I'm looking at getting the Galaxy Nexus for Spring. I currently have an Epic 4G, and after the nightmare with ROMs and development, the pure Google experience is incredibly tempting. I know the Evo LTE is coming out soon, and it arguably has better specs in addition to being newer.
I'd like to know what I need to do to transfer things that are not already backed-up by Google (e.g. calendar, contacts, etc). Obviously I can't restore a NANDROID backup, and while I have Titanium Backup, I don't know if it's worth starting from scratch or trying to restore just the apps (no data).
I did search the forums, but I didn't find anything quite relevant.
TIA,
Evans
I transferred some apps with titanium backup from my Evo and haven't had any problems so far just don't transfer any system apps like browser or gmail etc. and it should go OK. All my games and saved game data work perfectly.
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Thanks. Since the Spring Nexus doesn't have an SD card, that's a slight annoyance. I guess I'll be transferring things via USB or moving a select number of Titanium Backups to Dropbox or Box to pull back down.
Ya that will work good. Honestly you probably will not miss the SD card in a few days . Its actually really nice to never have to move apps around to have enough space, everything on your phone goes on one place instead.
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Oh, I'm going to love not having the SD card, now that they've increased the capacity from the Verizon one.
It's just a small PITA transferring Titanium Backups. I'll figure it out. I just didn't know if there was a magic bullet.
ethomp said:
Oh, I'm going to love not having the SD card, now that they've increased the capacity from the Verizon one.
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Sprint GNex has the same 32gb storage as the Verizon model.
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Got my refurb Evo in the mail the other day and put in my old 32gb sd card from my original Evo with all of my Titanium Backup data on it. I restored all of my apps but when I open HomerunBattle3D I am at the beginning again. I had played for quite a while and had the best unifrom, bat, gloves, hat, etc. Now I guess I gotta start all over again. That sucks!! Does the game recognize its a new device and keep me from moving my records to the new Evo? That really sucks if thats the case. I try to log in using my name but it says that the name is already taken....what gives? Any way around this?
I emailed the devs about the same thing. You can retrieve your items but that's it (on same device); all stats, items and gold balls can only be linked with that one device. So basically you pretty much lose everything when switching to another device. Sorry
I lost my thunder bat lol and all my best items.
i restore mine with titanium and once i didn't work so i did it again and VOILA!
idk if you get a whole new device but i don't think that would matter if its on your sd card but i could be wrong.
Joey_UFC said:
i restore mine with titanium and once i didn't work so i did it again and VOILA!
idk if you get a whole new device but i don't think that would matter if its on your sd card but i could be wrong.
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They don't let you restore items from SD card cause then people could cheat and share items and gold balls. They keep it on a server stored and they attach your data to each individual device. Once you change devices you're screwed.
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They don't let you restore items from SD card cause then people could cheat and share items and gold balls. They keep it on a server stored and they attach your data to each individual device. Once you change devices you're screwed.
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it don't matter because i would molest all you guys in that game
when i use to be addicted to that game i searched for cheats and people use to put things on the sd card and delete the game then restore it again or some**** like that and it worked for a while but it might have been patched by now
Well thats what I was afraid of....that REALLY SUCKS!! I'm also going to contact the dev about this issue. They should make it where you can log in to your account from any device. That way I could play as my guy from my Evo, Ipod Touch, and my tablet that I'm about to get. If they did that I would be more than happy to pay extra for that option....
Thanks for all of the replies guys!
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Well thats what I was afraid of....that REALLY SUCKS!! I'm also going to contact the dev about this issue. They should make it where you can log in to your account from any device. That way I could play as my guy from my Evo, Ipod Touch, and my tablet that I'm about to get. If they did that I would be more than happy to pay extra for that option....
Thanks for all of the replies guys!
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They won't ......many have asked. If they do that then users can share and transfer items and since they offer paid items now its definitely not going to happen.
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I'm very close to doing this, but would like to know how to transfer my apps from Vib to S3.
Vibrant ROM is Bionix V Fishman mod4 with Bali 1.8.8. I have Titanium pro; is that the best way?
Tried searching for this using "Upgrade Vibrant to SGS3", "Transfer Vibrant to SGS3", "Move Vibrant to SGS3", "Update Vibrant to SGS3".
No relavant results are returned. Maybe my verbiage is not correct.
Any suggestions? Thank you.
I came from a Vibrant too, so here is my story.
I backed up all my apps with Titanium and copied everything off my Vibe's Internal to my PC. Then I got the SGS3 and plugged it in to my PC to let the drivers install. I then copied everything that I felt was neccessary (I did some house cleaning of things I didn't really need anymore) over to my SGS3 Internal. Then I disconnected and mounted my External. From there all I did was sign into the Market, downloaded Titanium (obviously after I rooted) and restored my User Apps and Data. Took all of 20 minutes.
Thanks Woodrube; I recognize you from the multitude of helpful posts in the Vib section.
I had a notion this is the process but wanted to hear from someone who already had this experience.
You can also just back up everything with titanium but to the sd card, then when you get the S3 just put the sd card in and restore after you root
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Thank you. Initally I was thinking along these lines. Have YOU actually done this?
As you can see from my current ROM, I haven't flashed for quite some time so I'm a bit rusty. Looking for advice from the more experienced folk.
Both you and Woodrube offered suggestions that to me seem spot on to what I thought was the correct process.
Love the support from this community.
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Thank you. Initally I was thinking along these lines. Have YOU actually done this?
As you can see from my current ROM, I haven't flashed for quite some time so I'm a bit rusty. Looking for advice from the more experienced folk.
Both you and Woodrube offered suggestions that to me seem spot on to what I thought was the correct process.
Love the support from this community.
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I have moved from my optimus v, to the motorla triumph, to the s2, and now to the s3. From each one i would backup with titanium to the sd, and after getting a new phone and rooting it, Iwould just restore my apps+data. There's no way in hell I was starting over in all my games lol
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I've had my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 WiFi 2014 Edition for about 2 weeks now, and I've been consistently having problems where the device boots, passes the screen which reads Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, it goes through the sequence of pulling up the Samsung logo (the blue wave makes it's circle), and then it either sticks right there or constantly reboots. I can't find anywhere how to do a soft reset so my only option has been to do a factory hard reset. Since I've had the device, this happens approx every other day. The first time this happened, it happened right after installing Nova Launcher, so after the reset, I re-installed everything except Nova. Same thing happens again. Most recently, I thought it was happening because I was moving some of my apps to the SD card. After resetting it again, I didn't move anything to the SD card, and the problem continued. I've tried everything except using it in the condition it comes in out of the box. Does anyone know of any incompatibility issues with any software? I have quite a few apps installed, so if anyone knows of any incompatibility issues please let me know. I'm not sure if I need to return it or if it's a software related issue.
Check my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46696727
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Thank you! At this point, I thought I had tried everything. Hopefully this works. I'll repost whether it does or not.
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Since my last post, I've had no more problems. Some people said moving apps to the SD card would do it, others said to turn off Wifi scanning. Well, I've done both and hopefully it keeps working. I did notice in the manual I downloaded from Samsung's website is it said the SD card should only be used to store music and such on, which is a shame because I bought the 16GB knowing I was going to put a 32GB microSDHC card in it. I bought the Nexus 10 before this one and returned it within 2 days. I've been using Samsung's products since they were originally released, and I won't use anything else. I hope Samsung figures out a way for me to move some of my apps to the SD card so I can free up some internal memory. I think they released it when they did knowing it wasn't working and knowing they can send out an update later. They just needed some new products out on the market before AAPL and also to makeup for the missed growth assumptions on their other products. They have to do whatever they can to keep their earnings around expectations.
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Rolldog said:
Since my last post, I've had no more problems. Some people said moving apps to the SD card would do it, others said to turn off Wifi scanning. Well, I've done both and hopefully it keeps working. I did notice in the manual I downloaded from Samsung's website is it said the SD card should only be used to store music and such on, which is a shame because I bought the 16GB knowing I was going to put a 32GB microSDHC card in it. I bought the Nexus 10 before this one and returned it within 2 days. I've been using Samsung's products since they were originally released, and I won't use anything else. I hope Samsung figures out a way for me to move some of my apps to the SD card so I can free up some internal memory. I think they released it when they did knowing it wasn't working and knowing they can send out an update later. They just needed some new products out on the market before AAPL and also to makeup for the missed growth assumptions on their other products. They have to do whatever they can to keep their earnings around expectations.
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You know how you can move apps to SD card from within Application Manager? That doesn't move it to the microSD card - it moves it to /sdcard/ on internal memory. Android mounts a folder on the internal memory as /sdcard/, while your actual microSD card is mounted as /mnt/extSdCard/. It's been like this since ICS came out 2 years ago and seems kind of dumb to me. I guess apps can have issues if they rely on the microSD card, so to avoid that, they cripple the ability to install apps onto microSD cards without using a 3rd party app.
The solution for most of us is to use an app known as Folder Mount. I am using it on my Galaxy S4 and my Note 10.1 (2014). It basically creates an alias, or pointer, from one folder to another, tricking the operating system. For instance, most larger games put the bulk of their data in /sdcard/android/data/obb/, which is on the internal memory (of which you only have 9gb on a brand new 16gb Galaxy S4). You can set up a mount in Folder Mount very easily for this folder. You just create new mount, browse for source folder, then choose 'yes' when it prompts you to automatically create the destination folder on /extsdcard/, then 'yes' again to move data in existing folder. Using this method, I have over 30GB of apps installed on my 16GB Galaxy S4 and still have plenty of room to spare on the 64gb microSD card. The only problem I've seen from moving the whole /obb/ folder is that some apps that try to open themselves at start-up will fail and cause a boot-loop because the app is missing its data because it tries to start before Folder Mount has a chance to mount the alias. You can do this with a few other folders that tend to grow over time and you'll never run out of room on that 16GB device! All you need is root. And if you get boot-loops from moving /obb/, eject your microSD to stop the boot-loop then install Autorun Manager and disable startup for any apps whose data you moved with Folder Mount. Hope this makes sense, and good luck!
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition as well. I also have a Galaxy S3, Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, and a Google Nexus 8. When it comes to rooting, I got a bad taste in my mouth when I tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. I tried rooting it using Odem and it gave me tons of problems afterwards. If I knew of a way to root some of my devices that were trouble free, I'd be more than willing. I hate the fact that the wireless carriers lock the phone where you can only use their software/applications. Can you refer me to a thread that discusses how to root, the best way to root the device, the best ROM flash, etc? I'm note sure which device I would root first, but since I don't use my Samsung Galaxy S3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (which was purchased through AT&T), I would probably start with those. I just don't know the best way to do it, because apparently, the last time I tried rooting the Skyrocket, I had nothing but trouble.
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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition as well. I also have a Galaxy S3, Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, and a Google Nexus 8. When it comes to rooting, I got a bad taste in my mouth when I tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. I tried rooting it using Odem and it gave me tons of problems afterwards. If I knew of a way to root some of my devices that were trouble free, I'd be more than willing. I hate the fact that the wireless carriers lock the phone where you can only use their software/applications. Can you refer me to a thread that discusses how to root, the best way to root the device, the best ROM flash, etc? I'm note sure which device I would root first, but since I don't use my Samsung Galaxy S3 or my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (which was purchased through AT&T), I would probably start with those. I just don't know the best way to do it, because apparently, the last time I tried rooting the Skyrocket, I had nothing but trouble.
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I've rooted lots of devices but never found that it can cause any "trouble". Having root access doesn't inherently do anything bad to your device. That would be like saying "my car had problems ever since I disabled the governor"...there's more to the story, like maybe driving your car 165mph was what actually caused problems. The options that root access opens up to you can obviously break stuff, but rooting alone has no adverse affect unless the root kit itself has some flaw, which I've never encountered.
I finally bit the bullet and have a nexus 5 getting delivered Monday. Lg optimistic g is one of the better phones I've had. But my question is this:
What is the best way to backup and transfer my data to the new phone? Things like game saves and and app data for apps from the play store.
I know I can use titanium backup for the lg as I'm rooted but I'm not sure if I'm going to root the n5.
Thanks for the info and help.
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This phone is on sale today for $120 at Amazon. At that price and the specs it seems like a really great deal until I find out the cloud support will only be around for 6 months or so. If it had microSD it would still be a no-brainer but I'm concerned what will happen when they stop supporting the phone. Will we be able to use the cloud backup function if we use our own storage such as Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.? If this is not currently a possibility is it something that is even feasible in a custom ROM?
I don't need a ton of storage for anything but apps. I'm not a big gamer, I just have many apps that I use rarely but when I do need them, it would be very inconvenient to reinstall and sign in and change settings, etc. One of the most annoying things about Android is even the apps that are movable still remain partially on my internal storage. I also have a Huawei Watch and the apps for those alone that must remain on the phone memory hog a ton. I'm currently using an Honor 5x with only 16gb onboard so this phone would still be an upgrade for that... I just wish they could have splurged on an SDcard slot and it would be on the way to my house already. I know, I know, everyone wants their crap in a "cloud" now. I actually prefer local storage, I hate to be reliant on a data connection or someone else's servers but I still like the idea of this phone. Too bad not enough other people did to keep it from flopping. I feel really bad for the Kickstarter backers that paid $300-400.
Alternatively, does anyone know of any Android apps or custom ROMs even that perform a similar function where I can backup and restore apps from either a server, or even better my own SD card, without losing settings? I know there are a lot of apps that do this with the apks, but I want one that functions more like this phone does it. I don't care if I have to do it manually instead of it being automated in the background, as long as they are restored with settings intact. It seems like something that could be done but I have zero experience in Android Development. I'm guessing they locked out the ability to do this somehow or it would be done already. I'm not a huge fan of Android but even less of iOS or anything Apple which leaves little other choices these days. For the record, I still think old school Windows Mobile was the best phone OS ever until they bastardized it into Windows Phone.
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This phone is on sale today for $120 at Amazon. At that price and the specs it seems like a really great deal until I find out the cloud support will only be around for 6 months or so. If it had microSD it would still be a no-brainer but I'm concerned what will happen when they stop supporting the phone. Will we be able to use the cloud backup function if we use our own storage such as Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.? If this is not currently a possibility is it something that is even feasible in a custom ROM?
I don't need a ton of storage for anything but apps. I'm not a big gamer, I just have many apps that I use rarely but when I do need them, it would be very inconvenient to reinstall and sign in and change settings, etc. One of the most annoying things about Android is even the apps that are movable still remain partially on my internal storage. I also have a Huawei Watch and the apps for those alone that must remain on the phone memory hog a ton. I'm currently using an Honor 5x with only 16gb onboard so this phone would still be an upgrade for that... I just wish they could have splurged on an SDcard slot and it would be on the way to my house already. I know, I know, everyone wants their crap in a "cloud" now. I actually prefer local storage, I hate to be reliant on a data connection or someone else's servers but I still like the idea of this phone. Too bad not enough other people did to keep it from flopping. I feel really bad for the Kickstarter backers that paid $300-400.
Alternatively, does anyone know of any Android apps or custom ROMs even that perform a similar function where I can backup and restore apps from either a server, or even better my own SD card, without losing settings? I know there are a lot of apps that do this with the apks, but I want one that functions more like this phone does it. I don't care if I have to do it manually instead of it being automated in the background, as long as they are restored with settings intact. It seems like something that could be done but I have zero experience in Android Development. I'm guessing they locked out the ability to do this somehow or it would be done already. I'm not a huge fan of Android but even less of iOS or anything Apple which leaves little other choices these days. For the record, I still think old school Windows Mobile was the best phone OS ever until they bastardized it into Windows Phone.
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If you're willing to root the phone, there are some options for using an app like Titanium Backup to save and restore your app data in conjunction with a separate cloud service like Google Drive or Dropbox for storing your backups. Titanium Backup even has some options for integrating your cloud service of choice and uploading automatically, but again this does require rooting.
Also, keep in mind that hardware limitations of the Robin prevent it from using USB host or USB On-The-Go adapters, which is one of the first things people wonder about when there's no SD card
However, it's still a good phone for such a low price.
It was actually $118 plus I get 5% back with the Amazon card so I bought one each in Mint and Midnight. Whichever one I don't keep, I'll give to my Mom. She's on a crap Windows Phone that is starting to have hardware issues. I think it will be perfect for her, if not way more than she needs. I have 30 days to decide since Amazon is great with returns. I shop with them so much I could probably buy a new phone and return it every month but I wouldn't do that. I did the slow shipping so hopefully Prime Day will come before my 30 days are up in case there's a better deal. I got my Honor 5x for $120 last Prime Day and I think I could probably sell it used a year later for $100 after keeping it in perfect condition. I do worry about the Robin holding any value but I never actually end up selling my old phones anyway, I have quite the historical collection. The lack of warranty concerns me but I think if I have any real issues I can get my money back from Amazon since I spend most of my money there. I think they sold a lot of Robins with that deal, most of the cases sold out by the end of the day. It's still only $130 so they must have quite a large supply of them. I'd be curious to know how many phones were manufactured and how many have sold but I doubt they make that public information.
Anyway thanks for all the info. I'll be back next week when I get it to get all the rooting info. I have to roll back my Huawei watch too, it didn't look like a quick process so I've been avoiding it but I hate 2.0... so I'll just have to devote one night to nerding out on XDA. It's been awhile.
Damn it, ****, f*ck donkey punch.. I refused REFUSED to buy a phone without an SD card, but just bought the robin on sale because I figured I could just use the cloud and keep my backup images on my USB otg drive. It didn't even occur to me that it doesn't support otg.. Wtf. I haven't even opened the box yet..
No wonder this phone flopped. No SD card, so no apps to SD, or an option to switch between cloud and SD card backup. Crappy battery. No host mode.. And for (what was) $400? Damn it maaan! I've never done any development on a phone without a card. Do you just push and pull your backups between a pc? What if you, ugh, nvm.. I'm about to find out I guess..
I'm gonna be PISSED if I see one of the phones I was gonna buy but didn't because I saw this with decent specs for $118
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If you're willing to root the phone, there are some options for using an app like Titanium Backup to save and restore your app data in conjunction with a separate cloud service like Google Drive or Dropbox for storing your backups. Titanium Backup even has some options for integrating your cloud service of choice and uploading automatically, but again this does require rooting.
Also, keep in mind that hardware limitations of the Robin prevent it from using USB host or USB On-The-Go adapters, which is one of the first things people wonder about when there's no SD card
However, it's still a good phone for such a low price.
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Damn it, ****, f*ck donkey punch.. I refused REFUSED to buy a phone without an SD card, but just bought the robin on sale because I figured I could just use the cloud and keep my backup images on my USB otg drive. It didn't even occur to me that it doesn't support otg.. Wtf. I haven't even opened the box yet..
No wonder this phone flopped. No SD card, so no apps to SD, or an option to switch between cloud and SD card backup. Crappy battery. No host mode.. And for (what was) $400? Damn it maaan! I've never done any development on a phone without a card. Do you just push and pull your backups between a pc? What if you, ugh, nvm.. I'm about to find out I guess..
I'm gonna be PISSED if I see one of the phones I was gonna buy but didn't because I saw this with decent specs for $118
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I use the twrp adb backup function now. It works really well.