So I've been flashing a couple Roms on my N6 lately and now every time I restore my phone the latest backup is from 7 days ago. It seems like there is a 10 device backup limit and I was wondering if anyone knew how tho delete some of the devices. In case its not really clear, I'm talking about the initial setup process where you get to restore from older phones.
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Hey all!
I need to swap out my NC due to a few dead pixels, while it is still under the 30 day warranty.. I've rooted it and am running well, apps installing, gmail synced, all that good stuff. My question is, what is the best way to back everything up before returning it? Would a simple Titanium backup/restore do the trick? I've read somewhere that if using Titanium to restore system data, you could have problems? Would it be best to just restore apps/app data? Thanks in advance!
Dennis
Using Titanium backup for Apps/Data is the way to go for this; just don't restore until you have your new device at the same point (rooted 1.0.1 or 1.0.0 depending on which update you are one now.
If you use Titaniuim to restore Data onto a different Rom you could run into problems because different ROMS can use different ways of store data etc. ... but as long as you keep the same ROM you should be fine
On the same device, if I restore Apps/Data it hard resets and screws up. If I restore Apps only its stable.
Just food for thought if it happens to you
It would stand to reason that data wouldn't restore. Same story with the iSomethings, I would only restore the apps... Data is mostly settings and the like, but unless you're a crazy customizer it'd take the average user about 5 min to redo all the config settings.
Bigger time savings would be to have your Autonooter/1.0.1 card(s) ready to root before hand.
I have a bunch of extra 512MB drives so I just let the files sit on cards and label the cards for reuse.
So, to fill you all in on my situation. I've had quite a few Android devices, and am experienced with the platform. After having some money trouble, I sold my latest (Dell Streak) and have gone back to a G1. I picked up a G1 on the cheap thanks to the touchscreen no longer working. The only issue is that initial set-up requires you to 'touch' the android. After a lot of fiddling and playing with ADB, I got the latest Cyanogen and custom recovery installed.
However, because I'm unable to perform initial setup on my phone, it's prone to some weird errors (including the contacts app crashing, and the home button not working).
After having done some research, it would seem a nandroid backup from a different G1 would work on my one, so what I would like to ask, is if someone could backup their phone via nandroid, wipe it, sign into my google account during setup (I'd PM you my login details), nandroid again, apply the first nandroid backup (so their phone is back to normal) and send me 'my' backup? I know it's quite a bit to ask, but as I don't know anyone with a G1 I thought I'd at least ask on here. Thanks for your time guys
-Thrash
Ok this may have been addressed and i am sorry if i missed it but i have searched. When first getting the nexus It would automatically backup my apps and settings. First couple roms i flashed did the same. Well lately it no longer does this. When flashing a Rom i have to pick a backup from over a month ago. Is this due to encryption being off? Or am i just missing something. Alot has changed in a month and i would like to get that feature back.
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Ok this may have been addressed and i am sorry if i missed it but i have searched. When first getting the nexus It would automatically backup my apps and settings. First couple roms i flashed did the same. Well lately it no longer does this. When flashing a Rom i have to pick a backup from over a month ago. Is this due to encryption being off? Or am i just missing something. Alot has changed in a month and i would like to get that feature back.
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I had to set up my phone 3 separate times. First initial and was an idiot by taking a nice few hours meticulously setting up everything just find out unlocking and rooting would wipe.
2nd time was after I decided to unlock and root. Set everything up again. Still did not lose the option you talk about.
3rd time I decided to decrypt. Still was able to use it. So I don't think encryption has anything to do with it. Also the backup being used was from my last set up from my encrypted 2013 Moto X.
I think the backup for you got corrupted somehow and is no longer usable. Only thing I can think of really.
Near as I can tell, Google only does the backup if you are running the stock ROM. Not sure what's going on or why.
I have the same issue-I am using stock, rooted and un-encrypted and I had to setup my Nexus 6 a couple of times, since I did not root when I got it...but every time I did it only showed my Nexus 5 backup, Nexus 6 wasn't even on the list...I am not sure why and what is going on but it happened to me as well...
I just went to my Google Settings and it shows that it saved my Nexus 6 device so I am hoping this won't be a problem anymore...
How exactly do we access our old backups?
I have my nexus 6, and it is set to backup apps and data. But when I try fire up a moto x 2014 (lollipop) I have setting around the house, and try to start the device fresh....I only get the option to do "tap and go". I have no option, even if I skip this step and sign in, to access my backups and restore.
Am I missing something?
Thanks
in main settings, backup and reset, do you have backup my data, and automatic restore enabled?
Yes, I do. Could it be something with the moto X in particular? I am tempted to reset my nexus 6 and try it out, but I don't feel like spending the time required to get it how I like it, if it doesn't do the restore correctly.
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Yes, I do. Could it be something with the moto X in particular? I am tempted to reset my nexus 6 and try it out, but I don't feel like spending the time required to get it how I like it, if it doesn't do the restore correctly.
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no idea. every time i reset my n6 and want to restore, it always gives me options to restore nexus 5, nexus 7, or nexus 6 backups.
It gives me options from my one plus and nexus. But they're all old. It does not backup any new backups. Been about a month now.
I have this same problem my N6 has never backed up data. My N9 and my AOSP LG G3 both do just fine.
I have done clean installs probably about 10 times with my N6 so far. Never once has it backed up the data.
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and AOSP
So i logged into an M8 running LiquidSmooth 4.4.4 And when i wiped and cleaned flashed LiquidSmooth 5.0.1 for my nexus the backup from the M8 was there but not anything recent from my nexus.
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My 100% stock ATT nexus 6 will not backup my google account info. App data, wifi passwords and such. The setting is on.
I go to restore on my HTC One m9 and no go. When I use the tap and go feature it has me log into my google account then makes me choose a backed up device or start clean. My nexus 6 is not there.
This is probably one of the more frustrating features that I have seen on this device. Whenever I wipe (per say to go to another rom) in the setup process there is no option to select restore from a nexus 6. Only from my tablet and NY old note 4 that I haven't used in 2 weeks. This is really frustrating because I have to manually download all the apps that I use on a regular basis. Is there a way to fix this? Has anyone else run into it?
Why not just use titanium backup. I find it much easier and much faster.
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I have exactly the same issue. It's incredibly irritating to have to re-set everything up including wi-fi settings etc. etc. I don't understand why it keeps showing just my old Nexus 4. I've learned my lesson now and will do a nandroid next time but that is something that should be working anyway.
I think there's a lot of us with the same issue. Tb is fine but I want my settings to restore also.
Yep it sucks, trying to use Google to have a solution but still nothing everytime I try to clean flash I need to select setup as new device since my last backup is almost 50 days old.
I could use titanium backup but why download an app when my phone is supposed to do that without the need of an extra app
It hasn't backed up mine either... Nvidia Shield backsup just fine but not this... I can't understand what's going on.
I posted what worked for me to have my Nexus 6 show up in my Google Play devices in another thread earlier as I was having the same issues, then noticing that the Nexus was not showing up in my devices on Google Play.
Basically, a few days ago, all I did was go to "Backup and reset" in the phone settings, turned off "Back up my data", then turned it back on again and my device finally showed up in Google Play and is presently up to date in the "Last used" column at this time. As noted in the other thread, I have not reset the phone since but hopefully now that the phone is in the list and updating, it will be an option next time I reset the phone.
This worked for me to at least get the phone to show up in Google Play. I hope it works for others that might be having the same issue and hopefully with the phone showing up in Google Play, an automatic restore will be possible after a reset.
Ok, I have had about enough running without root on my SM-T813, so I'm planning on fixing that this weekend. However, I have been using it for a week and a half now, and I'd like to restore it to its current state after nuking/decrypting the data partition.
Would it be too simplistic to think that SmartSwitch would resolve this by letting me backup/restore? Is there another way to do a backup and restore when going from encrypted to unencrypted?
Thanks!
Samsung smartswitch mobile
Yeah. no. This is one area where Apple roundly trounces the crapola out of Samsung - iTunes backups are generally pretty reliable - I've done restores to the same tablet and to new tablets with excellent results for years. Smartswitch? not so much. It only managed to restore about 90% of my apps, despite my taking a backup RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED, and none of the data or settings came over. I'm not sure how that qualified as much of a backup/restore...
This is partly my fault, though, as I was in a hurry. I should have rooted first, backed up with TiBu to the SD card, and then disabled encryption. As it is, I have recreated most everything (Nova settings, banking apps, email, etc.) to where it was. I did lose all my progress in The Room and Does Not Commute, but I actually like both of those games, so replaying them won't be too bad.
The upside is that this won't ever happen again, because now I have two "real" ways to backup and restore data on this tablet.