Hello, I was wondering how do you go about backuping email settings? I like flashing roms, but im getting tired of entering 5 emails over and over again. each rom is slightly different with yahoo. sometimes it recognizes it sometimes it doesnt, and my school email all which i have to add manual imap and smtp, so u can see it becomes dreadful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Before you go telling me to search i have and i only found topics on touch diamon 2 which is WM and not android. KTHXBYE
Use K9 mail in the market instead and then backup the app+data in either Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro (and then restore when you flash a new ROM)?
doogald said:
Use K9 mail in the market instead and then backup the app+data in either Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro (and then restore when you flash a new ROM)?
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i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
jareddlc said:
i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
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I'm assuming you mean the android email app and not the gmail app. The info is probably stored in data/data/com.android.email/databases. There are quite a few databases in there and I don't know which one stores your email settings. You could pull them all to your pc and push them back after flashing the new rom. I haven't tested this and don't use the android email app so I can't really test it but have done this with other apps. Can't guaruntee it will work though. Just do something like:
adb pull data/data/com.android.email/databases/* /desktop(or wherever you want them on your pc)
then to put them back just use:
adb push (name of database) data/data/com.android.email/databases/
Just something to try if your familiar with adb at all.
jareddlc said:
i will try this, but anyway using stock email app?
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You can try using Titanium Backup to do this - it will certainly back up email data - but my belief is that the issue may be that you will not be able to go across Android versions with the data. Trying to restore the 2.3 email data to a 2.2 ROM (never mind to HTC Mail if you move to a Sense based ROM) could just cause FCs.
K9 mail is really (at least IMHO) much, much better than the stock email app anyway.
Conap said:
I'm assuming you mean the android email app and not the gmail app. The info is probably stored in data/data/com.android.email/databases. There are quite a few databases in there and I don't know which one stores your email settings. You could pull them all to your pc and push them back after flashing the new rom. I haven't tested this and don't use the android email app so I can't really test it but have done this with other apps. Can't guaruntee it will work though. Just do something like:
adb pull data/data/com.android.email/databases/* /desktop(or wherever you want them on your pc)
then to put them back just use:
adb push (name of database) data/data/com.android.email/databases/
Just something to try if your familiar with adb at all.
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WOW conap himself
thx although i have issues with adb i tried getting droidexplorer to work. thx very much i guess its time to try to learn adb correctly
jareddlc said:
thx although i have issues with adb i tried getting droidexplorer to work. thx very much i guess its time to try to learn adb correctly
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You can use a root-aware file manager to do the same things if you want to avoid adb. (Root Explorer ($) or ES File Manager (free) )
Put them in a folder on your SD card someplace.
Using either method you should probably make sure first that the E-mail app is not running.
As doogald pointed out, in general backing up and restoring files from the data area of an app is not guaranteed to work, especially between version changes of the app software; but for the same version of the app it will probably work. You'll have to try it to know.
okay thx everyone. Ive been a community manager before, and this community is excellent.
Ive "solved" my issue. Thanks to everyone who let me know where the db is located at. I tried titanium backup and it allows me to backup the data portion i just flashed gsb 1.6 from 1.5 and then restored the backup then rebooted, works flawless. However something to keep in mind, i might keep a backup of the email app currently using so if i ever need to restore the backup i may do so, ifnot i may give k9 a try anywho thx everyone.
for those new and wanting to know as well, let me break it down.
1. titanium backup (Free version is fine)
- this app backs up the data portion of the application (settings)
2. backup your app with titanium backup.
3. wipe,flash,restore
or many suggest to adapt to a new email app to prevent any inconsistencies in data storage techniques (try k9 email app)
again thx to everyone
titanium backup never worked for me (just email) i have donate/pro version and i've sent a query to support and never got an answer.. i am using mail droid now.. but lemme try the extraction method. should try again with the newest one perhaps it might work... even backing up sms wouldnt work... rest all other program works with it.. (for my part that is)
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titanium backup never worked for me (just email) i have donate/pro version and i've sent a query to support and never got an answer.. i am using mail droid now.. but lemme try the extraction method. should try again with the newest one perhaps it might work... even backing up sms wouldnt work... rest all other program works with it.. (for my part that is)
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Same here as well, have tried multiple times & no luck. Any other solution available as of now?
My Back up pro has never restored email accounts either.
Fix?
would really like to get to the bottom of this as well.. quite annoying to restore accounts every time i flash a rom with wipe.
Bump...has a way to backup and restore all email settings of default email client been solved?
Restore default email with accounts with Titanium Backup Root
1. The key seems to be to restore "Accounts" from TiB (hope you have a backup) first.
2. Next, force stop the Email app from Settings and clear data.
3. Restore Email Data only
4. Reboot
5. Run Email
( I used Titanium Backup Root - free version)
I discovered that the app starts up with the restored Data from the App and immediately crashes with "account not found"
Email App stores the passwords in Accounts, so once Accounts are restored everything seems to work, (whew!)
Since I tried a number of things before Email started working, I'm not sure of the exact sequence of restoring the App and Data (I tried restoring the App and Data, which failed, then force stopped the app and restored the app only and then data only - someone please document the exact sequence, I don't want to risk losing my Email accounts as I don't remember the passwords )
I can confirm that your steps 1-5 work well (on CM 11), and that step 1 is essential for step 3.
I recently updated to "Super Clean version 2.9 - EB01/EC16 Froyo leak root+Froyo Clockworkmodwith MALWARE protection". Don't worry about it being older or anything, we'll fix that once we get the contacts fixed. Regardless, I backed up my contacts to Dropbox with Titanium Backup Pro when I did this, as I didn't want to lose those, but that was it. I tried updating it on my phone, but nothing happened. First I only restored data, then I restored app + data (put older app on?), and nothing. I moved the files from Dropbox to my phone, the Titanium folder and just downloaded, and haven't been able to open them up with an app manager or restore them with TBP.
Help?
EDIT: Okay, not exactly sure what I did, but I got it. Opened up Astro, extracted the file there, tried to run it, said failed, then contacts magically appeared. Not sure how, but they did and I am happy! Guess this is a lesson for me to backup contacts via Google as well! Only thing is I can't use the return key to exit, I have to use the home key. Not sure if it was like that before or not.
Now if anybody wants to recommend me an OS update, feel free.
I recently put a new ROM(the simple one that is built for speed/battery life) and i backed up everything in titanium for the 1st time.
Well everything was working fine i thought; as i restored my contacts/texts from titanium. Well i just tried adding a contact and i get the message "Unable to Save Contact" when trying to add one to my phone.
If i change the setting to save to "gmail" it works but i don't want to do that every time i add a contact.
Also, when i try connecting to Kies i get a message about simcard being undetected, not sure if those are related or not"
i'll wait for someone to clarify this but as far as I know, you cannot save contacts via TiBu and restore them on a different rom. You'll need to make sure they're backed up on google first or export them before wiping the phone.
Hey XDA,
I installed a ROM in my GS2, restored using Titanium, got this error, looked for a solution, cleared contacts data, lost all my contacts (can't fix it) - installed another ROM, restored using Titanium, got same error.
It has become QUITE annoying since I can only use the phone until this message pops up and I have to clear data again.
I want a permanent solution to this.
Thanks!
Don't restore data on system apps when you do a restore.
In fact, unless the new rom doesn't have a system app that you really, absolutely must have from your previous rom, don't restore system apps at all.
When I first started using Miui I had this problem the first few days & I discovered by trial & error (and later read) that is good practice and gets rid of most of those problems.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Would I only restore apps and games? Not contacts? How would I get my contacts back? Would I just have to ask everyone again for their number!? D:
Restore contacts from your backup . Restore only apps from Titanium if no problem then you can start to restore apps and data one by one to find the culprit .
Easier if you had a recent nandroid backup .
jje
Yeah restore your apps, games & so on, you can usually restore the app/game data as well, but occasionally you'll get FC's if you do. If so, fix is the same, restore app only/not data.
You should normally be right to restore your contacts. If you find that's also causing you FC's, you can get an app like App Extractor from the Market which enables you to restore your contacts/SMS's from a Nandroid/CW backup. There are also lots of other apps on the Market which enable you to backup/restore your contacts/SMS's/call logs/etc.
Output95 said:
Thanks for the quick reply!
Would I only restore apps and games? Not contacts? How would I get my contacts back? Would I just have to ask everyone again for their number!? D:
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i have found the solution.
the problem is when you restore some of the apps AND data, which have a "sync" contact function will screw up the "sync" function.
All you have to do is to restore ONLY App for those apps (which "sync" contacts, for example, Hotmail or Whatsapp), then restore apps and data for the rest of the apps thru Tibu.
mine is perfectly fine now after a few trial and errors.
more info about it
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
unfortunately the process android process acore has stopped
Output95 said:
Hey XDA,
I installed a ROM in my GS2, restored using Titanium, got this error, looked for a solution, cleared contacts data, lost all my contacts (can't fix it) - installed another ROM, restored using Titanium, got same error.
It has become QUITE annoying since I can only use the phone until this message pops up and I have to clear data again.
I want a permanent solution to this.
Thanks!
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You need to install contact.apk and contact provider.apk in root, location is system/app
to root download superuser and root browser
Bobby Bijukchhe
fabianp said:
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
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well i cant restore app but i just restore data and it works ty!
if u have this problem,just plug in to u pc,install driver and copy paste 2 file that i attach...
if u have this problem,just plug in to u pc,install driver and copy paste 2 file that i attach...
ROM Toolbox
fabianp said:
I've used ROM Toolbox to backup and then restore contacts and start having these problem.
The problem, effectively seems to be a sync problem, but in my case not with fb but with gmail itself, so what I did:
1. turn off auto sync
2. remove all accounts (gmail, fb, skype). For skype you have to remove the app all thogheter.
3. Go Applications > and clear data and cache for contacts, contacts storage (any of them). Your contacts will not go away, b/c you already have them in gmail.
4. Restore contacts with Titanium backup (application only, no data).
5. reboot
6. you may still have the problem once yet.
7. create the gmail account again and allow to sync. once finish, create the other accounts (fb, skype, whatever).
Issue went away.
Hope this helps
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I think ROM Toolbox needs to fix up there Bugs!!!
Last Night
I used ROM Toolbox but only for changing settings and I ended up with the same error on my Desire HD, Testing Your theory now!
Cheers! Thanks Champ!
just some hints from developer point view, if any of the 3rd party application used the system id as application id, once the application fc for any reason, you will see the error, so, I would suggest you install apps that you totally trust that are stable, then try other apps later
Sent from my mfld_pr3 using XDA
I'm experiencing this problem too. It starts after a while and affects everything and anything e.g. messaging, whatsapp, talk, drive you name it.
This problem started ever since I update to resurrection 2.6 could it possibly be because the update was in my phone and not on the sdcard?
Samzung said:
I'm experiencing this problem too. It starts after a while and affects everything and anything e.g. messaging, whatsapp, talk, drive you name it.
This problem started ever since I update to resurrection 2.6 could it possibly be because the update was in my phone and not on the sdcard?
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Hey, the problem is from the sdcard and not from your phone, I've experienced it and even flashing back to stock didn't solve it the only thing that did is clearing out the cache from contacts and contacts storage from application manager in the settings of the phone .
The backup I speak of is when first setting up a device or flashing a new rom. Android suggest on restoring a previous back along with the apps installed at the time. This is separate than HTC's restore during setup.
For example I just reflashed Lollipop on my M8 and during the initial setup after logging into my Google account I was prompted to restore from and old backup or setup as a new device. The backups listed where 30+ days old. After those options HTC gives me restore options saved on Google Drive or Dropbox.
I want to know if there is a way to delete Google's Backups from my account. The htc backups are easy to find in both cloud service except the individual ones that Google keeps.
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The backup I speak of is when first setting up a device or flashing a new rom. Android suggest on restoring a previous back along with the apps installed at the time. This is separate than HTC's restore during setup.
For example I just reflashed Lollipop on my M8 and during the initial setup after logging into my Google account I was prompted to restore from and old backup or setup as a new device. The backups listed where 30+ days old. After those options HTC gives me restore options saved on Google Drive or Dropbox.
I want to know if there is a way to delete Google's Backups from my account. The htc backups are easy to find in both cloud service except the individual ones that Google keeps.
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Don't believe so. You just have to go through manually and remove the things you don't want like contacts and apps.
Just turn Google account sync off and you can delete your backups from their original sites such as pictures, contact and your files which saved on drive. But you couldn't delete the apps from your GP account.