Hi guys,
next days i will change my htc sensation XE with galaxy nexus and i need to make a perfect backup/restore between the phones.
My idea is to not lose the data of any application and hope that restore are succesfully due to "microsd" vs "no microsd" internal memory phones.
Titanium backup remain the best software or there are valid lternatives ?
Thank you
It's recommended not to restore application data between phones/ROMs. It can cause a lot of force closes, incompatibilities and errors. Also, you need to be rooted to restore data. You should always do a clean install when you get a new phone, which just involves adding your Google account, letting the phone restore contacts, apps, settings etc automatically, and then reconfiguring all your apps. It doesn't take too long to do that if you do it quickly. For the SD contents, don't backup the entire card and restore it to the new phone. Just backup your personal files like pictures, videos, music, downloads etc and copy them back to the new phone. Don't copy any folders when you don't know what they're for. It won't cause any problems if you do, but there'll be a lot of leftover junk which isn't required in some automatically created folders.
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danyeleZ said:
Hi guys,
next days i will change my htc sensation XE with galaxy nexus and i need to make a perfect backup/restore between the phones.
My idea is to not lose the data of any application and hope that restore are succesfully due to "microsd" vs "no microsd" internal memory phones.
Titanium backup remain the best software or there are valid lternatives ?
Thank you
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Just use titanium backup....for backup of user dictionary, contacts and messages - use GO Backup.
For sd card things, 1st let your phone create folders itself...now replace those with you sd card contents.....apk resize themselves automatically so you won't have any problem regarding display or incompatibility
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hello,
i just flashed android to my HTC HD2 into the NAND.
How can i get my Data from the data.img that was used before with android from SD card ?
i m sure that u can help me ;D
greets
let me know!!! if you find out
which data all contacts are in google acount so in your fresh installed android just login to gmail and all will be back ,if you used dhd build than you`l get and apps instaled too with htc hub also
If you are looking to get your applications, use titanium and/or dropbox they are your friends.
For text messages you can use an app called "sms Backup and restore". Text messages are exported in XML format and can easily be imported after flashing the ROM.
As darkony said, contacts are automatically restored through the Google account. Standard marketplace apps should be reinstalled automatically as well upon opening the marketplace for the first time. Otherwise, use titanium backup as mentioned.
I don't know if call logs are automatically restored by android, but there's also an app called something like "call log backup and restore ".
Have fun flashing
Alternatively, you could use a nand rom that supports a data.img on sd card that resembles your former build. You might get it running without bugs, but that can't be guaranteed.
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I'm going to be getting an S3 in the next few days and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to bring all my apps & settings from my one x with me? I have titanium backup pro.
Would I just back it up to sd card then load from Titanium once I get my S3?
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reno55 said:
I'm going to be getting an S3 in the next few days and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to bring all my apps & settings from my one x with me? I have titanium backup pro.
Would I just back it up to sd card then load from Titanium once I get my S3?
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Sure u can. Just copy the TB up folder to your pc then once you got your new phone just copy the TB folder to your new phones sd card. But to avoid any force close just restore app only and make sure you havnt back up any system app from you previous phone.
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reno55 said:
I'm going to be getting an S3 in the next few days and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to bring all my apps & settings from my one x with me? I have titanium backup pro.
Would I just back it up to sd card then load from Titanium once I get my S3?
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What you can do is set your titanium backup location to a folder on your external sd, and then batch backup all of your downloaded apps + data (dont backup system apps) on your old phone to that folder. Move that sd to your new s3 and re-download TB. Point the backup location to the existing folder on your sd, and then batch restore all of your apps (dont restore data, unless its for specific apps such as games).
And how would you copy sms/mms-messages, contacts, logins (facebook etc.) and mail (that is: not gmail, but k9mail) from an old Desire to the S3 ?
TB does not seem to do this well, that is to say, not when I just tried this.
It does not even offer a 'restore' option from a just created backup, since it's just created and does not regard it as from a different phone.
Are there any other apps that do android phone-migration well?
I purchased Titanium Pro. I know its an extremely efficient, powerful, and useful tool to have, especially for one that flashes often. But I am second guessing whether I am using it the right way. My current method seems a little bit tedious and inefficient.
Example, I do a full batch backup of my user apps & system data, easy enough. Then on a fresh ROM I would install TBU. But it doesn't seem I have a backup of my apps and data. I would then have to extract from nandroid backup. Then I would browse the created list and select the apps / data I want to restore. After restoration my user defined settings are gone, on default.
I have tried the complete batch backup. And via the same extract from nandroid backup, and rather than selecting each item, I just restored everything at once. Afterwards, I would experience strange things and a lot of FC. I suspected that may be because it was loading up apps/data that is not this newer ROM (ie apps that was baked in, ROM specific system apps), I don't know that this is the real reason because don't know enough to confirm it.
Am I using it correctly or is there a better way to it?
I use the free version, but I assume most things are the same. If you backed up all your apps and data, then I think maybe the memory storage was flipped around when you installed the new rom. Look in both your internal (emmc) and external sd cards for a folder called TitaniumBackup. This should hold all of your apk backups, along with the data associated with them. If you launch Titanium and nothing is found, then try copying that TitaniumBackup folder from the sd card it's currently located on over to the other sd card. All of your apps and data should then be found in the app under the Backup/Restore tab.
Edit: I assume you already know this but in the Backup/Restore tab, scroll down the list until you get to the crossed out apps. Those are the ones that you have backed up but not currently installed.
Make sure you save your backup to sdcard. And if you flash a new Rom. You don't normally want to restore system files.
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Sometimes even restoring apps + data can cause certain apps to FC or misbehave. But as they have said make sure your backups are in the SD card
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TB sucks! i recommend Ultimate Backup Pro. it's about 100 times better and easier to use. TB is overrated. while UBP is underrated ):
I have installed a few custom ROMs, but i'm a noob when it comes to phones, and every time i switch ROMs i start fresh with apps: redownloading them (about 100 from amazon and google), reconfiguring my home pages, and all games start back at level 1. it takes a long time to do all this, but i assumed that switching ROMs is like switching PCs (you need new drivers, you need to reinstall programs, etc, so you can't just copy A to B).
is there some better way to automate this so that any of the following are true?
-my apps reinstall themselves in a step or two?
-my homepages are reconstructed automatically? i'm guessing this is the least likely, since homepages/launchers/etc probably differ per ROM.
-my game/app data is saved and restored easily? my kids don't want to lose their ice age village
i have titanium backup free, which i have used for complete backups in the event of a phone crash or something, but i don't know about app transfers across ROMs.
thanks for any help. this would save me a ton of time in the future!!
(i'm going from rooted stock to CM10 on my nook tablet, if that matters).
back up your apps onto your sd card with this app
Some launchers (such as apex? not sure) allow you to save your configurations onto sd card and restore them later.
and not sure about game data, but maybe find the folder for the game on the sd card, make a back up and rename it back to previous folder name when you install new rom?
hope i helped
Use utilities like Go Backup or Titanium Backup .
They will help you restore app+data so you are always with current data.
Go Backup helps you restore call log as well
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assist4tech said:
Use utilities like Go Backup or Titanium Backup .
They will help you restore app+data so you are always with current data.
Go Backup helps you restore call log as well
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Definitely in favor of the Titanium Backup, 'cos it can also backup/restore wifi passwords, accounts, sms, bluetooth pairings...
Hello everyone,
my stock rom DX factory-resetted itself after a sudden crash and automatic reboot --> upon boot it ran me through the basic setup procedures again, all settings and apps were gone, all stored messages were gone, etc.
Having lost quite some data that way, I am asking myself three questions:
- How can I prevent this from happening again in the future?
- How can I conveniently backup my data? HTC Sync seems to only offers me to backup my contacts.
- How can I clear my phone memory which is apparently still clogged by the old app data? The apps are not recognized as installed anymore by the system, that way I cant clear them up via the standard "Free up memory"-routines
All the best & thanks a lot for your advice!
Easiest way would be unlocking the bootloader and installing a recovery. From there, you can do full backups, erase your data partition and restore backups. To save those backups, the best would be to install a micro SD card.
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