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Ok, I am exchanging my phone tommorrrow because.... well I should do it at least once... LOL, no just some issues... but seriously I am using spb backup and I want to know does this program save everthing and then I will be able to load my programs and files onto my computer when I am done and then load my phone with the same programs and what have you...
sorry I am a noob and don't want to screww this up...
christian15213 said:
Ok, I am exchanging my phone tommorrrow because.... well I should do it at least once... LOL, no just some issues... but seriously I am using spb backup and I want to know does this program save everthing and then I will be able to load my programs and files onto my computer when I am done and then load my phone with the same programs and what have you...
sorry I am a noob and don't want to screww this up...
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in spb backup, you can selesct what you want to backup. if you want to backup your entire phone memory and microsd memory you can. you then specify the save location (specify microsd location) and its done after a few minutes.
when you receive your new pdaphone, just double click the cab file in the microsd and the restore process will begin. Just ensure that your new replacement has the same ROM as the one you have backed up from.
I'm a noob myself, but I will swear by this program. I have had to do a few hard resets with my TyTN and have loaded a specific back up day and voila...everything was great again.
I didn't notice that anything was missing. And heck...even if there was something missing, I didin't feel it.
Ok, but the memory on the microsd card? not the whole sd card right... but the stuff on the phone like any files and what have you that will sync correct... lastyly there isn't a cab file it is a WCE file. just making sure because that is what it made...
oh and one more thing... do you use the unpackage tool from the pc or just use the file on the micro device and place it in the new phone...
in spb backup, you can backup your entire phone with all the settings and apps etc as well as all your files on the microsd card.
spb backup should create a .cab file. to restore, you simply click that cab file and the restore process will begin
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in spb backup, you can backup your entire phone with all the settings and apps etc as well as all your files on the microsd card.
spb backup should create a .cab file. to restore, you simply click that cab file and the restore process will begin
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Maybe I am crazy but I don't think it does the cab thing... and the file it saved is only 15 megs big... I know my sd card has about 800 megs on it...
can't be that small of a back up could it?
nope, something is seriously wrong.
800mb cannot be compressed into 15megs
jasjamming said:
nope, something is seriously wrong.
800mb cannot be compressed into 15megs
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lol lmao... I knew that sounded wierd as heck... but, I don't think it backs up the card. I think just the device onto the card. I don't think this backup program would back up a card because you would have to back it up through the pc... that is not what this does.
my version of spb backup backs up all files - phone mem and sdcard, and places the cab file on he sd card.
not sure which version you have, mine is the latest
how could it compress the file of the storage card and place it on there. If I have a gig card and have used 900 megs... what size file would this possibly create to back up the card and the device. 900 megs is a lot. I am thinking minimum I dunno 300 megs. perhaps 600 megs. Where would this posibbly go to. not the storage device. SPB backup?
OH GEEZ/... I appologize... I am MORON... I was using the full backup selection ASSuMING it meant full back up including card. LOL... NOPE.. you have to choose custom... ahhh so silly.
now I have to remove the musica on the card... but really right now i don't need to deal with the card huh...
also... do you use WMP sync with WMP 11 on the pc... I need to reset my sync... I will post to my other thread so you can see what I mean... it will be at the top.
I have never successfully restored a phone with any of the backup programs availible.
They always miss something (like owner configuration, phone config, e-mail settings and so on..)
i have always done full backup included the sd-card. My reason for doing this was that I were the projectleader for buying and configuring 10 Hermes phones to my Boss's that would look the same, and then be able to restore everything in a flash..
although, this didn't work very good, i went fine as long as I used the backup on my phone, but when trying it on another phone (same model, same rom etc. ) some things would be restored and some weren't
so , just be careful, it might not go well, but then again , it might go very well.
I've never understood the logic behind SPB Backup. From what I understand, it's supposedly possible to back up the entire device, including the SD card, however, from the trial version that I used, it was not possible to save this file on the PC when connected with ActiveSync. So the problem is, if one has a full storage card, and wants to back up their entire device including the storage card, where could the output backup file be stored?
I use SPB Backup and I dont know why I would want to include my storage card in the backup. If I want to back up my storage card I just put it in a cardreader or use sync and copy the entire card over to a directory on my computer. If your device crashes or you just need to do a hard reset, programs installed on your storage card will not be effected. If you have a backup that works, all you need to do is restore from that file. Any program that was installed on your storage card will work fine as ong as you still have the card in your device.
Worked flawlesly... Thanks so much... but I think the card back up is just smarter to just put the whole card on the computer then take it back off...
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Worked flawlesly... Thanks so much... but I think the card back up is just smarter to just put the whole card on the computer then take it back off...
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glad to see you got it working
brettatk said:
I use SPB Backup and I dont know why I would want to include my storage card in the backup. If I want to back up my storage card I just put it in a cardreader or use sync and copy the entire card over to a directory on my computer. If your device crashes or you just need to do a hard reset, programs installed on your storage card will not be effected. If you have a backup that works, all you need to do is restore from that file. Any program that was installed on your storage card will work fine as ong as you still have the card in your device.
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This is true, but for the same reason, SPB is not a complete backup solution. Do you backup your storage card every time you back up your device internal memory? I have many files that I store on my storage card that are working files - that is, they change in content frequently. Included is an 80Mb SQL Mobile replicated database file. I have actually had a program corrupt my SD card at one point - such that I had to restore it (I did have a manual backup of this, but it was out of date).
At the moment, I still do SD card backups manually anyway, and just use Activesync for incremental backups every time I connect, because it's basically the same as using SPB, and saves having to use a 3rd part program to swap and copy files.
When restoring from Activesync, all I need to do is a soft reset, do a forced refresh of PIM data (contacts, tasks, appointments) from the PC, and everything else is fine. The only thing I find necessary is, after a hard reset, to soft-reset my device on the first 'boot' before the 3 second auto-installation. I don't use a cooked ROM because the programs I like to have on my PPC change all of the time.
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Just to clarify for me as I am a noob to WM5 and HTC.
If I use SPB to backup EVERYTHING except my SD card (which I can manually backup whenever and often using a card reader and PC), I will have a single CAB file with all settings.
So if I do a Hard Reset and lose everything, then before the 3-sec auto installs from the service provider I do a Soft reset to stop those. Then I run the backup CAB file and supposedly everything will be back to the way it was...meaning all registry hacks, email accounts setup, user info, today screens, ringtones, and other installs like previously installed jars and other cabs I had before.
Is this an acurate description of the SPB program?
I need some help from the community to know how I can restore the files on my 2GB Kingston microSD!
My TyTN crashed today (as it does about once a month max, WM5), but this time it booted back with no more files or folders on the memory card.
The weird thing is, the memory gauge still says it has 1.6GB of data on it, and I get the same reading when I plug-in the microSD card in my USB card reader (ie: no files and folders, but card 70% full).
I suspect that the file table is corrupted or something of the sort. I would need a way to restore it since the data seems to be still there.
I would really like to avoid having to revert back to my SPB Backup file that dates a few months since I have many new files and software installed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Eric
maybe the files r just hidden?? sounds stupid.. but it cud b...
or
try some sort of recovery software like
Recover My Files Data Recovery
http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3120-20_4-0&ontId=20_4&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext<ype=dl_dlnow&pid=10756491&mfgId=100285&merId=100285&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-2248_4-10756491.html
or
Restore Digital Camera Deleted Pictures (dont notice the software name.. it worx!)
http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3120-20_4-0&ontId=20_4&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext<ype=dl_dlnow&pid=10619506&mfgId=6289559&merId=6289559&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-2242_4-10619506.html
or
VirtualLab Data Recovery
http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3120-20_4-0&ontId=20_4&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext<ype=dl_elite_dlnow&pid=10659383&mfgId=112065&merId=112065&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-2248_4-10659383.html
good luck! =]
Maybe bad SD
I hate to say it, but I had some similar weird issues and the problem was just that the SD had gone bad. I just got a new one and everything was back to normal.
Thanks eliran9
Your input is much appreciated.
There seems to be hope...
I tried "Restore Digital Camera Deleted Pictures". It was very easy to set up and worked quite well... but only seemed to be able to restore pictures! I could see thumbnails of pictures I have/had on my microSD card, but no mention of all my other files.
I then tried a free tool called "PC Inspector File Recovery". With this one I could see all of the folders and files with their extensions, but without the file and folder names... arg, I'm almost there!
I didn't get it to work with "VirtualLab Data Recovery", but I'll try it again tonight, maybe there's an option I didn't see. I will also try "Recover My Files Data Recovery".
Unless someone has a better tool to suggest.
Hi,
After a lot of tweeking, installing and long hours, I finally managed to get Android 3.2 (Froyo Stone) to work and be able to reboot . Ofcourse, I am very happy, but there is only one thing I am wondering..
Every time I download an app or take a picture or basically do anything on the phone, the phone generates a new folder on the root of the SD Card and not directly in the Android folder. This is not a problem because I can just place them in the android folder whenever I need to reboot only and everything is back too normal acceptttt.. Most games and apps. They are still visible on the SD Card, but I can not play them anymore because I moved them and have to re-download and re-install them every time I need to reboot. And when I leave the folder outside of the SD Card, I can't boot Android because the Android folder needs to be the only one on the root of the SD Card. So here's my question:
Is there a way to automatically save all download/installs to the Android, insted of the Root of the SD Card?
Real simple answer to this.... stop moving the files! I've seen it on the forums where people say that the Android folder must be the only folder on your SD card, but that is just plain wrong.
Just let it do what it does and don't worry about the miriad of new folders that are created.
i don't think "android" must be the only folder in the root. just don't touch any system files.
in fact my understanding is android in sd card is kind of convenience. as long as you backup the file, you can do any experiments you want: moving file to anywhere easily.
much easier than nandroid backup
So I have tried searching, but there is a lot of info to sort through and most of it doesn't really answer my questions well enough. I just got my SD card today and put it in. The phone sees it, so everything is good there. Im not new to modding Droids, but I never had one with this internal SD Card stuff. Im currently running CM10.1
In the emulated folder, why is everything in both the "0" folder ad the "legacy" folder?
What is usbdisk?
How do I set it so the camera automatically saves the pictures to the external SD card?
Is there anyway to make CWM save nandroids to the external card?
bluek24a4 said:
So I have tried searching, but there is a lot of info to sort through and most of it doesn't really answer my questions well enough. I just got my SD card today and put it in. The phone sees it, so everything is good there. Im not new to modding Droids, but I never had one with this internal SD Card stuff. Im currently running CM10.1
In the emulated folder, why is everything in both the "0" folder ad the "legacy" folder?
What is usbdisk?
How do I set it so the camera automatically saves the pictures to the external SD card?
Is there anyway to make CWM save nandroids to the external card?
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I wish I could help with all your questions but I'm fairly new to this phone myself. I ended up with quite a few nested "0" folders, and the best way to deal with it as far as I can tell is just leave it alone. When installing a new ROM, make sure you do a wipe of everything, and then you only end up with one "0" folder, and everything works. At first I had cwm saving backups to my original "0" folder, which was inaccessible to everything but cwm, it made backups ridiculous to deal with. Reflashing recovery got things back to normal for me.
I had the same issue with cwm acting like it was backing up to external SD and then the files not being there. I flashed twrp and it backs up to my sdcard with no problems.
As for usbdisk, I found this thread somewhat explaining it. Basically, its not really something to worry about.
To change where the camera saves(at least on SlimRom) you open up the camera app, tap somewhere and drag down to get into settings, and then tick the "Use External" ticker.
stesaint said:
I wish I could help with all your questions but I'm fairly new to this phone myself. I ended up with quite a few nested "0" folders, and the best way to deal with it as far as I can tell is just leave it alone. When installing a new ROM, make sure you do a wipe of everything, and then you only end up with one "0" folder, and everything works. At first I had cwm saving backups to my original "0" folder, which was inaccessible to everything but cwm, it made backups ridiculous to deal with. Reflashing recovery got things back to normal for me.
I had the same issue with cwm acting like it was backing up to external SD and then the files not being there. I flashed twrp and it backs up to my sdcard with no problems.
As for usbdisk, I found this thread somewhat explaining it. Basically, its not really something to worry about.
To change where the camera saves(at least on SlimRom) you open up the camera app, tap somewhere and drag down to get into settings, and then tick the "Use External" ticker.
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So TWRP saves your backups to the external card? Thats good to know. But CWM was "saving" to the external card but you just couldn't find the files?
The settings for the camera was the same in CM10.1. I didn't know they were there like that. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah, with CWM it would go through the backup process like normal, but the files would be gone. TWRP saves to SD or internal with no problems at all, I'm actually starting to like it better than cwm.
I tried it out, and did a back up to external SD card from CWM and it seems to have worked. The file seems to be there. This makes the external card significantly more useful to me.
Hello, I am going to purchase an S7 Edge and I was wondering if whatsapp media/data like my pictures or videos can be moved to the SD card rather than staying on the internal. I tend to use a lot of social media apps and they can take upto 1.5 gb because of pictures, voice messages and videos and I don't wish to lose access to them via whatsapp.
if you use adaptive storage, yes.
Pranavtastic said:
Hello, I am going to purchase an S7 Edge and I was wondering if whatsapp media/data like my pictures or videos can be moved to the SD card rather than staying on the internal. I tend to use a lot of social media apps and they can take upto 1.5 gb because of pictures, voice messages and videos and I don't wish to lose access to them via whatsapp.
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xinternalsd module does it for every app.
I reply here because I spent a lot of time searching through very old posts and trying outdated methods. I didn't know that actually today there is a very easy solution to move whatsapp media folder to SD card. It perfectly worked on my Samsung Galaxy A3 A320FL with Oreo:
1) Root (I used twrp + magisk method, see this guide)
2) Download "App2SD" (the original by Vicky Bonick; it's free) and follow instructions on how to create partitions
3) Use "folder mount (app analyzer)" feature, which apparently was not considered in the old posts in this forum, so I suppose it was recently added to App2SD.
It's like folder mount, but it's pre-set for some common apps, including Whatsapp. With this feature, you can successfully move Whatsapp media folder to SD, in one clic.
In my case everything worked fine. When I reboot I have to re-mount folder, but it takes one second (just open Apps2SD, tap Folder Mount, slide "whatsapp other").
airali said:
I reply here because I spent a lot of time searching through very old posts and trying outdated methods. I didn't know that actually today there is a very easy solution to move whatsapp media folder to SD card. It perfectly worked on my Samsung Galaxy A3 A320FL with Oreo:
1) Root (I used twrp + magisk method)
2) Download "App2SD" (the original by Vicky Bonick; it's free) and follow instructions on how to create partitions
3) Use "folder mount (app analyzer)" feature, which apparently was not considered in the old posts in this forum, so I suppose it was recently added to App2SD.
It's like folder mount, but it's pre-set for some common apps, including Whatsapp. With this feature, you can successfully move Whatsapp media folder to SD, in one clic.
In my case everything worked fine. When I reboot I have to re-mount folder, but it takes one second (just open Apps2SD, tap Folder Mount, slide "whatsapp other").
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Actually I tried to root my phone just because of that, but I ended up erasing the stock ROM, do you know how to do that without root acces?
andres_vacal said:
Actually I tried to root my phone just because of that, but I ended up erasing the stock ROM, do you know how to do that without root acces?
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I am not an expert, but I had digged a lot into this, and unfortunately I don't think there is an effective way for unrooted phones. Are you sure you don't want to try root again?
airali said:
I am not an expert, but I had digged a lot into this, and unfortunately I don't think there is an effective way for unrooted phones. Are you sure you don't want to try root again?
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Very sure, I have an Asus, and I had to install a different ROM (9.0 stock) and i had (8.1 stock) so I dont know if that would function. Ill figure out