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Contacts and Titanium Backup

Ok so I rooted my phone full unlock.
So I get titanium backup (running ROM baked the latest 9.6 i think?)
Install it it says it does not see root? or busy box? it says it cannot acquire root privileges.
So I dl busy box install it and it still says it does not see root?
Am I dumb why wont this work?
Also all my contacts should be synced to my gmail right?
I tried to resync to get my contacts back and I have no contacts lol so what did I do wrong?
Thanks

What root method did you use?

The idiot proof guide.
Toasts I think it was.

Can you boot into recovery? power off phone then hold the vol down and power button. Select recovery and hit the power button. It should give you a list of options one being install zip from sd card

Yeah I can install from sdcard
Im running Baked ROM 9.6
I downloaded the titanium backup from the market though.
Is that how I am supposed to install it?

I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue

trentlythp said:
I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue
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Ok thanks
You know anything about the contacts?
Also to do a full wipe do I just go to rom manager restore my old one (the one I saved before flashing this rom) then wipe the cache and user data then flash the baked rom again?
Sorry still learning thanks for the help btw

I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results

trentlythp said:
I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results
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Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today

JustHereTryingtoLearn said:
Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today
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Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.

BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?

trentlythp said:
Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.
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O I tried that with my last phone and I was told to flash the baked rom with ROM Manager from marketplace but Ill try that!! It cant mess anything up right?
huoter said:
BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?
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Thanks to both of you. First this is my 2nd rooting, my first phone messed up so I know some but not much.
Anyway Im having trouble with titanium backup yes.
Also no I think my contacts are gone I *thought* I synced them through my google. I clicked sync in the accounts and stuff for my contacts but when I try to import them it says they are not there lol.
If they are its not that big of a deal lol

Yes baked snack is a good ROM I didn't mean to imply that it wasnt. Sorry if it did. I have used it myself.
The reason I said try another ROM is strictly for troubleshooting.
You can log into you gmail account to check to see if your contacts are there. If they are we need to figure out why they are not syncing. If they are not then that's why they are not syncing. I hope that helps
Sent via the Sprint HTC EVO

no contacts in Gmail UGH
o well got titanium backup working!

Just checking, go to contacts hit menu and click view. make sure google is checked. it probably is but just making sure.
sign into gmail and click contacts. do you see your contacts there? you may have saved them to phone without even knowing it. you can set it to default save contacts to google instead of phone.
if your contacts are in gmail contacts and still wont sync with the phone, disable google sync for everything and make it sync with exchange activesync, it should be able to sync your contacts that way then.

Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(

JustHereTryingtoLearn said:
Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(
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That's why your contacts won't sync unfortunately. I'm not aware of a way to restore those. Hopefully you didn't have too many.
I'm glad you got titanium backup running but would you mind if I asked how that way if someone else has that problem they know how you fixed it?
Sent via the Sprint HTC EVO

Yeah I did a complete wipe and just flashed the rom again I did it in rom manager though

Nandroid backup on one device and restore on another?

My friend bought the EVO recently so I walked him through the process of rooting and installing a new rom (DC3.2.3). He's enjoying every bit of it until I showed him the new CM6 ROM.
He uses most of the same applications I do so I had a theoretical question:
Would it be possible to perform a nandroid backup of my phone and restore it on his phone? Obviously I would have to completely wipe but can anyone think of any conflicts that may occur?

initial said:
My friend bought the EVO recently so I walked him through the process of rooting and installing a new rom (DC3.2.3). He's enjoying every bit of it until I showed him the new CM6 ROM.
He uses most of the same applications I do so I had a theoretical question:
Would it be possible to perform a nandroid backup of my phone and restore it on his phone? Obviously I would have to completely wipe but can anyone think of any conflicts that may occur?
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Yes it does work. (I know because I've done it!) He'll get all your contacts, emails, settings, etc..

SteelH said:
Yes it does work. (I know because I've done it!) He'll get all your contacts, emails, settings, etc..
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I don't have any contacts stored on my phone, they're all linked to my gmail. as far as settings and emails and what not, wouldn't the wipes take care of that so he can set his own?

initial said:
I don't have any contacts stored on my phone, they're all linked to my gmail. as far as settings and emails and what not, wouldn't the wipes take care of that so he can set his own?
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Yea .

Flashed New Rom, Where is VZW Backup Assistant?

Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!

have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\

jayochs said:
have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\
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Yea I didn't see it in the Android Market. Anyone else have any ideas as to what I can do?

Not sure but I don't think VzBackup will work on Sensation Based roms. you can restore your previous rom download contacts from verizon and then save or export them to your sd card...Newts Incredible Sensation uses the Inc2 Framework so VZBackup works with out problem. Good luck most Sense 3.0 and 2.1 rom are based from Sprint and earlier roms(before GB) were having lots of problems when they left the vzbackup software in.

BMWPower06 said:
Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!
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VZW Backup Assistant is generally considered useless bloat and is stripped from most, if not all ROMs. Most veteran ROM flasher have supercomputer-like memories and can input their entire phone book from memory after each flash.
....na. Just kidding. We use our Google accounts. It works better too, and you can access it from any computer, edit it, and never worry about losing all your contacts if something happens to your phone. If all else fails, make a nandroid of your current ROM, wipe the phone and restore your old ROM with the phone book in it, set up a Google account to link to the phone and sync your address book to it, then wipe, restore your new ROM, and log into Google. You're entire address book will rebuilt itself, no user intervention required. If you plan on flashing different ROMs to experiment with them, it's the ONLY way to go.
You're other option is dig through the files of the old ROM for the right .apk and copy that to the new ROM. Don't ask me how though. If it were me, it would be faster to just do the flash thing.

here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....

rocketj said:
here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....
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To OP
After you flash this and if it works and you get all your contacts transfered, I would suggest you export your contacts to your SD card. It'll make a .vcf file that you can use (also save it to an online site, or email yourself the file) so in the future instead of having stuff like this that can constantly use up your connection and CPU you can just import this nifty file.
Google also syncs your contacts but I don't always trust it as sometimes it doesn't pick them all up (maybe I'm just doing something wrong)

I stick with Google sync over backup assist aswell. Although sync doesn't always import all of my contacts but majority of the time it works great
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VZW Backup is useless! Just as several others have suggested, it is always best to use your Google account to store and manage your contacts. Especially when you start flashing ROMs regularly.

Just as useful as their $2.99 a month visual voicemail.
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Google Syncing Issues, Plz Help!!!

Hey guys,
I would like to start by apoligizing if there is a thread relating to this issue, but i have searched the forums and couldn't find a solution. The problems i am having is that Google just will not sync on my phone ATT Galaxy S3. I lost all contacts, google play, and google talk. nothing is working anymore.
Recently i tried to install "freedom" on the phone to get free in app purchases. then installed localepicker. now removed the locale picker and the freedom app and i am not sure if this is what caused the problem.
I dont know alot about all this rooting and flashing and stuff like that... i rooted the phone a very simple way from this website just to get game gaurdian on the phone to mess around with games.
So if anybody could helo with my problem thta would be excellent.
Thank you very Much.

Namikaze Minato said:
Hey guys,
I would like to start by apoligizing if there is a thread relating to this issue, but i have searched the forums and couldn't find a solution. The problems i am having is that Google just will not sync on my phone ATT Galaxy S3. I lost all contacts, google play, and google talk. nothing is working anymore.
Recently i tried to install "freedom" on the phone to get free in app purchases. then installed localepicker. now removed the locale picker and the freedom app and i am not sure if this is what caused the problem.
I dont know alot about all this rooting and flashing and stuff like that... i rooted the phone a very simple way from this website just to get game gaurdian on the phone to mess around with games.
So if anybody could helo with my problem thta would be excellent.
Thank you very Much.
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When you go in settings and add account, do you get an error? Also, do you set it to manually sync or automatic?
Did it randomly stop or it was after flashing?

BWolf56 said:
When you go in settings and add account, do you get an error? Also, do you set it to manually sync or automatic?
Did it randomly stop or it was after flashing?
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Can not establish a reliable connection to the server.
This could be a temporary problem or your Android device may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues Call Customer Servic .
Thats is the message that I keep getting. And i noticed it this morning after I deleted all that freedom/locale pocket stuff. The Internet still works, it's just it refuses to sync the Google account.
Thanks again for taking the time to help me.

Namikaze Minato said:
Can not establish a reliable connection to the server.
This could be a temporary problem or your Android device may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues Call Customer Servic .
Thats is the message that I keep getting. And i noticed it this morning after I deleted all that freedom/locale pocket stuff. The Internet still works, it's just it refuses to sync the Google account.
Thanks again for taking the time to help me.
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When you look at your signal, is it grey? When it is colored (blue most of the time), then it's connecting with Google, if grey, it's not.
I did a little google search (can go a long way ) and found a few solutions:
1- Just restart the phone without the SIM card, and connect to some WiFi network, so you can login to your Google Account. It will log you into the account, and then you can put the SIM card back.
2- Add YouTube app and login with gmail account
Go into Gmail App and add account if needed.
Sign into Gmail account wither username and password
Go through login process
3- Hard reset your phone. You will lose all information that is currently on your phone when you do this.
Select Settings -> Security -> Factory Data Reset
Once the phone reboots, input your google account information when the phone asks for it.

BWolf56 said:
When you look at your signal, is it grey? When it is colored (blue most of the time), then it's connecting with Google, if grey, it's not.
I did a little google search (can go a long way ) and found a few solutions:
1- Just restart the phone without the SIM card, and connect to some WiFi network, so you can login to your Google Account. It will log you into the account, and then you can put the SIM card back.
2- Add YouTube app and login with gmail account
Go into Gmail App and add account if needed.
Sign into Gmail account wither username and password
Go through login process
3- Hard reset your phone. You will lose all information that is currently on your phone when you do this.
Select Settings -> Security -> Factory Data Reset
Once the phone reboots, input your google account information when the phone asks for it.
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Tried step #1 and #2. None of these work. Just a quick question before Itry step #3 . Will it cause to brick my phone? The only reason I am asking is because the phone is rooted, by one of the methods on this site. That is my only worry, will anything happen if I do it that way or doni have to go threw Odin and that whole process again? Once again thanks for the help.

Namikaze Minato said:
Tried step #1 and #2. None of these work. Just a quick question before Itry step #3 . Will it cause to brick my phone? The only reason I am asking is because the phone is rooted, by one of the methods on this site. That is my only worry, will anything happen if I do it that way or doni have to go threw Odin and that whole process again? Once again thanks for the help.
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No you won't brick your phone. Although, make a backup first.

BWolf56 said:
No you won't brick your phone. Although, make a backup first.
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Thanks a lot. When you say back up - you just mean pull all the pics off and put them on my comp, right? Like i said before I'm a noob to the whole android rooting process and things of its nature. Thanks again.

Namikaze Minato said:
Thanks a lot. When you say back up - you just mean pull all the pics off and put them on my comp, right? Like i said before I'm a noob to the whole android rooting process and things of its nature. Thanks again.
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You can go in recovery and make a nandroid backup. That will make a flashable image of your phone which you can get back to if something goes wrong.

BWolf56 said:
You can go in recovery and make a nandroid backup. That will make a flashable image of your phone which you can get back to if something goes wrong.
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Wow. Ok I totally lost you there. I don't know how to make backups and flash stuff. Guess I'll just try to take off the pics and videos. And start from scratch again. I would love to have the latest JB update w/o all the bloatware that AT&T puts on it, but that a whole other project in itself. Lol Thank you for all your help.

Namikaze Minato said:
Wow. Ok I totally lost you there. I don't know how to make backups and flash stuff. Guess I'll just try to take off the pics and videos. And start from scratch again. I would love to have the latest JB update w/o all the bloatware that AT&T puts on it, but that a whole other project in itself. Lol Thank you for all your help.
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You might wanna take a hour or so to go read the stickied guides

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You might wanna take a hour or so to go read the stickied guides
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Fantastic.... all your ideas did nothing...
Still experiencing the same problems. same error message. its like its blocking my phone from syncing. Maybe i deleted a file. I think the best bet would be to flash a whole new ROM or reboot the whole phone, and make it a fresh one.

Namikaze Minato said:
Fantastic.... all your ideas did nothing...
Still experiencing the same problems. same error message. its like its blocking my phone from syncing. Maybe i deleted a file. I think the best bet would be to flash a whole new ROM or reboot the whole phone, and make it a fresh one.
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Do a backup and go back to stock. See if it works there. If not, it's a problem with your carrier, maybe even your sim card.

Wiped phone along with backup

I was flashing a new ROM to my Sprint S3 when I accidentally wiped internal storage (where I had my backup and my CM). Now I have no OS and no recovery files on my phone. I backed everything up on TiBu and moved the files to my laptop just in case, but I cant figure out how to access them from TWRP. Any ideas? Im trying not to panick because I know you guys can fix pretty much anything, but I need my phone for work in the morning. Thanks in advance.
-WP

You need to go into advanced settings in TWRP and sideload a rom, or if you have a sdcard reader put it in your pc and load a rom onto it.

Thank you!
metalfan78 said:
You need to go into advanced settings in TWRP and sideload a rom, or if you have a sdcard reader put it in your pc and load a rom onto it.
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:good: Worked perfectly and was very painless. Thanks for coming through for me. Any recommendations on a kernel to go along with CM10.2.1 (Stable)?
I was thinking of going with leankernel

I don't have a kernel recommendation, sorry. I actually only use TW roms.

WastedPotential said:
:good: Worked perfectly and was very painless. Thanks for coming through for me. Any recommendations on a kernel to go along with CM10.2.1 (Stable)?
I was thinking of going with leankernel
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Honestly, it all depends on your personal phone. My friends seem to work better with a 3rd party kernel while mine only works well with the stock CM one or Touchwiz one.
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One more problem: I had everything backed-up on TiBu, but that includes bloatware that I am trying to get rid of. How can i just import contacts, without anything else?

I'm not sure, all my contacts are saved in Google.

metalfan78 said:
I'm not sure, all my contacts are saved in Google.
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For future reference, how does one accomplish this?
Anybody have any other ideas? I tried syncing but Facebook has more numbers than any of my other networks and it doesnt seem to sync, even after reboot.

WastedPotential said:
For future reference, how does one accomplish this?
Anybody have any other ideas? I tried syncing but Facebook has more numbers than any of my other networks and it doesnt seem to sync, even after reboot.
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Did you try going into settings, then adding facebook as an account? I always use google to auto sync contacts it makes things easier.

krs_uno said:
Did you try going into settings, then adding facebook as an account? I always use google to auto sync contacts it makes things easier.
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I did. I have rebooted and resynced, still nothing. It even has a little check mark next to it, so it thinks its synced. Could it have something to do with my fb security settings?
How do I autosync my google account and contacts?
Sorry for the tidal wave of questions. You guys (and gals?) have been really great!