Hi.
Lately I've been changing between the new versions of the Oxygen ROM, and it's a real pain in the ass saving all my phone numbers over and over again, and losing all my text messages.
Is there any easy way of backing up this?
you open your phone book, hit the menu button, import/export, export to sd card. At least it works like this with HTC Sense, don't know if they changed the phone book...
Don't know how to back up texts though...
try an app called mybackup, it backs up not only apps+data, it saves contacts, messages, calender tags, bookmarks,call logs and many more
Titanium backup, mybackup pro, sms backup does the work. I prefer Titanium.
There has got to be an easier way of taking backup than Titanium?
My Backup Pro has got a much simpler interface than Titanium backup. But I prefer Titanium because it is way powerful and has many options like Freezing the application, Sync to Dropbox etc.
FAQ section in Titanium Backup gives you a nice overview of the available options. So it only takes few minutes to understand the features that are required for common backups.
I use titanium for apps as, like others have said, it's more flexible and allows you to choose what you backup/restore/delete etc.
I also use mybackup pro as it's very quick and simple to back up dictionaries, sms, call logs etc (not contacts, as all of mine are google anywaay).
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I have a full version of Titanium Back up and was wondering if there was a way to back up the call log without backing up all system data, Ive already done it for sms/mms thank you.
Edit: Found a app on the market called Call Logs Backup & Restore and its free but would still like to know if there is a way with Titanium
goto menu, batch, backup system, deselect, now pick which apps u wanna backup
I know that but which file is for call log is what im wondering
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its something in parentheses, calls/something...try that should be a green color...its fairly obvious
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Cool will try it out thank you sir
Found this thread by searching, but it isn't fully answered. What item in the backup list contains the call log? pete_kolwalski83 suggested that it was obvious, something green, but I don't see it on my phone.
Here are all the items in green:
Accounts
Application Widgets
Bluetooth pairings
[CALENDAR] Calendar Storage 1.1
[USER DICT] com...serdictionary 2.2
[CONTACTS/CALL...tacts Storage 2.2 **** is this it? I can't get the full name, but it sisn't work
Country, Language, Time zone
[VOICEMAIL] Dialer 2.2
[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.2
[PLAYLISTS] Media Storage 2.2
[SMS/MMS PREFS] Messaging
[WALLPAPER/SETTINGS] Settings 2.2
[SETTINGS/BLUET...tings Storage 2.2
[BOOKMARKS] Web 2.2
Wi-Fi Access Points
By the way, what is the difference between the items in parenthesis and the items that are just green?
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[CONTACTS/CALL...tacts Storage 2.2 **** is this it? I can't get the full name, but it sisn't work
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Pro Tip: Turn your phone sideways -- Ti Backup will go landscape and show you more of the title.
That said, that should be it. That's the "[Contacts/Calls] Contacts Storage"
By the way, what is the difference between the items in parenthesis and the items that are just green?
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The bracketed prefix is just a "nice name" for what the item is. It's only used on certain system items. For example, it lets you know that you want to backup the "Dialer Storage" to get your SMS/MMS messages, and that the "Messaging" app only backs up the prefs for that particular app, not the messages themselves.
Also, running the backup and then long-pressing on the item in question and tapping "Explore" on the menu that shows up can reveal some information to you.
Wow, I can rotate my phone!?!?! Hehe, thanks for the pro tip.
Although, that setting isn't the one that contains the phone log. I just installed a new ROM after backing up all apps and settings. I restored all of the green items, but I don't have a call log. I have my SMS, and my contacts are in my gmail, so they came over when I resynced, but alas, no call log. I sure do wonder where TB has buried that option.
Odd. I've never tried using Ti Backup to restore SMS/MMS/Call Logs -- I always used the free apps by Ritesh Sahu. They've worked for me.
Yeah, I've also always used other backup apps that can save the call log. Funny that TB doesn't seem to be able to do this though, since it can back up everything else.
Or perhaps I am just doing it wrong...
after restoring CONTACTS/CALL, reboot your phone and they will show up.
For sms, restore [SMS/MMS/APN], then reboot. (You may also need to restore [Voicemail] Dialer, but I am not sure though)
I would like to know how to restore my vpn connections.
Hello all,
I often hear people talking about flashing new ROMs every few days. When flashing the newest CW7, it clears out all my apps and settings. No problem, I use Titanium Backup and restored all the apps, and restored *most* of the settings (I'm never entirely clear what settings are ok to restore and what aren't).
For those who often flash new ROMs, how do you restore things like your widget placement and icon placement on your home screens? Do you just do that manually or is there some trick I'm missing?
What about voicemails? I normally lose all my messages too. Is there some backup/restore routine I'm missing?
Usually I have adw and reinstall the apps I had previously but taking over apps from roms is dangerous. And I back up my adw settings and desktop configuration. That saves me a lot of time. As for voicemail no idea but I know myback up root will save your phone contacts and sms pretty much everything.
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The newest voicemail update let's you copy voicemails to your sd card.
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what all are you guys using to migrate your app data from your current phone to the Note 4? Helium has been my go-to for awhile but i wanted to know if there were any other options out there that i should consider too. (moderators forgive me if this is a duplicate topic, i didn't see any in this forum thus far)
I honestly wouldn't even bother transferring app data over unless it is extremely important. I wouldn't want to carry files from an old phone to a new one. Keep it fresh and don't bring over dirty files. May not do anything bad but just my take. Kinda same thing when you wipe data when flashing roms. Dirty flashing can lead to unwanted issues, just as carrying over files from another phone can.
Unless you find a good app to do so. Keep us posted.
thank you. i'm primarily interested in retaining my game data, such as Subway Surfers, Clumsy Ninja, Angry Birds, etc, where it's taken awhile to level up and i would hate to start fresh. i also always transfer text messages and call logs as well. i use SMS Backup/Restore for my texts, Helium for system settings and other app data, and Verizon Cloud for my call logs. i never rooted the S5, been so busy with work i haven't had time to look into tinkering with those settings, so i know that Titanium Backup would not be an option.
Good question. . . I have used Titatnium Backup in the past problem there however is root on N4.
What tu3218 does make sense as well unless you had some way to guarantee or verify it wasn't going to create a bunch of junk in directories which shouldn't exist.
If someone has a good solution I would like to hear it as well. I have three 2-step verify apps which would be nice to just transfer rather than removing and adding manually.
Helium
I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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+1 - Righ on cbdudek. That is exactly how I would do it.
* My backup will restore - call logs, contacts, sms, mms etc..
* Helium to restore games' backup
*Not recommend to restore system settings, or old apps. Download fresh from play store. The theory is every time you move into a new house, you need to do a good clean up and throw out all the junks....
appreciate it everyone. about to give Helium a go and see what happens. rather than restoring all of my app data, i only backed up the game data this time around, so we will see how that goes. i'll let you all know in the morning what happens. how do you like your Note 4's thus far?
i never use titanium or any auto backup method to transfer files to a new fone. it always causes tiny little glitches here and there. Best thing to do is start fresh. For contacts and calendar its all on my GMAIL. for text messages I use GO SMS so i can backup and restore within that app no problems. I use nova launcher so i can backup my home screen and all my other screens and restore it with nova no issues. beyond that its all manual input. I have a few remote dvr viewing apps and i configure all those again manually as well as all my mail settings and what not.
Helium works best without root and you can migrate the app over wifi.
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Only some apps.
Just wondering if anyone has shifted from using Titanium backup to HTC Backup.
I noticed in one of the post that Leedroid uses HTC Backup, a few threads show that it does the job.
I've been using Titanium backup for a long long time, it does a decent job but misses a few settings here and there, every now and then you get an issue where a restore process will lock a process up.
On the M9, and this might just be me missing something in my backup, but I dont tend to get my Alarms and themes, few other bits and pieces.
I want to be able to backup apps + data, plus userconfig preferences, Wifi, bluetooth, alarms etc...
So how do people find HTC Backup for those kinds of tasks?
I use htc backup for everything except the apps I have side loaded manually as htc backup won't always restore those. I then let htc backup restore everything and go into titanium and restore the missing apps and any additional app data that I care about.
Titanium I know preserves apps in their present state. I've never needed anything else for that, Google does my contacts, I don't care for messages and WhatsApp backs itself up.
Media on my SD card.
Haven't used HTC back up, but have heard that it does serve as expected, but if you're rooted and don't use titanium then I think you're missing a trick.
I frequently flash my phone and change try different SMS apps. The issue is that it doesn't seem like any of them use one consistent backup file format.
Recently I was on CM12 but didn't like losing all the cool camera features from the stock ROM. Now I'm on BadBoyz using Textra/HTC Messaging but cannot restore my text messages from the CM12 Messaging app.
I used a backup/restore app from the play store but that wasn't able to restore either. Then I tried getting the CM12 Messaging app but have not been able to get it to run on BB ROM -- it crashes as soon as I open it.
Anyone have ideas how to restore my messages? Or can you point me to some kind of resource as to how SMS backups should be done -- maybe there's some way to change the database format from one app's preference to another's.
I used an app called SMS backup+ that backs up to your gmail and can restore the sms back to your phone. It's great and has saved me multiple times.
I would recommend sms backup and restore by ritesh sahu or go for titanium backup.
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+1 also for sms backup by Ritesh, last time i restored sms there were 5300 messages, no problems at all.
Also get call logs backup by Ritesh, its just as good for call history.