Factory reset with automatic app restore - HTC EVO 3D

So when I first got my Evo 3D, I installed a bunch of apps on it from market etc. And then two weeks later, I decided to do a factory reset on it because of an issue that was surfacing after an update.
In any case, after the reset, the phone went through it's initial setup stuff but once I entered my google account info, all my previous text messages + old apps I had installed on the phone were back. I had no idea the phone could do this. Is this stuff somehow linked to our Google Account?
I'm a bit confused because I've seen threads about "backing up" and "restoring" the phone but why we'd need that if the phone does it on it's own.

abdeviation said:
So when I first got my Evo 3D, I installed a bunch of apps on it from market etc. And then two weeks later, I decided to do a factory reset on it because of an issue that was surfacing after an update.
In any case, after the reset, the phone went through it's initial setup stuff but once I entered my google account info, all my previous text messages + old apps I had installed on the phone were back. I had no idea the phone could do this. Is this stuff somehow linked to our Google Account?
I'm a bit confused because I've seen threads about "backing up" and "restoring" the phone but why we'd need that if the phone does it on it's own.
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Becuz backing up jus doesnt back up only apps.....it also backs up ur settings, wifi passwords, also so u dont have to wait for ur apps to download and restore.......
R.I.P. HD2 hello EVO 3D!!

So just to be clear, text messages are backed up somewhere in the cloud without me having to do anything?

abdeviation said:
So just to be clear, text messages are backed up somewhere in the cloud without me having to do anything?
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If u did a factory reset and they were restored i guess they r in the cloud. I always backup and restore through recovery so im not too sure.
R.I.P. HD2 hello EVO 3D!!

You can change this setting by going into Settings -> Privacy
Remove the check from Back up my settings and or Automatic restore.
Turning off Back up my settings will delete any data from Google's servers.

BamAlmighty said:
You can change this setting by going into Settings -> Privacy
Remove the check from Back up my settings and or Automatic restore.
Turning off Back up my settings will delete any data from Google's servers.
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Well it wont delete all the info. Just your most current backup that Google made.
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[Q] Auto Reinstall apps?

Hello , like many of you , i flash my phone quite often. It seems like we always have a new update or new rom . Trust me , im not complaining . I think its amazing .
I am using Titanium Backup now , but its quite a task to sit there and click install on 80+ apps . Is there a way we can auto install our apps with each flash ? Im not positive , but i think busybox can do something to this degree .. but havent really been able to find a cut and dry explanation .
Thanks guys
Just pay the titanium dude and get prO and its a three click task. And while the phones restoring...More time to spend searching for stuff.
Wow I didn't know that was a perk to the pro version. Buying it now. Thanks.
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google also auto restores your apps now.. it did it when I flashed and wiped everything to 2.8 again, and my 3 apps I had previously downloaded were automatically restored by Google, lol.
Yeah that has been hit or miss for me lately ... mostly miss
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wideopn11 said:
Here is a work around I've been using. In TiBu, go to option, more, and create "update.zip". This will put a cwm flashable zip on your SD card that you can use to put TiBu back and everything else before entering your gmail info and giving OTA access to unwanted app downloads. After you restore what you want you can go to manage applications and clear market info so when you finally log on and go to the market it "should" only populate the apps you have installed already in 'my apps'. This might not totally work but it should cut back on unwanted downloads. Let me know if this method works out better for you.
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Just thought I would share this from another thread on the subject of google auto restore.
verrrryyy interesting...
This was offered up in that same thread after the 'update.zip' method was suggested:
You can avoid this by skipping account creations at first boot, just hit skip skip next skip. Then you can go into settings and make sure data backup is unchecked. This prevents automatic data backup/restore when you do log into your account. Now log into your Google account. During setup it will ask if you want your data backed up, make sure to uncheck that! It actually comes up with a message that asks if you really want to delete existing backups on Google servers? Of course you do want it to so this won't happen again.​

Uninstall gmail account prompts factory reset, which i am afraid to do. Help

When i first bought this tablet, i logged on with my main gmail account used on my G2, because i naively thought all my apps would synch over from my phone. Didnt happen.
Since then i installed vegan tab and have been adding apps one by one. Finally got netflix to work. Yay! Now that netflix works, i was going to give the tablet to the kids.
But i can't. Because i can't delete my personal gmail account from the tablet. The kids don't need to read my email and i'm worried they might delete something.
I dont mind reinstalling apps under a new gmail account, but i am worried what factory reset would do to vegan tab.
What to do?
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As an alternative you could use an app that locks the use of other apps via password or there is even one that does facial recognition. Then you could always check your gmail when you wanted to by entering a password.
Do a Factory Reset.
Factory reset does not do anything to the ROM, just the data (accounts, apps downloaded, etc..).
there is no "factory ROM" sitting on the device so a Factory Reset can only reset the current ROM you have running. So if you are on VEGAn5.1.1, a Factory Reset will reset the device to be just like you installed VEGAn5.1.1 with no accounts associated with it, no apps installed, no settings configured.
Your /sdcard data is still there....so you'll want to clean that up as well (backups, downloaded files/apps/music/pics/etc..
Thanks tim and tcrews!
Tim, Can you recommend a facial recognition app? An application startup password app?
If I had those, I could keep my blog app on the tablet after I give it to the kids to use for netflix. IF I can ever get Wordpress to load. (other thread on wp)
Your explanation makes sense, tcrews. I'm learning all the time.
Thank you for helping me!
factory reset worked just fine
I'm still wanting an app that blocks the use of other apps by a password or facial recognition.
any suggestions?
techbabe said:
I'm still wanting an app that blocks the use of other apps by a password or facial recognition.
any suggestions?
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I'm not aware if anything like that exist for Android, though I've honestly never looked at it.
Try searching the Market https://market.android.com/ and search for something based off your keywords...
Factory reset is not working
tcrews said:
Do a Factory Reset.
Factory reset does not do anything to the ROM, just the data (accounts, apps downloaded, etc..).
there is no "factory ROM" sitting on the device so a Factory Reset can only reset the current ROM you have running. So if you are on VEGAn5.1.1, a Factory Reset will reset the device to be just like you installed VEGAn5.1.1 with no accounts associated with it, no apps installed, no settings configured.
Your /sdcard data is still there....so you'll want to clean that up as well (backups, downloaded files/apps/music/pics/etc..
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Hello! I have had a similar problem with my Hannspad tablet- I cannot remove the google account we put on there when we rooted it. I need to remove it so I can sell it on. I have tried factory reset like you suggested but when I do it, it shuts down and then when it begins to reboot I get an image of a warning and a cartoon of a man in a hoody which is a part of the root menu. If I then turn it off and on again it is working but my account is still there.
Any ideas of how this can be fixed will be much appreciated and sorry if this has been asked elsewhere; I did search, I promise.
BW, Kelly

[Q] purchased apps

Hi, how I can prevent my EVO 3D from re downloading purchased apps from market after factory reset?? its taking for ever and some apps I dont want anymore so its useless re downloading everything
Open your market, press menu, then press My Apps. It will show all apps being downloaded, look for a "STOP" button on the upper right portion of the screen and press it.
thanks for your reply, will this stop them for ever or they will resume after a phone reboot?
The way to keep them from even starting is to skip the sign in to your Google account on the first boot. If you skip that, you can go through the settings menu and uncheck the auto backup/restore feature, then go and add your Google account.
joehunni said:
The way to keep them from even starting is to skip the sign in to your Google account on the first boot. If you skip that, you can go through the settings menu and uncheck the auto backup/restore feature, then go and add your Google account.
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^ This is what you need to do.
fostazz said:
Hi, how I can prevent my EVO 3D from re downloading purchased apps from market after factory reset?? its taking for ever and some apps I dont want anymore so its useless re downloading everything
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Try going into Settings/Privacy and then Uncheck Backup My Settings, and Automatic Restore!

[Q] Lost my Titanium Backup backup. Can I persaude Google Play to restore apps?

Sometime (actually quite often) Google Apps does the right thing and restores all my apps after an OS upgrade. Not so on this occasion and I seem to have lost my Titanium Backup files.
Any tips please? Installing 100+ apps manually would make me very sad.
Thanks!
I believe if you do a factory reset and then log into your gmail account during set up, after setup is complete your apps will start downloading. The only down side is that you will lose your data.
krispy521 said:
I believe if you do a factory reset and then log into your gmail account during set up, after setup is complete your apps will start downloading. The only down side is that you will lose your data.
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Yes... exactly this not happening is what my problem is. I guess I'm looking for a way to trigger this step since it fails to happen during initial setup.

Titanium Backup Question! Or maybe not TB... don't know what happened!

I seem to have accidentally done something possibly using TB, but I'm not sure about that, on my phone (I never deleted/moved the icon it made on my home screen) because I had picked it up and then when I looked at it TB said "all done _______" or something to that effect. I didn't get to see what it said it had done, but now I have no contacts, no phone history... no I don't know what else.
Is there a way to check a log of TB activity so I can at least know what it did?
Also, when I went into the phone settings it said "Unavailable" for my Phone Storage and Internal Storage. After rebooting my phone storage is saying it has 7.33GB available so I think it was wiped (pretty sure it had a lot less space before)? When I try to go into Contacts > Phonebook it force closes and says "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped.".
ADDED ON EDIT: I also notice that my lock screen doesn't have any app icons on it anymore. It used to.
I have contacts backed up from a little bit ago so I can add the half a dozen new ones, but I'd really like to know what it did. My messages are all still there so it didn't wipe that. Apps seem to all be there with current data.
Oh, I think I backed up my contacts to Google recently. I don't usually do that but I think I was asked if I wanted to and I said yes a little bit ago. No idea where to find them or how to restore from there... any tips? Otherwise I'll grab my backup from June.
Thanks!

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