My question is in the title.
To backup and restore my stock browser bookmarks, I use BookmarkSB for Galaxy Note 2 (stock rooted, deodexed and deknoxed 4.4.2)
Recently, I bought a Galaxy Note 3, and I am running (like my Galaxy Note 2) stock rooted, deodexed and deknoxed 4.4.2, but BookmarkSB does not work, and I have been trying to find, without success, an application which can do what BookmarkSB can do
I found the following 4 files which I thought could be related to bookmarsk in data/data/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/databases
SBrowser.db
SBrowser.db-journal
thumbnails.db
thumbnails-db-hournal
So, for testing I made a backup of these 4 files, deleted some bookmarks from within the stock browser, restored them and set the permissions as before, but then my browser just crashes..
How can I backup and restore bookmarks? I would eventually like also to transfer bookmarks to other devices, too.
Is there any simple and free application that can do this?
I would like to do this locally, and not to use cloud.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.
Just SBrowser.db
Dejan Sathanas said:
Just SBrowser.db
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Thank you.
I restored only SBrowser.db and set the permissions. The browser did not crash, but the bookmarks did not come back.. I rebooted, but still no bookmarks... Then, I deleted browser cache, but still no bookmarks..
Is this your suggestion? Or is this what you do to backup and restore bookmarks?
I don't know what I am doing wrong.
Yes, i backup them like that. Works every time. And i restore them only on my Note 3, not other devices.
And as far as i searched too, there was no good app to backup the stock browser bookmarks, and this option was the easiest and quickest.
For your case, i really don't know why it's not working. Seems you did everything right.
Dejan Sathanas said:
Yes, i backup them like that. Works every time. And i restore them only on my Note 3, not other devices.
And as far as i searched too, there was no good app to backup the stock browser bookmarks, and this option was the easiest and quickest.
For your case, i really don't know why it's not working. Seems you did everything right.
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I tested again, but definitely, my bookmarks are not restored with this procedure. So, there is something different from your system.
Thank you very much any way for your advice.
Me too, I looked for an application for a long time, but I have not found any. Before it was easy with BookmarkSB. Now it is a real pain.
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What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
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What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
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I would use Helium for backups without rooting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuYmFja3VwIl0.
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What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
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I use this : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature
It backs up apps / contact / sms / calendars
pretty much everything and every has an option to send backups to your gmail.
if you want a back up for your rom, theres a way to catch the rom for your carrier from kies described here.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
Its particularly useful if your carrier's stock rom is not found in sammobile yet.
Thanks. I mainly just want to back up my icon locations and settings etc in case i need to wipe the phone I don't have to try and remember what settings I had or where are my icons were etc.
Another +1 for Helium. Super simple and it works. I used it to backup some apps on my old phone before moving to the S4. Once I got the S4 I was able to restore them with no problem.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
Hi all. I was wondering if there is a way to backup the STOCK e-mail app (emails, accounts, settings) and WITHOUT ROOT. I have done many searches on Google, but most of the threads are quite old.
Pardon my newbness pls but wont titanium backup work? I mean I think it only needs root when you need to uninstall system apps?
Milkman00 said:
Hi all. I was wondering if there is a way to backup the STOCK e-mail app (emails, accounts, settings) and WITHOUT ROOT. I have done many searches on Google, but most of the threads are quite old.
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Helium, or just use Google's in built backup - when you reset or anything you log back in to your g account and it auto restores everything for you -- and gives you an option to restore old apps also.
tclocki said:
Pardon my newbness pls but wont titanium backup work? I mean I think it only needs root when you need to uninstall system apps?
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From everything I read Titanium doesn't do a good job with backing up the stock email app.
radicalisto said:
Helium, or just use Google's in built backup - when you reset or anything you log back in to your g account and it auto restores everything for you -- and gives you an option to restore old apps also.
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Are you sure that the google built in backup actually backs up the email accounts and settings??? Even though I have google backup enabled (I think), it has never really restored anything important.
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From everything I read Titanium doesn't do a good job with backing up the stock email app.
Are you sure that the google built in backup actually backs up the email accounts and settings??? Even though I have google backup enabled (I think), it has never really restored anything important.
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When you re-log back into Google it gives you the option to restore backed up data.
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When you re-log back into Google it gives you the option to restore backed up data.
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I don't recall ever seeing that. Are you absolutely sure that google backs up the stock email app accounts/email??
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I don't recall ever seeing that. Are you absolutely sure that google backs up the stock email app accounts/email??
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Use Helium if you want a safeguard
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Use Helium if you want a safeguard
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Helium doesn't seem to have an option to backup the stock email app.
Milkman00 said:
Helium doesn't seem to have an option to backup the stock email app.
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Could always try the grabbing the data folders from the system and put them on your PC, then just swap them after a reset etc. Other than that, there's Google's cloud back up which is built in, or see what else is available (not sure what else there is tbh)
try MyBackup Pro
Hi,
Can anyone suggest a simple way to backup and restore while resetting the device?
I had to wipe the date on the phone and reset it, but lost several stuff including Nova settings, installed apps via apks from unknown sources, etc.
Any good app which simplifies the backup and restore option? Tried Mybackup pro and Helium before, but not good.
I do not want to root the phone to use Titanium backup though.
Have you tried backing up the device with the back up feature available in the settings?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A
Allen` said:
Have you tried backing up the device with the back up feature available in the settings?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A
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I did, although the backup was a month ago. When I reset, i could not backup as I lost my AVG password so had to reset using the buttons. Restored it using the backup feature but like I said above most of the features were gone! For example, my nova settings, etc
ram11 said:
Hi,
Can anyone suggest a simple way to backup and restore while resetting the device?
I had to wipe the date on the phone and reset it, but lost several stuff including Nova settings, installed apps via apks from unknown sources, etc.
Any good app which simplifies the backup and restore option? Tried Mybackup pro and Helium before, but not good.
I do not want to root the phone to use Titanium backup though.
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Titanium Backup is the BEST app
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Titanium Backup is the BEST app
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I know that. I have mentioned on top I dont want to use it, as I have to root the phone.
If you have suggestion for unrooted devices, let me know.
ram11 said:
I know that. I have mentioned on top I dont want to use it, as I have to root the phone.
If you have suggestion for unrooted devices, let me know.
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I have tried many apps but they are not stable enough, try this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiubang.go.backup.ex
The problem for most apps is they need root access to put back settings and so forth... Unfortunately there is a limit to what most apps can do to an unrooted phone...
Hi folks, I am kinda new to the Rooting scene (say a few hours). Well a user posted the note 4 stock apps somewhere on XDA and out of some wild excitement I flashed the S Browser for the note 4 onto my N900 (octane core) note 3. For some reason Internet (I.e the stock browser) won't open and keeps crashing. I do have a NANDROID backup and tried installing the browser alone with Titanium Backup which didn't restore anything. Of course I have Chrome (posting this from chrome) but I really like the stock browser. Please find a work around to restore my browser without having to restore the entire backup
welcome to the world of excitement.... next time just make a backup of the files that you're going to replace... for your problem... just google around for stock note3 browser and replace the files...
Hey guys,
I'm running into a couple issues with my phone so I want to factory reset. However, I'm stuck in this tricky situation where I was able to import my data from the S7, but I cannot re-back it up under the S8.
I'd been using Helium ever since I got my S7, since it uses the built-in backup methods without requiring root. However, under Nougat it doesn't seem to work as well. You cannot restore backups that include the .apk anymore, you have to install the apps first then restore their data.
Now I'm getting a bunch of apps where I restored the data from an older version where it was still possible, updated the apps from the Play store, and now I can't back them up again! I was testing this out with the actual adb desktop backup commands... those apps just give me a blank backup file. Examples are Gboard (formerly Google Keyboard) - you always used to be able to back that up with adb, and it still shows up in the list (e.g. they didn't do allow backups=false), but it doesn't work. Helium gives an error, adb just gives me a 1KB file with nothing in it. There's clearly data there...
What gets me is that Helium uses the *official* built-in Android desktop backup protocol. It's like Google started killing that off without telling anyone, and without even having the phone return a message saying the app can't be backed up. It appears to work, but you get a blank file.
I used to be able to just use a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup, so I could easily factory reset and recover if that didn't fix the problem. But since there's no root method for the Snapdragon S8, and AFAIK the stock bootloader can't do backups like that, I'm out of options.
Does anyone use any other methods? I know Google/Android *supposedly* backup your appdata for you, but it never works - every time I try that it reinstalls the app with empty data and I have to set everything up all over again.
I would suggest using Samsung's own Cloud to back up your data. Works surprisingly well, it backs up pretty much everything, even home screen layout. It even backs up apps like OGYoutube or anything 3rd party. Looks like it backs up the entire apk and restores them with your data and logins. Worked well for me when I flashed G950U1 firmware
EDIT: Also if you go this route and factory reset your device for whatever reason, upon initial set up skip restoring apps from Google since Samsung's cloud will restore those apps back. I noticed that if you use both restore methods they will clash and your Samsung apps will be overwritten and your data will be wiped. Don't know if anyone else noticed this, just from my experience.
moises93 said:
I would suggest using Samsung's own Cloud to back up your data. Works surprisingly well, it backs up pretty much everything, even home screen layout. It even backs up apps like OGYoutube or anything 3rd party. Looks like it backs up the entire apk and restores them with your data and logins. Worked well for me when I flashed G950U1 firmware
EDIT: Also if you go this route and factory reset your device for whatever reason, upon initial set up skip restoring apps from Google since Samsung's cloud will restore those apps back. I noticed that if you use both restore methods they will clash and your Samsung apps will be overwritten and your data will be wiped. Don't know if anyone else noticed this, just from my experience.
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Wait, what? How do I do that? I tried the Smart Switch Windows software (not the one that lets you transfer between phones, there's a PC version too), and it only backed up the .apk, not the data.
drfsupercenter said:
Wait, what? How do I do that? I tried the Smart Switch Windows software (not the one that lets you transfer between phones, there's a PC version too), and it only backed up the .apk, not the data.
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Just go under Settings>Cloud and Accounts>Samsung Cloud and enable backup, check it out in there. It pretty much gives you details of what it'll back up for you.
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EDIT: Also if you go this route and factory reset your device for whatever reason, upon initial set up skip restoring apps from Google since Samsung's cloud will restore those apps back. I noticed that if you use both restore methods they will clash and your Samsung apps will be overwritten and your data will be wiped. Don't know if anyone else noticed this, just from my experience.
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Did you have to turn off any settings on Google backup before resetting phone ?
moises93 said:
I would suggest using Samsung's own Cloud to back up your data. Works surprisingly well, it backs up pretty much everything, even home screen layout. It even backs up apps like OGYoutube or anything 3rd party. Looks like it backs up the entire apk and restores them with your data and logins. Worked well for me when I flashed G950U1 firmware
EDIT: Also if you go this route and factory reset your device for whatever reason, upon initial set up skip restoring apps from Google since Samsung's cloud will restore those apps back. I noticed that if you use both restore methods they will clash and your Samsung apps will be overwritten and your data will be wiped. Don't know if anyone else noticed this, just from my experience.
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Looks like Samsung will terminate data back up after 11 Jan 2018 - must be a capacity issue.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/7k2ihz/samsung_will_remove_app_data_backups_in_samsung/