clean my phone and after root, hangout automatically synced all old SMSs back to my nexus 5. So I think before wiping out you can try to install hangouts on some other device and sign in with same ID that you have on Note 4 and see if your messages appear on new device. I think that would be the best way to check.
Or else use an app like - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
And by google backup I meant google account's sync service. If you use google photos, use backup option to move all photos to google and it'll be available on new device when you sign in with same account on new device using google photos. And all your contacts and other preferences are saved by google account so its matter of logging into the new device with same google account and checking how many things you were able to restore. For remaining like music and videos move them manually.
There is no easy way of moving everything to new android device in Android ecosystem unlike iOS where iTunes does everything for you (but again if you are jailbroken, even iTunes cannot sync everything).
I cant help with SMS/MMS, thats why Hangouts is great. BUT, I can help with the application data. I just pushed out a new version of my script, which, among other things, adds support for backup and restore of app data. Might help you out here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/tool-android-job-box-v1-00-t3233482
Titanium Backup is only way to transfer SMS without using Hangouts.
Will work between any Android versions and types as long as you use the XML SMS backup option.
Nekromantik said:
Titanium Backup is only way to transfer SMS without using Hangouts.
Will work between any Android versions and types as long as you use the XML SMS backup option.
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I thought helium transferred sms, just not mms?
OK guys. I'll try to see what happens when I load hangouts. I didn't realize it was backing up sms. I did use titanium back when I had my S3 rooted. That worked perfectly. Helium - yeah I lost mms
Chevycam - so it's just a tool that does adb backup? Works on any phone regardless of root status?
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I used ADB backup to transfer my data from my Nexus 6 to my 6P.
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kgeissler said:
I used ADB backup to transfer my data from my Nexus 6 to my 6P.
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How well did it work? Did you copy everything?
Backed up everything from my prior phone via Titanium Backup
Save to computer
Cut and paste onto the 6P
Restore.. although this time around, I restored only the apps and not the app data so I can start clean.
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How well did it work? Did you copy everything?
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Worked well.. Once I logged into the 6P, I let Google download all my apps. I then restored the backup, which restored most of my data. It did not seem to copy my Nova Launcher settings, so I had to copy that manually. It also does not copy Bluetooth connections, so you will have to set those up again. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I didn't want to root the phone, so I didn't do a titanium backup.
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Worked well.. Once I logged into the 6P, I let Google download all my apps. I then restored the backup, which restored most of my data. It did not seem to copy my Nova Launcher settings, so I had to copy that manually. It also does not copy Bluetooth connections, so you will have to set those up again. Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I didn't want to root the phone, so I didn't do a titanium backup.
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Ouch. Certainly better than nothing but my Nova is huge with all my apps. I guess knowing this you can export/import the nova settings
andy_d0 said:
OK guys. I'll try to see what happens when I load hangouts. I didn't realize it was backing up sms. I did use titanium back when I had my S3 rooted. That worked perfectly. Helium - yeah I lost mms
Chevycam - so it's just a tool that does adb backup? Works on any phone regardless of root status?
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Yes, it's independent of the device connected. Root doesn't matter. But be aware, in order to back up APPS, you need root. Backing up the App DATA does NOT require root. Apps won't back up, even with Titanium Backup, without root.
So my experience...
1) Hangouts doesn't backup sms or at least it doesn't seem that it does. Used SMS Backup and Restore and that seems to have done the trick
2) I tried using Helium but I'm not sure what drivers to use so gave up on that
3) If Google is backing up app data in Lollipop, it has to be bare minimum. Honestly, I'm not sure what it actually did backup
4) I realized that I really don't need the backup besides SMS. It would have been easier to handle transferring stuff sure but there are only a handful of apps that I wanted to transfer settings over and they all had options to Export settings.
Oh well. Hopefully the new backup on Marshmallow will hopefully provide a better experience. It did ask while setting up the phone whether I want to do a restore through NFC from another phone - it just neglected to mention that it's not a Lollipop option
andy_d0 said:
So my experience...
1) Hangouts doesn't backup sms or at least it doesn't seem that it does. Used SMS Backup and Restore and that seems to have done the trick
2) I tried using Helium but I'm not sure what drivers to use so gave up on that
3) If Google is backing up app data in Lollipop, it has to be bare minimum. Honestly, I'm not sure what it actually did backup
4) I realized that I really don't need the backup besides SMS. It would have been easier to handle transferring stuff sure but there are only a handful of apps that I wanted to transfer settings over and they all had options to Export settings.
Oh well. Hopefully the new backup on Marshmallow will hopefully provide a better experience. It did ask while setting up the phone whether I want to do a restore through NFC from another phone - it just neglected to mention that it's not a Lollipop option
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Almost no apps use API 23 which is required for the new Google backup. Only choices are helium or adb backup
What transfers when you use nfc to restore apps from n5 to n6p? All apps with data? I have titanium bu, but may not want to root the 6p, so it that useless? I have internal memory backed up to PC, so not concerned about media. Just wondering if I need anything else if I use the nfc option in set up.
I did an ADB backup of my nexus 6, then restored it to my 6P. It seemed to save most of my data. I believe the tap and go option only copies your account data.
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it only restores your account information and your screen layouts and such. the apps all have to re-download from the play store.
As we know Google had started to backup the apps data to google drive when you choose google backup option.
Anyway , This option it was working great with my previous phone (HTC M8) and most of my apps had a backup with its data , even when I bought the new Galaxy S7E I restore my apps and it is restored by its data.
Now when I'm checking the (manage backup) under drive settings to see the apps synced , surprisingly I only found Samsung apps only backed up plus Gmail and Google play store. I can't find any third party apps such as FotMob and Telegram and others?
Is there anybody have this problem?
Thanks
It's working now... Thanks
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