Database Users

The best app for backup and restore ????

For me the best app for backup and restore is.......XRECOVERY.
At boot, allow automatically reposition and re-install the backup application
and / or system and / or data file.
Recommended !
Davide

Titanium Backup Pro
Agree with that for firmware but there is also Nandroid for user data and a few others.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Awesome for backing up contacts, apps, app save data and everything else without saving all your system files etc.. after all, you might want to load a different firmware - there are many here and they are growing every day (these are sometimes called rom's - but are not - they are firmware) it's free for most functionality but if you want to backup to your own dropbox - this is the biz and worth a few dollars!
SMS Backup +
Jan Berkel
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
Then backing up your SMS, MMS and Call log - this is awesome and its free!
One last thing - You should really check out @Dropbox. It's hot. http://db.tt/wy2bu4n

[Q] How do I backup from JJ and install Swedish Spring?

I have the latest version of JJ installed on the phone, but want to upgrade to Swedish Spring. I've downloaded Titanium Backup (free version).
Is it simply a matter of selecting the apps I want to save data for? Most important are numbers and SMS - what do need to look for in the app list? I understand that everything will be saved on the SD card.
When the backup is done I guess I simply copy across the fw for Swedish Spring to the SD card root, reboot, enter xrecovery and install. Then I root etc, but I don't have to reinstall xrecovery and Busybox again right?
Finally, I reinstall Titanium and restore - do I need to download the app off Market first, or will Titanium reinstall that as well?
Many thanks!

Using a Gmail account all contacts will be held on your account and when flash they get synced
SMSBackup+ on the market is best solution for sms as has auto backup to Gmail
Re: Software backup via Titanium
Don't reapply system/settings backups with Titanium on different ROMs as will cause issues.
Hope that helps.

[Guide] Upgrading to GingerBread without loosing programs and their settings

So - you want to upgrade but don't want to loose all whose stars in Angry Birds and Cut the Rope?
I've used this way:
Backup software used: MyBackup Pro.
1. Check your phone book and move all contacts to your Google account. (This means - if contact shows Phone in Account field you should move it). Enable sync. Wait for sync to complete.
2. Do a Nandriod backup.
3. Do a check restore of Nandroid backup
4. Check if your preffered apps supports internal backup/restore - can be named import/export. Dolphin HD, Apps/Folder organizer, most launchers have it. Do a backup in them.
5. MyBackup - Do full Applications backup (APKs+Data)
6. MyBackup - Do full Data backup (i didn't backup contacts, system settings and android home)
7. Open zipped GingerBread (2.3b2) ROM and put in system/app your preffered APKs for file browsing and MyBackup.
8. Upgrade ROM.
9. Add your Google account in Settings. After sync all your contacts will be in place.
10. MyBackup - Restore Data (again, i didn't restore system settings, etc. Actually i needed only SMS and Call logs)
11. Reboot device.
12. MyBackup - Restore Applications (APKs ONLY!)
13. Reboot device. All databases for apps will be restored in clean state in boot process.
14. Restore settings in apps, that supports internal backup/restore
15. MyBackup - Restore favorite Applictions (DATA ONLY! Exclude apps in p.14)
16. Just in case - reboot again.
Well, it worked for me.
I'm not promoting MyBackup, but IMHO it's much simpler for end user than Titanium.

Q: Best Backup for Note3 Marshmallow Custom ROMs (backup EVERYTHING)?

After flashing and trying out many Custom ROMs on my Note3, I've been burned several times by having backups that don't work.
For example.
1. Had Lollipop 5.0.1 ROM, backed up everything to Samsung Smart Switch and Samsung Kies. Everything backed up, verified it manually. However, after upgrading to CustomROM MM 6.0.1 I cannot restore anything except contacts. No call log, no SMS, no apps and their settings (this takes most time to manually re-install). So Smart Switch and Kies are useless for me.
2. I also backed up everything in Titanium Pro when doing MM6.0.1 -> MM6.0.1 full wipe install. However, when restoring the backed up apps I had many force closes, many apps didn't work at all, many got their Google Play market issues borked (no amount of manual removal/reinstall helped this) and some could not be restored with my custom settings. So, Titanium Pro is near useless for me.
3. I also backed up to Google's own Marshmallow Backup feature. I got _most_ apps backed up, but not all of their settings and not all restored properly. Again, this is nowhere near 100% success and I had to manually re-install Launcher, it's desktop layout icons/positions, all widgets, all call logs, all SMS messages. Lots of work. This has been the "best so far, but nowhere near good" backup that I've been able to find.
So, is there anything out there on Android 6.x that just works? Always. No questions asked. Restores properly. Has clear reports on how/why/when it fails?
Helium Pro and MyBackup Pro both have tons of recent horrible user reviews. I'm not sure they are any better and rather not risk again all my apps/settings/data, because there's another for-pay software that almost works, sometimes
So, any recommendations?
How do you back all your:
- all contacts
- all call/text logs
- all SMS/MMS messages
- all user installed apps and their settings, all system settings
- all accounts and their passwords
- Launcher & setting and incl. desktop, lock screen, icon positions, app re-naming, etc. (I'm using Nova Prime)
Media files, incl. photos I can and always to backup manually.
Of course, I'm not looking to backup a whole ROM, incl kernel/system/baseband modem. Just the apps/settings and everything else.

Titanium backup can do all the things. Except backing up google password for example because I'm not sure which app is storing it.
Sent from my SM-G925F

Rosli59564 said:
Titanium backup can do all the things. Except backing up google password for example because I'm not sure which app is storing it.
Sent from my SM-G925F
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Thanks, I already have Titanium Backup *root* and have tried it, but it fails on so many issues still.
Even the google backup is better, IMHO (i.e. more reliable on the average).

Never had TB pro fail over many many years .
That with a Nandroid/ Clockwork mod recovery covers all my needs .
Contacts i backup to sim card and Google.
Dont require text/ calls backup nor SMS messages .
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- all user installed apps and their settings, all system settings
- all accounts and their passwords
- Launcher & setting and incl. desktop, lock screen, icon positions, app re-naming, etc. (I'm using Nova Prime)>>>
Restored via Clockwork Mod backup restore data .

Questions on debloating U Firmware (Nougat)

Hi I recently am trying to upgrade to Nougat and have it rooted.
Before I update, I have backed up all my user apps with Titanium Backup
But it seems to me that some apps being preinstalled with U firmware (such as Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook etc) as system, I am not able to use Titanium Backup to restore the data for them. So I decided to get it removed from my system app and install it again on Google Play as User App.
I am not sure if its the difference of Nougat from MM, but when I used Root Explorer to have it deleted from /System/App, what I still see in Application is "Disable/Enable", same to Google Play, it shows Disable or Update. Therefore the crap is still there even if I have deleted from System/App.
Is there anybody who would tell me how Either I can restore my old data with Titanium Backup or Completely have it deleted from system to reinstall?
Cheers!

Hi I'm not sure how to fix your problem once you use titanium bavkup. But if you use samsung smartswitch and backup to external sdcard. That works very well. Then you just import backup from sdcard.