I'm trying to back up my device with Kies before I factory reset it so I can take it back in for warranty replacement but I'm not able to connect to it. It shows it connected but then times out with an error saying "unable to connect".
I'm curious if this has anything to do with being rooted or having the OTA update files frozen with TiBu.
Any other ideas on to how to back up my device?
Can't you just copy over nandroid files or something?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I would have to be rooted on the new device for nandroid to restore the back up, right?
My main concern is my connection to Kies. It connects and then disconnects because the phone "isn't respinding". Is it because I'm rooted and have the OTA files frozen? Is my 4.3 release not official enough for it to be compatible with the newer version of Kies? Curious if anyone else is having this problem..
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Nick James said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I would have to be rooted on the new device for nandroid to restore the back up, right?
My main concern is my connection to Kies. It connects and then disconnects because the phone "isn't respinding". Is it because I'm rooted and have the OTA files frozen? Is my 4.3 release not official enough for it to be compatible with the newer version of Kies? Curious if anyone else is having this problem..
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Kies never worked well for me. And unfortunately, there is no good way to backup an android device as easily as an Apple device. I'm assuming you'd like to have an easy way to restore your new device once you receive it. That isn't going to happen
Samsung/at&t have also made it more difficult. You'll probably get a new device with nb1 firmware which currently isn't rootable. So restoring from titanium is going to be difficult.
Here's what I would do:
1 copy and paste all your pictures, music, etc from your device to your pc
2 use helium backup to backup your apps and data, see play store
3 make sure you have Google backup your apps and data too, settings, backup & restore
When you get your new device, Google will most likely restore your apps and data. For your pics, etc you'll want to copy those back to your device. If Google doesn't work you have helium as a backup.
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Don't forget you can also use adb backup to backup your device.
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Thanks for the replies.
I had a general idea of what needed to be done. What I'm really worried about reloading is my sms/mms messages.
I'll look into all these options and report back with what I did.
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Nick James said:
Thanks for the replies.
I had a general idea of what needed to be done. What I'm really worried about reloading is my sms/mms messages.
I'll look into all these options and report back with what I did.
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Check sms backup& restore
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jd1639 said:
Check sms backup& restore
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Or Helium
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Hi,
Can't backup to Samsung account because servers are not available.
I checked last week and today - same error.
Removed and added Samsung account- the same. Can't backup/restore/or check cloud storage usage.
Does this feature work?
Maybe Samsung stopped providing cloud backup service?
Thanks!!!
Anyone?
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bat0nas said:
Anyone?
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I've been able to use their backup process. Used it yesterday when I wiped my phone to flash MM. After setting up my fresh install I signed in and all my backup data worked perfectly
That's strange.
I asked some other locals and they confirmed that it doesn't work.
Anyway I will check again after update to MM.
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Hello folks...wondering if I coumd get some help. Is there by chance a free app that could recover my memo that i erased by accident earlier today?...i have a sprint s5..running on marshmellow....been trying to find one for an unrooted phone...cant seem to locate one.....thanks for taking the time to read this.
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I have a bunch of app data backups (made on my Note 4 with Titanium) that I want to restore on the S7E. How can I restore those without having to root my new phone? Ive searched google and XDA and havent been able to find an answer.
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I have a bunch of app data backups (made on my Note 4 with Titanium) that I want to restore on the S7E. How can I restore those without having to root my new phone? Ive searched google and XDA and havent been able to find an answer.
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Don't think you can. Do you still have the Note 4 in your possession? If so, you can make a backup using Helium and use Helium on the GS7 Edge to restore. I've been using Helium ever since I've stopped rooting my phones.
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Hello,
I just root my (new) edge s7 nougat, and when i uninstal system apps with link2sd the apps keeps coming back driving me crazy!
I'm new to Samsung so is there a build in security or something?
And how can i terminate those unwanted apps for good?
TIA!
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