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One click application restore software ??

I've tried the restore feature with Titanium back up and its a bit tiresome to click every application, by any chance theres a 1 click restore that is offered by some other applications? I dont mind paying for the app..

You can backup + restore in batch? At least with the full version.. I think its possible with free version as well..

EarlZ said:
I've tried the restore feature with Titanium back up and its a bit tiresome to click every application, by any chance theres a 1 click restore that is offered by some other applications? I dont mind paying for the app..
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Doubt it, the install screen when installing apps is kind of like a safety feature, so you know what's getting installed on your phone. I don't think there is an alternative to this at the moment.

Just buy titanium backup full, it gets rid of the single install. Thats point of full version

EarlZ - I have titanium backup PRO. Like what he said in the post before mine, PRO does have the feature you need.
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[Q] Upgrading phones - Can you re-download purchased apps?

I'll be able to upgrade my phone in June and was wondering if I had to re-purchase apps on a new Android device. Does it depend on the app or can you re-download all of them, at no cost, to the new device?
Thanks in advance.

You can re-download those apps you paid for. Just sign in with the Google account you used to buy the apps.
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It's done through your google account through the market

Since the Market uses your google account, as long as you login using the same Gmail address, you will be able to re-download purchased apps.
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Thanks guys. The EVO was my first personal smart phone so I wasn't sure how that was handled. I was worried that you'd have to buy everything from scratch for each new device you owned.

m4rk0358 said:
Thanks guys. The EVO was my first personal smart phone so I wasn't sure how that was handled. I was worried that you'd have to buy everything from scratch for each new device you owned.
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Na, that would suck, who are we apple

iitreatedii said:
Na, that would suck, who are we apple
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Haha! Good point

m4rk0358 said:
I'll be able to upgrade my phone in June and was wondering if I had to re-purchase apps on a new Android device. Does it depend on the app or can you re-download all of them, at no cost, to the new device?
Thanks in advance.
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As long as you sign in with the same google account in which you downloaded them under, yes.

And for the free ones, make sure you have them saved on your sd card and you can put those back on too! (or on computer and put them on your new sd)

I'm not sure if its possible or not, but I've always wondered if you upgrade your phone, if you can restore the data in an app from titanium backup. IE i made a backup of my lvl 30 character in zenonia on my evo, and I upgraded to the EVO 3D, or switched to the thunderbolt on verizon. Would You be able to restore the backup in titanium (after the phone is rooted ofc).

Khilbron said:
I'm not sure if its possible or not, but I've always wondered if you upgrade your phone, if you can restore the data in an app from titanium backup. IE i made a backup of my lvl 30 character in zenonia on my evo, and I upgraded to the EVO 3D, or switched to the thunderbolt on verizon. Would You be able to restore the backup in titanium (after the phone is rooted ofc).
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You should, just by restoring the app and data, not the system settings.

teh roxxorz said:
You should, just by restoring the app and data, not the system settings.
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Awesome, that makes upgrading to a new phone a much easier decision, I have several apps that I have taken the time to put alot of data into, and would hate to re-enter that data.

Khilbron said:
Awesome, that makes upgrading to a new phone a much easier decision, I have several apps that I have taken the time to put alot of data into, and would hate to re-enter that data.
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Yea, I know exactly what ya mean. You'll to do your rom over, but the apps will be good to go.

That is very good info to know Hadn't thought about the data restore.....

jayharper08 said:
That is very good info to know Hadn't thought about the data restore.....
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Its the same technique you use when flashing and doing a clean install, you install the apps+data, just not system settings.

Will it have Backup Assistant?

I have never owned a Nexus phone so please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I currently have a rooted Thunderbolt running CM7.1. My understanding is that Nexus phones don't have any of the bloat apps preinstalled. I don't need/want Verizon's Backup Assistant as I use Google for my contacts. Does anyone know if this phone will have Backup Assistant pre installed? If so, will we be able to remove it without rooting the phone? I would like to get this phone and not have to root it.

That's a good question. They didn't install backup assistant on the iPhone 4 or 4S and contacts are transfered via an app you have to download from the app store so they may do something simular. However they did manage to get their mobile hotspot app pre-installed on the iPhones so we'll have to wait and see.
But with 4.0 even if they put it on the phone it doesn't really matter:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...G0bOQdSFFGZJ_MlZw&sig2=8-YNLP77mWCVakYh7N4t8Q

in android we use an app called TI (Titanium Backup)
you can then backup to SD card, to internal storage, and to the cloud on DropBox

AllGamer said:
in android we use an app called TI (Titanium Backup)
you can then backup to SD card, to internal storage, and to the cloud on DropBox
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What he was referring to was a Verizon app that is solely used to transfer contacts from one CDMA phone to another since they cannot be saved to a SIM like GSM phones. It's pre-installed on nearly every VZW phone, however to anyone in the know, it's kind of useless if you're going from Android to Android since all Google contacts sync to whatever phone shortly after you sign in to your account during the setup phase.

Your gmail backs up your contacts, backup assistant is not needed.

Yes that's what I meant. I don't want the Backup Assisant app on the phone at all. Don't need it as I use Google (gmail) to back up my contacts. With the poor battery life I experienced on my HTC Incredible and Thunderbolt, I figure any unnecessary apps I can get rid of the better. Especially any that run/sync in the background.

black05x5 said:
Yes that's what I meant. I don't want the Backup Assisant app on the phone at all. Don't need it as I use Google (gmail) to back up my contacts. With the poor battery life I experienced on my HTC Incredible and Thunderbolt, I figure any unnecessary apps I can get rid of the better. Especially any that run/sync in the background.
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Did you not click on the link from my first reply which explains that ICS allows users to disable all bloatware?

qreffie said:
Did you not click on the link from my first reply which explains that ICS allows users to disable all bloatware?
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and that same reason is why allot of carriers wont put ICS on thair phones!

Qreffie I did read the link you posted. Thanks so much, it was very helpful. I did not know ICS allowed us to remove apps until reading your link. I was agreeing with b15love when I reiterated that I simply don't need backup assistant. Thanks again for your replies. I'm excited for my first Nexus phone.

Titanium vs. MyBackup Pro [FIGHT!]

Why would you choose Titanium over MyBackup? I know that a majority of the users have Titanium but I don't understand why. What are the differences? I have MyBackupPro and it has worked flawlessly forever! FIGHT!

I've had Titanium for so long, I can't be bothered to try something new/different..
It just works.

With options like freezing apps, pulling backups from nands, and controlling market links, Titanium is hard to beat. Add to that syncing to dropbox and it is a pretty good package.

kennyglass123 said:
With options like freezing apps, pulling backups from nands, and controlling market links, Titanium is hard to beat. Add to that syncing to dropbox and it is a pretty good package.
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Freezing, wiping cache, and wiping data are also available on mybackup pro, controling market links also. How would syncing to dropbox be helpful?

tedcousens said:
Freezing, wiping cache, and wiping data are also available on mybackup pro, controling market links also. How would syncing to dropbox be helpful?
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Your backup is stored safely in your dropbox in case of an sd card crash or your phone gets lost or stolen. You will still have your backup to put on the replacement.
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kennyglass123 said:
Your backup is stored safely in your dropbox in case of an sd card crash or your phone gets lost or stolen. You will still have your backup to put on the replacement.
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okay, thats pretty cool, other than that, it looks like a wash. I don't think I need to buy Titanium, MBP works fine, and also offers the option of storing backups online.

After almost 1 year using MBP I tried Titanium Backup. TB is faster at backing up system data and users apps and also restoring but a little too complicated compared to MBP. Also MBP can restore apps directly to the SD card(only apps with that option obviously). Maybe TB can do it too but I can't find that option.
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Right, MyBackup Pro can do ALL item titanium can do, and more.
It can backup the SMS, MMS, contacts, other system data from ANY Android version to a different Android version, so you can go from Android 2.x to Android 4.x, which titanium cannot do.
If you want faster backup and restores of Applications and their Data, you can turn on the Busy Box option in the options of MyBackup (Pro).
Also, MyBackup Root is FREE and does a lot more than the free titanium

When I do full restore of system data on Titanium I get all my settings back and have had no problem going from Froyo to Gingerbread with a backup. I don't think you have used it in a while.
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kennyglass123 said:
With options like freezing apps, pulling backups from nands, and controlling market links, Titanium is hard to beat. Add to that syncing to dropbox and it is a pretty good package.
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As well as scheduled back ups and the customizability ( made up word?) of the backups

I bought both and went ultimately with Titanium. Mainly, it was because, at the time, MyBackup did not have a master page to see what apps were frozen. You had to select each one at a time. In Titanium Backup you could see all your apps and the frozen ones had a blue bar highlight.

Titanium. The end. I used to use mbp, but I got fc's or the app just wouldn't show up after restoring
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The best thing to do is really to try both.
You can get the free MyBackup Root application, which gives you just about everything you need, and the free titanium, and try them out.
MyBackup Pro does have all items Root has, plus a few more items like freezing/disabling bloatware, market linking/detaching, etc...

It's seems they are almost identical Apps. The main difference is the interface,
My Backup Pro seems to be a LOT more user friendly whereas Titanium is for more technical minded people who love control over every little thing.
My Backup Pro - Simple interface and seems not to need root, good for the normal user or the occasional rom flashing.
Titanium Backup PRO - Geared more to the technical minded who likes exploring and control, and compulsive rom flashers.
MyBackup Pro doesn't have DropBox functionality because they also make money out of selling more space online for your backups.
A way around it is to manually get your backups on your SD Card to your DropBox yourself.
In the end it comes down to a matter of preference, as they both much do the same thing
I use Titanium and I like to be able to choose every little thing I'm backing up but on the other hand there is the case of the 'unfriendly' interface (which I gotten used by now but had to do some reading on some bits).
Titanium really needs a Usability Engineer(?) on their team. They would benefit having a 'Normal' and an 'Expert' mode for their interface.

Agreed. Titanium Backup should revamp the interface or give us a choice of interfaces: Classic or Simple
I use MBP, but I don't like it. When I first used it on Froyo and Gingerbread, it rocked. Now on Jelly Bean it regularly force closes, it doesn't copy all the data for applications, some applications don't backup or restore properly. I have never had any problems with Titanium, ever. It's just so darn cumbersome.

I have used Titanium backup on 3 different devices, from Froyo to KitKat, over the past 3 years. It has worked fine thru it all. Backups & Restores are a snap to do, and are reliable. Only problems ever has been an occasional hang up, where I have had to do a shutdown, reboot, but it did not seem to affect the restore.

Love MBP, never had a problem.
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MyBackup Pro now supports Dropbox
Hey guys the new version 4.2 of MyBackup Pro now allows you to use your Dropbox account as the Cloud storage option for Backups and Restore. You can use this by running the app and hitting Menu->Options then select the "Cloud Storage Location" option and selecting Dropbox.

Software suggestions for a complete backup?

We are using Tabs in a hospital for health information. They have some kind of locking software but for what ever reason, it got turned of one of the tabs and someone deleted apps and shortcuts. The coordinator is asking for backup software that backs up everything, not just what Google wants to back up (ie. her health info shortcuts).
Titanium backup used to be the best...is that still the case?
Thanks.

fletchb1 said:
We are using Tabs in a hospital for health information. They have some kind of locking software but for what ever reason, it got turned of one of the tabs and someone deleted apps and shortcuts. The coordinator is asking for backup software that backs up everything, not just what Google wants to back up (ie. her health info shortcuts).
Titanium backup used to be the best...is that still the case?
Thanks.
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Titanium need root I think, Helium does not. I don't know which is better but those are the top choices I think.

bill-e said:
Titanium need root I think, Helium does not. I don't know which is better but those are the top choices I think.
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Thanks. I did not know about that one..will check it out..
Regards..

Backup in samsung cloud? Or smartswitch? Both have worked for me. Settings>cloud & accounts

Still not really sure what you want backed up but assuming you get all your apps and data backed up with Google, you can backup your shortcuts using the backup/restore in third party launchers, Nova, Action launcher, and others have this ability.
https://www.androidcentral.com/backing-your-launcher-and-why-your-should-do-it