In the settings > privacy tab there are these options :
Backup my data
Automatic restore
What exactly do these do? Does keeping them activated use more battery and processing power? Is it recommended to uncheck them?
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First copies all your app's data to Google servers on every sync.
Second restores (copy back from servers to your phone) that data when you reinstall your apps after a factory reset.
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First copies all your app's data to Google servers on every sync.
Second restores (copy back from servers to your phone) that data when you reinstall your apps after a factory reset.
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What kind of data? I don't have anything critically important on my phone. Maybe passwords on websites and that's it. Is that part of the data it backs up?
Is it important to have this on?
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Contacts, wifi passwords and such. I turn it on when I add a new contact etc just to double make sure it gets backed up.
Other than that I permanently leave both options off.
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nikzDHD said:
Contacts, wifi passwords and such. I turn it on when I add a new contact etc just to double make sure it gets backed up.
Other than that I permanently leave both options off.
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Does it drain battery when left on?
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rab1412000 said:
Does it drain battery when left on?
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A bit but I'm not sure how frequent or often it syncs with Google.
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Just fladheda new ROM and I swear that usually my WiFi settings are auto imported..... This time they weren't though.
Is there a special setting to make this work?
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EricSS619 said:
Just fladheda new ROM and I swear that usually my WiFi settings are auto imported..... This time they weren't though.
Is there a special setting to make this work?
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wifi settings should be stored on the /data partition. i've read, if you tell google to backup your settings, they will also backup your wifi settings. when the wifi settings restore, they should be coming from the google backup.
the toggle for google to backup settings and to automatically restore them are under Settings -> Privacy. Labeled, Back up my settings and Automatic restore.
hopefully thats the correct information as i haven't actually used/tested these features, only read about them.
Thanks, I thought that was the setting.... Still not working though, I wonder if its just the ROM.
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Hi everyone.
This morning I unplugged my charger and my phone started vibrating randomly after a few mins.
The vibrating is very random and tje vibrating pattern is as if there was an incoming call. Yet, nothing.
I can't find any strange apps causing this (have checked with Privacy inspector and system tuner pro) also i've checked all internet sockets for strange connections (malicious apps may've caused, but wasn't, checked with quick info rpd)
I cant find a solution to the random vibrate. Anyone got any clues?
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- Wipe the device (Recovery -> Wipe Cache + Wipe Data)
- Try reflashing a stock ROM + kernel
This means I will lose ALL data I have?
Apps, contacts, sms etc?
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Now also my charging icon keeps showing that it's connected. But it's not.
-edit; it's off. But was on for no reason.
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BryanNL said:
This means I will lose ALL data I have?
Apps, contacts, sms etc?
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Yes, use Titanium Backup to backup apps, etc.
BryanNL said:
Now also my charging icon keeps showing that it's connected. But it's not.
-edit; it's off. But was on for no reason.
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Try reflashing your ROM, if that doesn't work, please try searching on forum for this problem, I'm pretty sure many people had it before.
Hi Brian,
How did you solved the problem? I have the same problem right now.
Thanks.
Ruud
Hello all,
I have a question. Do any of you awesome XDA Peeps know of an app that allows you to select what apps sync with wifi and what apps can use the data provided by cellphone company?
I have a whopping 200mb from AT&T and I keep my mobile data turned off. I use quick settings to turn it on or off. I would like to be able to receive and send emails from my phone, but I don't want my phone to keep syncing or searching for updates, like facebook or weather. The problem I have when I turn my mobile data off is, if someone is sending me a text with a picture, I have to turn my mobile data on or else I wont be able to see the picture because my phone won't automatically download it.
Or is this something that has to be done per app?
I thank you in advanced!
rixter213 said:
Hello all,
I have a question. Do any of you awesome XDA Peeps know of an app that allows you to select what apps sync with wifi and what apps can use the data provided by cellphone company?
I have a whopping 200mb from AT&T and I keep my mobile data turned off. I use quick settings to turn it on or off. I would like to be able to receive and send emails from my phone, but I don't want my phone to keep syncing or searching for updates, like facebook or weather. The problem I have when I turn my mobile data off is, if someone is sending me a text with a picture, I have to turn my mobile data on or else I wont be able to see the picture because my phone won't automatically download it.
Or is this something that has to be done per app?
I thank you in advanced!
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I believe tasker may be wat you're after
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Are you rooted? Try Droidwall.
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I believe tasker may be wat you're after
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he's right. Tasker can add week add Llama. Llama is free . But is a bit harder to figure out initially.
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got it
Figured it out. I rooted my phone and installed Avast, trying it out for now. So far so good! Thanks for the replies!
rixter213 said:
Figured it out. I rooted my phone and installed Avast, trying it out for now. So far so good! Thanks for the replies!
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That's what I use.
Droid wall as well. Very user friendly
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Hey guys,
I forgot my pin. I'm sure i'm entering the right code but still not working. I tried these options:
1.entering the supposedly wrong pin many times, and hoping it would ask me to sign in with my gmail/google credentials. But it never did.
2.Lock screen byppass pro says: not compatible with device from Google play store.
Are there any options left, have important files on the phone.
Thanks
NAndroid backup
Cwm wipe data
Either try restore data only or manually search nandroid backup for your important files
Good practice is to keep important files on an sd card rather than internal
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manemzjum said:
NAndroid backup
Cwm wipe data
Either try restore data only or manually search nandroid backup for your important files
Good practice is to keep important files on an sd card rather than internal
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any guides on how to do this?
Also shouldnt the "forgotten pin" pop up by now?>
go into recovery and just factory reset it
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go into recovery and just factory reset it
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I really need the data. And dont really want to root the S3.
Wipe cache and dalvik might work.
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So you want/need these files, you can't get to the recovery screen but you don't want to take the other steps to get your data..
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So you want/need these files, you can't get to the recovery screen but you don't want to take the other steps to get your data..
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Quite a noob on rooting and all the terms Im seeing here....
blue13x said:
Quite a noob on rooting and all the terms Im seeing here....
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It's not that bad, just do some reading beforehand. There's even a tool that will do it for you. The Q/A forum is also very inviting I may add
Used samsung dive and I'm not up and running.
Why don't you just connect your phone to the computer with usb and transfer the files on to your pc? Or will it not connect with pin lock on?
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corrsea said:
Why don't you just connect your phone to the computer with usb and transfer the files on to your pc? Or will it not connect with pin lock on?
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It's smarter than that. If you connect in USB with the screen locked securely, it doesn't activate until you unlock it at least once.
OP, is it definitely the phone PIN as opposed to the SIM PIN? Cause there's no reason it shouldn't prompt you to override the phone pin with your Google account info
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blue13x said:
Hey guys,
I forgot my pin. I'm sure i'm entering the right code but still not working. I tried these options:
1.entering the supposedly wrong pin many times, and hoping it would ask me to sign in with my gmail/google credentials. But it never did.
2.Lock screen byppass pro says: not compatible with device from Google play store.
Are there any options left, have important files on the phone.
Thanks
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call your phone from another one and answer it. Once you answer hit the menu button and go to settings and quickly add another email account...Yahoo, hotmail, whatever. Can't hang up until done and have to be connected to Wi-Fi. Once it's stored in accounts you can hang up. go to lockscreen and enter that account as user and/or password. Any account you have stored to phone password will work.
Ok. Here's what I found.
In other words I unlocked it using Samsung Dive.
For some reason it locked and didnt accept my pin.
1.if possible dont use pin because for some reason it simply wont give you the option of forgotten and unlock with your google account.
2.If locked with pin you cant access files via pc.
3.so activate samsung asap and stay away from pin. Maybe this is a bug?
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call your phone from another one and answer it. Once you answer hit the menu button and go to settings and quickly add another email account...Yahoo, hotmail, whatever. Can't hang up until done and have to be connected to Wi-Fi. Once it's stored in accounts you can hang up. go to lockscreen and enter that account as user and/or password. Any account you have stored to phone password will work.
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Tried that too. Read it in soke thread..didnt work on my S3
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blue13x said:
Tried that too. Read it in soke thread..didnt work on my S3
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can you usb to fastboot?
Solved it. Unlocked with Samsung Dive.
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Hey guys,
Facing a really odd issue. My s3 keeps on setting 127.0.0.1:3128 as a proxy for all wifi connections. I did complete format and still it is setting it automatically and does not allow me to browse Web due to that.
Any I've else having this issue or knows a solution for this? ?
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There isn't an option to set a proxy in wifi settings, you'll have to explain the problem better.
Alternatively flash the latest stock rom using odin and then factory reset, this will reset the phone to a default state.
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@boomboomer there is, if you long press the wifi and check show advanced settings
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wajiman said:
@boomboomer there is, if you long press the wifi and check show advanced settings
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Well, never knew that option was there. Mine is set to none, if you can't change yours or it won't stick then your rom is probably corrupt, like most glitches which appear. Wipe and reflash.