I'd like my new m8 to be set up as closely as possible to my old m7, but I'm a little confused about the overlapping restore capabilities between Titanium Backup Pro and Google Play (and assume HTC Sync adds nothing those two don't have)
The m7 is running stock 4.4 and TB Pro. The m8 is running stock 4.4.2 and is fresh out of the box except for being rooted.
My plan is to use TB to restore my user apps and data, and then selectively restore system apps, at a minimum things like SMS, Call History, Clock, because I'm under the impression Google Play won't restore those apps and data. But what does Google Play restore? Contacts? Calendar? Phone settings? Do I need to worry about the TB and GP restores stepping on each other?
Or is 4.4 close enough to 4.4.2 that I can just restore all system apps and data using TB and not worry about it?
Any help is much appreciated!
tshmit1 said:
I'd like my new m8 to be set up as closely as possible to my old m7, but I'm a little confused about the overlapping restore capabilities between Titanium Backup Pro and Google Play (and assume HTC Sync adds nothing those two don't have)
The m7 is running stock 4.4 and TB Pro. The m8 is running stock 4.4.2 and is fresh out of the box except for being rooted.
My plan is to use TB to restore my user apps and data, and then selectively restore system apps, at a minimum things like SMS, Call History, Clock, because I'm under the impression Google Play won't restore those apps and data. But what does Google Play restore? Contacts? Calendar? Phone settings? Do I need to worry about the TB and GP restores stepping on each other?
Or is 4.4 close enough to 4.4.2 that I can just restore all system apps and data using TB and not worry about it?
Any help is much appreciated!
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The combination of HTC backup and ES file explorer (app manager) have served me well
and google takes care of my contact list and paid apps. Dropbox comes in handy as well
tshmit1 said:
I'd like my new m8 to be set up as closely as possible to my old m7, but I'm a little confused about the overlapping restore capabilities between Titanium Backup Pro and Google Play (and assume HTC Sync adds nothing those two don't have)
The m7 is running stock 4.4 and TB Pro. The m8 is running stock 4.4.2 and is fresh out of the box except for being rooted.
My plan is to use TB to restore my user apps and data, and then selectively restore system apps, at a minimum things like SMS, Call History, Clock, because I'm under the impression Google Play won't restore those apps and data. But what does Google Play restore? Contacts? Calendar? Phone settings? Do I need to worry about the TB and GP restores stepping on each other?
Or is 4.4 close enough to 4.4.2 that I can just restore all system apps and data using TB and not worry about it?
Any help is much appreciated!
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Google Play will handle all your contacts if you chose to save them on your google account, if not you can manually save them by going to people then pressing menu and put manage contacts, in there there is a import/export contacts option open that up and put export to phone storage, select phone and put no, then ok, this will output a file called pcsc_pcsc_001.vcf to your phone storage so all you have to do is transfer that to your m8 and put import.
Never restore system applications across different devices as it can cause issues, to transfer sms messages open the messages application and put backup/restore sms and select back up and select ok, it will give you the option to backup sms or backup sms via mail, just select backup sms, you can put in a password or select the box that says do not password protect this backup, you can name it if you'd like, after the backup is complete the file is stored under a folder called sms_backup so all you have to do is transfer it to the m8 under the same location and put restore.
For app data you can go with the titanium backup method or under settings there a backup & reset section, inside there's a back up my data just enable that either select and htc account or google account it tells you what it saves, I've personally never used this method but it seems to be easier than transferring everything manually.
Theres also a get content from another phone under the settings, since your transferring to a m8 just put htc android device and it give you the option for quick transfer or full transfer, full transfer requires you to download an application on on your m8 and link the to devices, the transfer is done via a wifi hotspot that is created on your m7 so charges may apply.
All these options are present on sense 5.5, not sure how all these options stand on any of the sense 6 ports or if all are present and done the same way on sense 5. Good luck transferring and enjoy your m8
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I wonder if there is an app that could backup my phonebook cause tried several times with HTC Sync unsuccesfully
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is there anything like PPCPimBackup for android? I am looking for something that will backup contacts, calendar, etc. to the microSD card.
thanks.
Google is your one and only friend.
How to backup android and HTC Hero phone
As for free, there is Handy backup for android. among others
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All of your contacts are backed up to the Google servers. If you go to your Gmail account on the internet and click contacts, you will see them all. My phone went in for repair and 5 minutes after setting up my phone all of my contacts had downloaded to my phone.
You can also use/try:
http://beta.flexilis.com
Flexilis features:
Anti-Virus
Backup (Phonebook and media)
Locate: (GPS location and "Scream" mode to locate your lost/stollen/ misplaced device)
There are two programs that perfectly worked on my htc hero: Sprite backup for android and Vcard IO. First one options for contacts, sms, app etc backup.
rippir, thanks for the info. I just got an HTC Hero 2 days ago and have been on the lookout for all the "must have" apps for it. Just downloaded Lookout (which was formerly Flexilis) and am very impressed.
Good info!
I use MyBackupPro from Rerware. It backs Data & Apps to your SD card or to their secure website. You can even schedule auto backups either daily or weekly at a specified time.
Free version for testing if you wish.
Small fee for this app if you like it. I used the free verison 2 hot minutes, fell in love and bought the Pro version.
Found in the Android Market, search for: MyBackup
You can see more infor on their site: www.rerware.com
you can backup your contacts from gmail
go to gmail -> contacts -> Export
I'm thinking of using the HTC Backup service.
My questions is what features are missing? I know that it doesn't backup photos and videos as these are backup-ed to Dropbox.
Do contacts still sync with the Google account (as Google backup is disabled) and what about the apps? If I restore from HTC do they install automatically?
Anything else I should know?
Thanks
use google backup. then you can restore to any android device, not just HTC. and yes it does contacts, and apps. its started to do app data too but i've never tested if that works.
I use htc backup because it saves blinkfeed setting and Im kinda ROMaholic that I flash roms 2-3 times a day so I dont need to set my blinkfeed everytime.
if you wanna switch to other brand, just change backup method in settings and back everything up with google before letting your phone go.
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I use htc backup because it saves blinkfeed setting and Im kinda ROMaholic that I flash roms 2-3 times a day so I dont need to set my blinkfeed everytime.
if you wanna switch to other brand, just change backup method in settings and back everything up with google before letting your phone go.
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So if something happened to the One you wouldn't be able to use the HTC backup to another phone.
Corduroy-21 said:
So if something happened to the One you wouldn't be able to use the HTC backup to another phone.
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sadly yes but it is my preference so... hope for the best then
ryryzz said:
sadly yes but it is my preference so... hope for the best then
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Are there any settings? Because I don't see any.
I want to try it, but I can't seem to choose what to backup or not.
I see it backup-ed to my Dropbox account but don't know what it did.
For example dictionary etc.
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Are there any settings? Because I don't see any.
I want to try it, but I can't seem to choose what to backup or not.
I see it backup-ed to my Dropbox account but don't know what it did.
For example dictionary etc.
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Unfortunately there is no real options to tailor your backup. HTC Back up, backups:
Home screen settings: These include your categories and headlines in HTC BlinkFeed, widgets, and Home screen layout.
Accounts and passwords: HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email and social network accounts, including Exchange ActiveSync, Microsoft Hotmail, Flickr, LinkedIn, Evernote, and POP/IMAP.
Apps and settings: These include your web bookmarks, personal dictionary, Wi-Fi networks, TV remotes and viewing preferences, apps you've installed, grid size and sort order in the All apps view, and over 150 other settings.
When it has all been backed up it is encrypted and then sent to your Dropbox folder. What you see in your folder is encrypted files, so there is not much you can do with the files.
Hoped this has helped.
I reset my phone today to test the feature and I am very impressed with it. It restored everything perfectly except the grid size of the app drawer, I had to do that myself. All apps, settings, wi-fi networks and passwords, home screens with all shortcuts, widgets and folders that I created, blinkfeed and pretty much everything I normally spend hours re-customizing after a full reset. Text messages did not restore (I didn't think they would) but I had them backed up to my Handcent account. Bluetooth pairings also did not get restored but that's easy and fast.
Overall I am extremely impressed, it made doing a hard reset quite painless compared to what I usually go through.
I believe that the restore should also work on future versions of HTC phones so if you upgrade to a newer HTC you can restore all your apps and settings to the newer HTC device.
Did it backup and restore all your contacts ?
Thanks
nokevin said:
Did it backup and restore all your contacts ?
Thanks
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Normally, you shall store your contacts in your Google account....
experts,
need your guidance for to backup everything to gmail account from my S4. as i am to give this for repairing. dont want to be in trouble afterwards
hardly waiting for your valuable reply
best
shi
shinojmahe said:
experts,
need your guidance for to backup everything to gmail account from my S4. as i am to give this for repairing. dont want to be in trouble afterwards
hardly waiting for your valuable reply
best
shi
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What do you mean by everything? Because absolutely "everything" would be a nandroid backup. Do you mean just your emails? l you emails, apps, and other play services? Or apps, media, launcher, sms', contacts?
All of your services linked to your Google account (such as Gmail, Play Store Apps, G+ media, Play Music, etc) is backed up by default. Have you turned this off and want to know how to turn it back on?
If you want to grab everything off your SD Card, you can zip it up and upload it to Drive.
tiskael said:
What do you mean by everything? Because absolutely "everything" would be a nandroid backup. Do you mean just your emails? l you emails, apps, and other play services? Or apps, media, launcher, sms', contacts?
All of your services linked to your Google account (such as Gmail, Play Store Apps, G+ media, Play Music, etc) is backed up by default. Have you turned this off and want to know how to turn it back on?
If you want to grab everything off your SD Card, you can zip it up and upload it to Drive.
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sorry for making you confused
what i want backup is all data, like contacts, messages, gallery, settings and notes.
before a year or so, i done this with my note. that i made a backup, and restored another android phone, i got everything, including last message and contact list which i used before the backup on the first phone.
situation.
front glass of my S4 got a scratch. they says, this need to change display system, so there wont be any guaranty for the data.
so i must to make a backup, and later to restore.
pls suggest me the way
waiting
shinojmahe said:
sorry for making you confused
what i want backup is all data, like contacts, messages, gallery, settings and notes.
before a year or so, i done this with my note. that i made a backup, and restored another android phone, i got everything, including last message and contact list which i used before the backup on the first phone.
situation.
front glass of my S4 got a scratch. they says, this need to change display system, so there wont be any guaranty for the data.
so i must to make a backup, and later to restore.
pls suggest me the way
waiting
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If you are rooted and have CWM then your best option is a nandroid backup. This is only if you will restoring your backup to the same (type of) phone that you used to make the nandroid backup.
What I believe happened to you last time was the auto-backup feature provided by Google. This should already be on for you, but you can check by following these steps.
PS: This is the S4 Active forum, not S4 forum. Doesn't matter in this case though, but in the future you should look for the right one.
so now after my ongoing volume issue all the sudden my persistent ? Google search bar seems to partially disappear if almost totally randomly! f#(+ing annoying!!! I need to factory reset I guess.. I don't use backup to Google so cross that out. WHAT can I use to backup apps contacts pics music pics etc..? I've always had a rooted phone until now HATE IT SCREW VERIZON. THANKS GUYS
I've used Helium to back up app data and text messages. Some programs (such as whatsapp) allow you to manually save a backup to your internal storage as well. You can copy the backup to your PC with AirDroid or many other methods. You can also upload it to google drive or another cloud service.
Does the phone support the native Android backup and restore including sms, apps, etc
There are two types of backups available, one by Sony and one by Google. Not sure what you mean by "native Android".
Sony's backup and restore can backup SMS and apps in addition to contacts, call log, home screen settings, system settings, and calendar.
Google's backup includes app data, call logs, system settings, Google calendar, Google contacts, and SMS. The only option is to backup to Google Drive, unlike Sony's where you can choose to backup locally to the SD card, an external USB device, or to Sony's cloud service.
I should mention from past experience that I've had varying degrees of success in restoring from Sony's backup feature. Sometimes it'll hang at 50% indefinitely, sometimes only some options can be restored successfully, other times it works perfectly.
I recommend you use both services unless you have some particular beef with your data being stored on Google's servers.
I've tested both and Googles doesn't ever seem to back up SMS but all the other bits are fine (and restore fine).
Sony's definitely is a bit out of date I think as it has trouble backing up lots of the bits and even fails on app backups sometimes.