i've been looking around for a good free backup program but everything has a price. anyone here can help me find a free program to backup my dash and guide me through it so i can successfully backup my phone and not ruin it.
thanks
i dont know any free ones. but if the info you have on your phone is worth anything, you might want to drop a few bucks on some software. i use sprite backup. excellent program.
what you want to backup, contact and sms or all beacause there are more program that can do this, for example EasyHelper Contact Plus SMS Backup or sprite backup... so it depends.. i use the first because i want to backup only sms and contacts..
Yes, I know there are several topics already on this topic, but I haven't seen a reasonable solution in any of them ..
I was running Virtuous Unity Sense 3.0 v1.27 ROM this evening when I created a complete backup using Titanium Backup Pro Root .... I have now flashed a fresh copy of Virtuous Unity Sense 3.0 v2.37 ROM, and Titanium Backup Pro Root .. I am trying to restore my contacts by restoring 'Data only' for [CONTACTS/CALLS... Storage], but this only restores the groups I had defined in contacts, and not the actual contacts themselves ... I have restarted the phone after doing such a restore, but still, no contacts ..
So how do I get Titanium backup pro to restore my contacts as well ?
Luckily, I did create a nandroid backup of my Desire Z before reflashing, so I can go back and backup my contacts through some other means, but I want to know how to get Titanium Backup to restore them ..
And please don't say that I can use Gmail sync ... I don't trust gmail contacts sync because of my past experiences ..
Thanks for your help !
Don't trust google sync?
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Titanium Backup isn't configured to backup and restore contacts. It knows that Google backs up all of your contacts to your gmail account.
Make sure your contacts are syncing and the ones you're adding aren't 'Phone Only' contacts, and then sync and flash the new ROM. When you put in your gmail address it will pull all of them back down.
Why not just use MyBackup or sync with Google?
Spastic909 said:
Don't trust google sync?
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martonikaj said:
Titanium Backup isn't configured to backup and restore contacts. It knows that Google backs up all of your contacts to your gmail account.
Make sure your contacts are syncing and the ones you're adding aren't 'Phone Only' contacts, and then sync and flash the new ROM. When you put in your gmail address it will pull all of them back down.
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Why not just use MyBackup or sync with Google?
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Guys, I appreciate your help, really, but I've already said in OP that I don't want to use Google Sync .... Let's just say I have had a really big mishap before by going down that road ..
Secondly, Titanium claims to back up *everything*, and people on this forum suggested similar to me, so I'm wondering why does nobody know how to backup/restore contacts using Titanium ...
So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
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So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
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E-mail the developer about it.
^^ I was actually thinking that maybe I'm not doing something right, but I guess if you all are convinced that Titanium indeed cannot be used for backing up/restoring contacts that yeah maybe I'll email the developer
But is it a bug in Titanium, or is the feature itself (i.e backup/restore contacts) missing or something ?
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Guys, I appreciate your help, really, but I've already said in OP that I don't want to use Google Sync .... Let's just say I have had a really big mishap before by going down that road ..
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So you use a smartphone... A Google Android smartphone... and you're worried about using google sync?? Not to start a flame war but if you're worried about this you need to go back to a dumbphone...
So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
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No it does not. Everyone likes it because it backs up apps+data, and System data and restores when you flash a new ROM. Its an amazing app that has saved me hours of time when flashing ROMs. It doesn't back up contacts because when you use Android, contacts are backed up 100% every time. Using a Gmail account to use the phone automatically leads to backed up data. Why make an app to back it up when your phone does it automatically?
^^ I also have no intention of starting some kind of a flame war, and I only made my statement bold so that new repliers can see that point .. Like I said, I am grateful for your help ..
The reason why I dont like Google Sync for contacts is because two times my contacts got wiped out from both server and my phone, leaving me contact-less .. in the end I had to resort to an older nandroid backup to recover a partial amount of my contacts back ... now whether that was my fault or google's is unknown to me .. what is known to me is that for one reason or another, Google Sync for contacts has never really worked for me .. But apartment from this, I use google technologies, and google sync for many other things, and I love the company and their ideas ... I just don't like google sync for contacts, thats all .. And I had mentioned this point clearly in OP, and its not like I HAVE to use that, right .. ?
Anyways, I thought that Titanium could also backup contacts .. even if Google Sync does backup your contacts, it doesn't hurt to have other methods too, right ? ... I mean if you search on market for backup apps, you'll find tons of them .. redundancy ... so why should contacts backups be exclusive to google only .. ?
Anyways, the reason why I had made this post was because Titanium DOES show a backup of contacts, which is not working for me ... so I thought that I'm not doing something right ... if Titanium didn't support it entirely, then it shouldn't even make the backup in the first place, right .. ? But it did, and its just not working .. So I thought maybe I was doing something wrong myself, and that the app (i.e. Titanium Backup Pro) is fine as literally millions of people use it ..
I'm sure its able to backup/restore contacts ... I'm sure I'm making some mistake somewhere ..
And like I said, I didn't make this thread to start a flame war .. I just made this thread to get an answer to my problem, that all ... hope you understand
I guess I scared everyone off ... oh well .. :/
Titanium backup is awesome. It has saved me hours - multiple times, but to the best of my knowledge it backs up only the contacts application/settings... if it does backup actual individual contacts I would never know; as everyone else has said, I personally use Google sync. I imagine most users are in this boat. Maybe it's time you and Google contacts sync makeup.
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I'm telling you, use MyBackup to handle the contacts.
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Titanium backup is awesome. It has saved me hours - multiple times, but to the best of my knowledge it backs up only the contacts application/settings... if it does backup actual individual contacts I would never know; as everyone else has said, I personally use Google sync. I image most users are in this boat. Maybe it's time you and Google contacts sync makeup.
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I believe this to be true. It backs up the 'contacts' app and the settings for said app, but doesn't handle individual contacts info.
Why not use google contacts then export contacts to file,then you have your contacts in triplicate,phone,google and file?I must be luckly as I love the google sync function
TitaniumBackup does save contacts, you need to restore manually maybe Contact-backup-blabla (text is colored green in the list) and you need to reboot device.
But what is strange - for some reason data from my Gemini Calendar has not been restored I entered so many events... Damn...
there is backup for "Contacts and dialer" which i suppose is the app, and other entry for "CONTACTS/CALLS" which i think is the actual data. but since i have google sync up i'm not sure.
Also if you are so worried about google, how about that CarrierIQ that lies deep in the kernel and logs all your key-presses and sends em to everybody?
Cant help you with ti but i can recomend useing the option to download all contacts from google. That way you have a backup if they ever get wiped for some reason. Good luck
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love TB makes romming a breeze! Just use google contacts sorry you had a bad experiance but i have always used them or the carriers backup service in the past. Like the others said if you want that feature then get an app that supports is specifically or export from google lol.
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Hi everyone,
ahmadka, did you manage to restore your contacts?
Because I am facing the same problem. I switched from stock 2.2 to Cyanogenmod 7.1
I did a backup with TiBu. I backed up the ROM with ROM Manager.
I even backed up my SMS and Call logs using separate applications.
I thought TiBu would restore my phone contacts, but no.
There is an entry called contacts in TiBu, but it only restores a few contacts, not all.
I know the contacts are in the stock ROM, in a contacts database file, but how to retrieve them?
Do I have to flash the stock ROM, backup my contacts and reflash Cyanogen?
Isn't there a simpler way?
Thanks!
never had or heard of anyone loosing contacts stored through google, but whatever. i doubt there are many developers trying to make apps for android for something google does so well already.
titanium back isnt and i doubt will ever be a place to backup and restore contacts.
solutions, use google sync
use a pen and paper
download to simcard
download to sdcard
make your own app that does this
by an iphone, then go on apple forum and complain to them
ok just being an ass, sorry in one of those moods
I'd like to export my SMS messages either to my email (non-Gmail) or into text format.
"SMS Backup +" claims to back up to Gmail but I read a blog about it that makes me think it works with any IMAP server, not just Gmail(???). Not sure if it can export to text.
Similar thoughts for "Super Backup : SMS & Contacts".
There are a few other blogs around about this, but I trust answers here much more than some of the stuff out there on the web. So what are you people using for something like this?
PS - Oh, "Text via Email" looks promising. I also see "SMS to Text". Few to try out, but I'd like to hear if anyone has experience with these or other solutions.
Avoid "Text via Email"
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Oh, "Text via Email" looks promising
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Eiw, looks like this one scans your texts for advertising purposes. That's a no-go for me.
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Eiw, looks like this one scans your texts for advertising purposes. That's a no-go for me.
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I assume you mean for backup purposes? If so, I use SMS Backup and Restore. It backs everything up to an xml file. You can read the file, but it's not in a format that's extremely friendly to the eyes.
No, I'm not looking for a backup just to be able to restore to the phone again.
I am looking for a human-readable SMS export, so xml... that'd be my last resort -- I'd prefer text file(s) or email.
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Tried "SMS Backup +" and found that yes indeed, although it defaults to Gmail, it can be configured to use any other IMAP server. Pretty much perfect for what I wanted. Highly recommended.
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No, I'm not looking for a backup just to be able to restore to the phone again.
I am looking for a human-readable SMS export, so xml... that'd be my last resort -- I'd prefer text file(s) or email.
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The "Restore" part of "Backup and Restore" must have not been too clear.... the app I mentioned backs up to an xml file, then restores them back, regardless of what ROM you're using... I'm sorry for not clarifying that SMS Backup and Restore would actually backup SMS messages and restore them as well.
As I installed AOSPA and Huawei Backup is not available anymore, I am looking for something to make discrete backups of my data.
I am aware I could use TWRP to make a nandroid backup, but that's not what I am looking for. It collects too much garbage.
What I need, is something that can move around contacts (with multiple phone numbers, photo, other data), SMS (when imported back to preserve the chat structure), Phone Logs.
All I tried until now was either doing partial job, or it was utter rubbish. If you know something that can do this in a reliable manner, I would be happy to know about it.
You can try Titanium Backup, in this case the process is manually
I tried with call logs, messages and worked so well, if you want to Backup your contacts use your Google account
derei said:
As I installed AOSPA and Huawei Backup is not available anymore, I am looking for something to make discrete backups of my data.
I am aware I could use TWRP to make a nandroid backup, but that's not what I am looking for. It collects too much garbage.
What I need, is something that can move around contacts (with multiple phone numbers, photo, other data), SMS (when imported back to preserve the chat structure), Phone Logs.
All I tried until now was either doing partial job, or it was utter rubbish. If you know something that can do this in a reliable manner, I would be happy to know about it.
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SMS backup and restore maybe?
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derei said:
As I installed AOSPA and Huawei Backup is not available anymore, I am looking for something to make discrete backups of my data.
I am aware I could use TWRP to make a nandroid backup, but that's not what I am looking for. It collects too much garbage.
What I need, is something that can move around contacts (with multiple phone numbers, photo, other data), SMS (when imported back to preserve the chat structure), Phone Logs.
All I tried until now was either doing partial job, or it was utter rubbish. If you know something that can do this in a reliable manner, I would be happy to know about it.
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HI i am new to the forums and this is my first post/reply so far.
I use GCloud backup, a lot and it proved quite handy for me . Has a good selective restore function and a backup gallery.
This is an online tool, im not sure if it will work for your needs but give it a go.
Cheers
Leon
Hello
After several years of Apple, I bought Oneplus 7T.
Among the good things of the iPhone, surely there is the backup that copies all data and at the time of recovery puts everything in its place. So it wasn't for my OP7t. I used Oneplus switch, but the restore was not painless, I had to redo the connections of the icons on the main screens, but above all I had to enter all the data of each individual APP, as if I had used them as the first time, it was a long and noisy work. I ask you if there is a more effective and faster method to restore from backup
I hope I have been clear and thank you
If you were coming from an Android it is much more seamless. iOS just doesn't interface the same and thus some data doesn't transfer. However logging in to apps is normal after a transfer for security reasons.
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If you were coming from an Android it is much more seamless. iOS just doesn't interface the same and thus some data doesn't transfer. However logging in to apps is normal after a transfer for security reasons.
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Thank you very much for your reply
But I still ask, is there another system or an app that does backup in ios style?
I shudder at the thought, when it will still have to restore in this way.
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Thank you very much for your reply
But I still ask, is there another system or an app that does backup in ios style?
I shudder at the thought, when it will still have to restore in this way.
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If you have "Backup" selected in your google settings (Settings / Google / Backup) it will automatically back nearly everything up to your Google account (Google Drive). When you need to wipe and restore your current phone or a new one, you can select what backup you want to use during the setup process.
Other than needing to sign in to different accounts it's pretty seamless. It does backup your texts but not pictures, if I recall. SMSBackup does a much better job at that.
If your phone is rooted, there are at least two solutions: Titanium Backup (powerful but little complicated user interface) and "swift backup" (smart userinterface)!