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.
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I was just wondering if most people use the same google account for phones and their tablet or have people created a separate "tablet" account? I noticed all the apps i have installed on my phone reinstalled on my tablet the first time, which was ok, but I started thinking, what if i start putting roms on each, it seems it'd be very easy to start getting some apps on the phone but not on the tablet, and vice versa.
i.e facebook is not available for the tab, so now if i wipe my phone and put on a new rom is the auto restore not going to restore facebook anymore?
I was also curious about how google talk or apps like that might handle multiple logins, anyone have problems with that yet?
I use the same account.. that way I don't have to buy apps twice!
Also added my wifes gmail/gtalk accounts on there without any issues. It just prompts you for what user you want to sign in with when you start the app.
I also just use one account so I don't have to pay twice (especially since I paid for the $30 Slingbox app).
Google Talk handles multiple concurrent logins fairly well, as has been the case since it was available in the browser email.
If you don't want apps automatically reinstalled when flashing a new ROM, just uncheck the box during the initial setup. I find it annoying and tend to only reinstall apps when I have a need to use them.
I have a T-Mobile Motorola Defy that I have moved over to the Walmart Family Talk network (operated by T-Mobile). I am new to android but have a programming background.
I rooted the phone using SuperOneClick in an attempt to delete the bloatware but it does not appear to be working. Although Superuser is installed, there are no applications populated in the list and no way to populate them so I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.
I tried the following alternatives to delete the bloatware:
I went into Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > All > Blockbuster but the uninstall button is still greyed out so I am unable to uninstall it.
I opened the Moto Phone Portal console on my PCand went into the file manager but I do not see any of the bloatware applications to delete and cannot find any subdirectories that contain these applications.
So the question is... now that the phone is rooted, how do I delete the bloatware?
Ideally I would like to delete: AppPack, Blockbuster, DriveSmart, Kindle, Lookout Security & Antivirus, Music, News, News & Weather, Phone Portal, Slacker, Social Networking, T-Mobile My Account, TeleNav GPS Navigator for TMO, T-Mobile Visual Voicemail, Voice Command, and Voice Search. If you know of a reason why I should not delete one of these, please let me know.
In addition, I would like to remove the T-mobile account since it is always trying to sync and is unable as I am on the Walmart plan instead. Any information as to how to remove this account without deleting everything on my phone and restoring to factory settings would be appreciated.
You need an application like RootExplorer or Titanium Backup (or both). With RootExplorer you will be able to see not only your SD card content, but the internal memory of your phone.
All apps are located in /system/app - just go to this folder and delete the application you need to get rid.
NB - deleting applications might not be the smartest thing to do, as there are many apps that are related to other - important ones. For example, a coworker of mine deleted Yahoo messenger, as (in his opinion) he was not using it, but it is neccessary for the contacts app, so after deleting it, he was unable to access any of his contacts - the app was force closing right after trying to open it.
A safer way is to use TitaniumBackup to just "freeze" an app and make sure it is not going to cause troubles. This way, if you need to restore it, you can just do so...
And even this is probably not gonna give you the desired results. I would just recommend using any of the custom ROM's that are out there - stable and fast, and all Motorola's bloatware has been removed.
make sure you clear data before deleting apps just in case..
So after I rooted, I'd like to know what apps are safe to freeze/uninstall? I did the ones that I have memorized and the obvious from my SGS2, but it appears there have been some new ones added to the SGS3.
So far I have removed:
AllShare Controller
AllShare Play
AllShare Service
AT&T Hotspot
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
ChatON
myAT&T
S Suggest
YPmobile
I have all of them are backed up in Titanium back up. So far I haven't missed any of these apps nor have I run in to any problems as a result of removing them.
Those were the stuff I removed already, except for S Suggest. Just now removed that. Thanks. Any idea what TetheringProvision is?
I believe it's part of the AT&T tethering suite of apps. It should be safe to remove so you can install a tethering app of your choice instead. I'd make a back up of it, just in case.
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So far I have removed:
AllShare Controller
AllShare Play
AllShare Service
AT&T Hotspot
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
ChatON
myAT&T
S Suggest
YPmobile
I have all of them are backed up in Titanium back up. So far I haven't missed any of these apps nor have I run in to any problems as a result of removing them.
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MyAtt and Hotspot are actually good apps. One of them lets you pay your bills or check your account status and the other one kicks in at shopping centers where att has a mobile hot spot, so you could use wifi instead of your phone data.
I wish to update my Android version, and have done this several times before, but each time I had to manually reinstall my apps and I would lose the app settings and (game) progress made.
I am rooted and have TWRP installed.
How can I back-up all the apps with settings, images, messages (sms/ whatsapp)?
My biggest problem is that my phone has very little storage left, so how can I back these things up to my PC?
Afterwards the upgrade I want to restore these as well.
Thank you
Michael
Try an app called helium. It lets you back up to cloud based storage
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You can use an external program such as Titanium Backup for the apps and associated data needing to be saved (mainly games). It can also save your sms, call logs and wifi access points. I don't know for WhatsApp.
I once used Helium, but it failed restoring some games, I never had a problem with Titanium.
If you synchronise your applications in your google sync settings, all your apps from playstore should be automatically downloaded after first account add.
It is not generally recommended to restore apps, it can cause problems, so I recommend you to save only the apps with data/settings you cannot change manually or hard to retrieve. That won't take too much space. I usually only save games, or apps not coming from playstore/amazon appstore..., and sms, call logs and wifi access points. Then, once all the apps downloaded, i go into every one individually to change settings or log into (facebook, ...) according to my needs, that does not take too long generally.
I recently got rid of my old gmail account and created a new one. I deleted accounts.db from my nook and re-registered with my new gmail address through the Market.
Gmail and calendars synced fine after this, but the Market will not download any apps and the Nook isn't listed as a device under my new google account.
Is there any way to fix this besides re-rooting? I was about to re-root, but after thinking about all the apps I have to reinstall and the settings I have to fix, I decided it wasn't worth it. I have my nook set up nicely and won't necessarily need the Market, plus I'm pretty sure I can still side-load apps anyways so could just find the APK for stuff instead.
But, if there is a way to fix the Market without re-rooting, I'd love to know.
It may be too late unless you have a backup containing the accounts.db file, but take a look at this.
Thank you so much for your response.
Although it was a frustrating process, I did end up re-rooting. It was worth it in the end to re-root. I also did not back up my accounts.db when I had deleted it, so as you said, I think it was too late to do anything about it.
But to add to the discussion, when I go to manage applications in the launcher I use, Home[+], there's no option to clear data for Google Apps, only to clear the cache. Other apps like Google Talk allow for their data to be cleared.
I use ADW Launcher and checked in the Manager section to see if I had the same situation. I do. Some Google apps have the "clear data" option, others do not.