May be a dumb question, but if I use Sprint Backup to backup my phone and then hard reset it will it be just like before the hard reset after the restore?
If you took a backup, move it to a PC using Activesync. Otherwise the hard reset is going to erase your backed up file.. I think!!!
just save the backup on your MicroSD.
I backup to my MicroSD... but it will restore all my software just like before the hard reset?
Sprint BU ?
Never heard of it --- or do mean Sprite Backup ?
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Is there any program that will let you do a full backup of your Android phone to your PC? I that youADB will backup your APK's...but not settings. Is there anything that does it all?
Is your phone rooted? Pm me back. Ill try and help you.
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rudeguy said:
Is there any program that will let you do a full backup of your Android phone to your PC? I that youADB will backup your APK's...but not settings. Is there anything that does it all?
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Titanium backup ? But not on pc, unless you xfer the upate zip/or Titanium backup zip to your pc for safe keeping. Still have to flash through recovery on the phone.
You could just do a nandroid and titanium backup and save the files to your PC.
yes my phone is rooted. I'm well aware of how to nandroid/titanium.
I was hoping for a solution that would allow me to simply connect my phone via USB and it would autmatically back it up. More of a nandroid than titanium.
I try a lot of new things and end up breaking stuff a lot. It would be nice to be able to do a simple restore and not have to set everything back up.
Note: I'm now using a Vibrant so that might matter.
I want to clear my phone completely back to bare-bones 2.1. I do want to save my last good set up with froyo, so;
1) Is it a good idea to do a complete restore.
2) Is it better to leave the phone as is (leaving b/u in tact) or can I save the last b/u to my computer? If so how (Tibu, ROM Man???). How would I return this file back to the phone if necessary?
I never do any more backing up than Titanium Backup of apps. I know clockwork recovery can make a nandroid backup. It saves it to a folder on the internal sd card (Clockworkmod I think) and you could copy that to your computer. Then copy it back if you want to restore. The feature is there, I assume it works, but I have never personally done it. You could do all this through clockwork recovery, make the back up, and restore later if you want. You can leave the backup on your phone after you go back to stock, odin will not clear it off unless you do a "Master Clear". Then you would just have to reflash clockwork recovery, and you could restore.
I've transferred both tibu and nandroid (rom manager) backups to my pc and then restored from them after a master clear by copying them back to the phone from the pc. With the nandroid backup, you have to reinstall the rom first, and it must be the same rom you backed up.
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Good advice thanks:
quarlow said:
I never do any more backing up than Titanium Backup of apps. I know clockwork recovery can make a nandroid backup. It saves it to a folder on the internal sd card (Clockworkmod I think) and you could copy that to your computer. Then copy it back if you want to restore. The feature is there, I assume it works, but I have never personally done it. You could do all this through clockwork recovery, make the back up, and restore later if you want. You can leave the backup on your phone after you go back to stock, odin will not clear it off unless you do a "Master Clear". Then you would just have to reflash clockwork recovery, and you could restore.
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creepyncrawly said:
I've transferred both tibu and nandroid (rom manager) backups to my pc and then restored from them after a master clear by copying them back to the phone from the pc. With the nandroid backup, you have to reinstall the rom first, and it must be the same rom you backed up
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I was thinking this was the case. My only concern is on the re-install, would I be correct in my asumption, that not only would I need the rom installed but the theme as well?
tomween1 said:
Good advice thanks:...would I be correct in the thought that not only would I need the rom installed but the theme as well?
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Disclaimer: I've not tried it. A nandroid backup restores everything in the rom plus apps, but not the kernel, so it should restore your theme and your apps. In that case you may not even need the tibu.
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Disclaimer: I've not tried it. A nandroid backup restores everything in the rom plus apps, but not the kernel, so it should restore your theme and your apps. In that case you may not even need the tibu.
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Well it's done, we'll see how it goes when I need it
I think the trick is having a working base rom and it being the same as the backup. Id be curious to try restoring a previous version of the same rom. How bad could it get?
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Want to know about backing up roms and restoring them
I want to know wheter we can backup a rom of one mobile and restore it in other mobile. please answer asap.
Abhishek1008 said:
I want to know wheter we can backup a rom of one mobile and restore it in other mobile. please answer asap.
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That may not be a simple question to answer with any certainty. I would not even consider attempting it unless both phone models are exactly the same, you didn't say for sure that this is what you were meaning. If the models are the same: insure they have the same bootloader and modem installed. Then I still would not do it unless the ROM on the second phone is comparable to the ROM you are moving to it. The reason for this caution is that partitioning schemes are not the same on all ROMs, it can even change in a newer version of the same ROM.
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That may not be a simple question to answer with any certainty. I would not even consider attempting it unless both phone models are exactly the same, you didn't say for sure that this is what you were meaning. If the models are the same: insure they have the same bootloader and modem installed. Then I still would not do it unless the ROM on the second phone is comparable to the ROM you are moving to it. The reason for this caution is that partitioning schemes are not the same on all ROMs, it can even change in a newer version of the same ROM.
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This :good:
Hey
So I wiped everything , trying to get my phone contacts back , but I cant
I have a full backup with Titanium Backup
I did wipe before and restored with no problems
now I have CM9 and i'm trying to restore my contacts (a backup I took before using stock ICS) but contacts won't show up
any idea ?
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Hey
So I wiped everything , trying to get my phone contacts back , but I cant
I have a full backup with Titanium Backup
I did wipe before and restored with no problems
now I have CM9 and i'm trying to restore my contacts (a backup I took before using stock ICS) but contacts won't show up
any idea ?
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If you have your contacts backed up with Google you don't need to use Titanium Backup or any other system, just log in to your Google account and then go to Sync Settings and trigger a synchronization, that will restore all your contacts automatically. Contacts-Sync works across all versions of Android.
cm9 has with good reason in first post dont restore with titanium
Tip always read first post and thread.
Best way is to revert to prior rom, restore, then synch with google and check if its all there, then go to cm9 and synch back. But be safe doing it.
I guess titanium can restore apps safely but data no, no gaurantee it will run perfectly. which is why in first thread it says no.
even between stock versions I run into issues, so I dont do it. When on one version, it shouldnt be an issue, backing up and restoring.
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hey guys ..... i had not done any backup to my phone ..bt i had given my google account to it... i had done a factory reset now iam unable restore my data since my backup is not done succesfully......... i need those data i.e pics, msgs n videos badly............... is there any way t get them back pls help me
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is there any way t get them back
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No. The whole point of a factory reset is to wipe your device clean. Without backup, your data is lost.
If anyone would kindly tell me.
Currently my phone has a network problem where data disconnects every 5 minutes or so them reconnects again a few moments later. Network settings restore didn't work so I want to restore a backup I made a few months ago.
I know data couldn't be backed up earlier and can't be restored, but I'm only wanting the system, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
Should I wipe system then restore or just dirty flash system over top? Will the current data partition be affected in any way?
Phone is rooted with Magisk.
I'm planning on reinstalling many apps and their corresponding system/storage data using O&backupX afterwards as well.
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It's been a long time since I restored a TWRP image, but I basically erased the phone then flashed the backup data over. IIRC, this didn't really work for me back then, as it left me with a non-working phone, so I gave up on restoring backups at all and just migrated data myself from the backup folder. In other words, I'd say you should reflash the ROM you want "fresh" and then just pull data from the backup as needed. But you can certainly try the restore first... you might have better luck than I had.
I think a wipe/erase is important as the backups aren't bit-wise images... back then, it was just file-copied over. For this reason, any stray files would not be removed with a dirty flash. It could work, in theory, but it is cleaner to wipe first, of course.
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It's been a long time since I restored a TWRP image, but I basically erased the phone then flashed the backup data over. IIRC, this didn't really work for me back then, as it left me with a non-working phone, so I gave up on restoring backups at all and just migrated data myself from the backup folder. In other words, I'd say you should reflash the ROM you want "fresh" and then just pull data from the backup as needed. But you can certainly try the restore first... you might have better luck than I had.
I think a wipe/erase is important as the backups aren't bit-wise images... back then, it was just file-copied over. For this reason, any stray files would not be removed with a dirty flash. It could work, in theory, but it is cleaner to wipe first, of course.
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Hi, thanks for replying.
I guess I wanted to try migrate current app settings with the older backup but realize this may cause problems. I'll try wipe system and cache, then restore them from an earlier backup then restore apps and their data selectively. Cheers!