Galaxy S4 backup data? (Non-root) - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

So I have a Galaxy S4, SGH-I337, MF3 build. It is not rooted. How do I backup all of my data to a computer or SD card? I would like to backup game data as well (in this case Puzzle and Dragons).
Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, I am new to both Android phones and this forum. Thank you very much.

MinaGlaca said:
So I have a Galaxy S4, SGH-I337, MF3 build. It is not rooted. How do I backup all of my data to a computer or SD card? I would like to backup game data as well (in this case Puzzle and Dragons).
Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, I am new to both Android phones and this forum. Thank you very much.
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Hook it up to your PC and copy the files from your phone to PC. Or you can try using kies
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[Q] Galaxy S4 Boot Loop

Hello all,
I flashed the hotspot mod, and was sure to use the correct (oxed), but I may have used the mdl or mdc. Would that cause a boot loop? how do i fix it? I do have CWM Recovery, but hadn't made a backup(BIG MISTAKE)!
Thanks,
chris
You're going to have to wipe your phone. Unless you have a ROM zip in your phone and dirty flash. If that doesn't help then you could Odin MDL no data wipe.
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daniel4653 said:
You're going to have to wipe your phone. Unless you have a ROM zip in your phone and dirty flash. If that doesn't help then you could Odin MDL no data wipe.
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Thank you so much! What I ended up doing was going into the old device(screen broken without a scratch, no idea how) and backed that up and then restored on this phone. Killed two birds with one stone. Sorry to take up space, I just panicked. Also, would a class 10 sd card be that much better than my class 2 I use currently?
Thank you again.
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CJ Banks said:
Thank you so much! What I ended up doing was going into the old device(screen broken without a scratch, no idea how) and backed that up and then restored on this phone. Killed two birds with one stone. Sorry to take up space, I just panicked. Also, would a class 10 sd card be that much better than my class 2 I use currently?
Thank you again.
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Yes it will be faster.
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Hey, I have a similar problem. I just did the wifi tether hotspot Services jar, and services odex file swipe that i found on youtube.
After i did all the steps, I rebooted my phone, and now its stuck on the Sprint logo at startup. I did a factory restore and a wipe cache partition, and still nothing. Im running the stock rom of a recently bought Galaxy S4 on sprint (bought it July1st) and now my phone get past the logo, any help please?
I'm assuming you didn't make a nandroid before flashing ? If not, you will probably have to revert to odining back to stock.
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u'll have to wipe your phone.
Try flashing a kernel made for your device first.

Coming from an HTC One!!

Hello fellow S4 users. I will be getting my S4 tomorrow and had a question about transferring my data from my HTC One. If I backup my HTC One with Titanium Pro and then root my S4, will I be able to get all the apps along with the data from my HTC One to my S4? Thanks
Also do you guys think Titanium would be better for this or GO Backup?
choboii said:
Hello fellow S4 users. I will be getting my S4 tomorrow and had a question about transferring my data from my HTC One. If I backup my HTC One with Titanium Pro and then root my S4, will I be able to get all the apps along with the data from my HTC One to my S4? Thanks
Also do you guys think Titanium would be better for this or GO Backup?
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not sure. you could try flashing your HTC One backup ROM on the GS4 and see how that goes though (SARCASM DO NOT TRY IT LOL).
ive honestly never tried using one TiBu on a different phone, though i have done it successfully between stock and custom ROMS, so it may work. if i were you, i would download all the apps again, and restore ONLY data, then check the apps all out and see. i could (and probably am) wrong though.
mine basically reloaded from PlayStore from my One S
you can make a copy of your TB and put it on pc then copy back to s4, not sure if that works or not to a new phone
actually if i remember i had to re buy tb pro
I have successfully transferred my tibu from s3-s4 but not sure across different makes.
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[Q] First time rooting

Hi everybody, I just have a few questions before I root my phone.
First of all, I am new to android having just come from the iPhone, but having said that I do not view myself as computer illiterate and am confident in the ability to be able to root my phone. But before I do so, I just have a few questions:
How high is the potential of risk when rooting my device?
Is there anything important I should consider or do before attempting to root my device?
What are the main advantages in rooting your phone?
Can I revert the root and restore it to a point where it no longer voids my warranty? And on a similar note, if I flash a custom ROM am I able to go back to touchwiz?
and finally, can anyone please provide me with an easy, updated guide on how to root my device?
I currently have the GT-I9505 model and it is locked to Virgin in Australia.
Thanks to anyone that can help
Williamharv said:
Hi everybody, I just have a few questions before I root my phone.
First of all, I am new to android having just come from the iPhone, but having said that I do not view myself as computer illiterate and am confident in the ability to be able to root my phone. But before I do so, I just have a few questions:
How high is the potential of risk when rooting my device?
Is there anything important I should consider or do before attempting to root my device?
What are the main advantages in rooting your phone?
Can I revert the root and restore it to a point where it no longer voids my warranty? And on a similar note, if I flash a custom ROM am I able to go back to touchwiz?
and finally, can anyone please provide me with an easy, updated guide on how to root my device?
I currently have the GT-I9505 model and it is locked to Virgin in Australia.
Thanks to anyone that can help
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The risk of something going wrong when rooting your phone is very small, as long as you follow the right instructions for the right device! I don't know what you should use for a virgin locked i9505 though..
You have to know that your data (games/apps with its data, not your internal SD or external sd) will be wiped after flashing a new rom, not necessarily while rooting! When flashing a new rom, your system settings will be wiped, your call logs and text messages will be wiped, but not your contacts as they are stored on your google account and restored after flashing a new rom!
The main advantages of rooting is the ability to do things Samsung doesn't 'want' you to do. This can be small things like themeing, but also things like flashing a custom recovery, which is needed for flashing a new ROM. Another useful feature is foldermount, with which you can move appdata to your external SD.
Yes you can
Just use YouTube! Can't be any easier than that! I recommend you use this one --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player . This way of rooting also let's you keep all your data!
I don't know anything a out a carrier locked device, as mine is not. So please take some time to look up if any extra procedures are needed for flashing a ROM on a carrier locked device. But I think rooting should just be fine!!
For any more questions, feel free to pm me!
Me Gusta!
Me Gusta said:
The risk of something going wrong when rooting your phone is very small, as long as you follow the right instructions for the right device! I don't know what you should use for a virgin locked i9505 though..
You have to know that your data (games/apps with its data, not your internal SD or external sd) will be wiped after flashing a new rom, not necessarily while rooting! When flashing a new rom, your system settings will be wiped, your call logs and text messages will be wiped, but not your contacts as they are stored on your google account and restored after flashing a new rom!
The main advantages of rooting is the ability to do things Samsung doesn't 'want' you to do. This can be small things like themeing, but also things like flashing a custom recovery, which is needed for flashing a new ROM. Another useful feature is foldermount, with which you can move appdata to your external SD.
Yes you can
Just use YouTube! Can't be any easier than that! I recommend you use this one --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player . This way of rooting also let's you keep all your data!
I don't know anything a out a carrier locked device, as mine is not. So please take some time to look up if any extra procedures are needed for flashing a ROM on a carrier locked device. But I think rooting should just be fine!!
For any more questions, feel free to pm me!
Me Gusta!
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Thank you for the reply Gusta
That is one of the problems I face, everywhere I look I seem to be getting guides on Verizon/AT&T Galaxy's and I have never even heard of those companies until I joined this forum Perhaps I will take a look at the Australian thread on the Galaxy and see if there is anything special needed to root/flash my device.
As rooting allows me to transfer data to my SD card, will it still be wiped when I flash a new ROM? Or is it only whole apps that can be transferred to an SD card?
Also funnily enough, I was just looking at that guide on YouTube
Williamharv said:
Thank you for the reply Gusta
That is one of the problems I face, everywhere I look I seem to be getting guides on Verizon/AT&T Galaxy's and I have never even heard of those companies until I joined this forum Perhaps I will take a look at the Australian thread on the Galaxy and see if there is anything special needed to root/flash my device.
As rooting allows me to transfer data to my SD card, will it still be wiped when I flash a new ROM? Or is it only whole apps that can be transferred to an SD card?
Also funnily enough, I was just looking at that guide on YouTube
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No, I'm sorry all data on your SD will be kept, but savefiles will be wiped. You will have to use Titanium Backup to backup your savefiles/apps.
Me Gusta!
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Oh and looking at the Australian user thread is a good idea!
Me Gusta!
Me Gusta said:
No, I'm sorry all data on your SD will be kept, but savefiles will be wiped. You will have to use Titanium Backup to backup your savefiles/apps.
Me Gusta!
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Oh and looking at the Australian user thread is a good idea!
Me Gusta!
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Ah I think I get it now, could I just use titanium backup to restore SMS/data on my phone after flashing? Also, is there any ROMS you recommend?
Thanks again Gusta
Williamharv said:
Ah I think I get it now, could I just use titanium backup to restore SMS/data on my phone after flashing? Also, is there any ROMS you recommend?
Thanks again Gusta
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Just be careful restoring Data.. This can cause problems in some roms...
As for what rom, the best idea is to read the description, see if it fits your need and try it out. I personally like Omega 7 at the moment but can't say it will stay forever....
If your phone is an i9505 you'll be fine using any root method for i9505.
I would suggest flashing CF Root using Odin, it's simple, quick and easy.
Restoring your phone back to stock is as simple as resetting flash counter with triangle away then downloading your carriers firmware from sammobile and flashing with Odin.
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ultramag69 said:
Just be careful restoring Data.. This can cause problems in some roms...
As for what rom, the best idea is to read the description, see if it fits your need and try it out. I personally like Omega 7 at the moment but can't say it will stay forever....
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what problems may arise from restoring after flashing? I don't mind losing some data just an inconvenience really. Omega seems good, might give it a try
Obagleyfreer said:
If your phone is an i9505 you'll be fine using any root method for i9505.
I would suggest flashing CF Root using Odin, it's simple, quick and easy.
Restoring your phone back to stock is as simple as resetting flash counter with triangle away then downloading your carriers firmware from sammobile and flashing with Odin.
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Alright thanks for that clarification i am learning towards the CF Root and using TWRP as custom recovery.
Would you by any chance know if Virgin locked devices are the same as optus on sammobile?
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Any firmware for the i9505 will work but if you want official Virgin firmware then no Optus will be different. It will run fine but you'll have Optus apps installed and things like that. I'd go for the Australia XSA firmware, it's unbranded
I would advise against TWRP. PhilZ CWM recovery is by far the best, easiest and totally bug free
And the best advice anyone can give you is to perform regular nandroid backups using CWM.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Any firmware for the i9505 will work but if you want official Virgin firmware then no Optus will be different. It will run fine but you'll have Optus apps installed and things like that. I'd go for the Australia XSA firmware, it's unbranded
I would advise against TWRP. PhilZ CWM recovery is by far the best, easiest and totally bug free
And the best advice anyone can give you is to perform regular nandroid backups using CWM.
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In that case I may root my phone tonight the reason I picked the optus one is because when I got the phone it came loaded with optus apps, and Virgin uses optus towers, so I'm thinking maybe they merged? In that case would the official Virgin software be the optus one? Either way the unbranded one is probably the best
Thanks heaps, feel much more confident in rooting my phone now haha just wanting to be really cautious.
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Williamharv said:
In that case I may root my phone tonight the reason I picked the optus one is because when I got the phone it came loaded with optus apps, and Virgin uses optus towers, so I'm thinking maybe they merged? In that case would the official Virgin software be the optus one? Either way the unbranded one is probably the best
Thanks heaps, feel much more confident in rooting my phone now haha just wanting to be really cautious.
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Good luck!
Me Gusta!
Just one more question, sorry guys! This is the model number and details for my galaxy, it's the right one for the video mentioned previously using CF auto root correct?
Edit: never mind, took a closer look at the video and everything matches
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[Q] Samsung galaxy s4 newbie

hi guys im new to the samsung world and i just got S4 i9505.. what i wanted to say that i only have like 9GB of my device storage and in a week i got it full so i bought a 16gb sd card and wanted to transfer apps and games but i found out that it doesnt work only if the phone is rooted .. the reason i want to transfer everything to sd card because i read if the device storage is full the device will lag and stuff ..now into my subject
what is root?
is it safe to root my s4?
also what should i root because i saw alot of people having different root on their phones??
help me fast plz
brutaLL said:
hi guys im new to the samsung world and i just got S4 i9505.. what i wanted to say that i only have like 9GB of my device storage and in a week i got it full so i bought a 16gb sd card and wanted to transfer apps and games but i found out that it doesnt work only if the phone is rooted .. the reason i want to transfer everything to sd card because i read if the device storage is full the device will lag and stuff ..now into my subject
what is root?
is it safe to root my s4?
also what should i root because i saw alot of people having different root on their phones??
help me fast plz
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Rooting is safe as long as you know what you are doing
1. Download CF-Auto Root from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803, extract it once with 7-zip. Read the OP well for how to use it.
2. download Odin 3.04 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1094518&d=1338368405
3. Enable usb in developer options and connect with usb and flash CF-Root.
Reboot and you have root.
Well mate thanks alot .. but what im supposed to do in rooting beside moving apps and games to sd card ?
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You won't save much space moving apps to SD card. The data files take up the most space in games and these can't be moved.
You can only move the apk file and there small.
It's pointless.
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Well I saw someone on youtube move the data to sd card or making the sd card as device storage..if it wont work I dont need root then because I already moved the apk
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Bump ..can any tell me if I can move data to sd card by any means??
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Yes, you can but you need root and this app called Foldermount.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount

Unable to get Titanium to backup my apps.

I recently updated my Sprint S4 to NA7 at a Sprint store. I rooted it, but now the apps can't backup with TB. There seems to be a read/write problem which I've never experienced until now. Does anyone know how to correct this issue so the Internal storage (phone) can "communicate" with the SD Card? Thanks in advance.
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I recently updated my Sprint S4 to NA7 at a Sprint store. I rooted it, but now the apps can't backup with TB. There seems to be a read/write problem which I've never experienced until now. Does anyone know how to correct this issue so the Internal storage (phone) can "communicate" with the SD Card? Thanks in advance.
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This has been discussed a whole lot in the past few days. Check the dev section. There IS a solution. Just involves adding a line to a file
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I really appreciate the response. I've been through a couple of developers threads (unknown forces, etc.) and couldn't find it. That's why I was hoping someone would provide a link to it. Once I get there, I will also have to teach myself how to add that line (or any for that matter). Thanks. I'm not a noob, but sure feel like one. This is the very first time I've had to ask a question. It's very humbling.
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what version of titanium are you using though?
The sd write fix is posted in unknownforce's stock NAE thread, post #238 I believe
Thanks for the help...whatever the latest version is for TB.
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Thanks. Accomplished what I needed to do. Your assistance was/is truly beneficial!
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MrSamEpic said:
Thanks. Accomplished what I needed to do. Your assistance was/is truly beneficial!
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No problem. Glad I could point you in the right direction

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