phone been pretty good so far, but other day for the first time ran out of battery and lost all my data on phone, what is the best backup tool to use to avoid reinstallin again etc, quite annoying!! is the x backup ne good, backed up to my memory card, will this solve the problem if it happens again? assume i have to back up regularly tho to keep up to date, does this literally backup everything and therefore restoring make it adintical as it is now? r there ne better progs?
thanx darren
I prefer "Sprite Back Up" because of its scheduling feature.
You just "set it and forget it."
Sprite Backup is the BEST backup software for PPC 8)
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Is there anyway of getting a complete backup of my BlueAngel ?
When I say complete I mean "everything", ROM, storage, OS, data, settings, registry the lot...like the image of my laptop I make using ghost ?
I'd like to try experimenting with stuff but I don't want to screw things up, or rather, if I do, I want to be able to do a quick and complete restore.
I have a 1GB SD card so I could just back up to that couldn't I ?
The laptop image differs in the fact the os is held on hard drive wheras the pda/phone has its os in rom, I dont think you will achieve this in one backup. You would never need to restore the os unless you are flashing the phone or in the very rare event of a corrupt os in rom.
Possibly Sprite Premium
I think Sprite backup Premium will do this but not 100% sure.
http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/sprite_backup_premium.html
Re: Possibly Sprite Premium
I just had to do a complete backup using sprite. EVERYTHING was backed up except some bluetooth pairing codes. Worked fantastic.
Re: Possibly Sprite Premium
RESTORE, I mean, complete RESTORE. duh.
Does Sprite Backup v3 backup to old versions of ROMS if you mess up a ROM upgrade or dislike a ROM upgrade that you have recently undergone? I am just wondering how comprehensive a restore would be before I actually purchase this program. Also, how does one actually carry out a restore? Do you just have to install the Sprite program into the reset PDA and hit restore? Sorry for these basic questions, thanks!
My understanding has always been it does not back-up ROM. I tend to believe that as I recently had some problems with my XV6600 and did a series of test backups. With no software installed, it was a very small file...lead me to believe that ROM is indeed NOT backed up.
One of two ways to do a restore. If you use the default options in Sprite, then after a hard reset, you would need to reinstall Sprite and carry out the restore. Sprite 3 has an option to create a self-restoring backup, which is what I use. It does add considerable size to the backup and you can forget about putting it in the perm storage area. But upon a hard reset, you simply execute the backup file and you're off and running!
trewang said:
Does Sprite Backup v3 backup to old versions of ROMS if you mess up a ROM upgrade or dislike a ROM upgrade that you have recently undergone? I am just wondering how comprehensive a restore would be before I actually purchase this program. Also, how does one actually carry out a restore? Do you just have to install the Sprite program into the reset PDA and hit restore? Sorry for these basic questions, thanks!
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Sprite only restore settings, programs and personal data, I will not recomend it for rom upgrades, ex: I have 1.31 rom from o2 and make a backup, them make a rom update to i-mate 1.40, now make a restore, well, this will not work, some times erase new progranms in the rom, some times convert the new rom to old rom things, for do a restore just install the program a do a restore, but is better what you get a sd card for save the backup data in there...sorry in my english, i speak spanish...
Good morning! So, before updating to the newest dopod rom on my qtek 9000, I figured I'd be wise and cover my bases by backing my email/sms/mms up via sprite AND spb just to make sure of a good back up method, and even tested restoring them without incident. Well... that's where the goodness left off. I was silly and hand taken the time to read up on the restore process, and after the rom update, when I ran a restore, even of just the emails, it manages to hose the entire system. So, looks like I'm gonna be tryin to flash back down to the old rom and restore the stuff... and figure some way to export it all, then import it into the new configuration. Anybody got any ideas?
chainsawbeer said:
Good morning! So, before updating to the newest dopod rom on my qtek 9000, I figured I'd be wise and cover my bases by backing my email/sms/mms up via sprite AND spb just to make sure of a good back up method, and even tested restoring them without incident. Well... that's where the goodness left off. I was silly and hand taken the time to read up on the restore process, and after the rom update, when I ran a restore, even of just the emails, it manages to hose the entire system. So, looks like I'm gonna be tryin to flash back down to the old rom and restore the stuff... and figure some way to export it all, then import it into the new configuration. Anybody got any ideas?
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You may have missed the official tutorial on Device Upgrade mode - you MUST remove all POP3 accounts before backing up.
Hi, i know this maybe on other threads but i cant findit, yesturday my phone speaker stop working, my phone have warranty, AT&T send me a new 8525, but my problem is that i have to many things on my old phone that i dont remember all (diferent hacks and program fix that i spend long nights working) i whant to backup my rom with all the programs and setings to install it on my new phone, i have to send the old phone ASAP, please can someone help me. THANKS.
You can use Sprite Backup that has a feature of backing up ROM or Full backup. Or you can use SPB Backup. Both are good and will do your task.
And were can i download this programs?????
try spb image my friend
And were can i download this programs?????
OK my friends i locate this programs but they are to backup DATA on my PDA and i want to backup my ROM and create a RUU to install my rom on my new phone.
Sprite and SPB Backup both back up your settings, documents, programs (if they are in device memory) - all the data on your phone except the ROM. Dumping your ROM and then coming back and trying to create a RUU from it is going to be a pain the... well, it is unnecessarily difficult.
First, use one of the programs above and do a full backup. Then, when you get your phone back, flash the same ROM you are using now and then restore from your backup. You will achieve the same result with much less trouble.
Is there some reason you MUST back up your ROM? Is it one of a kind?
Ok but i cant find this programs that works with WM6, i download them but i am getting error when try to backup.
so the dhd fell out my pocket onto concrete and the screen is f**ked, completly smashed. (surprisingly the screen itself is still ok.) luckily i have insurance
I know this is a noob question, but I want to know for sure.. if i make a nandroid backup, this backups everything right? ie every setting, and every app and every icon on the home screen etc etc?
And i assume the best way to check it works is to try and restore it?
Thanks..
it should backup everything except the SD card content.
But if you've got apps installed on your SD card and you leave it in the state it is now, you can put the phone into recovery mode and it'll be exactly the same as before.
Correct me if i'm wrong please.
But what if you get a new phone, instead of this old one repaired? Can you still restore your nandroid backup? Because it's on another phone.
Why shouldn't it work. Its exactly the same thing, just root it and run the recovery.
I just read an interesting article about this and about saving settings and apps to the cloud on Gizmodo.
http://tinyurl.com/6fsmfeo
well the nandroid backup, or at least the one i've done through rom manager/cwm backs up to the sd card, so if i did get a new phone i'd just be able to put in sd card, root phone/install cwm again and then restore?
Titanium Back-Up is good for backing up and re-linking applications if you want to do just add application to a new rom image. I would suggest your current situation might be a good time for a fresh install.
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it should backup everything except the SD card content.
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nandroid won't backup your radio either, so you'd have to re-flash your radio...