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[Q] Going from Sense to AOSP

heres the deal: i want to try out cyanogen, but my primary rom is Skyraider. but there is one problem... my dinc is my primary phone (cant wait til my g1 gets here ), and has all my 9-somesh*t contacts, and messages, and everything else. does anyone recommend any apps to backup and restore contacts, messages, and all that good stuff? also, does anyone have any tips, tricks, or mods i can furthur customize cyanogen? thnx a lot!

Well, If you go ahead and save all your messages onto your gmail account as soon as you sign into it on the new rom all those contacts are ported. SMS I have not found a way to save but any important info just save it somewhere else.

Drewsipher said:
Well, If you go ahead and save all your messages onto your gmail account as soon as you sign into it on the new rom all those contacts are ported. SMS I have not found a way to save but any important info just save it somewhere else.
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I use the SMS Backup app, it will backup all your texts to your gmail. You can specify what tag to use. The app is free.

Pretty sure Titanium Backup doing back up all apps + system data will do this

morph3k said:
Pretty sure Titanium Backup doing back up all apps + system data will do this
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do not try restoring system settings across ROMs - not a good idea.

I use my backup pro. Works extremly well for me!

blackwolf77 said:
I use my backup pro. Works extremly well for me!
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i decided to buy the app, and it really does work great! although i wish my contacts didnt show double whenever i went from skyraider to cyanogen. other than that it works great!

Few questions with flashing ROMs

So I've been using mikfroyo for a bit now, then I wanted to try and switch to CyanogenMod 6.6.1(i think?)
Regardless, I did all the main steps...backing up all the apps...nandroid backup...wipe of everything...install ROM however a few issues arose that I wanted to address when I flashed Cyanogen..these issues all caused me to restore my mikfroyo..
1. When I try and restore all my apps and data with Titanium, it asks me to install EACH AND EVERY app that I ever downloaded before. Is there a way I can just auto accept them all? Am I pressing the right buttons for backing up and restoring? I usually run the batch operation "Backup all user apps + system data" and when restoring I always select "Restore all apps with data"
2. I could not post my original wallpaper that I had from mikfroyo, it would either use a random cyanogen themed wallpaper, or the screen would just go blank
3. All my saved game data was officially gone. Honestly this was the biggest issue, playing a game where you level up for months just to see it all go to waste is just demoralizing.
If anyone has the answers to these issues I'd be very grateful. I'd really like to explore beyond the world of MikFroYo!

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R1pTheJacka said:
So I've been using mikfroyo for a bit now, then I wanted to try and switch to CyanogenMod 6.6.1(i think?)
Regardless, I did all the main steps...backing up all the apps...nandroid backup...wipe of everything...install ROM however a few issues arose that I wanted to address when I flashed Cyanogen..these issues all caused me to restore my mikfroyo..
1. When I try and restore all my apps and data with Titanium, it asks me to install EACH AND EVERY app that I ever downloaded before. Is there a way I can just auto accept them all? Am I pressing the right buttons for backing up and restoring? I usually run the batch operation "Backup all user apps + system data" and when restoring I always select "Restore all apps with data"
2. I could not post my original wallpaper that I had from mikfroyo, it would either use a random cyanogen themed wallpaper, or the screen would just go blank
3. All my saved game data was officially gone. Honestly this was the biggest issue, playing a game where you level up for months just to see it all go to waste is just demoralizing.
If anyone has the answers to these issues I'd be very grateful. I'd really like to explore beyond the world of MikFroYo!
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1) Sadly no
2) I don't understand this question?
3) If you saved with Titanium this shouldn't be an issue

1) there is a way to not have to install all apps automatically but you have to purchase the paid app of titanium backup.
2) which wallpaper are you trying to use??? I also don't understand this question.
3) with titanium backup it saves the data for the apps you backup. Bit you need to make sure that you choose the correct batch to backup.
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1) that is a limitation of the free version sadly. Titanium is one of the few apps I can honestly say was worth paying for & now it's actually on the market unlike the way I had to buy it
2) all old wallpapers will be gone from that directory sorry :/
3) you just wiped EVERYTHING! However, with titanium you'll be able to restore game data hopefully

sorry for being undescriptive about number 2, but what i mean is that when i used mikfroyo i just had a wallpaper of a hot girl, and when i switched to CMod it automatically set the wallpaper as soemthing from CMod of course, but when i tried to set it back to ANYTHING else of mine the wallpaper would either switch to another CMod wallpaper, or the wallpaper would just be black
also i hear a lot about mybackup as an alternative, can anyone confirm that my issues wont occur using this app as opposed to titanium? (saved data/installing each and every app one by one)

R1pTheJacka said:
sorry for being undescriptive about number 2, but what i mean is that when i used mikfroyo i just had a wallpaper of a hot girl, and when i switched to CMod it automatically set the wallpaper as soemthing from CMod of course, but when i tried to set it back to ANYTHING else of mine the wallpaper would either switch to another CMod wallpaper, or the wallpaper would just be black
also i hear a lot about mybackup as an alternative, can anyone confirm that my issues wont occur using this app as opposed to titanium? (saved data/installing each and every app one by one)
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I used MyBackup Root and it was pretty seamless to me. I've never used titanium so I don't know how to compare it. MyBackup Root does APK's and their data though, and it's all automatic

[Q] New handcent feature question

okay so with the new handcent sms update a feature included is "Default messaging application"
the description for this is:
"Set handcent as the default messaging application, completely disable stock messaging application and 3rd application for SMS or MMS."
my question is, does this make it possible to delete the stock messaging app through root uninstaller?
And i only want to do this because they finaly came out with an ALL black theme lol.

In my experience with using this same option on GO SMS, yes, if you set Handcent to handle incoming/outgoing SMSs and MMSs, you can delete stock messenger. I'd suggest just freezing it in Titanium Backup if you can, though. And if you delete it, make a backup of it first.
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Blankrubber said:
In my experience with using this same option on GO SMS, yes, if you set Handcent to handle incoming/outgoing SMSs and MMSs, you can delete stock messenger. I'd suggest just freezing it in Titanium Backup if you can, though. And if you delete it, make a backup of it first.
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Ill try that then, thanks! The stock messaging app seems to be open in the background a lot.
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Please post your results!!
I had always heard that handcent needs the stock messaging - that hand cent is more of a ui not a service.
I'd love to yank the stock one if it's not necessary.

No you don't need the stock messanger for handcent to work. Both the wifes phone and mine are running handcent only. As mentioned above though use Titanium or Root Uninstaller Pro to back up the app first just in case. I've unistalled it a fair number of times thanks to my Rom'itus and never had an issue though!
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Yes I was using handcent for some time, every time I flashed a rom I would uninstall mms.apk with titanium and get handcent, it works just fine.
Although, from what I understand you cannot receive mms with handcent on sprint, never tried having both stock and handcent to see if u receive that way
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Thanks guys! Yeah I just pulled the stock one , and it works just fine, but I would recommend freezing or backing up.
*edit* oh and btw I think you can remove mms.apk since thi app gives you the option of handling both sms and mms.
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Edit: DO NOT selct the retrieve automatically setting under handcent settings. It will overide the voicemail and you will only reciecve voicemail notifacations through sms/mms.
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Text backup

I always use built in messaging and always lose all text when flashing. Finally want to keep what I have. Can anyone point me to a app that will backup and restore from tw to aosp? On agats stock, going to miui.
Thanks, danono
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I use "Sms backup & restore" its an app from the market that backup all your text amd can be restored whenever you want... i used to flash my evo alot and used the app to restore text messages no pic messaging tho..im pretty sure you can ise it with any rom when switching... just make sure the backup is done somewhere were you wont delete while flashing.... its the app with the blue icon and a clock theres different ones
I have only used it twice from stock el19 to calkulin 3.0 and then on ff18 so it worked for me i hope it helps.. just dont blame me if u loose ur text ok :b

I use an app called "SMS Backup" and it works just fine.

I use My Back Up Pro...Love it! Used since my HTC days…works like a charm. You can back up your data online or to your sd card. Online is bit of a hassle so I just back it up to my sd card......Never used SMS Back Up so can't speak on it but My Back Up Pro backs up everything, not just sms, but contacts (not necessary but it does) apps with or without data, setting, home screens, pictures, you name it.

Disable Automatic Emoji in Stock MMS?

Ok, so rather than flash again to CM10.1 or whatever, I've decided I would like to disable the conversion of <3 into that one with the Android with hearts for Eyes, and likewise for all other Emoji.
Is this possible without massive effort, or should I switch to another MMS application. I'm not opposed to plan B. Handcent and Chomp are my two candidates.
However I wanna know if this is something that is built into the keyboard first, since if thats the case almost all my apps will display them in place of plaintext ones.
I am also open to modifying font packages if I need to.

GO SMS is a very good SMS app
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NoobNick_24 said:
GO SMS is a very good SMS app
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Yeah, I just tried to fiddle and replace the emojis in the fonts and ****, with a backup beforehand of course. They showed up as squares, so I said screw it and installed GO SMS Pro. Oddly all of the issues I was having before such as Contact Pictures and whatnot, arent occuring, and on deodexed its oddly pretty fast.
I am still having the issue with GO Contacts EX Not grouping contacts by contacts (Like I have configured in google), but at least GO SMS Pro works now!
Heck I can even only have it display mobile contacts.
Oh hey look I accidentally....a bad word XP.