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!
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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.
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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
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.
Hi, all. Ok, so since my november I have been waiting for Z3 compact root and great news of recent.
Since november, I have only used my phone just to make calls, after a major balls up when I flashed a firmware via flashtool without backing up. And even though technically, it should not have not wiped my data, it did.
I had some very precious and sentimental wedding images and 3 4k videos on the internal memory. (didn't have a sd card at that time) So, did not want to overwrite any new data.
Today, after rooting, I could use undelete type software with root access to recover my images. After all the waiting non of the *Top* apps worked!! wth. So, disappointed, some of u may laugh.
Anybody got any suggestions please. Any quality pro style apps, like used for PC recovery. Recovery on a low level perhaps (if possible)
I tried diskdigger, undeleter, recuva, hexamob, wondershare.
Please, anybody
Thanks for reading
davestuarts said:
after a major balls up when I flashed a firmware via flashtool without backing up. And even though technically, it should not have not wiped my data, it did.
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Sorry, but you won't get them back...
That's why I try to get pictures saved to my laptop as soon as I'm home, regardless of all this automatic cloud saving.
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And: saving to ext sd or finding an option in an app to do so first place.
Howlbeck said:
Sorry, but you won't get them back...
That's why I try to get pictures saved to my laptop as soon as I'm home, regardless of all this automatic cloud saving.
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And: saving to ext sd or finding an option in an app to do so first place.
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I have used them apps before to recover a few photos in the past. Can't see why it doesn't work know tbh . Thanks for the, save to the sd card advice.
Btw. You said you back asap. How do you keep track?
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Btw. You said you back asap. How do you keep track?
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Habit ?
Was in a similar situation when I had to put one of our dogs to final sleep. Very nice and emotional pictures, I lost them due to flashing the next or other days. The wife saved them with her own, real camera. That's what always reminds me to save important pictures.
Anybody else. I waited a long while to not use my phone after my mess up. There has got to be a way to retrieve data off my phone even if I have flashed it.
I'm sure forensic experts could find such images etc.
PC data can be recovered even after so many wipes, there must me someone here with some expertise?
Please can someone help?
i lost my data 2 days ago after using flashtool to flash a ROM,so now i put my data into sdcard
if you have no backup before,it is hardly find back your data
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moetoby said:
i lost my data 2 days ago after using flashtool to flash a ROM,so now i put my data into sdcard
if you have no backup before,it is hardly find back your data
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Thats too bad . But I see on TV shows all the time, using sophisticated software to recover data all the time. I'm sure this is possible somehow. My photo's are very very important to get back.
I always hear that PC HDD and phones people sell are very easy to find the data from.
People do not know that they are not always fully wiped.
Hook your phone up to your PC and try the several programs for the PC available for android internal storage restoration, just google a bit you will find tutorials and what not.
If you have not overwritten the files they might still be there. If you overwrote them i fear they are lost.
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Thats too bad . But I see on TV shows all the time, using sophisticated software to recover data all the time. I'm sure this is possible somehow. My photo's are very very important to get back.
I always hear that PC HDD and phones people sell are very easy to find the data from.
People do not know that they are not always fully wiped.
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well,yes,PC data can find back easily,but if the data was covered by new data,it is hard to find back either on PC or phones
if your phone haven't cover new data,then i could say good luck to you and wish you find someway
I don't know if you can recover those files at home, but maybe guys like http://www.krollontrack.co.uk can do it.
It probably won't be cheap though.
Hey everyone,
I got a Note 4 when they first came out and have been having a lot of issues with it every since. At first it was just signal issues where i was missing calls/voice mails, texts, etc, especially compared to my Note 3. I think started having issues with my phone freezing, heating up, etc. I am thinking about restarting my phone and reloading programs to see if things get better. My problem is that i still have my phone stock and non-rooted due to needing Knox for work. Any programs that you can recommend that i can backup my apps and its data? I am used to using TB for my rooted phone but i am not sure what i can use for a non rooted phone. I basically trying to reload my apps (side loaded and ones i got from the playstore) but also not lose data if i can help it.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
elosogrande7076 said:
Hey everyone,
I got a Note 4 when they first came out and have been having a lot of issues with it every since. At first it was just signal issues where i was missing calls/voice mails, texts, etc, especially compared to my Note 3. I think started having issues with my phone freezing, heating up, etc. I am thinking about restarting my phone and reloading programs to see if things get better. My problem is that i still have my phone stock and non-rooted due to needing Knox for work. Any programs that you can recommend that i can backup my apps and its data? I am used to using TB for my rooted phone but i am not sure what i can use for a non rooted phone. I basically trying to reload my apps (side loaded and ones i got from the playstore) but also not lose data if i can help it.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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G Cloud Backup. But you're still going to need root if you want to backup Apps and app data.
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G Cloud Backup. But you're still going to need root if you want to backup Apps and app data.
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So without root, there is not a way to backup apps and their data?
This thread talks about that:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/full-backup-of-non-rooted-devices
I use an app called Helium Premium by ClockworkMod, which works great for saving apps and data on unrooted phones. I recommend it highly.
I second the recommendation of Helium. It is about the only way to back up all app data without rooting. You do need to hook the phone up to a computer to enable it. The free version can back up to SD, but the paid version will backup to cloud drives like Dropbox. You can also go straight from one phone to another.