I want to view my old outbound SnapChap videos and pictures and I am aware that they are stored somewhere on smartphones. I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE.
Is it possible to find these files?
Whenever you receive a snap, Snapchat stores them temporarily in /data/data/com.snapchat.android/cache as jpg.nomedia files. They are able to be accessed if snaps haven't been opened yet (and for some reason some just tend to stay there long after the message has been viewed).
When a Snap is opened, the app deleted that cache of files. So it's likly that if you have already viewed them, they have been deleted.
That may not always be the case (as I managed to dig up some old snaps last night), but it's how the app functions.
There's an app called Snaps that can fetch whatever is in the temp cache folder and save it as jpgs. If you have root it's worth trying to use that app (the apk can be downloaded off Github somewhere).
Mine are in storage/emulated/0/Snapchat
harvmeister_ said:
I want to view my old outbound SnapChap videos and pictures and I am aware that they are stored somewhere on smartphones. I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE.
Is it possible to find these files?
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there's an xposed module that enables saving.......
look for it here
Thanks for the replies but what I'm trying to find are the pictures and videos that I have sent to other people. I know they've probably gone for good but it would be nice to find them:good:
Not sure it's possible sorry - Snapchat only caches inbound Snaps so outgoing ones can't be received.
Sorry for misreading your question.
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I have been using XDA since I had my HTC Fuze on Energyrom, and I really love the support XDA has offered over the years. I want to get the HTC One on T-Mo. I have been considering this phone, because I am tired of having the iPhone and wanted to go back to Android. :cyclops: My GS3 was not able to send and receive MMS like my iPhone. The quality was terrible. Photos were blurry, video couldn't even be attached (unless filmed in a terrible MMS mode, that makes the video unwatchable). At first I thought iMessage was masking the issue, but the file sizes are all within the carrier limit. I found the issue to be the handset over-compressing the image. In the store I played with the AT&T and the Sprint versions of the HTC One, and they both sent photos from the back camera that were nowhere near the 1MB limit from the carrier. I called HTC, and they had no idea that the phone has this behavior. They even asked why I need the feature to work properly, instead of using Facebook or some other photo sharing software! (I am separating the reason for those with the same question)
My wife works on the 12 floor of her building and on AT&T gets edge. On Verizon 1x, I doubt it will be different on TMobile. She is staying with her iPhone, and throughout the day I take pictures or videos of our son and send them to her. The iPhone only compresses the cumulative attachments enough to fit in a single message, and sends. The effect is that she doesn't have to press "Download" and then have her phone stuck downloading. The message pushes through to her and alerts her when it is ready. The iPhone's video quality is not perfect, but is not noticeably pixelated. The iPhone's photo quality is very good for being sent by MMS.
I am asking for help. Does anyone know of a setting that can be changed to increase the attachment capabilities of MMS on the HTC One? This problem does not exist on the Nexus 4, so if I can't figure it out before then I will have to get that phone. I have used Handscent before (on my GS3), but it didn't seem to work. I am wondering if someone with the phone knows a way to send better quality (500-900kb) photos or videos. If the suggestion is a replacement app, please advise if any customizations are forfeited (Example: on my GS3 you lost the ability to call the contact you were messaging by lifting the phone to your ear, if you replaced the samsung messaging with AOSP MMS.apk or another replacement app). My only other question is if the T-Mo HTC One supports emoji?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Why not upload the pic to Dropbox and send her the link.
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My husband and I use Google talk to send files back and forth all day. He's able to pick them up on his One or his computer.
SmiLey497 said:
Why not upload the pic to Dropbox and send her the link.
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Her reception is terrible and dropbox won't sync for her. When she opens dropbox at work it tries to pull everything at once and her phone just sits there. I am not sure if having the 5 & LTE will help with that. If it does, great. Traditionally, she doesn't even get 3G at work. Personally, I love using Dropbox and YouTube. I use both daily. For sending quick videos and pics, though... MMS is easier and works with limited coverage (admittedly in part due to the compression, however I'm not trying to get around the carrier limit... just to it).
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My husband and I use Google talk to send files back and forth all day. He's able to pick them up on his One or his computer.
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When you use Google talk, does the message "push", or does it require the receiver to hit download and wait?
There'a always gmail, as long as the file size exceeds 1000kb its going to get compressed, that's the file size limit t-mobile set.
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When you use Google talk, does the message "push", or does it require the receiver to hit download and wait?
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I double checked with him. Apparently I misspoke. He only gets the files when he's on Google talk at his PC and they're pushed to his desktop client. When he's on his One and signed out from his computer, the "missed chats" with images or files show up as emails in his inbox on his phone or PC. Regular text is pushed instantly over office WiFi to his One (which is why we use it.) I always send from my computer, so apparetly it's desktop to desktop that's working best. Sorry.
Something that will hopefully solve all this in the near future is Google's rumored Babel client that does desktop, Android, and iOS. Story Here on Droid Life
Side note: Handcent lets me choose to preload MMS messages before popping up the notification. I don't know if that feature is available on the iOS version, but it might be worth looking at.
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There'a always gmail, as long as the file size exceeds 1000kb its going to get compressed, that's the file size limit t-mobile set.
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I'm ok with the carrier limit. This phone compresses beyond that from what I have seen.
fmedrano1977 said:
There'a always gmail, as long as the file size exceeds 1000kb its going to get compressed, that's the file size limit t-mobile set.
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stephiroth said:
I double checked with him. Apparently I misspoke. He only gets the files when he's on Google talk at his PC and they're pushed to his desktop client. When he's on his One and signed out from his computer, the "missed chats" with images or files show up as emails in his inbox on his phone or PC. Regular text is pushed instantly over office WiFi to his One (which is why we use it.) I always send from my computer, so apparetly it's desktop to desktop that's working best. Sorry.
Something that will hopefully solve all this in the near future is Google's rumored Babel client that does desktop, Android, and iOS. Story Here on Droid Life
Side note: Handcent lets me choose to preload MMS messages before popping up the notification. I don't know if that feature is available on the iOS version, but it might be worth looking at.
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Thanks for looking into this! I think we will have to use FB messenger (like HTC suggested) & forgo sharing videos until HTC (more likely XDA) finds a fix. Yes, as you can imagine I am pretty excited about babel. I really want to see if Google does buy Whatsapp as is rumored. If that was baked into every android device & available for all competing devices it would be what imessage should have been.
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Her reception is terrible and dropbox won't sync for her. When she opens dropbox at work it tries to pull everything at once and her phone just sits there. I am not sure if having the 5 & LTE will help with that. If it does, great. Traditionally, she doesn't even get 3G at work. Personally, I love using Dropbox and YouTube. I use both daily. For sending quick videos and pics, though... MMS is easier and works with limited coverage (admittedly in part due to the compression, however I'm not trying to get around the carrier limit... just to it).
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Here you say shes having issues syncing the dropbox *app*. The suggestion was actually to upload a file to your dropbox from a phone and share only the *link* to that one file. She doesnt have to sign into anything to open the link. It's just like any other web page link with a photo. We use dropbox all the time here on XDA to host apks and screenshots.
Another option via FB is to upload the content using messenger or as a status, but make it visible only to her. She would check it like a FB post, but only you two could see it. The down side is it would still have to load and wouldn't be much different from a private Youtube channel.
Also, in regards to your original question Verizon says 350KB is the max size that 1X devices can send and receive and that the file is reduced to that limit prior to delivery. The One is probably sending the larger file sizes, but if you sent them to yourself as part of your in-store test, Verizon's doing the compression before it's delivered to you. Source
T-Mobile also says: "T-Mobile's MMSC allow up to 1 MB files. There may be additional restrictions at the handset level." So they never guarantee that you will get 1MB. It's kind of like the download speeds that internet companies offer to us. source
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stephiroth said:
Here you say shes having issues syncing the dropbox *app*. The suggestion was actually to upload a file to your dropbox from a phone and share only the *link* to that one file. She doesnt have to sign into anything to open the link. It's just like any other web page link with a photo. We use dropbox all the time here on XDA to host apks and screenshots.
Another option via FB is to upload the content using messenger or as a status, but make it visible only to her. She would check it like a FB post, but only you two could see it. The down side is it would still have to load and wouldn't be much different from a private Youtube channel.
Also, in regards to your original question Verizon says 350KB is the max size that 1X devices can send and receive and that the file is reduced to that limit prior to delivery. The One is probably sending the larger file sizes, but if you sent them to yourself as part of your in-store test, Verizon's doing the compression before it's delivered to you. Source
T-Mobile also says: "T-Mobile's MMSC allow up to 1 MB files. There may be additional restrictions at the handset level." So they never guarantee that you will get 1MB. It's kind of like the download speeds that internet companies offer to us. source
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The problem with where she works is reception, so the dropbox link (when opened on iPhone) requires a download. My wife has no problem using dropbox and youtube. She uploads more videos than me. The problem is that intiating a download on the iPhone requires the app be left open and the screen on, which kills her battery and could get her in trouble at work. With messaging, the photo loads to the feed the same way as an IM conversation and doesn't require a download. She can quickly peek and go back to work. I really think our best answer will be the Facebook Messenger until a fix is found, since it behaves similarly to the message app on iOS.
The MMS file size was a full 4MP photo that I attached (confirmed prior to attaching, and taken in the store using the rear facing camera). The MMS app showed(during my in store testing) 79/1000kb. That is 79KB for one photo, and no text. I then sent the photo mms to my iPhone (from the HTC One), and received a 79kb photo. The display phone I was testing on had full 4G coverage and wi-fi.
HTC advised the carriers did not change the compression for MMS attachments, they only named their maximum file attachment size.
My iPhone on Verizon receives full 1.2 MB photos when sent individually. Videos work the same only the longer the video the worse the quality, and at some point iOS requires that I trim the video's length because compression alone will not suffice. When sent with more than one attachment the group of files will compress until they all fit within 1.2MB.
I have decided to get the HTC One and use Facebook. I think babel will solve this whole thing anyways. Thanks for all of your help and ideas!
Hangouts (Babel) was released yesterday for android and iOS. So far it looks just like gtalk, but allows photos to be sent. For now, you need to have a google account and be signed in to use it, but SMS integration is promised soon.
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It's a simple setting!
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I have been using XDA since I had my HTC Fuze on Energyrom, and I really love the support XDA has offered over the years. I want to get the HTC One on T-Mo. I have been considering this phone, because I am tired of having the iPhone and wanted to go back to Android. :cyclops: My GS3 was not able to send and receive MMS like my iPhone. The quality was terrible. Photos were blurry, video couldn't even be attached (unless filmed in a terrible MMS mode, that makes the video unwatchable). At first I thought iMessage was masking the issue, but the file sizes are all within the carrier limit. I found the issue to be the handset over-compressing the image. In the store I played with the AT&T and the Sprint versions of the HTC One, and they both sent photos from the back camera that were nowhere near the 1MB limit from the carrier. I called HTC, and they had no idea that the phone has this behavior. They even asked why I need the feature to work properly, instead of using Facebook or some other photo sharing software! (I am separating the reason for those with the same question)
My wife works on the 12 floor of her building and on AT&T gets edge. On Verizon 1x, I doubt it will be different on TMobile. She is staying with her iPhone, and throughout the day I take pictures or videos of our son and send them to her. The iPhone only compresses the cumulative attachments enough to fit in a single message, and sends. The effect is that she doesn't have to press "Download" and then have her phone stuck downloading. The message pushes through to her and alerts her when it is ready. The iPhone's video quality is not perfect, but is not noticeably pixelated. The iPhone's photo quality is very good for being sent by MMS.
I am asking for help. Does anyone know of a setting that can be changed to increase the attachment capabilities of MMS on the HTC One? This problem does not exist on the Nexus 4, so if I can't figure it out before then I will have to get that phone. I have used Handscent before (on my GS3), but it didn't seem to work. I am wondering if someone with the phone knows a way to send better quality (500-900kb) photos or videos. If the suggestion is a replacement app, please advise if any customizations are forfeited (Example: on my GS3 you lost the ability to call the contact you were messaging by lifting the phone to your ear, if you replaced the samsung messaging with AOSP MMS.apk or another replacement app). My only other question is if the T-Mo HTC One supports emoji?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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1. Open/activate Camera on your HTC One.
2. Select the three-dot file menu and scroll down to select Video Quality.
3. At the pull down of Video Quality, scroll down and select MMS(176x144)
4. Take your video and send it via MMS.
The end.
So catch is being discontinued.. I need a legit solid comparable application, keep sometimes doesn't save photos.
Any personal experiences with evernote or spring pad?
I mainly use it to save photos I find on fb or Internet.
Thanks!
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I am in a similar dilemma.
I don't like evernote, mainly because they are way too expensive (about 5$ a month is unreasonable in my opinion).
Evernote does not have a true offline option in the free version!
Here are the features that a good note app/service should have (catch notes had all these options):
Web interface and backup/synch (dropbox and web storage services do not count)
Offline editing and full access
Search everything (preferably as you type)
Categories/tags
Password options (preferred)
Reasonable export options is a must so you are not locked in to the app.
No monthly fees for above service (onetime fee only, or atleast a more reasonable month fee than 5$/month)
I looked briefly at the following apps/services and those are the issues I found which do not match my needs:
ColorNote: no web interface
MobisleNotes: web interface without search, no import/export option
Inkpad/notepad: no import/export option on web interface
Note Everything: no sync or export function
I figured I use catch regardless, and just use it for its internal storage options just sucks there aren't any real comparable services.
Catch stores data on android/data/com.threenbananas
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masri1987 said:
Catch stores data on android/data/com.threenbananas
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i have 3000+ notes and im looking at simplenote as a host, syncing with NValt on desktop, and there are a few android clients.
evernote is very reliable but too heavy. also i dont like that everything must have a title, and i you have to pay to store everything local. most of my notes are short and plaintext anyway.
however im having a lot of trouble importing them to simplenote. they have a tool but its super finicky and inconsistent. i think it will be easier to hack the notes into a client db, and then sync them up to simplenote. however this too is proving difficult because i want to keep the create and modify dates intact as well as the tags.
please let me know if anyone finds a soln.
in the meantime, id like to find the datafile on my phone. at the directory above i have hidden files turned on, but still see only media in ./media and one zero byte file in ./cache. where is the text data?
No luck yet
gnormal said:
i have 3000+ notes and im looking at simplenote as a host, syncing with NValt on desktop, and there are a few android clients.
evernote is very reliable but too heavy. also i dont like that everything must have a title, and i you have to pay to store everything local. most of my notes are short and plaintext anyway.
however im having a lot of trouble importing them to simplenote. they have a tool but its super finicky and inconsistent. i think it will be easier to hack the notes into a client db, and then sync them up to simplenote. however this too is proving difficult because i want to keep the create and modify dates intact as well as the tags.
please let me know if anyone finds a soln.
in the meantime, id like to find the datafile on my phone. at the directory above i have hidden files turned on, but still see only media in ./media and one zero byte file in ./cache. where is the text data?
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It appears the support pages are still up, abet slow at loading
Code:
http : / / support . catch . com/customer/portal/articles/1020076-i-can-t-see-my-notes-in-global-search-on-android
I can't see my notes in Global Search on Android
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:25PM PDT
We have made a decision to not allow for a Global Search based on security reasons. With the option to set a passcode on your notes, we feel that Global Search would navigate around this and violate the notes security.
For example: If you have a passcode set on your notes, yet we allowed for Global Search, any term you search for may return a result, thereby indicating that the searched for text is part of a note's content.
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Im currently looking for a way around this as im trying to use dropbox (storage) and dropsync (to sync particular folders)
If this fails it appears ill have to learn how to create apps and create my own with the Catch API
Failing that decompiling and rebuilding it to my specs is prob the final method
lets hope it doesent come to that
As you can see I haven't been converted to the dark side of other apps yet
Me too. I'm still using catch but locally.
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Did anyone actually get an email regarding this shutdown? I had a bunch of notes stored in AK notepad which are basically lost forever, and I don't have any emails from catch.com notifying me of the termination - I'm just finding out today.
Maybe they ended up in my spam :/
So i got myself an OBD bluetooth scanner and the Torque app...bloody brilliant.
So much information!
anyway, i cant seem to get it to upload data logs to the web viewer?
i have my account created and setup correctly but nothing in the web viewer when i log in.
Does anyone use the app and have any ideas on how to get this to work?
Secondary i have e-mailed myself some data logs and cant get them to open properly?
I cant seem to get Track Recorder to work with Torque Sync software, it stucks at Searching for Torque
Valiceemo said:
So i got myself an OBD bluetooth scanner and the Torque app...bloody brilliant.
So much information!
anyway, i cant seem to get it to upload data logs to the web viewer?
i have my account created and setup correctly but nothing in the web viewer when i log in.
Does anyone use the app and have any ideas on how to get this to work?
Secondary i have e-mailed myself some data logs and cant get them to open properly?
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I imagine the particular posters have found answers to their problems seeing as this thread
dates from 2014 but I thought it might be worthwhile answering all the same as I ran in to the same niggles when I began using this app so if anyone searching these issues subsequently may find some worth from my reply.
First of all as a far as experience and knowledge is concerned. Firstly with cars;fixing,modifying, engine management tuning, obd2, diagnostics. Basically my auto knowledge is extremely wide and extensive from approx 35 years of obsession and getting stuck in an the deep end whereas my knowledge and experience of computers and smart phone tech is on much, much shakier ground
In fact, for those of my vintage. i.e late 30s,early 40s remember when we were kids. and programmable VCRs were the height of cutting edga technology. Well I'm like the way our parents and grand parents were then. i.e pretty much baffled by it and even following the instructions it was hit and miss whether you actually managed to record that film rhat was on at 4am lol.
So for the second issue brought up by the OP it doesn't matter whether you email yourself the log file or not (I found the few times i tried it that the file wouldn't attach and when it did the problem was the same anyway) you need Microsoft Office or any other type of office suite to view the files. On the pc i have Microsoft office but had to download an app to my phone to view. csv files. Again an office suite that not only displays. csv files but puts them into a spreadsheet format is required.
As for the first issue it's preferable in every way to view the site. on a pc because on the phone display the actual box to sign into is off screen and takes a little bit of zooming out and seaching to find, the same goes after you have signed in when another box appears with a list of the logs files recorded and the tab to choose it. This is where my lack of fundamental computer/web knowledge comes in. I can't tell you why it doesn't sit nicely inti an easily accessible mobile format but it doesn't. Once you've found the first sign in box/pop up it becomes simple, annoying but simple.
As for there being nothing after signing into the webview site successfully all I can assume is either you've no log files to view which you should have if it's all been set up correctly, including choosing which PIDs to send to logfile or the pop up/window where you click on your logfiles is right off screen and has to be looked for. Of course you don't get that problem if accessed using your desktop.
I just am looking for the best way to transfer photos from my Note 10+ phone to my Tab S6 tablet as I take them each day. Suggestions welcome.
Assuming your two devices are associated with the same user account and email address, just mail them to yourself.
Easiest way would be to back them up to a cloud service (dropbox, OneDrive. Google Photos, etc.). Then they are accessible from both devices.
Samsung Flow can send photos from one device to the other, but I don't think you can automatically send over new photos. You would have to manually do it.
simply sign into google photos on both, and turn on sync.
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simply sign into google photos on both, and turn on sync.
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I strongly agree.
Even consider paying for 2TB of space when shooting lots of 4K video like I do.
Works perfectly fine, syncs to my PC and tablets.
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I just am looking for the best way to transfer photos from my Note 10+ phone to my Tab S6 tablet as I take them each day. Suggestions welcome.
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Hi, i work in mobile and i used the built in app samsung smart switch, in your note 10 box you have a dongle/adaptor to connect both phones, looke up a video tutorial on youtube its easy, fast and you can select what to transfer. Good luck
Files by Google is like airdrop for Android. Try it out.
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Try syncthing fork in the Google play store. Does file sync over local network. Only caveat is that the files need to be on local storage and not sd card for it to work properly due to file permissions access restrictions since android pie.
All okay ideas for other posters, but best way is you select the pics you want to share! Then hit Wi-Fi direct you can’t mess with it’s so fast and you can send 100s pics in one go!
Hi all, I have two Samsung S8+ phones purchased at the same time and now I have to turn one in for an upgrade, while planning to keep the other. The issue is the one with all of the info/apps I want to keep has a giant scratch on it, while the other is in perfect shape.
Since they are identical phones, it doesn't seem like a stretch to take a direct snapshot image of the phone and copy it over, i.e. EVERYTHING is preserved, apps, their status, all settings, etc. But I don't know if there is such software that will do this. I'm enough of a script kiddie to be able to follow directions of creating an image/flash an image, if anyone can kindly point out such directions.
Fingers crossed. Thanks in advance!
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Hi all, I have two Samsung S8+ phones purchased at the same time and now I have to turn one in for an upgrade, while planning to keep the other. The issue is the one with all of the info/apps I want to keep has a giant scratch on it, while the other is in perfect shape.
Since they are identical phones, it doesn't seem like a stretch to take a direct snapshot image of the phone and copy it over, i.e. EVERYTHING is preserved, apps, their status, all settings, etc. But I don't know if there is such software that will do this. I'm enough of a script kiddie to be able to follow directions of creating an image/flash an image, if anyone can kindly point out such directions.
Fingers crossed. Thanks in advance!
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The software you need is already on both devices
The Samsung Smart Switch app works just fine.
My wife has upgraded her phone every year since the Note 2 and has never used anything else.
All text, call logs, ringtones, music, apps and settings are transferred without error.
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clsA said:
The software you need is already on both devices
The Samsung Smart Switch app works just fine.
My wife has upgraded her phone every year since the Note 2 and has never used anything else.
All text, call logs, ringtones, music, apps and settings are transferred without error.
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Unfortunately this is totally wrong. Smart Switch does not support backup/restore of application data:
https://www.samsung.com/za/support/...n-application-like-game-data-or-chatting-log/
ninjajim4 said:
Unfortunately this is totally wrong. Smart Switch does not support backup/restore of application data:
https://www.samsung.com/za/support/...n-application-like-game-data-or-chatting-log/
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Strange it has worked for us without an issue for almost 8 years
Exactly what app data are you worried about loosing ?
Facebook chat logs ?
Aren't all modern apps data saved to the cloud in one form or another ?
clsA said:
Strange it has worked for us without an issue for almost 8 years
Exactly what app data are you worried about loosing ?
Facebook chat logs ?
Aren't all modern apps data saved to the cloud in one form or another ?
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What is strange is that you feel that your requirements being met must neccessarily suffice for the rest of the world.
The ask is the ask. If you don't have the answer, there's no need to get me to accept what you perceive is an adequete solution.
ninjajim4 said:
Hi all, I have two Samsung S8+ phones purchased at the same time and now I have to turn one in for an upgrade, while planning to keep the other. The issue is the one with all of the info/apps I want to keep has a giant scratch on it, while the other is in perfect shape.
Since they are identical phones, it doesn't seem like a stretch to take a direct snapshot image of the phone and copy it over, i.e. EVERYTHING is preserved, apps, their status, all settings, etc. But I don't know if there is such software that will do this. I'm enough of a script kiddie to be able to follow directions of creating an image/flash an image, if anyone can kindly point out such directions.
Fingers crossed. Thanks in advance!
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You programmatically create a ( complete ) backup ( clone ) of phone #1 - only a small script is necessary to do this - on a high capacity external SD-card plugged into phone #1, then move that SD-card to phone #2, finally being on phone #2 ( what must be rooted if Android system is also backed up !!! ) programmatically restore the backup - again only a small script is necessary to achieve that.
The necessary scripts preferredly are Windows batch-files that make use of ADB.