Hi,
I just got a new Nexus 9 and of course I want to root it to get Titanium Backup, V4A, etc.
Unfortunatly I installed everything first, before I read that rooting requires unlocking the bootloader and hence wiping all the data.
Is there a way to root the Nexus without wiping the data?
If not, does anyone know a backup sw, which also backs up all app settings? (in this case non root of course)
My last question is about OTA (does it work on a root (stock rom) device? OTA is not required, but nice to have.
Thanks upfront.
Thomas
AFAIK you will have to unlock the bootloader
If you backup to your Google account then a restore includes (Note the last para. re app settings):
"Google Calendar settings
Wi-Fi networks & passwords
Home screen wallpapers
Gmail settings
Apps installed through Google Play (backed up on the Play Store app)
Display settings (Brightness & Sleep)
Language & Input settings
Date & Time
Third-party app settings & data (varies by app)
Automatically restore app settings
You can choose to restore app settings when you reinstall an app on your device. This feature requires that you have already backed up your data with your Google account and that the app also uses the backup service. Some apps may not back up and restore all data."
peterk-1 said:
AFAIK you will have to unlock the bootloader
If you backup to your Google account then a restore includes (Note the last para. re app settings):
"Google Calendar settings
Wi-Fi networks & passwords
Home screen wallpapers
Gmail settings
Apps installed through Google Play (backed up on the Play Store app)
Display settings (Brightness & Sleep)
Language & Input settings
Date & Time
Third-party app settings & data (varies by app)
Automatically restore app settings
You can choose to restore app settings when you reinstall an app on your device. This feature requires that you have already backed up your data with your Google account and that the app also uses the backup service. Some apps may not back up and restore all data."
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Thanks, unfortunatly half of my apps wont backup their settings and these are the most work intensive (dreambox apps, etc). Any other solution or do I need to go the hard way?
jupppo said:
Thanks, unfortunatly half of my apps wont backup their settings and these are the most work intensive (dreambox apps, etc). Any other solution or do I need to go the hard way?
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No experience of it but look at Helium + desktop app at http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
peterk-1 said:
No experience of it but look at Helium + desktop app at http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
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Cheers, will look into it
Related
I think the title says it all.Btw,my phone isn't rooted.
even with root access I'm not aware of any way to do this without essentially factory resetting.
A quick google of "how to change primary google account on android" led to a few suggestions of wiping the data for all the google apps on the phone, but that would wipe all apps/emails/contacts with gmail/ etc. and many people are saying that it just factory resets after that anyway.
Isn't it just doing:-
1) Settings
2) Accounts and sync
3) Click on existing Google account under "Manage accounts"
4) Click "Remove Account" button
5) Add the new one you'd rather use.
I've not done this myself as I have the one on my phone that I use but it seems like the right place. Are there issues if this route is used?
that seems the best and fastest way but it wipes all your data.I saw another method of changing the primary email but it involves a so-called ,,google apps'' app found in manage applications and selecting ,,clear data'' but so far i couldn't find it and i believe this issue is general to all gingerbread phones
It worked for me
nice CarpathianUK I never even knew you could do that...
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that seems the best and fastest way but it wipes all your data.I saw another method of changing the primary email but it involves a so-called ,,google apps'' app found in manage applications and selecting ,,clear data'' but so far i couldn't find it and i believe this issue is general to all gingerbread phones
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??? What do you mean? It doesn't wipe ALL of your data. It wipes your contact/calendar info... because that stuff is tied to your google account. It doesn't wipe your installed apps. CarpathianUK's suggestion does exactly what you are asking about.
If you want to keep your contact info, you'll have to either copy them to your SIM card (they may be there already), or re-enter them in your contact list of the google account you want to use as your primary. I think for calendar info, you have to export your google calendar from the account you're using now, and import it to the account you want to use.
As far as the "so-called google apps" app - that isn't an app that shows up in "manage applications", per se. The Google apps is .apk that installs the market and other proprietary Google apps, like the gmail app. It exists because some ROMs (like CyanogenMod) cannot legally distribute the Google apps as part of their ROM, so they must link to the .apk externally to allow users to install them.
How to change primary account in android without resetting
Worked for android 4.2.2
1. Go to settings > Applications
2. Delete all data for Gmail.
3. Force stop Gmail.
4. Got settings > accounts
5. Uncheck all Sync options
6. Remove that account!
7. Sign in to google with new account.
You're done!
I want to let a friend borrow my Transformer Prime but I want to remove all my Gmail, Voice, etc from it. I want to leave all the apps on it. How do I do this?
you need to delete data saperatrly from system of each app
Ah.... Ok. Thanks!
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you need to delete data saperatrly from system of each app
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System of each application????
could you elaborate a little more please?
sorry wrote it wrong you will need to wipe data of each app seperately from setting
Use Titanium Backup. Backup all the apps, then factory reset.
Or an easier solution: In Go Launcher, hide the icon (press Menu button in the App Drawer) of the apps you don't want your friend to see.
Also you can go to settings and remove accounts from various apps in the "Accounts and sync" tab, thats how I remove my email without deleting everything.
Hi,
I stupidely cleaned some Android's apps cache and I forced them to close; but I lost my contacts and it seems that I can't get mails (maybe some settings have been erased). Anybody has an idea to restart these app, even without widget?
Thanks by avance for your answer.
Regards
Just launch that app in app drawer or reboot
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
have you tried a reboot? usually starts services again.
if not a reboot do you have titanium backups of the apps data? try restore them.
hope it helps!
thanks for your answers, but the reboot did not helped; the following apps are still dead (impossible to click on "force to stop" button):
com.samsung.app.playerready
com.samsung.InputEventApp
com.sec.android.app.lcdtest
Erreur
EncryptApp
etc.
and for example:
com.sec.android.daemonapp
crashNotifier
DataCreate
etc.
has the button "force to stop" ok, but with 0 in App and data, meanning that it's certainly not running.
I lost all my contacts and phone numbers, I still have the sms but without any link with any contact, all disappeared...
Apparently other apps kept their settings.
How stupid am I!
Any new idea will be the wellcome to recover the contacts and phones numbers (+900), I tried to re synchronize with android-sync, and nothing happened.
are your contacts not backed up to google servers? i always keep mine there. either way download supernbackup, see if you can save your contacts and sms. then i would restore a previous backup!
EDIT via nandroid btw
Factory reset will restore apps but not data.
Question = Q&A .
jje
thanks all for your answers; no backup, all data are in Outlook, that's not the biggest problem: when all the other apps still get their own settings and run well (IP camera, ChecmarkCaledrier, etc.), the contacts are not synchronized and I don't know where it's located by the app (named DW Dialer, payed version) to check if the data are effectively lost or if it's just the link to the data..
to Emofishcake: what do you mean by "edit via nandroid by the way"?
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to Emofishcake: what do you mean by "edit via nandroid by the way"?
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oh i meant EDIT: (as in i edited my post) and then restore backup from nandroid (not titanium backup) lol
Well, that's really odd: I still have my sms, all my calls history, all the categories/groups I created under DW Dialer for my contacts, but not the favoris, and not any contact even if I can see the name of the contacts I imported or created before even if I click on the contact button.... Impossible to make any synchronization between my Outlook PC and my S2..
Hi, all,
I recovered all my contacts!!! After many trials of many different kinds, I found that the settings of the Android Sync have been modified: I put again the righ tsetting (from where to where, etc.), and everything went back right! Many thanks for your help anyway, and the moral philosophy is that you must never clean the cache of apps you don't know what they are designed for!
Regards
Well-well-well... I recovered all my contacts because I changed the setting from Outlook to Outlook by default in the Android Sync settings; it means that actually I put all my Outlook contacts into my S2, but I still have lost the Android ones: and it's still impossible to stop Android Sync with the button "force to stop" in Application/manage your services, meanning that the app is still down.
I kept the categories I created, but they are now affected to the google account, not to the android sync account; impossible to reactivate the android sync account. This drives me crazy!
I am just wondering whether it's possible to backup my SETTINGS and restore it later?
this is what it takes most of my time whenever I do the clean RESET.
most programs offers to backup the Contacts, Media, etc but not Settings ...
does the 'Program Data' do the Settings backup?
thanks
Huawei backup and restore
Has options for data apps music system settings ECT.
Darkat70 said:
Huawei backup and restore
Has options for data apps music system settings ECT.
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cheers mate, this worked perfectly
Darkat70 said:
Huawei backup and restore
Has options for data apps music system settings ECT.
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which option will also backup my PLAYLISTS?
I don't mean the 50GB of music files here which I prefer uploading manually, that's faster than backup.
gen5000 said:
which option will also backup my PLAYLISTS?
I don't mean the 50GB of music files here which I prefer uploading manually, that's faster than backup.
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That would be the app and data for whichever music app you use. I assume that it would backup playlists and settings for the app.
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That would be the app and data for whichever music app you use. I assume that it would backup playlists and settings for the app.
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tried all day yesterday this too ...
it starts backing up fine but somewhere in the middle it says, it completed 3 out of 11, and thats it !
I've also noticed that by backing up settings it only backs up the Settings folder.
which option would it be if I wanna backup settings in other apps, like FB login, ETC?
what about the 3rd party stuff: Wondershare Mobile Trans or MOBILedit ?
Is there any way to backup apps (i have some that store data on the device and if I wipe the device that data will be lost) and since there is no Xperia transfer mobile like on my xz2 i don't see how I can backup apps and restore them after I update to android 10 manually?
Does the Google account not offer this feature? (backup and restore, within settings)
Luhccas-X10 said:
Does the Google account not offer this feature? (backup and restore, within settings)
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Will it backup the application data or just that i have the app and i will lose the data ot the app?
tonev said:
Is there any way to backup apps (i have some that store data on the device and if I wipe the device that data will be lost) and since there is no Xperia transfer mobile like on my xz2 i don't see how I can backup apps and restore them after I update to android 10 manually?
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Migrate!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-migrate-custom-rom-migration-tool-t3862763
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Will it backup the application data or just that i have the app and i will lose the data ot the app?
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I think it saves data too.
About Migrate, it needs root.
Root needs unlocked bootloader, which means that your warranty and DRM keys will be vanished.
Sent from my Sony Xperia XZ2!
tonev said:
Is there any way to backup apps (i have some that store data on the device and if I wipe the device that data will be lost) and since there is no Xperia transfer mobile like on my xz2 i don't see how I can backup apps and restore them after I update to android 10 manually?
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the applications that you use does not offer backup via with Google, Facebook or other account? if so there is no risk regarding the data
doungmli said:
the applications that you use does not offer backup via with Google, Facebook or other account? if so there is no risk regarding the data
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The application I use does not offer any sort of backup. It stores all it's data on the phone itself. So if i ever uninstall it and install it again (in case of updating to android 10) the data will be gone. I am not sure if backing it with google will back the application data too. Back in the xz2 days with xperia transfer it backed up everything the apps data was intact.
tonev said:
The application I use does not offer any sort of backup. It stores all it's data on the phone itself. So if i ever uninstall it and install it again (in case of updating to android 10) the data will be gone. I am not sure if backing it with google will back the application data too. Back in the xz2 days with xperia transfer it backed up everything the apps data was intact.
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unfortunately I can not tell you that applications is saved, it depends on the developer of the application. But for example in my case my alarms, public transport application, weather app are saved with basic Google synchronization
doungmli said:
unfortunately I can not tell you that applications is saved, it depends on the developer of the application. But for example in my case my alarms, public transport application, weather app are saved with basic Google synchronization
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I flashed the android 10 update using flasher and i can confirm that it does not save the data. It does save your installed apk files however it does not restore the app data.
tonev said:
I flashed the android 10 update using flasher and i can confirm that it does not save the data. It does save your installed apk files however it does not restore the app data.
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I am talking about my data, all my alarms have been set as before (sound, duration, volume), in the weather application all my different places and for the SNCB application all my searches for stations and tickets have been restored none of the applications have account for backup. But as I said it must depend on the application and the developer.
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I am talking about my data, all my alarms have been set as before (sound, duration, volume), in the weather application all my different places and for the SNCB application all my searches for stations and tickets have been restored none of the applications have account for backup. But as I said it must depend on the application and the developer.
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Yes it does restore your home menu layout, your sms messages , your alarms , the way you have arranged your icons in the start menu. But it does not save the application data unless it is backed up by the application itself.