Hey, after i updated to 2.1 i attempted to restore alla my data I had previously saved with the built in SE Backup and restore. When I open my contactbook no contacts appear, if I click on Favorites though there are 6 contacs as it should be. If i go in to the message app all my messages are still there, with contact names and numbers displayed, even though my contactbook shows no contacts?? Sort of like the contacts are there but won't display...
Also no applications were saved =(
Did this happen to anyone else? Anyone got a fix?
Thanks in advance
Hey !! i believe that you must have used the old version of backup and restore !!
SE has released a new version of backup and restore, with backing up market application and stuff !!
well.. this info may not be of any use to u know as u are already in 2.1..
But as for me, who is still in 1.6, I downloaded the new backup and restore and installed in 1.6 it has got market backup, etc...
may be to all those who are going to update to 2.1 by using the flash method from XDA must use this to backup ...
http://w ww.sonyericsson.com/update/backupandrestore/xperiaX10?lc=en&cc=gb
And it is always nice and better to restart from ur phone once u finished the backup !! hehe just my advice !!!
I restored my Contacts successfully. Here what I done
1) Reset to factory default
2) After the phone restarts I did not do any setup. I skipped all including email and contact setup.
3) Left the phone idle for 30 mins so things could settle.
4) Went to Backup and Restore and selected only Contacts and call log (No messaging or other Stuff)
5) Done. After 99% it says it done but my contacts got restored.
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I just did the 2.1 update and ofcourse i made an backup of my contacts before i did it. But now when i try to restore them, it runs up to 100% but when i go to contacts there is nothing!?!?
What should i do?
I have the backup SBF file stored on my SD cart if that can help me in any way?
Thanks in advance
thran8 said:
I just did the 2.1 update and ofcourse i made an backup of my contacts before i did it. But now when i try to restore them, it runs up to 100% but when i go to contacts there is nothing!?!?
What should i do?
I have the backup SBF file stored on my SD cart if that can help me in any way?
Thanks in advance
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Same here, had to get all my contact from my google account
have the same problem and dont know what to do
is there any other program to restore .sbf !!!!!!!!!!!!
same here. any help appreciated.
Hi All,
What is the software that cause this error to happen? Is it the Backup and Restore software from Sony Ericsson?
If you are using the B&R software from SE, there is a mini text underneath the selection which states that Contacts Synced using Sync services will not be backed up. In other words, Google, Sony Ericsson Sync and etc will not be backed up.
I restored my Contacts successfully. Here what I done
1) Reset to factory default
2) After the phone restarts I did not do any setup. I skipped all including email and contact setup.
3) Left the phone idle for 30 mins so things could settle.
4) Went to Backup and Restore and selected only Contacts and call log (No messaging or other Stuff)
5) Done. After 99% it says it done but my contacts got restored.
how did u reset it to defaults?
Setting -> Privacy settings -> Factory data reset.
Thanks. It worked for me too. I didn't wait but restarted immediately.
Hi I searched a long time and I couldn't find any thread with my problems ..
So here's the thing .. First of all I had a rooted 2.1 with JIT enabled ..
And I decided to go for the rom FreeX10 Beta 4 ..
So what I did was to install busybox and xRecovery and I made the backup via xRecovery .. When I installed the new rom I couldn't restore the data from the previous (2.1) because it said something about MD5 mismatch ..
Strangely my contacts were back in some way I don't know how, but all other stuff was gone .. So I installed everything again and I was fine with it ..
But then I started to get these messages with force closing a lot after rebooting the phone. And at last I couldn't even make a call because I couldn't get into the phone book.
So I read something in a thread about reflashing with SEUS to the latest 2.1 firmware and kernel before installing FreeX10 Beta 4 rom.
I wanted to save the trouble of installing everything again so I did a backup via xRecovery (now with the FreeX10 rom) and did everything all over again ..
Now with the installed FreeX10 rom I went into xRecovery and did an advanced backup (only restore data). When I reboot the phone I have no contacts whatsoever ..
So my questions are .. Should I do a full restore since it's a backup from FreeX10 rom? Is it possible to restore data from previous rom (ex. 2.1) into the new rom? And if I do the full restore, will I get the force close messages again?
**EDIT** Crap .. I flashed in the new market and when I try to open the app it force closes .. great!
Thanks if you're kind enough to read and reply!
My experience with custom ROMs is that if you start to get force closes and mysterious crashes, that the first thing to consider is the data. By that, I mean data that each app stores.
The first thing you can try is to go into Settings > Applications > Manage applications and clear cache and/or data for any "suspect" apps. For Market problems, clear the cache and uninstall updates. Reboot.
If that doesn't work, then it's best to reflash, but DON'T do an advanced restore on your data. It's important to know that when you flash, nothing on your SD card is affected. In order to make things easier, there are ways to back up and restore your stuff with your SD card without restoring any corrupt data:
- Backup apps with Titanium Backup (TB). When you restore them, select "App only" so that data is not restored.
- DON'T restore data for system apps (green or red apps) with TB. This includes call log, sms messages, etc.
- To backup your call log to your SD card, get "Call Log Backup & Restore" by Ritesh Sahu. It's free.
- To backup SMS messages to your SD card, get "SMS Backup & Restore" by Ritesh Sahu. It's free.
- To backup APN settings to your SD card, get "APN Backup & Restore" by Ritesh Sahu. It's free.
- Alternately, I think you can use "MyBackup Root" by Rerware. I haven't used this, but I've used MyBackup (trial) before, so I'm not positive. The root version is free (but the pro version costs money).
- To backup your contacts to your SD card, you can go into your Phonebook, press Menu, and select "Back up contacts". This will save them in a .vcf file, which can be used by custom ROMs and by the stock ROM.
You can also sync your contacts using Google sync (or SE Sync). This is probably how you got your contacts back automatically. I like this method because you get your contacts back right after you sync for the first time, and you can log into GMail (I use my PC) to edit your contacts. There's a useful option called "Find & merge duplicates".
Also, you shouldn't restore data if you're moving between Android versions (e.g. Eclair 2.1 -> Froyo 2.2). It may even be a bad idea to restore data going between different ROMs on the same Android version (e.g. FreeX10 beta 4 -> CM6.1.3). That's because the user apps (not the system apps) are stored in the data partition, and you'll lose anything that's been customized for that particular ROM. It may or may not work.
Thank you for the help I should keep that in mind in the future ..
But I think I found my problem .. After a while I did a reflash doing everything EXCEPT for data2sd. And it worked fine ..
Just now I tried to flash data2sd in and that's when the force close happens on market .. I have tried to clear the cache and the data for the Market application .. Doesn't work still ..
**EDIT** And also on top of that .. All my apps disappeared when I flashed data2sd
I solved it somehow ..
Reflashed the whole thing in the "right order" ..
First the rom, then google apps, then data2sd .. and the rest after that and it worked somehow ..
Nooow the only problem is when I'm downloading new apps or restoring the old apps I had backup on via Titanium ... I don't get the offer if I want to move the app to the SD card anymore ..
Can it be fixed?
Thanks
Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
stickperson said:
Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
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1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
In the stock contacts application, you can export your contacts to your sd card beforehand. Then after you flash, just import them. I export the ones from my phone and it works every time.
This is the method that works for me before and after each flash of a new ROM. (I am assuming a full wipe for step 5 and 6 to get my apps back)
1. Backup using Titanium backup (batch/Run - Backup all user apps+system data)
2. Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore (found in market)
3. Backup SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore (found in market)
4. Flash ROM
5. Restore using Titanium backup (batch/RUN - Restore missing apps with data) (I am having trouble with Amazon apps and getting back data so YMMV)
6. Restore using Titanium backup (Backup/Restore - Filter (apps) - restore all apps with data)
7. Restore call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore
8. Restore SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore
Good Luck!
g00s3y said:
1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
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1. Basically all the contact info.
2. Ok, makes sense that I lost the new texts. But what about contact info? Some friends were missing, but that was fixed when I synced with facebook so I guess it's ok. Just want to make sure I don't lose contacts when I flash again. I'll try some of everyone's suggestions though.
3. Well, oddly enough, now it sort of works. However, when I go into the HTC wallpapers I can't actually see them on the screen- I have to click the "preview" button to see them. When I click preview, sometimes a new background comes up in which case I can hit apply and it works no problem. Other times I click preview and there is a black background. I hit apply and get a message "Warning. Phone storage is full."
edit: even now, I go into my gmail contacts on my computer and can't find some of my friends' information. I am syncing contacts too.
Helloo
I am new here and to android, bought my first android phone ever just few days back ,i have read and spent time reading and searching stuff here and gotta say i learned a lot in just few days but there are few things i didnt quite understood...
Q1, i knw the difference between odex and deodex read here but i wana ask, what are the main benefits of deodex ? is it that we can install theams and other stuff like that on stock with it? or smething else ..
Q2: i have tried successfully coderrom and blackhawk and i was able to restore my apps data with titanium backup but i tried cyanogenmod kang rc1 and was not able to restore anything is it not possible or any particular way to restore? i wana restore my call history , messages, contact etc usuallstuff.
Q3: the clockwork backup can it be restored directly above any rom ? if i am running cyanogen or coderrom and want to go back to my old backup just in case should i just restore my old backup directly ? or i have to flash the stock first and then apply backup(this is how i did for now tho)
Q1 - yes, for themes.
Q2 - I restore my backups pretty fine. But not messages and contacts. For contacts I the google account so it automatically restores. For sms I use Go Sms Pro inbuilt function.
And Q 3 yes, any rom.
consegregate said:
Q1 - yes, for themes.
Q2 - I restore my backups pretty fine. But not messages and contacts. For contacts I the google account so it automatically restores. For sms I use Go Sms Pro inbuilt function.
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havnt checked gosms pro tho but as i tried to restore dailer storage data with titanium nothing happend it did said successful tho, nor did contacts , is it because the dailer of cyanogen is different than that of stock and coderrom etc ?
is that dialer a part of touchwiz in stock roms ? if so can it be installed on cyanogenmd ? one more thing i saw cyanogen dont have task manger also tried to restore it but titanium got stuck in it nothing happned so finalyy restarted my phone...
i am back to stock for now still trying to decide wich rom should i go for
I have had Cyanogenmod 7.1 stable installed on my s2 since December, first time I have had a real issue with it. This morning when I turned the phone on as soon as it gets past cyanogenmod boot logo I get a number of force closes the first is always Calendar storage and then Acore. This is followed by media, superuser, droidstats, email, whatapp, clock, google play, bluetooth share and titanium backup these are in a random order but always the same apps. Once I force close them the phone goes back to the boot logo then the force closes start again,in an endless cycle the phone is pretty much useless. I have access to download mode and clockworkmod but I would just like a way to backup my contacts and sms messages before I do a factory reset, or possibly a fix for the issue?
Any help appreciated =)
Plenty of apps on Google Play that enable you to backup/restore your contacts/SMS/call logs. I'd definitely do a factory reset.
I have apps installed for backup purposes but the FC's messages don't allow me to access them =/
Hmmmm. OK. That's a problem then.
I guess you could try flashing CM7 over the top of your current setup & hope that fixes things but it probably won't. So you could do a Nandroid backup in CWRecovery then do a factory reset or do a completely clean/fresh install, and from there you could use something like AppExtractor to restore your contacts/SMS/call logs from your Nandroid.
I attempted to recover a old backup but a got an error of md5 mismatch in clockworkmod. I have created a backup of the current system but the same error pops up if I attempt to recover, I did this to check if the backup wasn't faulty. Will I still be able to use the appextractor with this error?
If I can ill attempt a clean install of 7.2 that just got released and recover my contacts in the way you suggested =)
Good question. I don't know. Couple of times I used AppExtractor when I was running GB I didn't have any of the problems you're experiencing so I guess you're only going to know when you try it.
khush170 said:
Will I still be able to use the appextractor with this error?
If I can ill attempt a clean install of 7.2 that just got released and recover my contacts in the way you suggested =)
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Thanks after wipe and clean install of 7.2, appextractor recovered my contacts and text messages =)
Really ? Cool ;-) Glad it worked out well for you.
khush170 said:
Thanks after wipe and clean install of 7.2, appextractor recovered my contacts and text messages =)
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happens to me also
but still no luck with the solutions available ..