Anyone know how to move the wife's Candy Crush progress from one phone to another.
I've searched and searched, but seems like no one does it.
I'm sure it's just a re-install and a folder data dump, but I'm stumped so far...
use titanium backup to make a backup
and then just copy the backup to your new sdcard/phone and then restore it
Sync it with Facebook...
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Yes but backup what folder...
If I sync it to FB will she keep getting messages in her FB wall. That's why she never sync'ed it.
gpshemi said:
Yes but backup what folder...
If I sync it to FB will she keep getting messages in her FB wall. That's why she never sync'ed it.
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backup the application
titanium backup gives you the option to do that install it from google play
then connect your phone to your pc
copy the folder titanium backup on your sd card to your computer
transfer the folder to your new phone install titanium backup on your new phone
restore it using titanium backup
DONE
That just backs up the application. I already have the apps backed up and re-installed. Plus I can just re-download it.
I'm looking for the progress data. Sounds like syncing to FB is the answer.
Have you tired APK Organize?
Link is in my signature
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pesiran said:
Have you tired APK Organize?
Link is in my signature
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No. Again, that does the APK, not the data files.
I was looking for the data files, but it seems that syncing the old phone to FB, then syncing the new one to FB should work.
Hope it doesn't screw up her FB page with junk is all.
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That just backs up the application. I already have the apps backed up and re-installed. Plus I can just re-download it.
I'm looking for the progress data. Sounds like syncing to FB is the answer.
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Titanium backup can back up the data of the app too (actually does it by default), you just have to make sure to choose restore app and data
Thanks. I'll give that a whirl.
Is there a way to do this to a non-rooted phone?
I ended up just syncing to FB, the levels were restored in the new phone, then logging back out in the new phone. Seems to have worked.
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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)?
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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)?
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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...
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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...
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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
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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?
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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've had a quick look around, this forum and a couple of others and didn't find much.
I may be getting a Galaxy Note in the next couple of days to test it's day-to-day use and how it compares to the S2 and Galaxy Nexus.
If I was to root the Note, how easy would it be to transfer a Nandroid backup from the S2 to the Note? Mainly so I can just pretty much pick up where I left off.
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I forgot to mention, I have an S2 as my personal phone just now.
Just back up apps and associated data / SMS / Contacts etc
Can use Titanium backup or one of the many other back up programs.
Another way is to use AppExtractor on a CWM5 Backup but the free version is limited.
stylez said:
Just back up apps and associated data / SMS / Contacts etc
Can use Titanium backup or one of the many other back up programs.
Another way is to use AppExtractor on a CWM5 Backup but the free version is limited.
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So, Titanium Backup works cross device? Does it just use your Gmail address to assess what you've backed up?
I'll have a look into AppExtractor. And see what happens with that...
Titanium works cross device as only takes the application and associated data.
Not a user of Titanium but it works for all and is free.
AppExtractor is awesome as from a CWM5 backup you can restore app data APM SMS without having "extra" backups taking up SD space.
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stylez said:
Titanium works cross device as only takes the application and associated data.
Not a user of Titanium but it works for all and is free.
AppExtractor is awesome as from a CWM5 backup you can restore app data APM SMS without having "extra" backups taking up SD space.
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Yeah, I'll definitely see what I can do with Titanium and AppExtractor If and when I get the Galaxy Note.
Hello
I just flashed CM9 on my Infuse coming from ZEUS and I'm LOVING IT. Such a perfect ROM <3
I can think of only one minor bug (flashlight) but CM9 is beyond quick, gives me a lot of control, and I love all the many UI options. Thanks to anyone who was on the CM9 development team
I had backed up contacts to my SIM AND my SD card in addition to backing up through Titanium Backup before I flashed. Is there any way to retrieve them from any of these?
Restoring everything through Titanium (though I didn't try JUST restoring contacts, I ran the batch operation) gave me crazy frequent force close messages that forced me to reflash. I'm pretty sure that the Contacts backed up in Titanium while I was running ZEUS are no longer compatible with CM9, though I'm not sure. I don't want to risk the FCs again because I already restored everything else (which work absolutely perfectly)
Contacts>Menu Button>Import/Export>Import from SIM Card
^Told me that there were no contacts on my SIM.
How is that possible when I know I backed them up?
Settings>Apps>On SD Card
^Shows me that there isn't anything on the card at all. Yet when I go to Storage in the Settings menu, it shows me the correctly occupied SD card space and when I USB connect to the computer and browse the folders, all my old stuff appears. What's going on?!?!?!
I tried (and failed) backing up to Google multiple times before doing the SIM backup and Titanium (SD) backup. I dunno, I never got Sync to work for me
The XDA moderators might be mad at me for completely abusing this forum with the 3 threads in 3 days... This will be my last for a little while so that I'll ease their annoyance
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Have you tried importing from sd? If that didn't work Download some sort of file manager app. Find contacts backup, Should be in emmc, move to sdcard. Try to import again in contacts. The settings> apps > on sdcard is only going to show APPS that were installed/moved to your sd, out of the data partition. Definitely keep trying to get your contacts backed up with Google, so much easier. Hope this helps.
EDIT try the single restore for contacts in titanium backup
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Have you tried importing from sd? If that didn't work Download some sort of file manager app. Find contacts backup, Should be in emmc, move to sdcard. Try to import again in contacts. The settings> apps > on sdcard is only going to show APPS that were installed/moved to your sd, out of the data partition. Definitely keep trying to get your contacts backed up with Google, so much easier. Hope this helps.
EDIT try the single restore for contacts in titanium backup
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Thanks so much for the quick reply!
I tried the Titanium single restore.
Good news: No FCs
Bad news: None of the contacts appeared even though I got the notification that the restore was successful.
I even rebooted, ran the back up again and rebooted again after THAT to no avail. :-/
But there are no FCs which really is welcome news for me.
Regarding the other method you described: in ES File explorer, I couldn't find "emmc" anywhere. Is it its own directory? Thanks!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! IT WORKED I FOUND THE .vcf, moved it, and everything imported!!! Thank you so much!
EDIT AGAIN:
There are FCs whenever I try to text through the stock messaging app now
On the plus side, it appears I got Google to work syncing contacts.
Just putting the info out there in case anyone else finds themselves in my position.
Try wiping data on your messaging app. Glad you got your contacts back
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Almost all my data has been stored by default to my internal storage. Pictures, DL's, I figure I will sync to my laptop and back them up there, but there must be an easier way all you flash addicts are doing it. And TB is still preferred method to back up and restore all apps, msgs and call logs?
Is there a good startup noob guide? Things change so fast around here I never know if the guides are now obsolete.
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Clockworkmod recovery......for a complete backup...
and although TB is a great app, it seems to cause as many problems as it solves..
the app pulls data into a fresh build (on occasion) and causes problems when setting up..
I personally load "all" of my apps from the market again, on a fresh rom install....g
Most would store their downloads and pics on the external sd card. Contacts should be made google contacts that way they sync automatically. And Titanium backup works well. You just have to know what to restore. Issues are usually attributed to user error by not knowing fully what they are doing.
Taking everyone's valuable suggestions one step further, send backups from external sd card to Google Drive or Dropbox.
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Clockworkmod recovery......for a complete backup...
and although TB is a great app, it seems to cause as many problems as it solves..
the app pulls data into a fresh build (on occasion) and causes problems when setting up..
I personally load "all" of my apps from the market again, on a fresh rom install....g
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Most would store their downloads and pics on the external sd card. Contacts should be made google contacts that way they sync automatically. And Titanium backup works well. You just have to know what to restore. Issues are usually attributed to user error by not knowing fully what they are doing.
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Taking everyone's valuable suggestions one step further, send backups from external sd card to Google Drive or Dropbox.
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So you change the default settings of where to store dl's and photos every time you flash a new rom?
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When I restore I log in to google and get TiBU.
I make sure it knows my backup folder location.
I restore the apps I backed up. Never select restore system apps.
Then I restore sms and calls. When I restored those apps they get their settins restore so I don't have to do anything.
So the only location I check/change is TiBU.
I used to CWM but now I use TWRP for flashing and creating backups. I also use TB pro and I have to say I haven't had any problems but I do only restore apps and their data and nothing else. I also have become a fan of My Backup. I am able to backup and restore how I have my icons saved on my screen. Makes it real easy and quick to get back up and running.
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You can save the launcher and it's data with tibu also, no need for a second app...That's what i do
hell some launchers have a backup option built into them.
Serious? Well face palm myself. I never paid attention that TB did.
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Just so you know, nothing on your internal or external SD is affected by flashing a ROM. Sounds like you think you might lose your pictures and downloads. They will be safe unless you format them.
OK, so I bought the pro version of TiBu, actually had a tough time getting it to sync with the free version and recognize the key on fresh rom install....
But my bigger problem after rom install hand TiBU restore...I am getting 3 errors and it caused the phone to hang so bad, had to do a factory reset and start from scratch with everything.
1. Calendar sync not working properly
2. Messages sync not working properly
3. Android.process.acore not working properly.
I would love to flash roms more often but dont out of fear of having to restore everything I liked back manually (I have to learn how to backup launcher too BC that is a big time factor in setup after a flash)
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The trick is the System Apps. If they're Green then you can usually backup and restore them without any issue. If they're Red then you shouldn't back them up and restores won't be useful.
For some of the Green items (e.g., messages, bookmarks, call log) there's a Yellow equivalent which indicates XML. For these, you should favor the XML since it'll restore across ROMs better.
For all apps, if you switch between ROMs that are extremely different (for example, if you jump straight from stock GB to CM9(ICS) then there can be problems. You can usually get around these by uninstalling the offending app, installing from Play Store and then restoring just the data.