I have an HTC Droid Incredible and just got my Viewsonic Gtablet.
Should I use the same google account for both or should I use a secondary google account for the tablet?
Thoughts? Advantages/disadvantages?
I am currently running with one account, but have debated with going to two.
One Account Thoughts:
-Apps are tied to your account, so if you have a pay app you want to use both places you don't have to buy it twice
-I've had issues doing restores using Titanium Backup where it installed all my phone apps on my tablet, two accounts would alleviate this
gangolfus said:
I am currently running with one account, but have debated with going to two.
One Account Thoughts:
-Apps are tied to your account, so if you have a pay app you want to use both places you don't have to buy it twice
-I've had issues doing restores using Titanium Backup where it installed all my phone apps on my tablet, two accounts would alleviate this
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Why not just have 2 TB backup directories, one for the tablet and one for the phone. TB backup the tablet apps, save them to your PC, then TB backup your phone apps and save them to your PC as well...each in their own "Backup" directory.
Every time I do a nandroid, or TB backup, I immediately copy them to my PC. It's of no use to me if I have to repartition to fix an error, and the backups get wiped out.
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Hi GUYS!
I just bought the Thunderbolt, My very first Droid very very happy!
My question is how do i back up my contacts..
I rooted my phone last week, and have installed perfect storm ROM. and backed everything up with Titanium Back up.
However, I realize that every time a new ROM or updated version comes out, I would have to wipe all my data. I only restore User Apps and no the System Data, becomes this is a new rom. Or should i restore all??
So my question is what files do i need to restore from Titanium backup to restore my contacts. because it gets very annoying having to link my contacts between Google email account, and Exchange each time.
**is there a way I can save all the phone contacts i have from exchange, and link that to Google permanently?
So when i updated my Google account, all my number would come out..
or is there a file i can restore through my Ti Backup to save all that hassle, Everytime I wipe.
Thanks Guys!
Your contacts should have sync'd to your online Google account.
That's the beauty of Android. Once everything is sync'd up. You can change phones, log into your google account and just resync all your info immediately.
hey buddy,
how do i sync all my contact to my google account now?
Dnakaman said:
Your contacts should have sync'd to your online Google account.
That's the beauty of Android. Once everything is sync'd up. You can change phones, log into your google account and just resync all your info immediately.
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yea importing contacts can be bad if you have google sync on, it will create duplicate contacts if you restore contacts and alot of hassle removing the dupes
If you add your contacts as Google contacts you can edit them/view them online at http://www.google.com/contacts . They will automatically sync up then. Also, there are programs on Market you can get to save the contacts as well. Lastly, with most roms, once you get going with it, you don't *always* have to wipe; oftentimes you can just do it as an upgrade. At least that's what I can tell.
MisterDonut said:
hey buddy,
how do i sync all my contact to my google account now?
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check under accounts and sync and make sure your google sync is on, contacts calendar and mail. when you save contacts on your phone you are given 2 options, phone contact or google contact. always choose google contact if you want them auto synced. Phone contacts wont get backup unless you use Verizon's Backup Assistant or use a 3rd party program like Ti Backup Pro or some other software to do it. Easier to use google contact and forget about it.
I came from a blackberry with Exchange mail.. So all my contacts are actually stored in my exchange mail. So is there a way where I can just sync all my contact information from Exchange mail to Google account.
I hate having to link both google info with my exchange mail info.. A couple of times i don't mind, but if i want to play around and update roms frequently i rather not deal with this type of problem if its avoidable.
Once you are all updated on your Google account, anytime you change roms and you get the "Welcome to Android" startup screen (If you wipe your phone prior to changing roms), once you put in your google ID and password, your phone will "pull" the contact information to your phone from your google account, so you won't need to re-input anything.
Only time you may have an issue is if you had a contact on your phone and for whatever reason you did not sync before wiping, you may lose any added contacts that didn't get sync'd up.
The easiest way I backed up my contacts was just make a vcard back up from the menu in messaging app to your SD card and then restoring it from your SD card when your done flashing. It was very fast and easy for me.
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Quick question. When i export my contacts out of my phone book, to my sd card. when i do a wipe. does the wipe, wipe everything on the sd card as well.
sorry i'm very new.. been using a blackberry for the last 4 years.. and this has been an amazing moment in my life.. the only thing i miss is the keypad on my bold.. but the gingerbread keypad is making my transition a silky smooth one.
*i just imported my contact info from my exchange to Google.. Now my google is up to date.. i think i'm ready to play.
MisterDonut said:
Quick question. When i export my contacts out of my phone book, to my sd card. when i do a wipe. does the wipe, wipe everything on the sd card as well.
sorry i'm very new.. been using a blackberry for the last 4 years.. and this has been an amazing moment in my life.. the only thing i miss is the keypad on my bold.. but the gingerbread keypad is making my transition a silky smooth one.
*i just imported my contact info from my exchange to Google.. Now my google is up to date.. i think i'm ready to play.
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wipe wont wipe your sdcard, unless you physically do so in clockwork recovery.
Sounds like you got everything set up. Congrats on your new phone!
On a side-note. You have an Android, not a Droid. The Droids are a specific set of Verizon Android devices.
skinien said:
Sounds like you got everything set up. Congrats on your new phone!
On a side-note. You have an Android, not a Droid. The Droids are a specific set of Verizon Android devices.
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Yea, we don't need George Lucas coming here and demanding money for using the name
Lol... Btw Wat does cw recovery do?
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After following the various guides on how best to backup/flash/restore, I think I'm missing a step.
I use Titanium Backup to create backups prior to flashing, and then after applying a new ROM and selecting 'replace missing apps and data', I find myself left with quite a bit of re-setup to do. No mail accounts, preferences, et cetera are retained and I have to re-do everything after flashing.
Is there a step I'm missing or perhaps a different restore type?
I've read doing a restore of system data is bad; is that the case?
Thanks.
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Are you only backing up user apps or are you backing up all user apps + system data? If its the first one then you wouldnt be backing up mail account information and such.
Beastclaw said:
Are you only backing up user apps or are you backing up all user apps + system data? If its the first one then you wouldnt be backing up mail account information and such.
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The latter, but I'm not restoring the system data. Are the cautions against doing that necessary?
If you dont restore the data then you wont have any of the settings for the apps saved. I am not 100% sure about things like mail accounts being saved or not, I know that things like wireless network settings arent saved. Also widgets and things that you set up on your homescreen wont be saved either unless you use a launcher like Launcher Pro and backup your homescreen. There will be some additional setup needed if you flash a new ROM even with TB.
Thanks you two.
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I was able to restore mail. Everything was still backed up on titanium backup. I restored my apps and the data that went along with them. This didn't bring back mail though. If you go into backup/restore in titanium backup it lists all backed up items individually. Scroll down till you see E-mail Account settings. I clicked on this and restored it. this brought my mail accounts back. One problem was that if I went to settings/accounts and sync my microsoft outlook account was not showing up on there. The email was on my phone but wasn't listed in my accounts. My phone kept trying to sync contacts, calendar etc and it would always fail. I did have to delete this account and re-enter it into my phone.
Is there a safe way to save important contacts I tried to save all them too Google and it has failed I lost almost all my contacts after flashing back to my daily driver. Imported them and most. Are lost
Ive had no issues with google, originally i switched from blackberry and i had backed them up to a CSV file and uploaded them straight through the web interface from google. Can you possibly do this through titanium backup?
ltdanno360 said:
Is there a safe way to save important contacts I tried to save all them too Google and it has failed I lost almost all my contacts after flashing back to my daily driver. Imported them and most. Are lost
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I use 3 different methods. Google, netquin antivirus and backup contacts. Both the netquin and backup can be found on the market, but if you want the apk gimme a holler thru txt.
I can't txt you pre like the post states I lost almost all of them. Some reason it kept 4 of them. But 30 others are gone dang. That. "Grinds my Geers
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Hi, I just received my Samsung Galaxy S3 in the mail today. I was using HTC Desire HD before. I was wondering how do I transfer everything such as contacts, sms, picture, app and etc from my HTC Desire HD before reseting my Desire HD to factory settings (I wish to resell it). Please advise thanks. I never rooted and don't plan to root my phones =).
Titanium backup.
use the export xml feature to export your sms/mms, call logs, & wifi hotspot configs
use the app backup feature to backup all your apps (mainly the data), then moved the backed up files to your s3 and restore it from there.
use your phone app to export your contacts as a vcard then go to your s3 and import vcard.
Titanium backup is the best way but it might have a problem for some user
it requires root
so u might want to consider that before u plan on using it
Google for your contacts is a sensible start
Thanks for the replies. Do I have to root my GS3 too in order to backup everything from Desire HD to GS3?
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Google for your contacts is a sensible start
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Yeah, however, how does google understand which one is my main account once I have google account on both devices? Wouldn't it delete everything if I remove account on my Desire HD?
To get really really thorough backups, you need to root the DHD. But I bet you can manage without that. For instance, you can backup call logs and SMS with the "Call Log Backup & Restore" and "SMS Backup & Restore" apps on the android market. You'll need to backup, then install these apps on your new phone and copy the backups to the new phone, then use them to restore.
Your contacts should be part of your google account--you can check by logging into http://contacts.google.com and checking. If they're there, you don't need to worry about backing them up. They will exist on your new phone as soon as you enter your google account information while you're setting up the phone.
I'm not sure how to delete your account from your old phone, but that won't affect your new phone. Just don't delete your contacts--removing an account is not the same as changing the data that belongs to an account.
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Thanks for the replies. Do I have to root my GS3 too in order to backup everything from Desire HD to GS3?
Yeah, however, how does google understand which one is my main account once I have google account on both devices? Wouldn't it delete everything if I remove account on my Desire HD?
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I makes no odds, the contacts are stored in the cloud! I have two phones, regularly mess with my old S1, if you wipe it you are only wiping the on phone storage, unless you actually delete a contact through contacts on the phone nothing will get deleted from g cloud!
i would suggest you root the dhd so you can use titanium to pull data for you apps as well so any games and apps that you have can easily have their data restored.
and it's also a great app that handles nearly all your backup needs.
root is nothing scary.. it just means you can allow certain programs to access settings that require admin status.
Some answers are just...... Ehhh nvm
Contacts should be stored on your default Gmail account go to settings.... Accounts check which one of our account is syncing contacts
SMS simple answer. SMS backup and restore
Pictures well that should be on your SD card that came with the phone. Same with any other media
Now app data... Without root in think you can forget it. What I normally do is to make a nandroid backup and if need to move this to another phone I use app extractor and restore certain apps I need
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sms back up and restore doesn't seem to do mms for me.. maybe i botched something. titanium though, stores it in xml form and can do all the necessary import and export as needed. why get a separate app if titanium is about as close to a one stop shop as it gets for android users...
and really... if you're on xda, why aren't you rooting your phone and enjoying one of thr biggest reason to be here (for me atleast) : to flash different roms that will suite your needs/wants.
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I moved over from my desire s without root. It was a bit of a faff but ok I the end.
My apps all restored from the market. The other apps that needed side loading were installed using app saver on my DS and copying the files onto external SD.
I restored my sms with sms backup and restore (I don't use mms as I just e-mail), which was fine.
Contacts were saved to my Google account so downloaded automatically. I think you can export contacts from stock app if you want to do it that way, or use something in the market.
Finally I used angry birds backup to restore my progress.
Hope this helps. I do agree with above though, it will be a lot easier with titanium backup provided you are rooted, but if you have to root and don't mind losing all your app data then it may not be any faster.
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as the title says, i want to backup these using tb (or any other method for that matter, but if find tb convenient).
i see two entries for 'wifi access points' in tb; one colored green and one colored yellow. which one should i backup to save my wifi password settings?
what about browser passwords? i know third party browsers like dolphin and chrome have this option, but i like using the stock browser. is there a way to do this via tb or any other app for that matter?
about WIFI password they're automatically saved as long as you have ticked backup my google account.
as for the browser i'm not sure but if you use TB to backup app+data it should backup passwords as well.
eytan123 said:
about WIFI password they're automatically saved as long as you have ticked backup my google account.
as for the browser i'm not sure but if you use TB to backup app+data it should backup passwords as well.
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but doesnt google account backup everything including apps? it would take forever to back up everything i have thats why i dont use it.
with regards to the browser, i would not rather backup the internet app+data as newer custom roms have updated versions of browser. it would be best if it just backed up the passwords.
as soon as you login to your google account you can go to the play store and press "stop 70\XX" and it won't restore your apps.
that's what i personally do, stop all the downloads, and manually download TB+TB pro as i purchased it and restore from that.
i haven't notice any changes to browser in the last builds but you can always backup only data and not app if it concerns you.
eytan123 said:
as soon as you login to your google account you can go to the play store and press "stop 70\XX" and it won't restore your apps.
that's what i personally do, stop all the downloads, and manually download TB+TB pro as i purchased it and restore from that.
i haven't notice any changes to browser in the last builds but you can always backup only data and not app if it concerns you.
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yeah but the very act of backup everything to a google account will take hours. i want to avoid that if possible
well, if you insist you can always you an app like this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5yeWFuYW1hcmFsLndpZmkucGFzc3dvcmRzIl0.
GL !
You can backup wifi password in TB. by the options/Backup data to XML.
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