Yeah about resetting... - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Briefly, how much will I lose? Contacts, apps, cookies for registrations, and..... Any other data. Can I "backup" info for a clean recovery? For giggles, how did I conjure this dilemma?, if your knowing.¿?... And again BIG thanxs for your passing of knowing. Thanks, im sure ill hafta post again for simple confusion, so keep and eye on. Much appreciated..
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If your rooted get titanium and mybackup rooted that should cover all ur needs for recovery. Just back up apps + data no system data in Titanium. In mybackup contacts, call log, sms, mms and calendar.

Thanks bro, but my stuff has all factory mods.all ive done is a wheel barrel of applications. Thanks.. Done u know of a good stock backup?
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Before i was rooted i used MyBackUp Pro.
I backed up MMS, SMS, Calendar Events, Book Marks, Call logs and contacts.
Worked great for me. I also used it when i moved from an EVO to an EPIC.

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[Q] Titanium Backup : can you backup your sms?

How would you recover your sms with Titanium Backup?
is that something possible or we have to use something else?
thanks
I was wondering that too. I have the paid version, love it, but I thought I backed up the messages as well. Apperently not though.
Did I miss the setting?
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There's a free program in the market that I used to back up and restore my SMS called SMS Backup & Restore (by Ritesh Sahu)
I've had no problems with SMS Backup+ from the market - it stores the texts and MMS to your Gmail and allows for backup and restore. Makes it real simple.
Titanium does backup the SMS data, but I don't remember where it does, and on my myTouch3G 1.2 it was kind of buggy restoring it (though it mostly works). I think it's the data from Dialer Storage 2.2 that houses the SMS/MMS?
Handcent now backups sms/mms
I used to use SMS backup from above post, but it wasnt able to do mms' (at that time) so I tried Mybackuppro (in the market) and it works perfect. plus it does other backups too. I ended up buying it.
I used to have problems with Titanium with sms/mms, but I havent tried any recent versions.
I use MyPhoneExplorer. It syncs everything on your phone to your PC.
this could be outdated info now, but when i used titanium backup to backup sms/mms, it would make a backup of the phone dialer and the associated files from /system. This is not the best way to backup the sms's since a new rom may have made modifications to this.
i recommend sms backup and restore, which is what i use myself. titanium backup is great for apps and app data though!
Sorry for bumping and old thread but this brings up a question. Would any of these be able to create a backup of your SMS/MMS and convert them over to a text file of some sort so you can print up records of them? I remember when I had a Blackberry I used to be able to do this with software I purchased for it. This would be a great feature I would be interested in using. I tried searching for something that discussed this but came up with nothing. Sorry if its been covered before. Thanks in advance.
To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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flak0 said:
To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I'm looking for something more like the poster below was talking about. Thanks for the info though. This will be useful just for the backup process.
daaango said:
I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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Yes, Something that would convert the backup file into something I would be able to view on a computer. ANy suggestions or ideas on this?
I'd like to put in my vote for SMSBackup+. The restore feature doesn't always work perfectly, but the backup has never failed me. stores it as plain text in your gmail, which is then searcheable.
Love SMS Backup+, saves them to Gmail and can also pull them back to the device as other people have said, works great, no issues!

[Q] backup texts

hello,
just wondering if you knew of any good apps that can backup and restore texts.
currently use titanium backup for all my apps. but love flashing roms, so something to save my texts would be great.
thanks you in advanced
mybackup pro will do the trick for you. it will also backup apks and data too. i use that instead of ti backup
been using SMSbackup+ (free from market) for a couple of months without any probs
I use sms backup and restore, got it set to automatically back up every 6 hours and it archives them all in to one file.
Doesnt backup mms though so all those nude pics you get from random women will have to be saved first or lost for all eternity
backsup thousands of texts in less than a minute and restores in a few minutes
superliam said:
hello,
just wondering if you knew of any good apps that can backup and restore texts.
currently use titanium backup for all my apps. but love flashing roms, so something to save my texts would be great.
thanks you in advanced
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Handcent has integrated backup of MMS/SMS/Settings. To access this setting you will have to pay a fee. Not much, but still a fee. I did it, and is happy with this service that they provide.
I think that SmsBackup+ is the best tool. It uses your gmail account to store your smses. What's best, it can also restore everything. You can set it to backup on a schedule or on sms arrival. It's really great, has no ads. I really am thankful for the author for I would not use the app if it had ads in it. THANK YOU SO MUCH, if for some reason u see this!
snakeeyes21 said:
I use sms backup and restore, got it set to automatically back up every 6 hours and it archives them all in to one file.
Doesnt backup mms though so all those nude pics you get from random women will have to be saved first or lost for all eternity
backsup thousands of texts in less than a minute and restores in a few minutes
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+1 for this app. It's amazing at how fast it backs up and restores!

[Q] Backup app/data

Hey guys i was wondering what is the best way to back up my apps and data for my apps on my desire z.
My phone has alot of dust under the screen and its soo bad i can't see 1/4 of my screen so im getting it replaced. I don't want to search for all my apps again so i was wondering what is the best way to back all my data up.
I would prefer not to root since i am exchanging it and everything so any idea or do i have to root it and use titanium backup?
you can use "mybackup" it'll backup games, sms, contacts, call logs, and media. It'll work for non-rooted phones as well.
I heard Titanium Backup works great

Backup SMS/MMS and logs

Whats everyone using? Titanium oe another add?
Last I checked titanium doesn't offer that. So I use SMS backup and restore.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
Last I checked titanium doesn't offer that. So I use SMS backup and restore.
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Doesn't do MMS though.
So use SMS Backup+ as everybody else does.
i use mybackup pro. it does call logs and mms restore. really simple to use too.
Actually guys, Titanium Backup Pro DOES offer it, you guys just don't know which system app to backup.
I use TB to backup and restore between roms, since it take less than 30 seconds, a reboot, and all the messages show up. If I use an app, such as SMS Backup/Restore, it takes a long time compared to TB, but I still back up messages in both apps nonetheless.
theking_13 said:
Actually guys, Titanium Backup Pro DOES offer it, you guys just don't know which system app to backup.
I use TB to backup and restore between roms, since it take less than 30 seconds, a reboot, and all the messages show up. If I use an app, such as SMS Backup/Restore, it takes a long time compared to TB, but I still back up messages in both apps nonetheless.
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So which system app is it? Thanks!
You need to be careful using Titanium on System apps. I used to do this, but found that doing so would sometimes break ability to download MMS (Even when moving to newer version of same ROM). Depending on Phone/ROM i use MyBackupPro or SMS Backup & Restore. Usually use MyBackupPro first as it'll do MMS/SMS/Phone Log, but I've had it where on some phones it doesn't restore the timestamp correctly on the new phone. If that's the case, just use it for MMS/Phone Log, and use SMS Backup & Restore for the SMS. It's always worked.
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So which system app is it? Thanks!
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Its this system app.
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[SMS/MMS/APN] Phone/Messaging Storage 4.0.x-eng etc.
For call history, if anyone is interested, is
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[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage 4.0.x-eng etc
lordgodgeneral said:
You need to be careful using Titanium on System apps. I used to do this, but found that doing so would sometimes break ability to download MMS (Even when moving to newer version of same ROM). Depending on Phone/ROM i use MyBackupPro or SMS Backup & Restore. Usually use MyBackupPro first as it'll do MMS/SMS/Phone Log, but I've had it where on some phones it doesn't restore the timestamp correctly on the new phone. If that's the case, just use it for MMS/Phone Log, and use SMS Backup & Restore for the SMS. It's always worked.
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Never happened to me, I've done this since the Samsung Vibrant days and never had a problem unless the Android version was different. Ie, 2.2 vs 2.3
These are the only two system apps I EVER restore btw, I manually configure everything else.
i don't use TB for SMS/MMS/logs.. i use MyBackup root/pro.. simple and it does the job
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i don't use TB for SMS/MMS/logs.. i use MyBackup root/pro.. simple and it does the job
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I tried mybackup root/pro for SMS/MMS when migrating from the Nexus S to the Galaxy Nexus but didn't have good results. Everything got timestamped to the date of restore.
iboj007 said:
I tried mybackup root/pro for SMS/MMS when migrating from the Nexus S to the Galaxy Nexus but didn't have good results. Everything got timestamped to the date of restore.
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actually, i just did backup from galaxy s to nexus, and i can confirm that all timestamps on sms and mms imported perfectly, mybackup pro, not rooted.

Contacts - Backup & Restore

Ok then! this will sound like a newby question....I'm not really, I swear!!
So I have my lovely rooted Note 8 all set up the way I like it. It's pretty perfect.
During the data transfer from my old phone to new one using Samsung SmartSwitch, every thing went fine without a hitch.
I can no longer use the SmartSwitch app since my phone is rooted now....not changing that.
Somewhere in the process, my contacts got imported into Gmail app. Which I DO NOT want. I usually removing nearly all of Google's apps along with Verizon's as well as Samsung's...I have a policy of uninstalling what I don't want or need or think much of.
However, my contacts are now associated with the Gmail app - if I remove the app, the contacts disappear!!.
I would like to know what is the most current, up to date and trouble means of backing up my contacts, then deleting the Gmail app, then restoring the contacts? Would a Contacts backup and restore in Titanium Root do the trick? is there another, easier or better method?
Thanks for your assistance!
I haven't used it in a long, long time, but I think Mybackup Pro will save/restore contacts. Could take a look at it and see if that does it for you
HipKat said:
I haven't used it in a long, long time, but I think Mybackup Pro will save/restore contacts. Could take a look at it and see if that does it for you
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Hey there. Thanks for your reply and suggestion. Odd I didn't get a notification there was a response. I'll give this app a go and see what happens
whitehawk66 said:
Hey there. Thanks for your reply and suggestion. Odd I didn't get a notification there was a response. I'll give this app a go and see what happens
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Yahoo keeps pushing my XDA notifications to spam for some reason. Hope it works for you
1. open contacts app
2. go to Menu icon (upper-right).
3. go to Manage contacts.
4. go to Import/Export contacts.
5. export to SD

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