Hi I'm tired of re-installing all my programs after every upgrade to new rom. I know people here were talking of back ups so they could get back all their programs after upgrade. I'm confused as to what and which folder to backup. Note most of my programs are installed in SD card. Messages, contacts and emails are no problem it's just the programs. Help appreciated. Thanks.
??? nobody knows the answer???/ Pls!!!
you can use Sprite Backup...and NS Contacts for your numbers and stuff...
NS Contacts - http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=22976
Sprite Backup - http://www.spritesoftware.com/sprite-backup
starfarer said:
Hi I'm tired of re-installing all my programs after every upgrade to new rom. I know people here were talking of back ups so they could get back all their programs after upgrade. I'm confused as to what and which folder to backup. Note most of my programs are installed in SD card. Messages, contacts and emails are no problem it's just the programs. Help appreciated. Thanks.
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Sprite is the only app that can restore after upgrading your ROM. I suggest you make a full backup (including sd card) and use upgrade mode to restore after the ROM update. Make sure you read the FAQs first.
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I just upgraded to the iMate ROM from the original cingular rom on my 8125. I backed up everything using aWizard before flashing it. Is there a way I can import my contacts from backup or do I have to go through and re-add all of them?
Thanks!
--upen
Don't know about aWizard, but did you sync your contacts with Outlook on your PC? Then you can sync them back on your PPC.
Next time try Sprite Backup, it allows you to backup/restore all aspects of your data separately.
Cheers, M
No I didn't. I really don't use outlook. I was thinking that maybe they were somewhere in the backup data pulled from aWizard.
Thanks for the info though!
--upen
The contacts database must be in there, but I don't know how to get it out.
Consider doing a hard-reset, after the restored the backup to clean your device again.
So restore the backup, save the contacts with sprite or outlook sync. Then hard-reset to get rid of unwanted old rom items. Restore contacts with sprite or outlook sync.
Hope it helps, M
aWizard does not backup user data in the RAM. It only backup your ROM. You won't get any luck from getting your contacts back from the aWizard backup.
Is there a way to almost duplicate the flash memory, OS, Filesystem, contacts, by backing up the entire memory address? I need to restore it all to a new phone, my screen busted on my old HTC Atlas (T-mobile wing) and i need all my contacts and files. Something like Flash Backup for the razr? Thx
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Is there a way to almost duplicate the flash memory, OS, Filesystem, contacts, by backing up the entire memory address? I need to restore it all to a new phone, my screen busted on my old HTC Atlas (T-mobile wing) and i need all my contacts and files. Something like Flash Backup for the razr? Thx
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There IS a backup system. I think it's called Sprite backup or something. But it doesn't back up the OS and I'm not sure about the filesystem either...
Yep its Sprite Backup, and its the best one out there, it Backup/restore everything but the OS .............. your filesystem, Registry, Settings, contacts, Messages etc. ......................... I walk around with a most recent backup of my device on my Storage card and if I ever have to hardreset while I am on the road I dont have to wait untill I get home to setup my phone the way I want it .........................
The other one Is called SPB Backup, but it does not compare to Sprite. There is a good Comparison between both software HERE
The screen is busted on this phone, is there not a way to dump the rom like cooking a rom and then write it to a new phone?
Not for the things in the storage. Just for the ROM itself. Not without being able to install a program to it.
Hi guys
I installed the Q-Mobile 1.1 ROM on my TYTN II and configured it as I want to have it.
Is there a way to backup everything so that I don't need to reconfigure the phone if I need to make a hard reset?
Thanks.
Use SPB Backup or Sprite Backup (which was shipped with my TyTNII on the CD).
Greetz,
Hans Olo
Do these tools backup everything, I mean installed apps, settings, keyboard, etc.? Or just data? I can't find that information directly written somewhere...
They backup everything, except what you have on your storage card. That is where the sprite backup resides. It got me out of a lot of bad situations. I now routinely back up before I install a new "fix" from the many that come to this forum. When problems appear, I can go back to the most recently backed up program.
Hi, I am running the official Sprint 2.1 rooted and I am going to unroot for reasons I don't feel like explaining.
But the thing I need help with is I need help backing up my contacts... I do not want to root and I don't know any way to do this. I just want my contacts to be backed up in a easy way. And I do not want to use outlook because my business contacts will be blurred with my personal contacts.
AND I would just write them all down, but I have 119 contacts and that would just be torture!
...Can somebody please help?
Yeah open your People app, hit menu, Import/Export > Export to SD card.
Of course there's also Google contacts sync
Oh. Okay, so when I run the RUU do I just take out my memory card so it won't get erased or will the memory card be untouched?
The sdcard should be untouched but if you want to be safe you can just back a backup of its contents by copy and pasting everything to your PC first
They aren't backed up already to http://www.google.com/contacts?
menu>settings>accounts & sync>gmail>menu button>sync now
grouping things together is really easy with the new google contacts manager, I can't imagine not using the cloud backup anymore, and I have been keeping backups of my contacts on every phone since 2003 through all kinds of methods.
Everyone should take a look at what is in the google dashboard now, if you haven't looked recently... you might be surprised.
https://www.google.com/dashboard/?hl=en
So i finally flashed my first custom ROM, yeah!
BUT i pulled a bonehead move and forgot to copy contacts to the sd card I did do a full apps & data backup in TiBu before flashing. Now obviously the new rom has apps already loaded so i can't just drop the backup folder on the sd or it will overwrite the existing one, can i rename the one i backed today and restore from that one? OR can i just restore contacts somehow from the backup?
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So i finally flashed my first custom ROM, yeah!
BUT i pulled a bonehead move and forgot to copy contacts to the sd card I did do a full apps & data backup in TiBu before flashing. Now obviously the new rom has apps already loaded so i can't just drop the backup folder on the sd or it will overwrite the existing one, can i rename the one i backed today and restore from that one? OR can i just restore contacts somehow from the backup?
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If you made a nandroid backup, you can restore it and try again.
You have an android phone, are your contacts synced with gmail? If not, you should start saving your contacts to gmail. I never backup contacts, I use gmail and Facebook to store my contacts.
If you didn't make a backup before you flashed your phone, and you didn't sync them with gmail ... how did you transfer them to your captivate originally? Do you still have that data?
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If you did the full apps and data backup.. i believe your contacts "should" still be there. Go into tibu and to the backup/restore tab.. scroll down and it will be one of them that is in Green. I think says something along the lines of contacts. If you click that and then hit data only.. It "Should" restore your contacts. After you do that, you need to reboot your phone before you will see the contacts.
Now, however, it also depends on what Rom you put on. I have done this twice. The first time was when i installed Cog 3.04. I found out how to do that and i did it and my contacts went back on to my phone no problem.. Now, i have installed Andromeda 2.0 and when i tried to do that, swype bugs out like crazy . some bug with their new Rom that wont let you do it. I am guessing it has something to do with the app versions or something. Luckily for me, most of my contacts were saved through google.. so i got the most of them back. only missing a few ..
So, give this a try.. and see if that works for you..
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