Hi,
I have Galaxy nexus, and I just bought a S3, i want to switch my whole data to S3, Pictures, Music, Videos and App data.
Any easy way?
Root both devices, install Titanium Backup on both. Backup all apps on your old phone, move TitaniumBackup folder to your new phone, restore all apps. That will give you all the installed apps + data.
While you're at it, you can also copy all data on your old phone's memory to the new one. That should transfer the remaining data (photos, videos, etc). Phone settings like probably won't get transfered though (ringtone settings, wallpapers, etc) as they depend on the rom and are hard to transfer.
member68 said:
Root both devices
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If you haven't already unlocked bootloader, you'll need to use a method that doesn't wipe data.
This is one recent possibility.
I wouldn't put data from a Gnex tothe s3. And ur apps will DL as soon as u log in gmail or market.
Thanks Everyone
I managed to transfer apps by the method you mentioned, now i need to move pictures, music and videos
I dont want to root my S3
Can't you just use a computer?
Deusdies said:
Can't you just use a computer?
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I did that as my last resolution, I was looking for something like the option RIM got in it's application
its always best to manually transfer Pictures, music and videos . "Cut & Move"
bala_gamer said:
its always best to manually transfer Pictures, music and videos . "Cut & Move"
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Agree, just to elaborate this folder is DCIM usually. I'd recommend not copying over your data from titanium and do a clean start.
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I am about to upgrade from HTC Hero to SGS2 and I wonder what is the best way to migrate my apps (I've got more than 100 installed)?
TA123 said:
I am about to upgrade from HTC Hero to SGS2 and I wonder what is the best way to migrate my apps (I've got more than 100 installed)?
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must you really bring everything across? I look on new phone as a chance to clear out the crap...
Titanium backup perhaps, if you must bring it all over...
pulser_g2 said:
must you really bring everything across? I look on new phone as a chance to clear out the crap...
Titanium backup perhaps, if you must bring it all over...
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That's exactly what I did, although I had to copy all the files from my sd card onto the internal memory for TB to realise there were backups to restore.
@Pulser ... how dare you call my **** crap ;-)
My method when I want to start fresh is backup stuff like astrid to the sd and then backup the sd to save the various data. I use myappslist off the market, it will generate a list of all the apps you have which you can email to yourself. I like to put the barcodes in there so I can just go directly to the app on the market. You can also use plain text or html or a combination. On the new phone I go to the market and download barcode scanner, open up the email I sent myself and start installing the apps onto the phone. If you're like me a couple will be ones I never used but forget to unistall so I skip them. Then I open up my backed up sd and move over the data, ringtones etc. I usually hang onto the backup for a week or so until I'm sure I have all the data moved across and then I delete it and make a backup of the new setup.
I always do this when switching to a new rom or switching to a new phone. In between I use ti.
I am guessing you have a Google account to download apps from market, when you log in to the your new phone with your google account and choose to sync your phone with Google your apps should automatically transfer to your new phone.
You can view and load apps via https://market.android.com/ instead of scrolling through your phone its much easier and when you click 'Install' on the website it will send the app to your phone and install automatically. https://market.android.com/account will show you all your apps.
Thanks a lot, guys!
If you log in with your Google Account on install it will start downloading all your apps from the Market anyway. Just make sure you are on wifi when you do it!
If you want saved game states (Angry Birds), you will need to use Titanium on the old phone to backup the settings and then use it on the new one to restore. (Requires root on both).
Upgraded from a Hero myself, and all my paid-apps were there waiting there in the marketplace. It was however only the paid apps, the free apps I had to install again. I did have a minor hitch getting the phone contacts and SMS off the Hero as there wasnt a batch backup function available, but luckily there are plenty of market apps that can backup and restore your contats and SMS.
Hi!
I'm gonna submit my Samsung Galaxy S2 back to the company where i bought it from because it is not possible to call with it (people hear me very bad and it echoes for them). I have NOT rooted my phone. Is there a FREE backup app that I can take backup of all contacts, messages, apps, games, any settings, etc? And then save it on your computer or something, so if I get a new Samsung Galaxy S2, i can have everything back.
Thanks!
My backup root can back everything up, needs root though.
Contacts = your taking the piss right??
games = you can just re-install them, tied to your account
messages = http://www.galaxys2forums.com/samsu...ransfer-sms-from-android-to-computer/new/#new
mybackup and sprite back up "apparently " can without root
rafflan said:
Hi!
I'm gonna submit my Samsung Galaxy S2 back to the company where i bought it from because it is not possible to call with it (people hear me very bad and it echoes for them). I have NOT rooted my phone. Is there a FREE backup app that I can take backup of all contacts, messages, apps, games, any settings, etc? And then save it on your computer or something, so if I get a new Samsung Galaxy S2, i can have everything back.
Thanks!
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For backing up your contacts, you can use your Google account or even Kies. Similarly, your Google account may restore your apps (fresh install), depending on your settings for your account (Back up apps and data enabled?). Nevertheless, this only restores apps directly downloaded from the market (non-backed up). You'll need to copy the folders in which your game data is stored (e.g. "gameloft" in your sd card), as restoring the app will not keep that data. Just copy the whole directory to your computer. [EDIT]
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For backing up your contacts, you can use your Google account or even Kies. Similarly, your Google account may restore your apps (fresh install), depending on your settings for your account (Back up apps and data enabled?). Nevertheless, this only restores apps directly downloaded from the market (non-backed up). You'll need to copy the folders in which your game data is stored (e.g. "gameloft" in your sd card), as restoring the app will not keep that data. Just copy the whole directory to your computer. [EDIT]
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Allright, thank you very much! If i copy the gameloft folder to my desktop and then put it on the new phone. Will they be installed directly?
For SMS I would recommend SMS backup+
would be good if google backed up app data to the cloud as well in case of a reinstall when moving phones
rafflan said:
Allright, thank you very much! If i copy the gameloft folder to my desktop and then put it on the new phone. Will they be installed directly?
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Yes and no! You'll need to download the game app (about 3mb) (but not the full game) again. But for all the data which is part of the game (about 300mb) you can simply copy the folder. If you have a paid full version, you not need do do anything else (at least for gameloft games). You don't even need to backup the game app, as you'll be able to download the trial version again. After pasting the copied "gameloft" folder back on your phone, the trial version will become a full version automatically.
Just be carefull to enable "USB Utilities" on "Wireless and Network" settings before copying, otherwise you'll risk copying an empty folder.
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Yes and no! You'll need to download the game app (about 3mb) (but not the full game) again. But for all the data which is part of the game (about 300mb) you can simply copy the folder. If you have a paid full version, you not need do do anything else (at least for gameloft games). You don't even need to backup the game app, as you'll be able to download the trial version again. After pasting the copied "gameloft" folder back on your phone, the trial version will become a full version automatically.
Just be carefull to enable "USB Utilities" on "Wireless and Network" settings before copying, otherwise you'll risk copying an empty folder.
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Aight, so first i copy it to the computer. Then on the new phone, i download "game app" from the.market. Then copy the folder.
Exactly.
However, I was just wondering... The only thing is that I did it many times but with the same phone (i.e. new firmware but same IMEI number). I'm not sure if it will be hassle free if you do this in a phone with different IMEI number, as there might be some sort of protection against copying a paid game to another device.
Nevertheless, as you have paid for it you probably still have how to prove it to gameloft should you have any trouble. and download a new key if this is the case.
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I spent over a day setting up my Note. The screen appears to have burn in the center like a large dark circle on grey and brown backgrounds. If I switch it out for another what's the best way?
colonels said:
I spent over a day setting up my Note. The screen appears to have burn in the center like a large dark circle on grey and brown backgrounds. If I switch it out for another what's the best way?
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For my apps, I use Appbrain & FastWeb Installer to install apps from one phone to another. Both are free in the Market & they work together, kinda like an app cloud. To save the actual .apk files to my micro sd card & re-install or use the files on a different phone, I use App Backup & Restore, another Market free app. If you are rooted, Titanium Backup will backup everything: apps, data & settings. Hopefully this helps.
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not rooted
i just want to be able to backup and restore the phone exactly as it is now to an identical device
one push... like itunes did
what is the best way?
colonels said:
not rooted
i just want to be able to backup and restore the phone exactly as it is now to an identical device
one push... like itunes did
what is the best way?
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If you did not already have a backup, you have to re download all of your apps.
colonels said:
not rooted
i just want to be able to backup and restore the phone exactly as it is now to an identical device
one push... like itunes did
what is the best way?
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that is one of the features that comes in ics now one thing is some apps store there data on the sd card or on the internal memory. if thats the case you can just copy all your data from the old to the new
i still have the defective screen phone in my possession
what is the best way to make a backup NOT ROOTED that can be transferred to the new note
should i use KIES?
If I use apps2SD (or something like that) and put a bunch of apps on the SD, then transfer the card to a different phone, will they still work? provided I'm using the same google account on both phones.
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If I use apps2SD (or something like that) and put a bunch of apps on the SD, then transfer the card to a different phone, will they still work? provided I'm using the same google account on both phones.
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No the a2sd only moves part of the app. There are better methods. If rooted, tibu (titanium backup) is the best. Im only going on my own personal experiences, so dont flame people.
Thanks a lot! I'll definitely check it out.
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No the a2sd only moves part of the app. There are better methods. If rooted, tibu (titanium backup) is the best. Im only going on my own personal experiences, so dont flame people.
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Totally agree. Nothing beats TiBu. The pay version is even better and worth the money.
Does this mean I then copy the app files onto my computer and create an offline mini-library of apps?
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Does this mean I then copy the app files onto my computer and create an offline mini-library of apps?
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TiBu copies the apps to your sd card. The apps can then be restored from there. With the pay version you can also have the backup synched with dropbox or google docs.
haha it would be awesome if you could run apps from the cloud.
If you use alternative a2sd methods (as opposed to the 2.2+ native method), and you use the same method on both phones, then yes, theoretically it is possible that on the other phone all your apps would just "work". However you would have no personal data (config, preferences, customization...). Either way, I agree TiBu is a much better method of transferring apps between devices.
I recently upgraded from my old Verizon Galaxy Note 2 (not rooted) to the Note 3 (again Verizon and not rooted). I managed to transfer almost everything I need, but some of app data didn't transfer. First I used MyBackup Pro which transferred all my apps, call logs, texts, and other things but it didn't get some of my save games so I copy and pasted my /storage/sdcard0 (because that is the only directory you have acess to w/o root) to my new phone and that got the rest except for 8 games:
10000000, punch quest, fieldrunners, canabalt hd, mcpixel, funky smugglers, ridiculous fishing, plague inc, and rymdkapsel. I contacted eighty eight games (the developers of 10000000) how to move the 10000000 app data to my new phone and he said:
Heya Joshua,
Thanks!
It's certainly possible, though I haven't tried it myself. the save file is located here:
/data/data/com.eightyeightgames.tenmillion/shared_prefs/com.eightyeightgames.tenmillion.xml
so if you use a file manager you should be able to copy that file and path over to your new phone and keep all your data
Let me know how you get on!
Luca
Turns out these apps have there save data on the /data/data folder of the internal sd card. So I tried to go to the /data/data folder on my note 2 but it turns out you need root access to even view /data! Does anyone know how to transfer the app data from my old phone to my new phone without root?
jordan1776 said:
I recently upgraded from my old Verizon Galaxy Note 2 (not rooted) to the Note 3 (again Verizon and not rooted). I managed to transfer almost everything I need, but some of app data didn't transfer. First I used MyBackup Pro which transferred all my apps, call logs, texts, and other things but it didn't get some of my save games so I copy and pasted my /storage/sdcard0 (because that is the only directory you have acess to w/o root) to my new phone and that got the rest except for 8 games:
10000000, punch quest, fieldrunners, canabalt hd, mcpixel, funky smugglers, ridiculous fishing, plague inc, and rymdkapsel. I contacted eighty eight games (the developers of 10000000) how to move the 10000000 app data to my new phone and he said:
Heya Joshua,
Thanks!
It's certainly possible, though I haven't tried it myself. the save file is located here:
/data/data/com.eightyeightgames.tenmillion/shared_prefs/com.eightyeightgames.tenmillion.xml
so if you use a file manager you should be able to copy that file and path over to your new phone and keep all your data
Let me know how you get on!
Luca
Turns out these apps have there save data on the /data/data folder of the internal sd card. So I tried to go to the /data/data folder on my note 2 but it turns out you need root access to even view /data! Does anyone know how to transfer the app data from my old phone to my new phone without root?
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Try using helium. Don't think it needs root.
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
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Irwenzhao said:
Try using helium. Don't think it needs root.
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I forget to mention I used helium too, but that didn't work.
EDIT: Second times the charm! I got it to work!