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From thunderbolt ? Without tibu and root? Market didnt sync

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The Market doesn't sync your apps from one phone to another. You need to have selected the option to back up the info on your phone and have restore on.
You can find this in the Back-up and Reset menu

Ves said:
The Market doesn't sync your apps from one phone to another. You need to have selected the option to back up the info on your phone and have restore on.
You can find this in the Back-up and Reset menu
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thanks but I have both phones set to backup and auto restore....so you're saying your apps installed on your nexus from your old phone?

Yes almost all apps installed except for a few (Flash 11, Adobe Air, Adobe Reader). Most likely because they weren't compatible.

Ves said:
Yes almost all apps installed except for a few (Flash 11, Adobe Air, Adobe Reader). Most likely because they weren't compatible.
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Adobe Flash 11 is supporting ICS. Came out yesterday.

Yeah I can't seem to get titanium backup or mybackup pro to restore any of my apps, I'm rooted with custom rom verizon lte version
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So... this whole Google back-up thing; It restores all my (compatible) apps AND the data associated with them? ...
So If I flash a new rom... can/should I rely on this cloud backup thing to get my apps/data back, and is there advantage to using Titanium instead (other than not having to download the files)

Dmw017 said:
So... this whole Google back-up thing; It restores all my (compatible) apps AND the data associated with them? ...
So If I flash a new rom... can/should I rely on this cloud backup thing to get my apps/data back, and is there advantage to using Titanium instead (other than not having to download the files)
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I remember JBQ from Google talking about this on twitter a couple weeks ago. The option to let apps restore from the market with data is available for every dev to put in their apps, but very few actually use it.
I personally wouldn't rely on the market to restore the apps with data. For most apps, it won't restore data, just simply re-download the app fresh.

Why can't you use tibu? Put the tibu folder on your galaxy nexus and proceed to use tibu.. worked for me
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My GN automatically downloaded all my apps when I first signed in. Obviously this didn't include any previous settings. If this failed you could always try installing app brain on your old phone,syncing and then doing the same on your GN.
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Dmw017 said:
So... this whole Google back-up thing; It restores all my (compatible) apps AND the data associated with them? ...
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What martonikaj says is true. I've read it as well. The devs of apps just aren't that into it for some reason. It only restores the apps, not the settings (at least from the third party applications).
zephiK said:
Adobe Flash 11 is supporting ICS. Came out yesterday.
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I know, I was talking about prior to the flash release 4, days ago.

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Ok so I need to flash the stable release of CM9 but I need to know how I can restore all my apps and app data. I've spent some money on apps that I'll lose if I flash and just redownload. Suggestions?
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Just re-download your apps. Every transaction is stored in your Google account, you won't be charged twice.

t3chi3 said:
Ok so I need to flash the stable release of CM9 but I need to know how I can restore all my apps and app data. I've spent some money on apps that I'll lose if I flash and just redownload. Suggestions?
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Just use the Galaxy Toolkit to backup and restore features. Link is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345

t3chi3 said:
Ok so I need to flash the stable release of CM9 but I need to know how I can restore all my apps and app data. I've spent some money on apps that I'll lose if I flash and just redownload. Suggestions?
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Is your bootloader already unlocked? If yes, flash a custom recovery, root your phone and use an app like titanium backup to backup apps + appdata.
If no, unlocking it will wipe your device. You can use adb backup in that case though, use this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
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Petrovski80 said:
Is your bootloader already unlocked? If yes, flash a custom recovery, root your phone and use an app like titanium backup to backup apps + appdata.
If no, unlocking it will wipe your device. You can use adb backup in that case though, use this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
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Nailed it!
And OP, your purchases are all tied to your Google Account. Signing back into the new ROM means you get access to all of your apps for download again if you want.

Here's your guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21328733
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If your looking to back up your apps and not any system data along with the app data, the best app for that is titanium backup. But it requires you have root. Just a matter of backing them up and then restoring them using the tool. It keeps a backup on your phone. Or if you have the pro version you can store the backups online at your storage place of choice.

Tim4828 said:
Just use the Galaxy Toolkit to backup and restore features. Link is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345
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No. stop suggesting people to use a toolkit, since its pretty obvious that the op doesnt know what he's doing! if something goes wrong, will you be the one to get his device out of trouble?
and besides, the link you posted goes to a baseband thread. ????
a simple solution was given, use play store builtin restore feature, unless op chooses to roll bare aosp, but even then, op wouldnt need a toolkit (he would know how to build from src) to restore apps.
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[Q] how to retrieve sms from nandroid?

anyone know how to retrieve the sms data from a nandroid??

App Extractor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.appextractor
Idk if it works if your restoring SMS/MMS data from a CM10 ROM to a TW ROM and vice versa but it definitely works if your nandroid is a TW based ROM and your current ROM is also TW based
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Just use SMS backup and restore to backup before switching roms. That's what I used when switching to the S3 and when flashing roms on the E4GT.
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+1 on the SMS Backup/Restore, there are a few on the market...
What I do is use titanium back up to back up the data and later restore the data only, not sure if this works from TW to AOSP though...have not tried it, yet.

dragon_rckr said:
+1 on the SMS Backup/Restore, there are a few on the market...
What I do is use titanium back up to back up the data and later restore the data only, not sure if this works from TW to AOSP though...have not tried it, yet.
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With Titanium, when you restore the data, does that include contacts and apps as well?

psyman42 said:
With Titanium, when you restore the data, does that include contacts and apps as well?
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Yea but if you add contacts via your Google account you may get doubles.
Titanium Backup also has a great backup/restore option for SMS and MMS, works regardless of the ROM you are on and the ROM you are restoring to
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fergie716 said:
Yea but if you add contacts via your Google account you may get doubles.
Titanium Backup also has a great backup/restore option for SMS and MMS, works regardless of the ROM you are on and the ROM you are restoring to
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Wasn't sure of that, reason why I didn't respond earlier. Thanks for clearing it. I usually don't flash AOSP roms...
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dragon_rckr said:
Wasn't sure of that, reason why I didn't respond earlier. Thanks for clearing it. I usually don't flash AOSP roms...
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I have just successfully extracted sms and mms from nandroid (CWM) backup.
Backed up system was CM7 and restored to CM10 on Milestone2.
I used Titanium Backup (need the pro version for 'extract from nandroid') and restored 'Phone/Messaging Storage'.

[Q] backup and restore question

Hi,
I have a question about backing up my phone. I use Titanium Backup and try to make backups somewhat regularly. When flashing a ROM (I'm now on Liquid JB rc7) sometimes I see a note about not restoring data from TBU. Where should i restore from? I think I understand about not restoring system data, but how about application data? I guess I should be using the batch bu/restore option "restore all applications with data"?
Do people backup and restore using the google account?
Thanks for helping out.

Restore MISSING apps and data in TiBu. Never ALL
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Thanks! Does anyone use the backup to their google account? That is an option that I've unchecked after installing a new ROM...
Pirateghost said:
Restore MISSING apps and data in TiBu. Never ALL
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farbster said:
Thanks! Does anyone use the backup to their google account? That is an option that I've unchecked after installing a new ROM...
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I never use the Google option. It doesn't back up all your data
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Figured it couldn't be as good as TiBU, especially since tons of people pay for the other.
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I never use the Google option. It doesn't back up all your data
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I find using the Google backup service annoying. It doesn't do a good job with all of the data, not as thorough as TiBu. I always use TiBu and I have never had an issue!
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noob question about backup/restore

With TWRP, can I back up the apps, make a full wipe, and restore all of them without having problems with clean instalation? Or is better titanium backup? Or is better download all apps again of Internet?

TWRP will back up the APKs, but can't back up some of the app data saved to the /data/media folder. If you restore a nandroid after wiping the /data partition, you'll find that some of your apps will have been effectively reset. It's better to use TiBU to save it.

Backup up apps using Gmail
I think it's the best way

Manav__25 said:
Backup up apps using Gmail
I think it's the best way
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What do you mean with Gmail?

ERNZT said:
What do you mean with Gmail?
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Your google account. But i wouldnt safe all my app data at google

MarcTremonti said:
Your google account. But i wouldnt safe all my app data at google
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Oh yeah, I have the backup in that way! But I mean a type of backup where you do not have to download Internet applications, every time you do a clean flash ....

ERNZT said:
Oh yeah, I have the backup in that way! But I mean a type of backup where you do not have to download Internet applications, every time you do a clean flash ....
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Titaniumbackup.

ERNZT said:
Oh yeah, I have the backup in that way! But I mean a type of backup where you do not have to download Internet applications, every time you do a clean flash ....
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In that case titanium backup would be a good option

Titanium backup is something I use over TWRP....

Puddi_Puddin said:
Titanium backup is something I use over TWRP.. With luckypatcher u can even get the premium for free.
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Don't go on that route. You may get banned from XDA.

TiBu really is worth its price, especially if you use it a lot. And somehow I have a feeling that most people on XDA forums do need an app like this quite often.
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ERNZT said:
With TWRP, can I back up the apps, make a full wipe, and restore all of them without having problems with clean instalation? Or is better titanium backup? Or is better download all apps again of Internet?
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My favorite is Backup+
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