I moved from pacman android 4.2 to pacman android 4.3.
TB did backups of call log and SMS via XML.
But when I tried to restore call log, nothing changes in the dialer app.
When I tried to restore SMS, I see all my old SMS for about a second before they all disappear again. I don't have the "prune old SMS" setting on, so all SMS should stay there forever.
Any help?
I tried it with 3 other restorer apps and none of them work either. I'm starting to think that the rom stores the data in a unique way that no standard rom uses? I don't know.
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Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
stickperson said:
Hey everyone,
I just updated to the new Bamf 3.0 RC4. I backed up all my apps/user data in Titanium backup beforehand. Some questions about restoring data/contacts:
1) I've always had the "sync contacts" with google option available. However, after syncing I've found that a lot of my friends' contact information isn't there. Furthermore, when I get texts people's contact info doesn't come up
that led me to
2) restore system data with Titanium backup. After doing so, I see most of my friends numbers but not all. The texts I received after flashing were wiped out and replaced by messages I had prior to flashing.
3) After restoring all my apps, I can't seem to change my background picture. It's set to one I took myself. I go into the theme settings but can't get it to change.
Thanks so much for all the help.
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1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
In the stock contacts application, you can export your contacts to your sd card beforehand. Then after you flash, just import them. I export the ones from my phone and it works every time.
This is the method that works for me before and after each flash of a new ROM. (I am assuming a full wipe for step 5 and 6 to get my apps back)
1. Backup using Titanium backup (batch/Run - Backup all user apps+system data)
2. Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore (found in market)
3. Backup SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore (found in market)
4. Flash ROM
5. Restore using Titanium backup (batch/RUN - Restore missing apps with data) (I am having trouble with Amazon apps and getting back data so YMMV)
6. Restore using Titanium backup (Backup/Restore - Filter (apps) - restore all apps with data)
7. Restore call logs using Call Logs Backup & Restore
8. Restore SMS messages using SMS Backup & Restore
Good Luck!
g00s3y said:
1. What information is missing?
2. Yeah, that's what happens when you restore a backup, not exactly sure what you were expecting there.
3. When you try to set a different wallpaper, does your phone give you an error, or does everything work fine & it just doesn't change the wallpaper?
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1. Basically all the contact info.
2. Ok, makes sense that I lost the new texts. But what about contact info? Some friends were missing, but that was fixed when I synced with facebook so I guess it's ok. Just want to make sure I don't lose contacts when I flash again. I'll try some of everyone's suggestions though.
3. Well, oddly enough, now it sort of works. However, when I go into the HTC wallpapers I can't actually see them on the screen- I have to click the "preview" button to see them. When I click preview, sometimes a new background comes up in which case I can hit apply and it works no problem. Other times I click preview and there is a black background. I hit apply and get a message "Warning. Phone storage is full."
edit: even now, I go into my gmail contacts on my computer and can't find some of my friends' information. I am syncing contacts too.
Hi,
I have a rooted Moto Droid 2 Global with the stock rom and Android 2.2.
My device started acting strange and Verizon sent me another one, and I have been trying to back up my SMS from my old device to my new one (another D2G with stock rom and Android 2.2). I have a little under 5000 SMS messages on my device.
I've tried a number of applications to do backup, and they all have the same issue - when I do the SMS restore on the new device, they messages all appear at the time they were restored, instead of the original time sent/received. This creates a mess in threading as the messages appear in random order.
Has anyone had this problem or found a way to resolve it? If so, how?
P.S. I've got Titanium Backup, but I can't seem to find a way to get it to back up the SMS database.
I just rooted my phone to install the Google edition ROM but before I did I backed up my texts using Wondershare MobileGo. I've used this program to backup and restore messages, contacts, photos, etc. on my phone many times before and on previous phones and it has worked fine. But this time when I try to restore my messages they don't show up on my phone. To be specific, when I first do the restore the threads will show up under the contact name but there will be no messages when I open the thread. Soon after they just all disappear (only the restored messages, not any new ones). It seems like they're getting deleted as they're empty threads but that's just a guess. I thought it might have been a problem when doing the backup so I opened up the file (.sms file) in notepad and all the messages are there. I think it has something to do with Kit Kat but I've never encountered this problem before.
So does anyone know how I could restore my messages from the .sms file I was given from the backup or why the messages don't show up on my phone? Thanks!
I tried installing Dirty Unicorn ROM last night, and had a couple fc's, but nothing major. However, when I tried using Titanium Backup to restore my SMS messages and call log, it asked to set Titanium Backup as default messaging app. I think this is a new thing with KK ROMS, but once it did that, every time I tried opening up my regular SMS app, it would force close.
I eventually just gave up and restored my nandroid of the Sense 5 ROM I got from Captain's RUU thread.
I guess my question is, (for those of you who do try to keep your messages between ROM Installs) how do you do it? I think I'm doing something wrong.
I've successfully used SMS Backup & Restore to accomplish this when moving between versions of CM. You should be able to set the default SMS app back to your original SMS app after restoring the messages. There is no need to leave Titanium as the SMS app after the messages have been restored.
I was on a build of CM12, but it started bugging out on me and then when I tried restarting my phone it was stuck on a boot loop, so I created a nandroid, then resorted an old back up. Does anyone know where the text messages are stored? I have important messages that I need to restore and make sure I don't lose.
Are the directories for text messages on stock different than cm12?
I'm afraid I can't answer your question, but the only way I've been able to restore text messages is to have backed them up with Titanium first. Titanium does have the option to extract data and restore from a nandroid, but I've never tried to restore SMS that way.
Perhaps this app could be of use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS5yaXRlc2hzYWh1LlNNU0JhY2t1cFJlc3RvcmUiXQ..
This might also provide some useful information: http://mobdev.olin.edu/mobdevwiki/FrontPage(2f)Tutorials(2f)SMS(20)Messaging.html