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Rooting before sending in for service

I'm sending in my phone for Warranty work to Samsung, the lady over the phone said I can root it to do my backups and I wouldn't have a problem.
Not sure if to trust her, or just send it without backing everything up...

What cant u save as is i mean angry birds is all i lost before i had root access even that can be done without.

Titanium will save all my apps and settings, I've always used it.
I just rooted, maybe I'll unroot before sending.
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jmejiaa said:
Titanium will save all my apps and settings, I've always used it.
I just rooted, maybe I'll unroot before sending.
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Yea but theres not alot to lose but time with a few exceptions of things. Apps can be downloaded again if you want.
Not sure why you asked since youve been rooted before. If its enough of a hassle not to then do it and then put it back to stock. Thats assuming whatever is wrong with your phone wont make it risky.

Never rooted this phone, but I see how easy it is to do.
Tb does much more than save me the hassle of downloading app, it stores my settings for all the apps.
I just did a data wipe and have everything exactly as before within 10 minutes.
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Yeah just grab the auto root and run it. It wont work on whatever the next official release from sprint is though. After your done you could always odin over a stock tar.
I have titanium backup pro as well but mainly only use it for a few apps.

Best Backup App for Epic Touch?

Im using Titanium right now but wanted to know if there were any others out there that did the same that are worth checking out. I want to be able to backup my apps and the apps data and be able to restore them like Titanium.
Titanium is good but I find too many errors in the backups that it makes. I want to be able to restore apps with their data.
Any suggestions?

My backup pro
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Rom toolbox pro. It's also got root explorer, icon changer, rebooter option, app manager, and a build.prop editor. It's got nearly everything you would need.

Ill try both. Thanks for the suggestions.
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The problem with titanium back up is that its"too good". It backs up the data as you currently have it much like a nandroid back up. That's great if you don't switch ROMS, cause if you accidentally delete an app then you can restore it. A lot of new ROMS don't tolerate any data at all though so it kind of renders titanium back up use less. If you do use it you will get errors because of the data it restores. Your apps need a clean install when switching ROMS. I suggest. AppBackup off the market. Its free and makes a full copy of all your apps by pulling the apk from the system and saving it as a file on your external sd. You have to re install the apps but it leaves the data alone. Unfortunately you can't save your high score onpc angry birds while switching ROMS. At least ICS ROMS.

timmetal6669 said:
The problem with titanium back up is that its"too good". It backs up the data as you currently have it much like a nandroid back up. That's great if you don't switch ROMS, cause if you accidentally delete an app then you can restore it. A lot of new ROMS don't tolerate any data at all though so it kind of renders titanium back up use less. If you do use it you will get errors because of the data it restores. Your apps need a clean install when switching ROMS. I suggest. AppBackup off the market. Its free and makes a full copy of all your apps by pulling the apk from the system and saving it as a file on your external sd. You have to re install the apps but it leaves the data alone. Unfortunately you can't save your high score onpc angry birds while switching ROMS. At least ICS ROMS.
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Titanium Backup has the option to restore app and data, app only, or data only so this shouldn't be an issue. I have ran AOKP since build 32, and have never had an issue restoring user app plus data from one build to the next. I can't speak to different Roms though.

My Backup Pro.
Been using it for Months.
Excellent Backup/Restore app.

look i have used them all and by far the best for the buck is rom toolbox pro it has it all with ultimate backup built in.it will automatically backup new app if u want it to so that way if u forget before switching roms ur still good to go plus all the bonus the toolbox has makes it in my opinion the best app on the market

Astro file manager does a good job. That is what I use, it backs it up and installs your apps.
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MyBackupPro. Never any problems and always works. I flash a lot and it doesn't disappoint!
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My personal favorite is "APK Batch Installer Tool" hands down! It allows for multiple back-ups to your PC, saving space on your device. Save just the APK's or APK's with data. One of the things I like best is creating folders on my PC, indicating the ROM and version. So its a no brainer if i want to restore a favorite ROM with data I simply select the appropriate folder. A hidden feature is the ability right click and choose back-up/restore all. These functions can be performed wirelessly or by usb cable. Also you can "fix permissions". With a short learning curve, frequent updates, solid performance, its become my must have app. Don't forget to show the dev some love.

The problem with titanium is that i have to use classic installer and its a pain when u got 60 apps backed up. But I still think its the best backup app out there. As for the guy saying that its incompatible when switching roms there a workaround. All u have to do is uninstall and reinstall the troubled app then restore data separately. I ran into that problem from blue kuban 1034 to 1035.
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Also titanium has more options than romtoolbox btw. Not trashing on romtoolbox its still the best utility knife but just the backup functions and options comparison I have to say titanium hands down.
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App Backup and Restore is very fast and simple.
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Just buy titanium backup pro, its well worth it.
It burns when I Tapatalk...

I have been using go back up it does it all
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ROMtoolbox
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system tuner hands down

Back ups

What do you folks use for back ups? I have my back up pro and it seems to work when it wants....I only really care about my game data and I'm on cm10 right now and mbp won't even see that I have data...let alone see if it works....IDC if I gotta pay I just want something so I can flash whenever and not stress about losing my game data. Thanks for your help
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I use ROM Toolbox Pro. It's my favorite app for everything root related.
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I've used titanium backup pro forever, its never failed me and I like that you can make an update zip to flash tibu right from recovery while installing your rom
We are legion, for we are many.
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thanks i just wanna flash like crazy on this phone i came from the photon witch had great but limited dev. my back up pro is failing me.

Also with titanium you can extract an app and data from a nandroid backup. You can also tell it to only allows backups to a certain size. So you may need to higher it depending on your game data size. And you can schedule a backup to sdcard whenever you want. I have mine set to midnight to backup automatically. So I always have my backups up to date. Also lets say you updated an app. Well you can set tibu to have more than one backup per app. So you can go back and forth between your backups to see if it was worth it. Alot of cool stuff you can do with it. Just remember, when you buy the pro app you have to also have the free version installed. The pro key will hide itself automatically though so you don't have two icons just one.
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[Q]Are these sprint apps safe to remove?

I finally unlocked my phone and was curious if some or all these sprint apps are OK to remove? I already removed sprint id and sprint zone with titanium and wasn't sure about these pictured.
Thanks.
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I know Connections Optimizer is. Its called something like "WiFi offload if i remember right. The other 2 I don't think so.
Make a backup in TWRP first in case you remove the wrong apps
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I am rooted and unlocked bootloader. Been searching but what apps can I remove.
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engine95 said:
I know Connections Optimizer is. Its called something like "WiFi offload if i remember right. The other 2 I don't think so.
Make a backup in TWRP first in case you remove the wrong apps
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I assume if I was to remove the connection optimizer I pictured, then I also need to remove WiFi offload as well? I do have a backup made already. Did that right after backing up the efs 3 different ways (with twrp, freegee, and autoprime's flashable efs backup tool). Plus I do backups of apps in titanium before removing them. I learned that lesson the hard way with my evo.
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BadFish79 said:
I assume if I was to remove the connection optimizer I pictured, then I also need to remove WiFi offload as well? I do have a backup made already. Did that right after backing up the efs 3 different ways (with twrp, freegee, and autoprime's flashable efs backup tool). Plus I do backups of apps in titanium before removing them. I learned that lesson the hard way with my evo.
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Very smart to back up multiple ways.
I'm not a fan of Titanium, but if i remember it right, WiFi offload is what titanium will delete.
I think the safest way is to freeze apps first. If nothing bad happens then delete.
I just go to /system/app and start deleting apps. Its usually pretty obvious what is bloat and not. And if you delete the wrong app, you can restore from TWRP.
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Didn't know I could restore apps via twrp. I thought I could only backup and restore the phone itself incase I need to flash back to stock. Is there an option to backup/restore certain apps or do you get options when restoring? I haven't played with twrp much yet.
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BadFish79 said:
Didn't know I could restore apps via twrp. I thought I could only backup and restore the phone itself incase I need to flash back to stock. Is there an option to backup/restore certain apps or do you get options when restoring? I haven't played with twrp much yet.
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It doesn't restore apps. Just the backups you make. 5 min from screwed up phone, to fixed.
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Dmaxx67 said:
I am rooted and unlocked bootloader. Been searching but what apps can I remove.
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I think most of them. I know that's vague.
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So can I remove what I want since I unlocked bootloader
LGOG

So, what are my options for backup non rooted?

I want to start fresh after the kk update. I have a profile for me and my son. I looked into helium but it has iffy results judging by feedback I read. Are there any other options? I would like to avoid root for now but since I bought square trade warranty I suppose it's not a huge deal.

I back all my stuff using KIES. Backs up my apps, snotes, system settings, etc.
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helium is working fine for me but you have to connect your device to a PC and runa script to be able to save or restore anything.
price for non rooted devices and probably the reason for low feadback.
I also use it to transfer apps from my phone to tablet.

Any one tried mybackup from the playstore?
Been thinking of testing it out, but never find the time....
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lightman33 said:
helium is working fine for me but you have to connect your device to a PC and runa script to be able to save or restore anything.
price for non rooted devices and probably the reason for low feadback.
I also use it to transfer apps from my phone to tablet.
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I've had varying success with Helium. When I do a system reset and try to restore from Helium about 80% of the apps will restore with data and the rest just fails. There's no explanation of reasoning behind which ones fail. And, when restoring all of the apps the process stops when a restore fails. I have to then start restoring after the failed app.
If you are relying on getting that data back don't count on Helium.

So apart from all the great guy stuff do search on Google for full backup android using adb. No rooting needed.
I would give you the link but I am on my phone today...
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DeBoX said:
Any one tried mybackup from the playstore?
Been thinking of testing it out, but never find the time....
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I am using it for a long time, very fast with backup & restore sms`s & call logs, but toooooo slow restoring apps.

What about Ultimate backup ?
Any way to backup screen layout? Without root that is...
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