What's the best way to backup before updating/rooting? Also what do you recommend I backup other than phone contacts, txt's, pics, and other important files that I may have saved? I backed up my phone contacts using the HTC sense export to SD card feature, and backed up my txt's to the SD card into one file using the sense option.
titanium backup
bik2101 said:
titanium backup
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Don't you have to be rooted to use that? I thought I read that somewhere, but I don't know. lol
sdsubball23 said:
Don't you have to be rooted to use that? I thought I read that somewhere, but I don't know. lol
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I think it has some non root features. Easiest way to backup is just to root and use titanium backup. I doubt there's a backup utility out there that doesn't require root access permission
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SMS Backup+ and MyBackup will get you sqaured away on apps/sms history. Also, if you use the google syncing features, you can use that to bring in your contacts.
You're going to root anyway then go ahead in root which won't change or clear anything then use Titanium Backup to backup your apps and SMS and contacts then you can update and Flash ROMs. Then reload titanium backup and restore all of your apps and contacts and recent call history. People have the misconception that rooting is the same is flashing rom but it's not rooting just gives you administrative rights over your phone
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I ended up backing up my contacts and sms through HTC's backup to sdcard method inside sense. I just upgraded to the official ICS sense 3.6 lol.
Also, texascfdad, thanks for the clarification on the different between rooting and flashing roms.
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let me know how can i make backup in my wildfire?
Can you suggest me a good free application?
Is there a back up option via an htc software ?
Thanks
If you are rooted, nandroid backup (full backup) or titanium backup,(apps+settings etc).
You can use HTC sync as well.
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how can you do a backup on a non rooted phone? I dont want to risk botching the rooting process when/if I get round to it, ive seen backup options in astro file manager but no sure how they work??
You can't do a Rom backup without root.
Root is all automated, very unlikely it will break as long as you keep it charged and don't need about.
You can backup apps using app monster but not settings I believe.
Sync with Google and HTC sync to do contacts etc.
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Thanks, I'll try to find monster on the market before I try rooting. Probably still wait a while till I get bored with the stock system.
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I use Sprite Backup to backup my wildfire.
Easy and you can backup contacts, settings of your phone, photos, messages ect ect!
el_an said:
let me know how can i make backup in my wildfire?
Can you suggest me a good free application?
Is there a back up option via an htc software ?
Thanks
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Hi,
You can try "MyBackupPro" for backing up your complete phone. If you cannot find the app in the Market, try searching for .apk from 4shared.com and install it on your phone. It works like charm.
Any user guide out there for if you are replacing your phone with a new phone of the same kind andwhat to do in trying to getting everything onto the new?
I am replacing my broken htc thunderbolt with a new htc thunderbolt. I want everything to copy over, even the data in memory on the phone. I assume something can be done. I've searched the q/a forum briefly but thought i would just post a question.
I'm guessing your not rooted. If you are you can use titanium backup.
Otherwise you will be limited in your choices and you can't backup data. Use astro file manager to backup apps. sms backup and bookmarks sort and backup. That's all I know of. Also make sure your contacts are saved to google.
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Oh, great. I didn't think of looking that up, man. I will definitely go and get familiar with it. Thanks!
bowtieduece said:
I'm guessing your not rooted. If you are you can use titanium backup.
Otherwise you will be limited in your choices and you can't backup data. Use astro file manager to backup apps. sms backup and bookmarks sort and backup. That's all I know of. Also make sure your contacts are saved to google.
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It's very easy especially if you just simply move your memory card from your old phone to new phone. You should backup your apps first though. I use Astro for that.
mg00000 said:
I want everything to copy over, even the data in memory on the phone.
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What does that mean ?
When I got my eris replaced, I nandroided the old one and flashed it back to stock before sending it back. Then I rooted my new eris and flashed my nandroid back.
Assuming your rooted and keeping the sd card from the broken phone, just insert old sd card in new phone, root, and restore nandroid backup. You'll be exactly where you left off.
I'm still very much a noob and i was wondering if there was a consensus as to which tool between kTool and EFS Pro is the best and most noob friendly way of backing up your efs folder.
I was also wondering if there are any more precautionary steps one should take after rooting for the first time besides doing an EFS backup, a CWM nandroid backup and a titanium backup.
Thanks
kTool. Get it from Market, couple of clicks, keep one copy of your EFS on your external SD card and one copy on your PC (and copies on a CD/DVD and a couple of external drives if you're ultra paranoid ), go to the kTool thread on here & buy Hellcat a beer.
Done
If you're doing a Nandroid backup, EFS backup & Ti backup right after you root your phone for the first time you're well on the way to un-noobing yourself You'd be surprised at how many people who have been here ages don't do those things.
You could go to the trouble of using dedicated contact and SMS backup apps, but you can just as easily backup your contacts to Google, and you can restore them easily enough from your Nandroid backup. There's an app in Market called AppExtractor which allows you to restore individual apps, SMS, contacts and other stuff from your Nandroid. Haven't tried it yet tho.
But I'd reckon you've pretty much got it covered.
As far as backing up sms's goes I find sms backup+ to work really well, backs up your sms to your gmail account!
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kTool. Get it from Market, couple of clicks, keep one copy of your EFS on your external SD card and one copy on your PC (and copies on a CD/DVD and a couple of external drives if you're ultra paranoid ), go to the kTool thread on here & buy Hellcat a beer.
Done
If you're doing a Nandroid backup, EFS backup & Ti backup right after you root your phone for the first time you're well on the way to un-noobing yourself You'd be surprised at how many people who have been here ages don't do those things.
You could go to the trouble of using dedicated contact and SMS backup apps, but you can just as easily backup your contacts to Google, and you can restore them easily enough from your Nandroid backup. There's an app in Market called AppExtractor which allows you to restore individual apps, SMS, contacts and other stuff from your Nandroid. Haven't tried it yet tho.
But I'd reckon you've pretty much got it covered.
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Also worth grabbing a copy of original firmware as handy to have......
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Also worth grabbing a copy of original firmware as handy to have......
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And in case of corruption of internal SD (Happens) remember to take backups of pictures/etc and store copies of your backups (nandroid/EFS/ETC) off the phone.
Rule of thumb, if you cant afford to lose it, back it up. Speaking of that, better make a nandroid and copy it to the PC
I currently have two b/u's:
-one generated by Hellcat's Ktool,
-one generated by Galaxy S Unlock.
Both live on my sd card, and on my PC.
Both tools available on Market (Ktool also on XDA). Ktool has saved my bacon once already.
Go with kTool, it works flawlessly. EFS Backup failed (freezed) first time I used it (luckily nothing bad happened do efs partition).
Also kTool can easily install new kernels, installing speedmod takes just few seconds.
This is my no 1 root utility (although it has... weird interface).
Best way to restore from a backup?
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Best way to restore from a backup?
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Ktool, Just deleting the whole thing with root explorer and copying it over, using a terminal editor to extract the backup over your EFS.
All should work.
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Best way to restore from a backup?
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Both apps have inbuilt restore features; they save .img's and .tar's to your SD. Ktool saves it to the root of your sd and Galaxy S unlock saves to a folder, and each app can call on these files upon you selecting restore.
As far as restoring the EFS via adb, that's one thing I have to learn still. I'm not sure whether extracting EFS from a nandroid is possible, and how it would be done, via adb, etc...
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Looks like Veyka replied whilst I was typing this, he's fast
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Fingers of fury(!)
veyka said:
Fingers of fury(!)
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Sorry, I try to avoid OT comments, but I can't...help...myself:
The girls must dig that
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Sorry, I try to avoid OT comments, but I can't...help...myself:
The girls must dig that
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Hahahah
i recently installed liquid smooth on my gf's i9300 she prefers stock rom. my Q is can i simply go to TWRP and restore the 4.1.2 rooted back up i did. or will i have to flash stock through odin and also wat will i have to do wit gapps as her s3 is on liquid-jb-v2.7-oficial 4.2.2. as the title says id prefer to keep root but can root again if i have to. all answers appreciated
Wouldn't be much point taking a backup that can't be restored
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rootSU said:
Wouldn't be much point taking a backup that can't be restored
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and all the apps play store will be good aswell?????
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and all the apps play store will be good aswell?????
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The nandroid backup you had taken then, will restore the phone as an exact snapshot of how it was then. Any apps installed since (or SMS received for example) will be lost, but the phone will be exactly as it was when you took the backup.
If there are SMS that need to be backed up, I recommend SMS backup+, it will back up SMS to your Gmail account. You can even browse them as emails in gmail.
Any apps / data that you want to backup over and above what is in the nandroid backup, use Titanium. With this, ONLY backup and restore USER APPS. System data is incompatible.
Hope this helps. There are some guides in General, under "Roll-up Sticky thread". You should be able to get all teh info you need (including back ups) from tehre.
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I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
Try app backup and restore if you have a lot of apps it could potentially take up quite a bit of space but you could always backup to cloud ,or external hard drive, or flash drive
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I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
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It is normally okay for u to restore apps. But not recommended if u are coming from touchwiz to aosp roms. The frameworks are different and u may experience force closes. U can try to see if u have force closes.
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videodj said:
Hi
I'm new to rooting and custom roms, so far I've rooted my s3 (i9305) and added a custom recovery. I'm currently looking for a custom rom to update the stock version I'm currently running (4.1.2). I have titanium backup installed and everything is backed up, however many of the posts I've read suggest not to restore apps + data from titanium backup. Can anyone explain why, is it just titanium backup that causes problems? What about using other backup apps like helium? Can I restore just the apps using titanium backup, or should I download from the play store instead?
For me the most important stuff is contacts and calendars (which are in my google account), so that's easy as I just re-add my account. My call logs and SMS are backup to my google account using SMS backup, so I assume it's ok to restore this data as well, I'd also like to be able to restore my firefox data.
Any advice would be appreciated to a noob, I know how to do it, just want to know what the potential risks are of restoring apps and data.
Thanks
Dave
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use titanum backup dude and restore app+data to save u data
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use titanum backup dude and restore app+data to save u data
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Obvious troll is obvious.
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