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Is there a good software for backing up the Galaxy S?

Is there a good software for backing up the Galaxy S?
I used to use MYphoneExplorer on my sony phones.
I installed the samsung KIES and it took ages to install for a simple program. It feels like bloatware.
I had to backup my phone because of a 'WIFI no network' software crash that was only solved by master reset.
I don't really like the samsung software, it feels bloated. It always asks me to install Myfreecodec every-time i click on anything. Even though i have codecs on my machine.
and i had to turn off some background KIES app running all the time by using "RUN msconfig"
--ok gripe over
but seriously there must be a better program for backing up my personal info on my Galaxy S?
cheers

I use Titanium Backup, its on the android market. Works well you can schedule backups etc and these are stored on your sd card. If, like me, you find the need to reflash your phone just re-install Titanium and then restore your back up.

cheers for the info on Titanium Backup, I'll check it out
It looks pretty good. I like the fact that you tested it out on the same phone as me
...Also do you know of any programs to back up messages and PIM etc to my PC so I can read them on my PC? (like an alternative to the Samsung KIES)

I'm backing up now
i used the one click rooter
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742403
and titanium backup
so far so good.
Do you store the backup on a PC or Mac in case you lose/break the phone?

Cant think of anything to back up messages and PIM to pc. For the scary thought of losing/breaking your phone when you connect via usb you can always drag the back up file across so you can keep a copy there. The only prob is that you would need to do this regular as otherwise it wold end up out of date.
For Pim I use "g-sync it" which I find great with outlook.
Glad you're enjoying the phone, I moved over from Blackberry and there's no going back!

[Q] restore help please..

Am new to Android two weeks ago. I had to have my new SGS replaced and thought that all the phone settings and apps were being synced with my google account (I've always had Background Data and Auto-sync checked on as well as my google accounts set to sync on for Gmail, Contacts and Calendar). Having powered on the new replacement and entered my google account settings I was expecting it to recognise that the new device was not in sync with google and offer to push everything back down to the phone.
All that has happened is my Contacts, Gmail and Calendar are in sync but the phone settings & previously installed apps through the market place are not.
If I go into the Android Market Place on the phone and look at one of the previous apps I had installed such as BBC iPlayer it shows my rating and comment so it knows its me but only offers the option to reinstall the app again from the market, i.e. finding each app manually and reinstalling. Is it not supposed to restore the apps you have previously installed? I reinstalled this app from the market but it hasn't restored the user data associated with the app.
Having dug a little further whilst writing this, I notice that if I log into the Android Market through a web browser on the PC I can see in the "Orders" screen the apps that I previously downloaded. However, on the next tab "Settings" shows My Devices with the old and new phone listed. There doesn't seem to be a way to remove the old phone from my account or tell it that the new phone actually replaces the old so just give me the old data to the new device.
Being new to Android I did think that this was meant to work slicker than this, I hope someone can help out a newbie please?

If you go into the Market and look at My Apps, you should be able to redownload them all (I think an option exists to download them all with a single click "update all" or something like that). Most people backup their applications etc using Tatanium Backup so that they easily restore user apps after ROM upgrades etc. You can also backup SMS messages using an app from the Market.

When you first enter a new Google account into your phone, there is a check box to restore your apps from the Market. This actually is usually best NOT to use since it can cause a sudden massive download.
It is in all ways safer and smarter to just go into MyApps and reinstall the apps one by one. It may take a little longer, but it is a better method.
Titanium Backup is a good option for restoring apps after you flash a new rom, but it won't do you any good if you change phones.

Unfortunately that isn't the case.
If I go into the Android Market Place on the phone and "My Apps" I don't see the apps that were installed on the old phone and thus no option from My Apps to reinstall them.
The only apps that are present in My Apps are those that were I guess added by Three's flavour of this 2.2 OS, which are the Three app plus Google Maps and YouTube.
Their seems to be something wrong with market place if it is meant to work how your suggesting. If I log into market place through my PC that google account sees both the old and new phone but doesn't on the phone offer the old apps to the new phone.
I'm pretty sure that when I entered my google account details earlier that there was no option box to restore as I would have taken that option as I have an unlimited data plan.
I wonder if I should do a factory reset and re enter the account details again but I fear that it will just see this new phone in the market place and not the old one as they obviously have some sort of device id.
Unfortunately it looks like Titanium is just for rooted devices and am not ready to go down that route (no pun intended) just yet.
If the apps and app data are suppose to sync with google then it seems like an unnecessary duplication of work to redo something outside of what should be part of Android natively.
If I have to install a backup app then I would want to find one that backs up all the phone settings, apps and app data to the SD card which I can then move over to the PC where there is obviously more storage. It would be nice to find such an app that provides a selective restore so that it would also be compatible with a new different model phone so that only the apps and app data could be restored.

[Q] Apps from Old to New Phone

Hello Experts...going to upgrade my current Galaxy Nexus to a Nexus 6. Is there an easy way to get all my apps from my current phone onto my new one? I have some that are side loaded and just want to be able to port over what I have to the new phone. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Try Helium from Play. It backups apps and data.
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when setting up the n6, itll give you an option to port over your apps from your previous phone. problem is, those side loaded apps wont appear. but you cam jyst send yourself those apps or use an app like titanium backup to back them up/restore them.

TitaniumBackup works great. I have used it for years to port apps & app data from phone to phone to phone. Try it & you won't regret it.

Titanium backup is my go to, only thing is you need to be rooted..

TiBU
but DO NOT restore system files,
what I did getting my N5 data ready to port to new device (2 days ago) backup everything TiBU will backup, copy all files to new device (or the temp N7 device in my case) and restore only regular play store apps, and its safe (only if the relatively the same base OS version) "accounts."
the best order is restore "app only" things that you are unable to get from the play store, the selectively restore the data to those apps you know would be a pain in the ass to set up (email clients, security DVR clients, Tapatalk...) but if its a red system file, avoid it, even for files like gmail.
the biggest problem TiBU causes people is flashing a new ROM then restoring everything they backed up, at that point you just unflashed the rom and run the risk of pushing bad incompatible core files on the new build...
in short (as I'll explain in my case) my N5 files have been copied to my N7 and restored what I stated above, while I wait for my N6 to be sent to be some day soon hopefully, where I will repeat the same process... all devices are on LP5.1.x and have had no issues... by importing the green accounts data, I'm not needing to re enter the 7 email accounts I want gmail to sync.
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I restore some gapps with Tibu and haven't had any issues..

ryanallaire said:
I restore some gapps with Tibu and haven't had any issues..
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I've never had the need to restore from an app, not flaming them, just not my preference. I let the OS do it and for sideloaded apps, I typically have kept a copy on my PC, so I just batch re-upload to the phone using wifi file explorer pro, and install what I want.
In fact, to be it's great because when doing a major change I can take an audit of what I really have used, and not to decide what to load, etc. (and you can choose as well when porting over, etc.)

How to restore settings, apps, etc? Last phone isn't an option.

I just bought a new Galaxy S8+. When i fittest turned on the phone and tried to restore my apps and settings that were backed-up on the cloud through Google, my previous phone a Nexus 6P, was not an option for me to restore from. I skipped that step and continued to set up the phone thinking I could restore those settings at a later time. Since then I have not found any way to restore those apps and settings. I have downloaded the Samsung sync app which allows for 2 phones to connect with either a cord or wirelessly to restore/copy apps and settings but I could not get that to work. I really don't want to have to download each individual app manually and set each one up. Is there any other way to easily restore/sync my backups to the new S8 that I haven't already tried? Why wouldn't my old phone be an option to sync from the first time I turned on the phone? Is my only option to wipe/reset the phone, start from scratch, and hope that my 6P is in the option menu this time? Is there something I can do with my 6P to make it appear in the restore list this time on my S8?
Thank you in advance for any help.

The apps My Backup and My Backup Pro are good for that purpose. I'm not sure if it can save your app data if you're not rooted though as I've always been rooted. But its still useful to save some settings and apps. I've used it for around 7-8 years to restore the bulk of my information. Some apps like Waze do not like to be restored and you have to clear the app data in settings before use.
Do not restore contacts or calendar since google already has that info.

Best way to migrate everything from a Note4 and using Nova on Note9

Hi all,
I've got a couple of questions regarding the Note9, which I'll be getting this week:
1. What is the best way to migrate everything from my Note4 to the Note9? I've read that there a few ways, what's the best? what do I do with content that isn't backed up like game's progress?
Does Smart Switch, for example, copy everything? Do I need to migrate everything to do with my Google account separately?
2. When using Nova on my Note4 there were a few things that were disabled when changing Samsung's launcher, like attaching Notes to the screen or using the calendar widget.
Does anyone know what we lose, if anything, by changing the launcher on the Note9?
Much appreciated.

I'm having the same problem with the calendar widget; is there a workaround to get the Samsung calendar widget working on GoLauncher?
To answer your first question (although you may not need the answer anymore but maybe other people do): I copied all my files from a Xiaomi to Samsung Note using Samsung's Smart Switch app, available on Google Play. Works well, except that favorites and settings within the apps are not copied to the new phone.

Helium Backup is a good solution for non rooted devices to transfer your apps including all data to a other device. Not all apps but around 95% of your apps you can copy....
If your devices are rooted, you can also use Titanium Backup - thats the best solution but works only with rooted devices.

I always use Titanium, since being rooted.

Not 100% on this but I've read it's better to do a clean install than full transfer, what I mean by this is just backing up through your Google account and redownload all apps and settings. Manually transfer documents, pictures, music etc.

If I were you I'd removed Nova launcher before using smartswitch to transfer. Better still do a fresh install as others have suggested.
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daLareid said:
Not 100% on this but I've read it's better to do a clean install than full transfer, what I mean by this is just backing up through your Google account and redownload all apps and settings. Manually transfer documents, pictures, music etc.
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Samsung Smart Switch copies all documents, pics, contacts, phone data, etc. Just not all settings for apps.

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Samsung Smart Switch copies all documents, pics, contacts, phone data, etc. Just not all settings for apps.
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Yeah, if you are running the stock Samsung Launcher then Smartswitch is the way to do this. As it litterally moves everything from your old android device to your new phone. It does a much better job if you are migrating from a Samsung device too. I use it when I upgraded from my N910C to my N950N.

correct, Helium Backup transfer also settings and datas from many apps including the application itself (not all apps), thats the reason why I prefere Helium Backup
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Samsung Smart Switch copies all documents, pics, contacts, phone data, etc. Just not all settings for apps.
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Samsung Smart Switch copies all documents, pics, contacts, phone data, etc. Just not all settings for apps.
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I know it does but I once had pictures and somehow they became corrupted through Smart Switch, they still transferred alright to the new phone but I deleted them from the old phone and when tried to access them through the new phone they were all corrupted and I lost them, that's why I rather manually save them.