So I had my Kyocera Torque successfully rooted (thanks SO much to this thread), had Titanium Backup installed, and everything was grand. But then I got a little delete-happy and wanted to get rid of all things Google. That included Google Contacts. Apparently the phone can't store and/or sync contacts without it. CardDAV, Fruux, Owncloud, none of those contact apps work without this Google Contacts app (AFAIK). And of course I didn't back up any system apps with Titanium beforehand.
I tried a factory reset, re-rooting, took to the Sprint store, nothing is working. My root access has gone away for whatever reason (another issue entirely), so I can't even get into Titanium Backup anymore. I'm not sure what to do. I can mostly use/handle the phone in its current half-rooted/half-bricked(ish) state, but the Contacts thing is driving me crazy. Any suggestions? Is there any other way to manage contacts without the Google system apps?
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Did a full nandbackup and have checked back with my original eris 2.1 which has my most current google contact list and my stored text messages.
When i check the last time i google sync'd my contacts to the exchange server (on original eris 2.1 setup) it says 9/29/10 (today) but when I flash my new kaosfroyo the contact list does not include any additions ive made since i purchased the phone.
All contacts were always saved in the google contact list in an effort to backup data on a server instead of just the phone.
Would the best bet be to wipe the ROM and flash again and try to let google re-sync? Or is this an issue I will need to take up with Verizon (for the longest time it would say "this service is temp unavailable" in the sync options)?
Also, is it possible to have my text messages imported to my new ROM? Nandbackup apparently would not do this-possibly another sync issue?
Btw if this question has been asked I apologize - tried to search through these forums quite a bit to no avail. Any help for a first poster would be much appreciated.
I would have thought if your contacts are "Google" contacts, re-syncing your Google account would bring them all back in.
As to importing SMS/MMS (i.e. text messages and those with pictures) into a freshly flashed ROM, yes you can import them. I do that all the time. I have Titanium Backup installed and before I flash a new ROM I backup SMS/MMS, browser bookmarks, and email account settings. Once you have TB installed, the item you will be looking for to backup for SMS/MMS is called something like "[SMS/MMS] Dialer Storage". In the old ROM, you open TB and backup this item. Flash the new ROM, install TB. Open TB, restore "Data Only" for Dialer Storage and then reboot your phone. Do not open messaging app before you reboot the phone. After the reboot, all your backed up SMS/MMS should be there. The same process works for me for browser bookmarks and email account settings. However, I am not sure but I think backing up the email account settings only works for those accounts which are configured through the stock mail app vice being configured via Menu --> Accounts & Sync.
A word about Titanium Backup: the paid version of the app is well worth the money.
Can you verify that your contacts were synced properly, perhaps going into Gmail and assuring that all your changes are there. If they aren't go back to 2.1, sync again then reflash KaosFroyo. If your changes are there then you could try re-flashing anyways (you may try to reboot and resync first). As far as text messages, I'm not aware of anyway to back them up directly, but they're are great apps that can backup all SMS to your gmail account. Hope this helps a little, good luck!
Just downloaded Titanium and backed up all sms (after a long struggle w/ the app not recognizing that I DID check the allow foreign apps setting)
Will reflash tonight and hope that Google kept everything in order
Thanks for the replies... ill let you know how it turns out tomorrow
Looks like my "sync contacts" with google never officially worked. When I went back to my original eris setup with my current contacts it reverted back to saying last sync 03/xx/10.
I let the phone attempt to sync for nearly 2 hours and still no data sent... I searched through the forums and came across a post saying to flash a new radio in order to establish the connection with google. Are there any better resolutions to this problem or is this the best option?
I am still working on getting titanium to backup my messages - everytime I create a backup with my original eris setup it gives me full backup (160 data apps including sms and mms) but when i flash my new rom it says all data and apps restored to OS yet I still don't have my old texts.
kpd2003 said:
Looks like my "sync contacts" with google never officially worked. When I went back to my original eris setup with my current contacts it reverted back to saying last sync 03/xx/10.
I let the phone attempt to sync for nearly 2 hours and still no data sent... I searched through the forums and came across a post saying to flash a new radio in order to establish the connection with google. Are there any better resolutions to this problem or is this the best option?
I am still working on getting titanium to backup my messages - everytime I create a backup with my original eris setup it gives me full backup (160 data apps including sms and mms) but when i flash my new rom it says all data and apps restored to OS yet I still don't have my old texts.
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You could always use the contacts app on the phone to export a vcard of your contacts and import it via gmail. I had to do this with my brothers CDMA hero because it just absolutely would not sync with gmail, it would add contacts from gmail to the phone but not the other way around. After we exported as a vcard and imported into gmail manually it has brought down the contacts every time since.
Looked around and found a neat little trick that apparently resets google sync
I used the manage apps and cleared all data for my SMS/MMS dialer storage
Rebooted then reloaded my gmail account and the sync error vanished
f yes
Also downloaded SMS/MMS backup and restore - other than some duplicated messages I now have all my texts.
Yaaaay now I can enjoy my new ROM
So, here i am flashing my phone almost every day now since the great release of 2011, thinking to myself there has got to be a more streamlined way of getting my apps / data back after a full wipe (factory reset).
I use Titanium Backup for my apps, but it seems to get a little glitchy (maps kept FC'ing on me) when i restore all. I use Exchange for contacts, email, calendar etc. If i do a full wipe, then restore Mail via TB, it pulls everything back to the most current email before i wiped, but that account is not listed under "Accounts & Sync" in the settings. My best bet now is to add the account before restoring in Accounts & Sync, tell it NOT to sync email, then restore emails and turn email sync back on. Seems like a pain in the arse. Same process for calendar and contacts.
Is that method of using TB the best way to go about a backup? On my last phone i would just re-sync everything and re-download the few apps i used. I had a moment so there wasn't too much that could be done via apps cause the thing was such a turd.
Any insight / tips? Thx
i have never had any problems with tb try to restore map app only no data
Hi,
I froze the apps in a list via a thread here. Mainly authenticators I dont use. Everything was fine until today. Now I can't open any contact info or make calls without getting Contacts Storage (com.Motorola.contacts) force closing.
I unfroze everything and rebooted my phone but it did not fix my issue. Has anyone seen this before or can point me in the right troubleshooting direction Id appreciate it. Thanks
Figures it was the last one at the bottom I forgot. Yahoo authenticator can't be frozen or it'll FC contacts. Im sure this has been discovered already.
delete blurcontactssync.apk will solve this problem, no need to restore yahoo authenticator.
The more changes I make to blur the more problems I seem to run into. Contacts has been working fine like I said. Now I can't purchase apps from the market...tried everything. Google Support told me to factory reset. **** that. Buying new phone. So sick of this PoS
hello,
i have a epic 4g rooted, stock rom, seems that when i go to the market, it does not show the apps that i have installed and/or the ones that i purchased. additionally, if i were to delete one of these missing apps, they still dont show up in the market/google play. I have attempted to use various market enablers, but this has not solved my issue. on another note, and perhaps related, when i use titanium backup only one app shows setcpu, while previously it was working.
a lending hand would greatly be appreciated.
eric
Make sure you are syncing and signing in with your gmail account that you purchased the apps on. Do you have more than one gmail account?
Damnit, i was trying to get my contacts from the S3 titanium backup onto my Z2, but i didnt notice that i replaced the app too, some Contacts thing.
Now the phone app crashes when opening (both the Phone app and Contacts crash at the same time)
Can anyone make a titanium backup of those stock apps related to phone and contacts? I just want to replace the App back to the original one, already tried a factory reset, nothing... still crashing.
Use Titanium, find the rogue contacts app and uninstall it, that should sort it out for you.