[Q] Google Backup - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, Ive been trying to find this info for weeks and am coming up with nothing.
Lets say a dev takes google backup out of their rom.
Im talking about the thing that runs when you first start up a newly flashed phone and it asks if you want to backup with google.
It then proceeds to install your apps you had installed, as well as your wallpaper and also your saved WiFi passwords and networks(which is what I love it for).
I tried replacing the googbackuptransport.apk and .odex. Apparently thats not enough though(Im not even sure if those are what make it work).
So my question is, what do I need to do to get google backup back onto a ROM thats had it removed?
I posted this in the EVO 3d section, but havent got a good answer.

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[Q] Layering rom info??

Hey MT4G Users
Question I appreciate all you that have givin CLEAR instructions on rooting the phone itself, I followed it step by step and it worked GREAT!! I was a little scared at first because i didnt want to turn my phone into a "brick" but all is well and i've been playing around with roms. I recently dl the Ice Glacier rom (backed up my OEM rom first) and noticed that after i flashed it, all my programs weren't on the phone itself. I did do a layer over from my OEM rom and got all the programs i had back from a previous install.
My question is this though, is there a way to keep the programs without over layering from the previous rom?? I did notice that you can move to the sd card but i think it wont work after flashing a new rom, have any of you had this problem?? Mind the fact that these programs/apps were installed on the OEM rom with the phone which i still have, just in case I have to take my phone in. And i'm not to keen on the iced glacier rom itself do any of you have a site?? Please let me know i'd be grateful!!
You dont need instructions to root your phone because its already rooted if you can flash ROMs, etc. There is a app called Titanium backup you can use to backup all of your apps, just do a batch backup or whatever. there is also a app called reware backup pro i used to use but it doesnt work as great, still good though. if you want a different rom then stock and keep your old apps that is the only way that i know of. i think thats what you are asking? i didnt really get it.. you can also back up apps wiith astro manager but that takes a while.
i use astro manager and it works great for my backups, and as far as the roms go, i wasnt able to flash anything because i needed su permissions on the phone itself. So for me to root my phone today then it worked out nicely. Thanks!
jay4mont78 said:
i use astro manager and it works great for my backups, and as far as the roms go, i wasnt able to flash anything because i needed su permissions on the phone itself. So for me to root my phone today then it worked out nicely. Thanks!
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Have you tried titaniuam backup? its nice because you dont have to do everything one by one when you want to restore them, well i have well over 90 apps so that could be why lol. if you are light on them then it would be fine

[Q] Verizon Backup Assistant

Hi all. Noob here. First I want to thank all of you that are writing these amazing roms, apps and roots. Top notch.
I am running BAMF Remix 1.5 and love it! I have not had any issues with it at all. My question is this. I need to load Verizon Backup Assistant in order to recover all of my contacts that I backed up from my BB Storm. With this ROM the verizon backup assistant is no longer available. I would prefer to not have to go back to stock in order to recover these contacts, so is there any way to get the backup assistant without having to grenade BAMF, go to stock, recover contacts, then go back to BAMF?
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide me.
TLNV said:
Hi all. Noob here. First I want to thank all of you that are writing these amazing roms, apps and roots. Top notch.
I am running BAMF Remix 1.5 and love it! I have not had any issues with it at all. My question is this. I need to load Verizon Backup Assistant in order to recover all of my contacts that I backed up from my BB Storm. With this ROM the verizon backup assistant is no longer available. I would prefer to not have to go back to stock in order to recover these contacts, so is there any way to get the backup assistant without having to grenade BAMF, go to stock, recover contacts, then go back to BAMF?
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide me.
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I gave my DROID 1 to my friend becusae I have the THUNDER....
It is rooted and had a custom rom on it....he also had a blackberry and needed his contacts...all he did was went to a verizon store...and they transferred all his contacts.....this happend Saturday very recent
Verizon Backup
i had the saem thing for a little bit... all you have to doo is go back to the page that you down loaded the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009876 and then scroll to the bottom of the first link and you will see all the zip files you need to install. along with the verizon backup and some other good ones. you will need to eather use Rom manager and install from your sd card or use appinstaller and still install from your sd card.... hope this helps
rh7camaro said:
i had the saem thing for a little bit... all you have to doo is go back to the page that you down loaded the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009876 and then scroll to the bottom of the first link and you will see all the zip files you need to install. along with the verizon backup and some other good ones. you will need to eather use Rom manager and install from your sd card or use appinstaller and still install from your sd card.... hope this helps
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I saw all of those but assumed (shame on me) that since I was using the "REMIX" that it did not apply. So I guess it is safe to assume that it can be used on the "Remix" version.
I am surprised that a Verizon store transferred the contacts to a rooted phone?
At any rate, thank you both for your prompt responses.
Downloaded and installed backup_asst via recovery manager from the Das BAMF 1.5 thread here
When I look for it in apps it is not listed. It does say that it was successfully installed via recovery manager.
Any help on this one?
Never mind, figured it out... did not show up in apps, so I went into the "Setup" app and lo and behold there it was. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction!
You might want to consider backing up your contacts to your Google account since most roms do not support backup assistant because it is... Crap. Then when you flash new roms and sign in your contacts will already be there and you don't have to worry about the extra crapware.
True. I just needed the backup assistant long enough to get my contacts back on my phone. Now that they are there, I have already backed up to google and uninstalled backup assistant.
rh7camaro said:
i had the saem thing for a little bit... all you have to doo is go back to the page that you down loaded the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009876 and then scroll to the bottom of the first link and you will see all the zip files you need to install. along with the verizon backup and some other good ones. you will need to eather use Rom manager and install from your sd card or use appinstaller and still install from your sd card.... hope this helps
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Not enough posts under my belt... but thanks!
Another way to do it (This is the way I did it):
Download Google Sync for Blackberry to back up your contacts to your Google Account, and when you sync your TBolt, all of your Google contacts should be there. That's the way I got my contacts from my Curve to my Moto Droid...
To aid customer's who were converting from Features Phones (using Backup Assistant) to Android phones, VZW used to have a walk through when BA wasn't available on Android Phones.. It showed how to use VZW's backup assistant web site on your PC, export contacts to .CSV, and import the .CSV into your gmail account.
While that walk through has been changed with BA now being available for most/all android phones, the BA web site still allows you to export to CSV, and Gmail still allows you to import it.

LG Connect (MS840)

Well I can't find any threads on here related to the newly released LG Connect from MetroPCS so I'm posting in the general furum. If there is a more appropriate place to ask this, please point me in that direction.
I picked up my LG Connect this past Saturday and last night I decided to root it and try and uninstall some of the bloatware. I got the rooting info from here:
URL deleted because I'm not allowed to post it due to my lack of seniority.
I'm not very familiar with that forum which is why I'm coming here for help. Anyway, I rooted the phone and installed Titanium Backup and Superuser which all worked just fine. I started removing bloatware by first backing up each app then un-installing it. Somewhere along the way I got a little touch happy and managed to uninstall my contacts app and apparently the dialer program as well which has left me with a very limited use phone. I tried to recover the contacts app (and a couple of others) but Titanium Backup just sits there saying it is restoring but never finishes. This is only my second Android phone (the first was an LG Optimus which I succesfully installed about a half dozen different ROM builds until I found one I liked) and my first time using Titanium Backup. I'm hopefull that there is a generous soul on here willing to lead me in a direction that can solve my issue of restoring these apps. I have temporarily installed a third party dialer which I'm not happy with at the moment so I can at least make phone calls but ultimately I would like to be able to at least get it back to factory defaults or install a different ROM all together.
Thank you in advance for reading this and responding.
Seriously
No one can at least point me in a direction.
You can see if there's a stock image for the phone that you can flash. I'm not sure of any other options, but thought I'd give you that one.
There is something called the "lgmobile updater" I used it after I had a boot loop. though I do have the contact app that you can probably push to your phone if you need it. Oh yea google for it and you'll find it.
I don't remember how anymore, but for my previous phone, I was able access the .apk files for my back ups with Titanium in the backup folder. Maybe you could try extracting those apps you need from your backups via your PC, and then just adb push or root browse to transfer the apk files back to your system?
Hope that helps.

[Q] How to make proper Backup?

Hi guys,
i'm still very new to this whole Android world and learning each day so please help me understand this problem i'm having. My phone is i9305 (EU model) just for reference.
First off i would like to know if this is possible to do without rooting or hacking since i like to be able to do OTA update and not mess to much with the phone if possible. If this is not possible then i could root. I actually tested rooting using the CF-Auto-root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
So What i like to know is how can i backup and restore my phone is the same shape as it is today. I know that i cant back-up my private data without rooting and for now lets say i dont care about that part. What i like is to be able to backup all
- the applications
- my folders and how i can organized everything
- my desktop and how i have organized everything
- everything else like my background and other system settings.
I tried one to do a system restore+clear cache and my phone was reseted as my day one. When i connected to my google account it started downloading all my applications but sadly everything was just dumped in the application window without my previous structure so google dont save any settings. I did get my background and contact/calendar info back which was good.
So does anyone know how one can make a type of backup/restore i'm after?
I tested titanium backup and my Backup (when i had rooted) but didnt see an option for the mentioned features.
ps. Since i used iPhone i'm a bit spoiled, itunes does a great job doing a proper backup with the whole application/user data when making backup and the restore does restore everything like all your settings, background, folders where you organized the applications so i'm looking for something similar in Android. I had expected Kies to do this but it only saves basic stuff which seems to be the same as Google saves in the cloud (like contacts and such)
Grateful for any tips in this regard.
search, all the info is out there for you to read.
you'll need a custom recovery
Glebun said:
search, all the info is out there for you to read.
you'll need a custom recovery
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Thanks i think with your keyword i mange to search for something meaningful
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
It seems the CWM is the way to go. Seems like a very powerful tools. One thing i still dont know is if it back up the whole OS or just the application/data ?
For instance if i do a backup when i'm on build AB and then install AC and clean my system and do a restore what do i end up with?
AC + all my applications and settings?
or
AB + all my applications and settings?
just search for the definition of nandroid backup, don't expect spoonfeeding
Glebun said:
just search for the definition of nandroid backup, don't expect spoonfeeding
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If you know the answer why not just say it? This type if attitude isn't really helping me (or others as i seen you do the same on other threads). I will search more on it still but please remember why we are in this section and forum in the first place. If i knew what to look for i wouldnt ask. I have searched on the topic it but with thousands of threads its pretty much impossible to get a clear understanding of things and as mentioned i'm not that familiar with Android world.
it might be hard to imagine for you but not everyone are familiar with the rooting and hacking world and all the abbreviations and much of what is discussed is hard to follow for beginners like me.
Atleast if you want to be helpful provide a link or something
vampyren said:
If you know the answer why not just say it? This type if attitude isn't really helping me (or others as i seen you do the same on other threads). I will search more on it still but please remember why we are in this section and forum in the first place. If i knew what to look for i wouldnt ask. I have searched on the topic it but with thousands of threads its pretty much impossible to get a clear understanding of things and as mentioned i'm not that familiar with Android world.
it might be hard to imagine for you but not everyone are familiar with the rooting and hacking world and all the abbreviations and much of what is discussed is hard to follow for beginners like me.
Atleast if you want to be helpful provide a link or something
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Install a custom recovery like clock work mod to do a full back up (nandroid backup). Download Rom manager to install the recovery (must be rooted)
Back up EFS what you can find an app to do.
Use Titanium backup to back up Apps and data.
If you want to root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
Ashley covered it all. Breakdown:
To back up your ROM you need a custom recovery installed. Boot into it and select backup. This backs up absolutely everything at that moment in time.
-Your ROM settings, apps including data and settings, messages received.
However you can't transfer your app data between ROMs because it's part of an entire image. So you use Titanium to back up (for apps+app data) which can be used all over the place.
You'll want this if you ever switch back to an old ROM as when you restore that ROM you can restore your Titanium to update the app data associated to that ROM.
You can back up your launcher layout if it's third party as it's an app. Touch wiz launcher I don't think so.
Exynos SIII; CM10.1
Don't use rom manager for CWM.. I've seen it brick more phones than anything.
well, I told you want to search for. check the first rule of xda
the easiest i would say would Titanium backup pro. phone needs to be rooted. you sync to dropbox and other clouds.
i always have two back ups one is Titanium and the other is twrp
@Ashley1987, 23Six, xSpeced,Farooq_Chicago
Thank you for your valuable input. I think the conclusion is that titanium backup pro is the best way to go since i want to be able to use different ROMs. And nandroid backup if i want to restore on the same ROM. I actually have bought titanium backup pro so i will "play" with that once i root my phone again (not a big fan of rooting and stuff since i can use OTA update but it seems like the only option).
do you know if i actually get back everything as i have today (including folder structure on desktop and application menu) ?
I spend lots of time on doing this so its good to know before i try to wipe my phone and try
@Glebun, i think someone else need to read the rules as well! if i had to guess i would say you just post to get a high number of post under your name. You dont contribute to the discussion and are somewhat hostile in your posts. This attitude isnt helpful and is not appreciated by anyone. So if you cant help i suggest you simply dont post. And i repeat what i said earlier that i had investigated but when you are new sometimes you need someone to push you in the right direction and advice you which is the point of this forum and section. As you see there are many people who helped me and i appreciate that. You on the other hand just complain and wasted yours and my time on nothing useful. Please think twice before posting next time.

[Q] First Flash So Far So Good

Hello all, as I mentioned earlier I succesfully flash my TF201 to KitKat 4.4.4-CROMBi-kk-RC2 that is dated or relesed on 8/23/14. As mentioned ran into some unforseen stuff but hey its how we live and grow. Just a couple of things that as a newbie was not aware of.
1) I thought that Titianium backup was going have as part of the install. I do not seem to have it not a big deal I will download it
2) I careless did not read...again...I careless DID NOT READ the settings during the setup regarding F2FS options and other choices
3) I foolishly saved all my apps and data using Asus's appback program and now would like to restore those apps & data. But did not save the .apk file I checked on this forum since othere have done the same and was able to get one but the app will not install. any ideas
Tim

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