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So I got a brand new MT4G last week, and today T-Mobile sent me a new one since the front-facing camera on the original did not work.
How can I switch all of my contacts/apps/settings/music/sms/etc. to my new MT4G?
MyBackup Pro
dcwiker05 said:
MyBackup Pro
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Any free options?
MyBackup is like a 30 day trial of the pro version so if you only need to do it once I recommend that. I tell customers to use it all the time for device replacements. Other then that titanium if you are rooted.
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MyBackup is like a 30 day trial of the pro version so if you only need to do it once I recommend that. I tell customers to use it all the time for device replacements. Other then that titanium if you are rooted.
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Awesome, thanks... I'm downloading the trial now. Does it just save all of that to the SD card and I put it back onto the new phone? Or do I have to redownload the app on my new phone?
Between Titanium and MyBackup, I recommend the latter because it's much more simple and easy to use.
Blazen37 said:
Awesome, thanks... I'm downloading the trial now. Does it just save all of that to the SD card and I put it back onto the new phone? Or do I have to redownload the app on my new phone?
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You'll have to re-download the app in order to restore the backups made on your previous phone.
Apps and contacts will transfer automatically once you sign in to your google account on your new mt4g. Pictures are stored in your memory card. So all you have to do is swap the memory card from one mt4g to the new one.
And why would you want to transfer text messages? Delete them. They take up space.
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TeeJay3800 said:
Between Titanium and MyBackup, I recommend the latter because it's much more simple and easy to use.
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Agreed!
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You'll have to re-download the app in order to restore the backups made on your previous phone.
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Tis' true, it saves all the info to your SD card and then you swap over the SD card to the new phone redownload the app and click restore. It will find the orginal back up on its own. Doing pictures is redundent though if you are keeping the same SD card from the old to new phone as the will auto transfer.
coupetastic-droid said:
Apps and contacts will transfer automatically once you sign in to your google account on your new mt4g. Pictures are stored in your memory card. So all you have to do is swap the memory card from one mt4g to the new one.
And why would you want to transfer text messages? Delete them. They take up space.
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Because some people like to keep them. I always back up my texts before a wipe.
Not all apps will not be backed up because they are not associated with your Google account (only paid apps are).
coupetastic-droid said:
Apps and contacts will transfer automatically once you sign in to your google account on your new mt4g. Pictures are stored in your memory card. So all you have to do is swap the memory card from one mt4g to the new one.
And why would you want to transfer text messages? Delete them. They take up space.
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This didn't happen.
dcwiker05 said:
Agreed!
Tis' true, it saves all the info to your SD card and then you swap over the SD card to the new phone redownload the app and click restore. It will find the orginal back up on its own. Doing pictures is redundent though if you are keeping the same SD card from the old to new phone as the will auto transfer.
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I just did this and it won't let me...
It says "In this version you can only restore/view/manage what you have backed up from this device. To restore/view/manage backups from other devices, please upgrade to the Pro version."
Dang. Trying to determine if its worth paying the 5 dollars for. I have a good amount of contacts, which are linked to there twitters and facebooks, all my pages are fully customized, and I have a ton of apps. It will be such a pain in the but to do all of this manually.
Blazen37 said:
Dang. Trying to determine if its worth paying the 5 dollars for. I have a good amount of contacts, which are linked to there twitters and facebooks, all my pages are fully customized, and I have a ton of apps. It will be such a pain in the but to do all of this manually.
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It's more than worth it in my opinion. You only have to purchase it once, yet from then on you'll have the ability to back up and save whatever you want.
So I used Backup Pro to switch my contacts over, and besides the contacts I had it added the contacts of every single Facebook and Twitter account I was friends with or followed... I deleted the contacts for which I had no numbers for (300+). I then noticed that when I went to link the contacts I did have to there Facebook or Twitter accounts they were not there, I guess because I deleted them from my contacts?
Anyone know how to make it so I can link them again? The contacts are also classified as "Google" instead of "T-Mobile" like they were be for, which is kind of annoying.
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Not all apps will not be backed up because they are not associated with your Google account (only paid apps are).
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This is not true. All my apps are free except xda app and rom manager. I've done plenty of factory resets and they all always come back after I log in my account.
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coupetastic-droid said:
This is not true. All my apps are free except xda app and rom manager. I've done plenty of factory resets and they all always come back after I log in my account.
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I've been wiping and flashing custom ROMs on Android phones for years, and never once have any apps been backed up after re-signing back into my Google account. It's the exact same way for almost everyone else. If you're going to tell me I'm flat out wrong, maybe you could provide some info like what settings you use?
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I've been wiping and flashing custom ROMs on Android phones for years, and never once have any apps been backed up after re-signing back into my Google account. It's the exact same way for almost everyone else. If you're going to tell me I'm flat out wrong, maybe you could provide some info like what settings you use?
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Settings I use are simple. One that came with the device. Have everything saved to google checked. I've never backed up anything with any back up app. Everything is backed up to google with me.
I factory reset my device when I first flashed cm7, when flashing iced glacier, going back to cm from ice glacier, going to royal glacier and back to cm and to honey and back to cm. Every single time my contacts and all my apps came back. Except one or 2 apps that I didn't download off the market but 3rd party.
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Are all your settings backed up as well?
System settings do not get backed up. I have to set my settings again.
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Isn't there an option you can check when first signing into your Google account called something like "backup/restore Google settings..."? Way back when CM4 was the latest and geatest, Cyanogen said not to check that box because it could cause problems of kind, so I never have. If you have that checked, that may explain why your apps are returning. It's just weird that your apps come back automatically, when it doesn't seem to happen to hardly anyone else (that's why apps like MyBackup and Titanium exist in the first place).
So, being a paranoid, I wanna take precautions regarding my N4, so in case it's stolen I might have a chance of recovering it. What app(s) should I install to track it? I heard Cerberus is ok? I activated ADM but I see that unless I have data/wifi on, it doesn't find it. I have location access on. Do all these tracking apps need to have data on before being stolen lol? thanks!
Yes, you'll need some kind of internet connectivity. Some apps like Cerberus allow you to send text commands like "Cerberus enable mobile data" or something like that. You should definitely take a look at Cerberus, it has so many features.
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I second the suggestion of cerberus, you can send text commands and turn things on from the web interface, as well as being able to hide it from the app drawer.
Also if you are rooted, you can make it a system app, which means even if a thief factory resets your phone, cerberus will still be there.
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thanks guys, will look into cerberus with more detail. glad to hear it has an option to activate it on the go.
just saw there's an app called Android Lost that has pretty much the same features as Cerberus( saw that avast/lookout have an antivirus too which I just don't need). My question is, can AL be installed as a system app, so it still works even if the phone is reset? thanks!
anyone know why the Find My Mobile feature from Samsung is so limited in the devices it supports? Apparently for Sprint users we're out of luck with this feature or am I missing something? anyone have any alternatives?
dimm0k said:
anyone know why the Find My Mobile feature from Samsung is so limited in the devices it supports? Apparently for Sprint users we're out of luck with this feature or am I missing something? anyone have any alternatives?
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Google device manager thingie? Works with any android device.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
neswii said:
Google device manager thingie? Works with any android device.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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Whoa, this is exactly what I wanted! Thank you sir!
You're welcome haha.
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Does anyone know of a program or app that works on phones that have the Location Services turned off? Probably not, I'd guess, but figured I'd ask. I leave Location Services turned off whenever I'm not using something that needs it, which is most of the time.
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Does anyone know of a program or app that works on phones that have the Location Services turned off? Probably not, I'd guess, but figured I'd ask. I leave Location Services turned off whenever I'm not using something that needs it, which is most of the time.
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I don't think its possible. Without location services turned on how would an app find your phone. Just curious, why don't you have location services turned on? It isn't a big hit on battery so it doesn't make since. Unless you are one of those big brother is watching nuts.
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I don't think its possible. Without location services turned on how would an app find your phone. Just curious, why don't you have location services turned on? It isn't a big hit on battery so it doesn't make since. Unless you are one of those big brother is watching nuts.
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Nuts? I don't think there's any reason to get personal here. And you don't have to be a "nut" to see all the privacy issues in the news almost daily. And with companies like Google, Face Book, etc that are avowed data thieves, er, collectors, I think it's wise to do what I can to try and keep my data more private.
I am a senior programmer for a large international company. We got into data mining way on the front end of the craze. But we never stooped to collecting the levels of personal identity level information most folks just accept these days. So I know how it works, and choose to limit what they can collect from me.
I'm sure you've heard of App Ops? (Assuming you're either on 4.3 or a custom 4.4 ROM that has it). OEM's like to hide it away, but it is still there and still very much usable. You can set which permissions an app can use (to a certain extent) and if it tries to access something you've turned the permission off for, the device returns an empty set (essentially "null") for that data.
Here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter
This app just calls the location where App Ops is in Android. Note that this app will *NOT* work in 4.4, since Google changed the way it's accessed.
edit: I've used this to disable a lot of what Facebook can access, among other apps.
Thanks! Looks like a great app. Runs great on my 4.3 S4.
I have the above showing that its taking up 5GB on my Nexus 7, when I go to Settings > Storage >Misc files.
What is it? What app uses that?
Just wondering what to do about it.
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Jon
Just a guess but may be for an RSS feed I would delete it if it takes up 5gb
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Captain Sweatpants said:
Just a guess but may be for an RSS feed I would delete it if it takes up 5gb
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I don't want to delete it, since it might mess up an app I am using. Rather, I would like to know what app its related to. Is there any way to find out?
Jon12345 said:
I don't want to delete it, since it might mess up an app I am using. Rather, I would like to know what app its related to. Is there any way to find out?
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Cut it and move it to another directory then if it messes something up move it back if not delete it
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Jon12345 said:
I have the above showing that its taking up 5GB on my Nexus 7, when I go to Settings > Storage >Misc files.
What is it? What app uses that?
Just wondering what to do about it.
Thanks,
Jon
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Looks like it's for this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.meecel.feedreader.RssDemonAd
Edit: Can't imagine for the life of me why an RSS feed app would take up that much space, unless it's configured to download and store content or something.
PrizmaticSmoke said:
Looks like it's for this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.meecel.feedreader.RssDemonAd
Edit: Can't imagine for the life of me why an RSS feed app would take up that much space, unless it's configured to download and store content or something.
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Nicely found and that helped, thanks. It didn't show under Installed Apps but showed under the All list, under MyApps. Not sure what the All list is meant to show? Previously installed apps?
Jon12345 said:
Nicely found and that helped, thanks. It didn't show under Installed Apps but showed under the All list, under MyApps. Not sure what the All list is meant to show? Previously installed apps?
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Correct. If you no longer use the app, you should be fine to delete the data. As the above post mentioned, if in doubt you may just rename or move the folder first to make sure nothing breaks.
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Correct. If you no longer use the app, you should be fine to delete the data. As the above post mentioned, if in doubt you may just rename or move the folder first to make sure nothing breaks.
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I can't seem to delete the cache folder as there are too many files in the folder. About 20K I believe. Any ideas on how I can get rid of it?
Jon12345 said:
I can't seem to delete the cache folder as there are too many files in the folder. About 20K I believe. Any ideas on how I can get rid of it?
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What file manager app are you using? Maybe try a different one, I like solid explorer and root browser myself.
You might also try connecting the tablet to a PC and see if you can delete it that way.
I've been watching a lot of Nexus Player videos on YouTube, but I haven't seen one yet that shows anyone being able to skip the online portion of the system setup in the beginning. Is it possible to choose to not link any accounts or anything to the Nexus Player and use it COMPLETELY offline forever, without ever connecting to the Internet or logging into any accounts?
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I've been watching a lot of Nexus Player videos on YouTube, but I haven't seen one yet that shows anyone being able to skip the online portion of the system setup in the beginning. Is it possible to choose to not link any accounts or anything to the Nexus Player and use it COMPLETELY offline forever, without ever connecting to the Internet or logging into any accounts?
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It seems so, but you would be limited in what it could do. You couldn't chromecast without a Wi-Fi connection. You couldn't stream videos either. You could only play videos off a USB stick (if you root).
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IBNobody said:
It seems so, but you would be limited in what it could do. You couldn't chromecast without a Wi-Fi connection. You couldn't stream videos either. You could only play videos off a USB stick (if you root).
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I'm okay with the restrictions for now. I just wanted to be sure that if I wanted to set it up completely offline for the purposes of rooting and sideloading that it could be done if necessary. I have fine wifi, I'm just making sure I can do everything locally in case support for the device is just completely dropped in the future.
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I'm okay with the restrictions for now. I just wanted to be sure that if I wanted to set it up completely offline for the purposes of rooting and sideloading that it could be done if necessary. I have fine wifi, I'm just making sure I can do everything locally in case support for the device is just completely dropped in the future.
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What I should have also said was that you have to set it up once via Wi-Fi. After that, you can use it without restrictions for local content.
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IBNobody said:
What I should have also said was that you have to set it up once via Wi-Fi. After that, you can use it without restrictions for local content.
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Oh, so you really are REQUIRED to set it up online once? You can't even skip the initial setup?
I'm pretty sure you are required to login once to use it. Once you do that though, you can root it, put custom roms on, or whatever. I doubt there will be many problems if/when support for it is dropped.
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I'm pretty sure you are required to login once to use it. Once you do that though, you can root it, put custom roms on, or whatever. I doubt there will be many problems if/when support for it is dropped.
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Ah, that's a good point, huh? If I can get in just the initial time, I can basically put a bunch of stuff on there to prevent that in the future.