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Must be very easy but I am frightened block.
I had one phone that used a google account (account1) and stored there its backups.
I had another phone that used a different google account (account2) and stored there its backups.
I have no more both, and have a new dual SIM phone instead.
Switch on, ask for account, provide account1, apps restored with configuration. (account1 is primary account...; backups done to account1)
Set up account2, but find no way to restore apps related to account2. I see backups stored in gdrive for account2
I was thinking in
- removing account1 and account2 (was warned that contacts will be removed as sms; but not apps while those will lose access to data until I reconnect with account1 and account2 - as I read in www guidingtech com/what-happens-remove-google-account-phone/ (dots remove due to lack of karma to publish urls)
- login again using account2
Would this ask me for restoring backup of account2?
The other idea would be to change the account used for backups, from account1 to account2...
Would I achieve what I am trying by this way?
TIA / CT :cyclops:
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I used a nandroid backup to update my friends phone, thinking I could just add his gmail account and remove mine. I added his but can not remove mine without a factory reset..
I don't want to do that because that will undo a lot of the reason I updated his phone they way I did.
Is there any other way to remove my account completely from his phone?
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If it is a rooted phone, use a root-aware file manager to remove
/data/system/accounts.db
see this post for more details.
Note that this seems to only delete account credentials; you probably want to use
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications
to also delete the data associated with apps that have your private data stored in them, as mentioned in that (above) post
bftb0
PS. You can do all of this in an offline fashion using ADB and Amon_RA. Explanation is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hey you all!
Is it theoretically possible to restore passwords etc. (like log-in data stored in internet apps) after a hard-reset. Like this:
1) Android device - in my case a tablet running ICS - is used normally --> Logins, passwords etc. stored in browser
The device is locked with ICS stock lockscreen and a strong password
2) Device stolen
3) Device hard-resetted to bypass the lockscreen
4) Data-restore software is used to search the internal storage of the device
5) Data that have not been overwritten during the hard-reset can be restored --> the thief has my password, logins, etc.
I know that case is higly hypothetical and not likely to happen. But I would sleep better knowing the answer
toxic92 said:
Hey you all!
Is it theoretically possible to restore passwords etc. (like log-in data stored in internet apps) after a hard-reset. Like this:
1) Android device - in my case a tablet running ICS - is used normally --> Logins, passwords etc. stored in browser
The device is locked with ICS stock lockscreen and a strong password
2) Device stolen
3) Device hard-resetted to bypass the lockscreen
4) Data-restore software is used to search the internal storage of the device
5) Data that have not been overwritten during the hard-reset can be restored --> the thief has my password, logins, etc.
I know that case is higly hypothetical and not likely to happen. But I would sleep better knowing the answer
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if you have nandroid then you can restore data completely otherwise you cant until you made some kind of backup of those apps.
hit thanks if I helped.
No, I did not mean if I can restore anything after making a backup.
I meant if any criminal person stealing my device can somehow access my passwords after a hard-reset?
That depends on how and if you backed it up. If you made the backup to an external SD card then yes. If everything was internal then no.
Wayne Tech S-III
zelendel said:
That depends on how and if you backed it up. If you made the backup to an external SD card then yes. If everything was internal then no.
Wayne Tech S-III
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No, I'm not planning to make a backup. I have installed only a handful of apps and use it primarily as pdf-Reader. An external SD card will not be installed. But I will also use it for surfing in the internet and that brings me to the question if my data are safely stored.
Do you know where/how (encrypted or plain text) Android or the apps store passwords and such data? I mean after a hard-reset or flashing, you have full access to the filesystem. I can imagine that it would be rather easy to scan the storage and unwipe/restore passwords - what I want to evite in any case.
I know the easiest thing to do would be to use the ICS device encryption - but unfortunately the encryption is not working on my tablet.
Hello, I was handed an i9100 with stock Samsung GB on it and requested to migrate it to cm10.x. I backed up accounts, bt pairings, bookmarks, call logs, messages, and wifi access points with Titanium Backup 6.1.4.3, then flashed dorimax kernel and then cm 10.1.3 stable. now i'm trying to restore all data backed up prior and unfortunately find i'm unable to do so...
I've tried with "migrate system data" both enabled and disabled in TiBU preferences, i've tried restoring the normal android way and file way but it's not working
Is there any chance of success here or will i have to go back to stock gb, try restore all data, backup using another app and then flash cm 10.1.3 again? very lengthy procedure hence i'm reluctant to proceed with this route...
System data restore is a big no-no from one Android version to another. User apps & data only (and even then some data might not play nice for various reasons). Don't forget, you're making a huge leap going from GB to CM10, a lot changed (in Android).
Edit - Call logs/msgs are easy enough to backup/restore though; use the backup/restore to/from XML in Ti. The other stuff you'll need to setup manually (BT & WiFi stuff). Accounts you should be able to restore the normal way (Google, Samsung, Firefox, whatever). No need to use Ti.
MistahBungle said:
System data restore is a big no-no from one Android version to another. User apps & data only (and even then some data might not play nice for various reasons). Don't forget, you're making a huge leap going from GB to CM10, a lot changed (in Android).
Edit - Call logs/msgs are easy enough to backup/restore though; use the backup/restore to/from XML in Ti. The other stuff you'll need to setup manually (BT & WiFi stuff). Accounts you should be able to restore the normal way (Google, Samsung, Firefox, whatever). No need to use Ti.
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i was just able to restore accounts from the titanium backup created earlier, involved pasting accounts.db file into data/system/users/0 folder.
unfortunately, the phone owner's contacts weren't being sync'd with the google account so i think i'm in hot water there
i might also be able to restore wifi, bt etc. as they only involve pasting files from titanium backup into the appropriate folder but contacts and messages seems to be a huge problem for me
The backup I speak of is when first setting up a device or flashing a new rom. Android suggest on restoring a previous back along with the apps installed at the time. This is separate than HTC's restore during setup.
For example I just reflashed Lollipop on my M8 and during the initial setup after logging into my Google account I was prompted to restore from and old backup or setup as a new device. The backups listed where 30+ days old. After those options HTC gives me restore options saved on Google Drive or Dropbox.
I want to know if there is a way to delete Google's Backups from my account. The htc backups are easy to find in both cloud service except the individual ones that Google keeps.
Tachi91 said:
The backup I speak of is when first setting up a device or flashing a new rom. Android suggest on restoring a previous back along with the apps installed at the time. This is separate than HTC's restore during setup.
For example I just reflashed Lollipop on my M8 and during the initial setup after logging into my Google account I was prompted to restore from and old backup or setup as a new device. The backups listed where 30+ days old. After those options HTC gives me restore options saved on Google Drive or Dropbox.
I want to know if there is a way to delete Google's Backups from my account. The htc backups are easy to find in both cloud service except the individual ones that Google keeps.
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Don't believe so. You just have to go through manually and remove the things you don't want like contacts and apps.
Just turn Google account sync off and you can delete your backups from their original sites such as pictures, contact and your files which saved on drive. But you couldn't delete the apps from your GP account.
i did a fresh reset in recovery mode. had to bypass allowing restore during initial setup after reset due to screen lock pin error.
Can't get the restore backup to add to my phone from google drive. What am i doing wrong?
It seems like the old backup to be used to restore is blockng the new initial setup on the phone from creating a new backup....which is good because i want to restore that old back from yesterday . it was before i did a fresh reset.
Phone is activated on the same google account that the backup is stored on in google drive. 2 factor is turned off.
according to this tutorial, If i skip restoring during initial setup i should get a notification to continue finish setup....i have not (3+hrs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw8my-isdrs&feature=youtu.be&t=15
Some of the contacts have been added back to the phone automatically somehow and 52 of the apps are showing as installed in google play out of 105 apps total not sure how they got here as the restore has never happened.
In the past the apps were placed back on the homescreen where they belong when a restore was done, that did not happen yet. Is it supposed to?
When i go into backup in settings it says that it is already on and waiting to backup?
Support told me to try to turn it off and then on again but that triggers a warning telling me that it will delete the backup permanently that i want to restore from google drive.
https://imgur.com/a/5o6Atfd .............. https://imgur.com/a/uttXNGg ............ https://imgur.com/a/zyqY1Fx
so what do i do to get the restore backup to load back onto the phone?
support told me to go to the google account recovery page and sign in.
Would the google account recovery login help with this?
I can't seem to tell what that page does?
thanks for any advice!