I'm finally going to send in my phone to fix the purple tint issue, and I was told that the first thing HTC does is factory reset your phone. I'm a 100% stock Sprint HTC One (M7,) without rooting my phone, what's the best way to back EVERYTHING up, including app settings, phone settings, ringtones, volumes, contacts, etc.? Should I use the HTC backup app that came with my phone, or the Google backup app that comes with Android, or are there any third party apps?
Thank you!
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If I go to Settings -> Bakup & reset -> Backup account -> I have two options, "HTC Account" and "Google Account." That's what I mean by the HTC backup app and the Google backup app.
Generally speaking, without root it is very hard to backup app data. HTC says it backs up your apps, but whatever you do in them is not saved. You probably need something like titanium backup to do that. I don't think text messages are saved either so you'll need some kind of a third party app to save those. However, contacts are saved via Google and the HTC backup should save most of your phone settings.
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oh, and you should be able to backup all your media manually.
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Got a replacement N1 from HTC.
Like with the first replacement, the Google "Backup" to transfer installed apps and settings does not work at all.
How can I either FORCE the "back up my settings" feature to work or is there a (FREE) alternative backup program that I can use?
well i dont think there's a way for call log and sms messages unless you use titanium backup. but what i do is use sms backup app (free) and call track (free) which run as a service at all times in teh background. sms backup sends all your texts to your gmail account in real time, under its own label, and call track sends all your call log to your google calendar in real time.
this week i needed to refer to an old text message, so i open gmail, find the sms label, and there is my complete text history in individual threads by contact in an IM style conversation, shows received and my replies. its brilliant. its a permanent record of all your texts and calls ever made.
i find when bouncing between ROMs and whatnot, that the only thing you lose everytime is texts and call log. everything else gets reloaded, like all apps get redownloaded automatically, settings get saved, bookmarks get saved, etc. so using those 2 apps basically saves me from losing anything.
EDIT: if you still have your old nexus, just install those 2 apps, and you can do a backup of everything now. it will take a little while to upload it all, but then from here forward just let those apps run all the time and you never have to worry about it again.
Thanks - I have been using call tracker. will try sms backup.
So how do I backup all my other settings (eg exchange, wifi, ringtone, ...) and apps?
As I mentioned in the OP, I can enable and disable Google's back up my settings however I want ... it just doesn't seem to work!
RogerPodacter said:
well i dont think there's a way for call log and sms messages unless you use titanium backup. but what i do is use sms backup app (free) and call track (free) which run as a service at all times in teh background. sms backup sends all your texts to your gmail account in real time, under its own label, and call track sends all your call log to your google calendar in real time.
this week i needed to refer to an old text message, so i open gmail, find the sms label, and there is my complete text history in individual threads by contact in an IM style conversation, shows received and my replies. its brilliant. its a permanent record of all your texts and calls ever made.
i find when bouncing between ROMs and whatnot, that the only thing you lose everytime is texts and call log. everything else gets reloaded, like all apps get redownloaded automatically, settings get saved, bookmarks get saved, etc. so using those 2 apps basically saves me from losing anything.
EDIT: if you still have your old nexus, just install those 2 apps, and you can do a backup of everything now. it will take a little while to upload it all, but then from here forward just let those apps run all the time and you never have to worry about it again.
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Is there any way to force Backup SMS to use names instead of [email protected] in the to/from (which is rather stupid)
SMS Backup & Restore app, as it says.
Call log Backup & Restore, as it says.
APN Backup & Restore, as it says.
All those back up the data to SD card.
All the rest is covered either by Google backup (if you check the "backup everything" on the old phone and don't check it when you setup a new one), or by Titanium backup.
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Is there any way to force Backup SMS to use names instead of [email protected] in the to/from (which is rather stupid)
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I don't understand. It does use the names for me. All my threads in gmail are sorted by caller name.
nexusdue said:
Thanks - I have been using call tracker. will try sms backup.
So how do I backup all my other settings (eg exchange, wifi, ringtone, ...) and apps?
As I mentioned in the OP, I can enable and disable Google's back up my settings however I want ... it just doesn't seem to work!
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For me WiFi is backed up by Google's backup. Ring tones are on the memory card. I don't use exchange.
Hi there
I would like to backup my SMSes (only sms,not the app) using Titanium Backup. May I know which file should I choose to backup in TB? I tried exploring around but couldn't find anything that looks like my SMSes.
You need SMS backup from the market.
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Actually I have made a full backup with TB previously, so now I wish to restore my SMSes. Problem is, I do not know which file. And I do not want to do a full restore as I only need to recover my SMSes. Any help?
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Actually I have made a full backup with TB previously, so now I wish to restore my SMSes. Problem is, I do not know which file. And I do not want to do a full restore as I only need to recover my SMSes. Any help?
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Man, as far as I know Titanium is just for backing up your applications... It doesn't backup SMS nor anything other than apps...
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Man, as far as I know Titanium is just for backing up your applications... It doesn't backup SMS nor anything other than apps...
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My guess is that SMS is part of the data for a particular app. So when I backed up my apps and their data, my SMSes should have been captured as well. Only problem is I do not know which one is it.
Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
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My guess is that SMS is part of the data for a particular app. So when I backed up my apps and their data, my SMSes should have been captured as well. Only problem is I do not know which one is it.
Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
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I've restored sms's before using titanium backup. Can't remember how though.
smsbackup is alot simpler.
Well, that's good to know! If they are saved with data for an app, that app should be sms app, I suppose.
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no, sms app (mms.apk) does not store any sms in its data store. there is another process calles message store, this seems somehow related to the sms data.
look under the m section section of apps when you view backup/restore apps in alphabetical format and you will find an app in yellow titled '[sms/mms prefs] messaging' and I believe if you restore that one you will get your messages back
There is a very good free app called SMS Backup+, it can backup your SMS, MMS and call logs directly to Gmail with proper label. It can restore it from there as well.
Hi guys
I recently flashed "update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-umts_sholes-KANG-signed" with the google apps "gapps-gb-20111216-signed" and i followed all the steps from here http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update...torola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/#comment-791.
However i ran into a few bugs,
1. titanuum backup didnt restore all of my apps, it kept freezing while going through some apps soo i had to close it and reboot, a few times of that and like 15 of my apps dissappeared from the list.
2. how do i restore my messages, i did the titanium backup and nandroid stuff but i still can find a way to restore my messages? CAN you help me?
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1. Use mybackuproot next time. Has never failed me to save and restore APK's and Data, as long as its the same (ie, less reliable if you switch from Froyo->GB or GB to ICS but GB to GB is perfect).
2. Might be too late, I'm not sure if Titanium Backup does save txts but if it does (and you checked the box or whatever to back up txts) i hope someone else can help you. I use GoSMS's backup feature. I find it's even handy to have even when you still prefer the stock sms app due to the fact that it can do both manual and automated back up. It'll even send the file to your gmail for you periodically.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
This app is also great for backing up and then restoring SMS. It neatly backs up your txts to a separate SMS folder on your gmail account, automatically. Very minimal impact on battery (of course, if you set it to backup immediately every time or frequently this changes, 12-24 hour periods seems fair to me)
Hey guys, been off and on with XDA for a while. I just bought a Note 4 today coming from a Nexus 5. Been trying to transfer/restore my SMS's via the SMS Backup+ App and my gmail account. I am positive the SMS's got backed up due to the fact they're all in my gmail account SMS section with all my recent texts. The biggest problem I'm having right now is getting the SMS/Texts to show up on the application "GO SMS Pro". I was able to see my texts for a brief few seconds before it magically disappeared with this message on my screen showing it. It says "Tip: If the messages don't display properly, maybe GOSMS been prohibited to read the messages by permissions management app, please reboot your device or modify the permission settings".
I have already rebooted the phone. Any idea what this issue is?
I had a same problem. It seams that sms backup + is not compatible with kit kat. I used easy back up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdroidapps.easybackup
and it worked
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I think it could work if you set up sms backup+ as default messaging app. Restore from gmail and change default to go sms. Kit kat allows only one app at the time to make changes to text messages. If go sms is default than sms backup + wont be able to make changes. Problem is that sms backup + is not available as a choice when I'm trying to change default messaging app. Maybe someone with knowledge can modify sms backup +.
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darekz said:
I had a same problem. It seams that sms backup + is not compatible with kit kat. I used easy back up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdroidapps.easybackup
and it worked
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I think it could work if you set up sms backup+ as default messaging app. Restore from gmail and change default to go sms. Kit kat allows only one app at the time to make changes to text messages. If go sms is default than sms backup + wont be able to make changes. Problem is that sms backup + is not available as a choice when I'm trying to change default messaging app. Maybe someone with knowledge can modify sms backup +.
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I'll try this, thank you.
This did the trick and with ease! Thank you so much!
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Hey guys, been off and on with XDA for a while. I just bought a Note 4 today coming from a Nexus 5. Been trying to transfer/restore my SMS's via the SMS Backup+ App and my gmail account. I am positive the SMS's got backed up due to the fact they're all in my gmail account SMS section with all my recent texts. The biggest problem I'm having right now is getting the SMS/Texts to show up on the application "GO SMS Pro". I was able to see my texts for a brief few seconds before it magically disappeared with this message on my screen showing it. It says "Tip: If the messages don't display properly, maybe GOSMS been prohibited to read the messages by permissions management app, please reboot your device or modify the permission settings".
I have already rebooted the phone. Any idea what this issue is?
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Testing the updated sms backup+ beta from the google+ community easy to become beta tester to get it. Will let u guys know in a few hours. This new version makes itself the default sms app which should allow for a full restore
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I used Samsoog Kies and it worked okay for that and a few other things.
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I used Samsoog Kies and it worked okay for that and a few other things.
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It probably works great if you transferung from another samsung phone but wouldn't work with phones not compatible with kies
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I have a big problem after I restored all my sms from my previous phone to my brand new OP3T.
The app that I have used is Superbackup and the restore was completed successfully.
But when I enter to the stock sms app I am only receiving a "Loading conversation" message and the worse part is that after that my whole phone hangs when I open apps like Google search,chrome etc
Is there any way to start fresh clean with my sms database, by removing all of the current sms saved?
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Not sure if it will fix your problem, but in Titanium Backup it shows the SMS stored as "Messages (SMS & MMS)" and I've successfully backed up and restored this when migrating between ROMs on my 3T.
Not sure what the backup app you used is trying to do. Each phone manufacturer appears to store the SMS messages different, from what I've seen. My old HTC phone had them stored under a different name.
Very strange situation.
I cleared the Data from the messages app at the phone's settings and then everything was looking good, as it should have removed all sms.
Today I opened the messages app and all sms are there!
How is this possible??
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Clearing data for your choice of SMS app will only temporary hide all messages until the app restores all SMSes from the system-wide database in /data/user_de/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/. You have to remove that database to really start from scratch.
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Clearing data for your choice of SMS app will only temporary hide all messages until the app restores all SMSes from the system-wide database in /data/user_de/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/. You have to remove that database to really start from scratch.
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Came here to post this exact location.
Should have been more clear, in Titanium, there are two different entries: "Messages" app and the "Messages (SMS & MMS)". I think the latter is the same as the database location given in the 2 above responses.
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