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[HOWTO] Backup my SGS, Backup Apps, Best practices before & after flash

Good evening guys,
I tried to backup my diary entries using Titanium Backup, but when I tried to restore them on the new Firmware they didn't appear. Same for my SMS Messages...
Could you tell what exactly I have to backup?
Thank you for your help!

Backup Methods Before Flashing?
I've been using MyBackupPro, but it does not save any of my settings. I have to set up a lot of stuff like email accounts and so on every time I flash.
Is there a better way?

Have you tried titanium backup? I find it works best.

azazin said:
Have you tried titanium backup? I find it works best.
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No I haven't yet. I read reviews of MyBackupPro, saying it's the best So I bought it.
Does Titanium Backup save preferences, including passwords and email settings?

MacGuy2006 said:
No I haven't yet. I read reviews of MyBackupPro, saying it's the best So I bought it.
Does Titanium Backup save preferences, including passwords and email settings?
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Hey,
I believe it does, it saves all of my preferences with games like Alsphalt so it should do the same with your e-mail.
Try it, it's free.

stupid question: Is somebody working on a custom recovery image with Nandroid or something?

unfnknblvbl said:
stupid question: Is somebody working on a custom recovery image with Nandroid or something?
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I hope someone is, that would be best option, titanium is brilliant though and has saved me a few times, I have it scheduled to backup everynight.
I also use Mybackup pro for sms and call logs etc.
neither can bring your homescreen widgets back as before.

Is there anything that saves your facebook/google links in contacts? That's the thing I find most annoying having to go back through them one by one...

Titanium backup in its current form is not functioning correctly on my phone aswell as many other galaxys users

yes - unfortunately Titanium Backup currently won't backup the databases :-(

Best backup app for galaxy?
Is there anything out there which will backup our apps, contacts etc before I flash a new rom to my phone? Is it possible in kies? I'm loath to have to link my face book and google mail contacts again

Backup apps/settings to PC? possible?
Hi all, i have seen many threads regarding backup apps such as wave/titanium pro etc but im wondering if its possible to backup to a PC?
as much as its a naughty word, i liked apples way of backing up using itunes. you simply plugged in your phone and voila its backing up into a friendly restorable format.
i just want a simple backup of my device encase i flash to others roms.
is this possible?

i don't know of such application.
but what is so bad about backing it up to the External SD card?
you want your backup to be with you all the time, so in case of "OMG! happens", you can easily Hard Reset, then restore from backup from the SD card.
once on the SD card, you can easily copy it over to your PC, the next time you hookup your USB cable.
if you want it done automatically, you can always create a script on your PC to grab X files from X folder every time the USB connects to X device
I love the backup software from PalmOS, they works automatically just as you wanted.
I never found a good one that actually works on WinMobile
in Android it's almost perfect, it just missing the part to sync the backups to the desktop automatically.
But that's a minor thing, as you can do the batch command mentioned above.

you can try this one for size, see if you like it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830
Nandroid v2.0 - Full NAND backup and restore tool
else you can go for PAID applications such as... Titanium Backup and many other ones

never thought of it like that.
as for backup apps which one is proving decent? i see alot about wave and titanium backup.

Yeah... Titanium Back-up is great. You can even try MyBackup Pro. Both are equally good.
MyBackup Pro restores all the apps perfectly but is not able to link those to the Android Market...

what do you guys use to backup all your data before changing firmware
I already flashed my girlfriend's galaxy S twice
and each time i was installing and configuring the device as she want...
Once again there is a new firmware that correct some interesting part (GPS)
but i REALLY don't want to loose 2 hours of my time to
a: install the apps my gf has
b: configure the device (font, ring tone, volume ...)
so question : what are you using to save the time of installing/configurating...
thanks in advance

I'm also interested to know how you make it.. Thanks
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I use titanium backup. Gotta root your device first though.
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Been using Titanium Backup (donated ver.), so far so good.

[Q] How to restored data after rooting O2x?

Hi guys,
i've just instal CM7 nightlies on my O2x, the question is how can i restored all of my data that have been back up in cwm such as my contact and calendar event?
cheers

You don't.
You need to use something like Titanium Backup for that.

Thanks rusty!
Oo..so right know i need to start from scratch right?

Right now, yes.
Or you could restore your CWM backup, use a backup app, flash CM7 then restore via an app.

AppExtractor can do this, restoring:
- Contacts
- Wifi Settings
- SMS/MMS
- Apps and their Data
- Bookmarks
From any CWM backup files.
Write to the author for Calendar, he is very reactive.
See in Market
The most simple way to restore Calendar/Contacts is to use 'the cloud' google gmail sync, or dedicated backup features in launchers (don't remember in LG Launcher, but in other launchers/home you can backup contact etc)

syzwn9 said:
Hi guys,
i've just instal CM7 nightlies on my O2x, the question is how can i restored all of my data that have been back up in cwm such as my contact and calendar event?
cheers
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For contacts and calendar, I would recommend you to save it by default to your Gmail account, whenever you flash a new rom it will sync automatically.
I am using the following for backups.
1. Call log backup & restore
2. SMS backup & restore
3. Titanium backup
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thanks guys for all of the help
really2 appreciate it
cheers

Try and restore your CMV backup with Titanium.
I haven't tried it yet, but it should work
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Rusty! said:
You don't.
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This used to be true Rusty, but not anymore. The latest version of Titanium Backup can now restore both apps and data from CWM-backups. Very handy.

I must admit, that will be a proper useful feature.

[Q] How to do Partial back up ?

I want to do a partial backup of my apps and memo notes, messages and phone numbers that I can use it in my new custom rom,,,
Thnx in advance :good:

Use MyBackup Root and/or Titanium Backup. The only thing I'm unsure of is memo notes, try backing up the Memo app's data in Titanium.
Also, if you save your contacts to your Google account you don't have to back them up.

U can use esfile manager and delete the items u don't want
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[Q] Migrate call log & sms into ROM 4.2.1 Nightlies build

dear all,
since Cyanogenmod 10.1 ported 4.2.1 to our Note [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046592], believe many have used it, I tried on mine but cannot migrate call log and sms to the install rom
I tried Titanium Backup and MyBackup but after restore data Contacts app FC when open call log or dialer and partly sms showed in Message, never happened with previous rom
so if anyone managed to migrate call log and sms into CM10.1 please help to share how you did that
thanks a lot in advance

It's clearly stated in the op of that rom that not to retore any data from titanium backup. So there is no way to restore the call logs. For SMS you could use an app from play store called "SMS backup and restore"

This has always worked for me. But try at your no risk.
Make a Nandroid backup of the old Rom. Then when on the new Rom, use TB option extract from Nandroid backup and choose the call log option

thanks a lot for your sharing I will try when back home
ral7 said:
It's clearly stated in the op of that rom that not to retore any data from titanium backup. So there is no way to restore the call logs. For SMS you could use an app from play store called "SMS backup and restore"
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nokiamodeln91 said:
This has always worked for me. But try at your no risk.
Make a Nandroid backup of the old Rom. Then when on the new Rom, use TB option extract from Nandroid backup and choose the call log option
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I tried 'Call Log Backup & Restore' and 'SMS Backup & Restore' from Play Store, and they worked
Anyone faced same problem can try

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Titanium Backup restore

Hi all. I just flushed the new Revolution HD rom to get 4.3 but having problems to restore my backups from Titanium. I read a lot about Titanium so decided to backup my stuff with it to restore later but now when I try to restore my contacts I get the "com.android.phone has stopped". I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Do i need to restore data only or app + data? I seem to have trouble with SMS restore as well. Any other way I can use the Titanium files to restore my contacts? Thanks for the help.

Have you backupped also the system apps with titanium and no you want to restore all?
If yes is this the problem.
You have to backup only the data or the apps that aren't in system folder

Guich said:
Have you backupped also the system apps with titanium and no you want to restore all?
If yes is this the problem.
You have to backup only the data or the apps that aren't in system folder
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Well my initial backup I just did a batch backup of everything on the phone so yea I have system and data. Now what I'm trying to do is get my contacts from the backup. I just tried to import the data (green) of my contacts in Titanium but it didn't work. Then I re-flushed and tried to restore SMS (green) from Titanium that didn't work either (sms icon disappeared from the phone).
Now I keep reading that it's not good to use Titanium to restore system apps (sms, contacts) but is there another way to use the data saved with Titanium to restore? I just want my contacts and sms to be back. Thanks.

GodDon said:
Well my initial backup I just did a batch backup of everything on the phone so yea I have system and data. Now what I'm trying to do is get my contacts from the backup. I just tried to import the data (green) of my contacts in Titanium but it didn't work. Then I re-flushed and tried to restore SMS (green) from Titanium that didn't work either (sms icon disappeared from the phone).
Now I keep reading that it's not good to use Titanium to restore system apps (sms, contacts) but is there another way to use the data saved with Titanium to restore? I just want my contacts and sms to be back. Thanks.
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Your previous rom before the ARHD 4.3 was?
However, i don't know how to restore only the contacts and the sms.
Because, for backupping this, i'm using the contatcs app and the same for the sms.
So, i'm sure i have a backup of this!
For contacs, see if you've this in your google account

Guich said:
Your previous rom before the ARHD 4.3 was?
However, i don't know how to restore only the contacts and the sms.
Because, for backupping this, i'm using the contatcs app and the same for the sms.
So, i'm sure i have a backup of this!
For contacs, see if you've this in your google account
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Ah man that sucks for me cuz I don't sync contacts with google either. I was really hoping TB will do it all for me. My previous rom was ARHD but older version with 4.2.2.

Titanium sucks, as does their support. Had same issues as you and they would not assist me at all. Good thing I had another backup using Helium.
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