Hey Everyone,
I've got ALOT of accounts set up in K-9 Mail. It normally takes me about an hour and a half to re-set them all up.
I've tried this method linked below, but It didn't seem to work for me. I would install K-9 Mail, then import the exported files. I also tried Installing it, setting up one account, and then importing the files. Both cases, it doesn't seem to import any accounts.
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/iss...pe Status Priority Milestone Owner Summary#c5
I have both Titanium Backup (Paid) and MyBackupPro, and I can't seem to figure out how to backup the account settings in those either.
Anyone know of a way to do this?
I'd like to know this as well.
My Dell Streak crashes regularly and restoring is not a painless operation!
I am going to give Nandroid a try.
Use Titanium backup.
Related
Almost every morning (I turn off my Dash everynight) one of my emails accounts (IMAP4) disappear from the list of my email accounts.
Then I set up the account again but had to use a different account name because when I tried to use the original account name I got an error message telling me that that name already exists.
I found this utility on the web that is suppose to fix the issue (http://nicolasmauri.blogspot.com/20...-lost-mail.html) but I don't want to run it everyday plus: "The account will be visible again in Outlook and you will have to set the input and output server because they will be empty."
Any idea on how to fix this issue?
The other accounts (POP, Hotmail) are fine, only IMAP keep disappearing.
P.S. I just switched from MDA to Dash and never had this problem with MDA (well only when I reset the phone)
Did you use Sprite Backup by chance? Or maybe some other backup/restore utility? That sounds suspiciously like the problems that occur when you do an 'upgrade' restore in Sprite without first deleting the e-mail/gprs accounts.
I did use Sprite Backup. I'll try to Hard Reset and reinstall the apps. I'll let you know how it goes...
Is there any way to back up the mail accounts with the stock Mail app so I can just restore them after a wipe instead of having to manually set up them up again? I tried using MyBackup Pro but backing up the mail accounts is not one of the options. I'm also not interested in routing my various email accounts through my gmail account. It's a pain to have to constantly setup all my accounts (9 of them) each time I try some new ROM or something on the phone, not to mention having to manually mark each email as read for every account since the Mail app doesn't have a mark as read option. MyBackup Pro can restore my SMS/MMS, bookmarks, call logs, etc but I would really like something that can do the same for my mail accounts. Is there an app available for this or can I just back up certain files/directories on the phone that I can use to restore? Any help would be appreciated.
Only Gmail accounts.
I think you've just given me a great idea for an app. I also hate to re-enter my e-maiil accounts after a wipe. It's great that Google backups up my wireless connection settings so after a wipe they get restored.
I wanted to change my Google account on my phone and the only way to do this sadly is by reset back to factory settings. Which is already stupid as hell, but okay.
Anyway, I reset it. I even checked if my settings where backed up via the hidden privacy setting that was hidden since FroYo.
Yet, I lost ALL my data. All my phone numbers, my home screen configurations. My bookmarks, my ringtone settings.
Everything was GONE!
Thank god I had a vCard backup from August 7. Which contained most new numbers of my friends. I only had to ask 2 people for their number again.
I'm not sure how much stuff gets backed up with Froyo, but I suspect the reason you've lost things in this instance is because it's now linked with the account you wanted to remove from the phone.
I can confirm there are NO backup feature with froyo for the Desire...Htc said they didnt implemented yet the google cloud backup feature...search in the forum, u will find the full htc response...
Anyway when and if htc will implement it, it will be linked to ur gmail account
Sent from my HTC Desire
Well, I changed my way of storing this now.
All my contacts are no longer on my phone, they are all Google Contacts. I copied all the numbers as well to my SIM card as a backup. I will also make a monthly vCard backup (as I always did).
My calendar is synced with Google so always there.
I got an app called SMSBackup+ that can backup and restore all my text messages from my phone to my Gmail account and back.
If someday I find a way to backup specific things of my SD card to my Gmail account, I'm all set.
I wish Google had a service like Windows Mobile and their MyPhone service.
if your desire is rooted..... use titanium backup it backups everything!
and after the factory reset, configure primary gmail account using the wizard and then restore everything with Titanium Backup except [E-MAIL ACCOUNT SETTINGS]
I use the paid-version of Titanium Backup for all my apps and SMS Backup for texts, but what's the easiest for contacts and call logs? Google doesn't fully restore my contacts (for some reason there are some missing).
take a look at Call Logs Backup & Restore, it's free and it works like a charm
this author also has free apps to backup SMS and APNs
Are the "missiing" contacts on the desktop computer version of GMail? If so, they should all sync automatically. Are these contacts from Facebook, or SIM contacts? You might just need to sync your phone to Facebook before those contacts come up.
As a final idea, when you create a contact on the phone (at least with Sense ROMs), one of the things you get asked is where you want to store the contact. You get all your gmail accounts, exchange accounts and a Phone option. If you choose Phone, it will not sync with any online service, so that might be the reason why you loose your contacts.
For my case, I only store contacts on the Phone if I know I will delete them in the short term, that way if I change phone or have to wipe I get a free cleanup, but for contacts that I want to keep I always put them on some online account.
Regards
mschmiedel said:
As a final idea, when you create a contact on the phone (at least with Sense ROMs), one of the things you get asked is where you want to store the contact. You get all your gmail accounts, exchange accounts and a Phone option. If you choose Phone, it will not sync with any online service, so that might be the reason why you loose your contacts.
For my case, I only store contacts on the Phone if I know I will delete them in the short term, that way if I change phone or have to wipe I get a free cleanup, but for contacts that I want to keep I always put them on some online account.
Regards
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i use a couple different back ups. Google backs things up, titanium back up, then I'm using sms back up and restore pro. I haven't lost a message or contact yet flashed about 8-9 times in a week since i started rooting.
1: I've been running an ICS theme on my epic 4g touch for a little while and I'm looking into installing a ROM to improve speed and battery life. I've been struggling to choose between the most current version of Blazer, or Unnamed. They seem relatively similar apart from the fact that if I get Unnamed I'll have to flash an ICS theme over it, but I'd like opinions from everyone.
2: I understand for both of those ROMs you must wipe your phone. I have no issue with wiping apps as they can be reinstalled, but I need my contacts. I don't have an SD card and would prefer to not have to buy one, so is there any method to backing up my contacts that I could retrieve them post flashing?
Thanks in advance
1. I don't have either of those so can't help with that.
2. if you have a Gmail account set up you can back up contacts. its in accounts and sync under settings. just be sure to go online into your Gmail account to check. I thought I was backed up before and wasn't.
patrao_n said:
1. I don't have either of those so can't help with that.
2. if you have a Gmail account set up you can back up contacts. its in accounts and sync under settings. just be sure to go online into your Gmail account to check. I thought I was backed up before and wasn't.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've tried syncing the contacts to gmail before but when I checked the account, none of my contacts were there.
ya I believe I fixed it by going to accounts and sync. then clicked on the google account. unchecked all. then checked only contacts and hit sync now. if that doesn't work try removing account and then add it again. sorry I don't know of any third party way to backup the contacts.
The trick is to get all of your email contacts into Gmail on your PC even if you have to manually enter each one. Then they will sync automatically to your phone and you won't have to back anything up. If you use Outlook on your computer, I think there's a way to export your contacts into gmail with a csv file. I couldn't tell you how to do it but you should be able to find out by searching in Google forums. I did mine all manually when I first started using android and I've never had to back up anything. Google does it for me. I know this will sound really strange, but to get them all to sync to Gmail and into my phone contacts list, I had to enter a fake email address for the contacts I only had a phone number for. Now I can flash and wipe my phone all I want and all my email and phone contacts sync again as soon as my phone connects to Google servers. I have them stored on my sd card, too, but I never need to restore them from it. Make sure you have two way sync turned on in your Gmail account on your computer. If you want gmail to pull in all of your other email accounts such as Comcast or hotmail, you can set that up on your computer too in Gmail account settings. I get all my mail in Gmail now and don't even use the other email client on my phone.
When you create a contact it will give you 2 options. 1 to backup internal 2 to backup to Google. It seems you selected internal so you need to go to contacts and go through the menus until you switch all contacts to Google then do your sync through settings. Best of luck if your still having issues do a titanium backup.. but like the poster said above as long as you save your contacts to Google in the future it makes going from rom to rom a breeze
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App
Sweet, thanks everyone. I've got my contacts onto Gmail. Anyone have opinions regarding Unnamed vs. Blazer?
There's also a way to backup manually your contact list. In contacts program hit menu then export. It saves the file as 00001.icf in the root of your sd card. After you export, use a file manager to go and make sure the file is there before proceeding. You could then copy it to your computer or email it as an attachment to yourself.
Or it could be .vcf I forgot