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.
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Hi, I just received my Samsung Galaxy S3 in the mail today. I was using HTC Desire HD before. I was wondering how do I transfer everything such as contacts, sms, picture, app and etc from my HTC Desire HD before reseting my Desire HD to factory settings (I wish to resell it). Please advise thanks. I never rooted and don't plan to root my phones =).
Titanium backup.
use the export xml feature to export your sms/mms, call logs, & wifi hotspot configs
use the app backup feature to backup all your apps (mainly the data), then moved the backed up files to your s3 and restore it from there.
use your phone app to export your contacts as a vcard then go to your s3 and import vcard.
Titanium backup is the best way but it might have a problem for some user
it requires root
so u might want to consider that before u plan on using it
Google for your contacts is a sensible start
Thanks for the replies. Do I have to root my GS3 too in order to backup everything from Desire HD to GS3?
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Google for your contacts is a sensible start
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Yeah, however, how does google understand which one is my main account once I have google account on both devices? Wouldn't it delete everything if I remove account on my Desire HD?
To get really really thorough backups, you need to root the DHD. But I bet you can manage without that. For instance, you can backup call logs and SMS with the "Call Log Backup & Restore" and "SMS Backup & Restore" apps on the android market. You'll need to backup, then install these apps on your new phone and copy the backups to the new phone, then use them to restore.
Your contacts should be part of your google account--you can check by logging into http://contacts.google.com and checking. If they're there, you don't need to worry about backing them up. They will exist on your new phone as soon as you enter your google account information while you're setting up the phone.
I'm not sure how to delete your account from your old phone, but that won't affect your new phone. Just don't delete your contacts--removing an account is not the same as changing the data that belongs to an account.
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Thanks for the replies. Do I have to root my GS3 too in order to backup everything from Desire HD to GS3?
Yeah, however, how does google understand which one is my main account once I have google account on both devices? Wouldn't it delete everything if I remove account on my Desire HD?
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I makes no odds, the contacts are stored in the cloud! I have two phones, regularly mess with my old S1, if you wipe it you are only wiping the on phone storage, unless you actually delete a contact through contacts on the phone nothing will get deleted from g cloud!
i would suggest you root the dhd so you can use titanium to pull data for you apps as well so any games and apps that you have can easily have their data restored.
and it's also a great app that handles nearly all your backup needs.
root is nothing scary.. it just means you can allow certain programs to access settings that require admin status.
Some answers are just...... Ehhh nvm
Contacts should be stored on your default Gmail account go to settings.... Accounts check which one of our account is syncing contacts
SMS simple answer. SMS backup and restore
Pictures well that should be on your SD card that came with the phone. Same with any other media
Now app data... Without root in think you can forget it. What I normally do is to make a nandroid backup and if need to move this to another phone I use app extractor and restore certain apps I need
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sms back up and restore doesn't seem to do mms for me.. maybe i botched something. titanium though, stores it in xml form and can do all the necessary import and export as needed. why get a separate app if titanium is about as close to a one stop shop as it gets for android users...
and really... if you're on xda, why aren't you rooting your phone and enjoying one of thr biggest reason to be here (for me atleast) : to flash different roms that will suite your needs/wants.
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I moved over from my desire s without root. It was a bit of a faff but ok I the end.
My apps all restored from the market. The other apps that needed side loading were installed using app saver on my DS and copying the files onto external SD.
I restored my sms with sms backup and restore (I don't use mms as I just e-mail), which was fine.
Contacts were saved to my Google account so downloaded automatically. I think you can export contacts from stock app if you want to do it that way, or use something in the market.
Finally I used angry birds backup to restore my progress.
Hope this helps. I do agree with above though, it will be a lot easier with titanium backup provided you are rooted, but if you have to root and don't mind losing all your app data then it may not be any faster.
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I'm not sure how it happened, but my stock Contacts app is no longer on my phone. The Contacts storage is there, as an addon dialer can still make calls to existing contacts. I cannot, however, add contacts or do anything else that requires the Contacts app.
My Note has never been rooted and is running only apps from the Google Play store. I am hoping that there is a way to simply reinstall the apk if one is available, but I am interested in any suggestions people have.
Thanks!
If your not rooted then I'm not sure how a system app was uninstalled, did you double check your app drawer it could just be deleted from your homescreen
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If your not rooted then I'm not sure how a system app was uninstalled, did you double check your app drawer it could just be deleted from your homescreen
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It didn't make sense to me either, but it is gone from the app drawer. I use the ContactsEX app and it can pull from the Contacts Storage, but when I attempt to add contacts, edit contacts, etc., the stock Contacts app does not appear.
A few minutes ago I did download from one of the forums here the stock Contacts apk. When I attempted to install the apk, installation failed because a file of that name already existed. Since that suggests that the original apk is there somewhere, would a hard/factory reset work to get the Contact app back?
go to system settings and apps. you want to view all. see if it lists contacts. if it is there then the third party conacts app may be the problem. make sure it is not set to be default app. maybe try clearing data for the app and reboot.
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go to system settings and apps. you want to view all. see if it lists contacts. if it is there then the third party conacts app may be the problem. make sure it is not set to be default app. maybe try clearing data for the app and reboot.
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It wasn't in the system apps list. I uninstalled the third party contacts app, but then I had no way to get to my contacts or dialer. When I reinstalled the third party contacts app, I again had access to the existing contacts and could place calls. Still no way to access the stock contacts/dialer or edit existing contacts.
If a system reset would fix this, that's cool. I just don't want to do a reset and then still have the problem.
A factory reset should fix this, maybe consider rooting and flashing a rom
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A factory reset should fix this, maybe consider rooting and flashing a rom
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If I fix this, then my wife says she will take this phone and I can buy a Note II. Then I will root.
If that's the case then factory reset or Odin back to stock and get a note II man.
Simply rename the new contacts apk by adding a single number or letter to the end ...then it should install, and avoid the duplicate file failure ....
Or ....get a note 2.....that'll fix it ....LOL ...g
Hello! here is my question, I recently upgraded my ROM to CM10 on my pantech burst. before I did, I backed up my contacts to titanium backup. only problem is when I restore it, the contact app stops working. so do play store contact apps. I assume the reason for this is, the backup is for the stock contacts app, which is not the same as the CM10 contacts app. i can see my contacts for a quick second before the app closes. the only way to get the app to stay open is to clear data in settings. the error i get is "unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped."
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Hello! here is my question, I recently upgraded my ROM to CM10 on my pantech burst. before I did, I backed up my contacts to titanium backup. only problem is when I restore it, the contact app stops working. so do play store contact apps. I assume the reason for this is, the backup is for the stock contacts app, which is not the same as the CM10 contacts app. i can see my contacts for a quick second before the app closes. the only way to get the app to stay open is to clear data in settings. the error i get is "unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped."
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Have you tried updating your SuperUser binaries? Clean flashing CM?
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?
I rooted my Zenpad 7 Z370CG and in the continuing quest to delete bloatware and preinstalled apps from the manufacturer partly to extend battery, I deleted the app for the contacts. I used other apps to manage my contacts but realized that these other apps could not create new contacts. I've already reset my phone even using the power on + volume down button method but the contacts app was not reinstalled as well as the other apps i considered as bloatware. I looked for the same app in Playstore but it was not there and other similar contact management apps from Asus were not compatible with my phone and would not install.
I'd like to just install the original app for the contacts if someone can lead me to it or send it to me. If not how can I reset my phone in a way that ALL apps, even those that considered and deleted as bloatware, will be back?
solved. now how do i delete this thread?