So I got a warranty replacement S3 because of some hardware problems with my current S3. I'm attempting to backup the old phone and restore it to the new phone. I tried using My Backup Pro and it didn't restore any of the account settings. So I attempted to use Kies and seems to back up fine but when I attempt to restore to the new phone the "Email Account Information" and "Network settings and bookmark information" items are there in the list but are greyed out and I can't select them.
My phone is on stock JB 4.1.1 and is not rooted. I know that if I root the phone the backups can include all information and settings from within the apps which would be nice but I'm not sure I want to root the old phone just to backup and then unroot it to return it to AT&T. If that solves the issue of not having to input all the account information again maybe it'll be worth it but I haven't really kept up on the rooting/flashing/etc issues with this phone/OS. I'm not a complete newb to flashing/rooting/jailbreaking but the s3 is my first droid (WM phones back in the day and iPhones until s3 came out) and so far I've been happy enough with the stock android that I haven't felt any need to root or flash before now (especially since when S3 first came out rooting was irreversible for warranty purposes to my understanding).
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
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okay so my charging port broke on my phone and I need to send my phone in for repair I can still get a good enough connection to flash its just sketchy and I know I can flash because I have however I have over 25,000 text messages on my phone that I do not want to lose and quite a bit of other things And settings. so my question is what is the best software to backup my entire phone and restore it to the new one also I am running liquid smooth ROM version 4.2 .2 and I need to flash back to a stock rom I did not backup when I flash the first time so I need a Flash file to flash back to factory I also believe that I have to use no triangle to reset my flash counter any information regarding doing all of this would be greatly appreciated
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Kcirrab
There are a few apps in the Google Play Store to back up texts (none that I can think of right now, sorry) and for restore, I think this will be perfect and super easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363882
Hope this can help!
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Titanium Backup is a favorite for backing up everything (including SMS/MMS, call logs, apps, settings, etc.):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
You can even back up to cloud storage (e.g. dropbox) which will make it easier for you to restore in the case you receive a whole new S3.
After a whole bunch of hair pulling out I found out I have to do this to get my phone back to stock so I can sell it (got a new Note 4) . I can't just go back in Odin and restore because I upgraded to 4.4(I think, I was running CM12 at the time if I remember correctly) and now I have to use this method to get my phone to default settings. Can anyone team viewer me with this?We can talk on Skype or something. I can provide payment for your time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
Just purchased a display model Sprint Epic Touch D710 and decided to root it with Odin-OC. It appeared to go flawlessly (PASSED) but when restarted several times only comes up to home screen enter pass code and home screen does not respond to anything - locks up at this point and reboots. My actual model is MV SAM710BK if this makes any difference. It came with Sprint FreedomPop. I should have backed it up before rooting but did not. Should I try to unroot it and go back to stock? Can I just reverse the rooting? Thanks in advance - Bill
Fixed problem - phone back working better than ever!
Hopefully this will help someone else who does the same thing. First BACKUP!!! before rooting or changing ROM I know this is basic but I messed up and its scary not knowing if your device will ever work again or not. If you need to "goback" like me well you cant since there was no backup so what I did was load the latest stock rom - no erase data - that WAS also rooted. I guess the worst that could have happened was I would have wiped the device and gone back to stock. Go to this web site:
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...ung Galaxy S2 (Sprint) (SPH-D710)/Stock ROMs/
and get the latest ROM available in my case it was Odin GA10_818252_Rooted_Nodata and once installed it will open Odin3Excution v1.81 interface where you connect and download with basically one click. The Update or whatever you want to call it is better than the stock one I received with bloatware gone and things working better than original. Awesome resource RWilco12's web site!
OK so I smashed my s5, am a UDP verizon guy and hooked on the open bootloader, so i searched far and wide for another one with the 15 chipset...which I didn't find but I found a note 4 with it.
I bought it and unlocked it and loaded on a rom I loved. (5.0.1 og5). Well...no sense lying here...I was trying to do some less than kosher things regarding my ex's Facebook account with it. In the process I wasn't smart enough to cross check MD5s (a precaution I learned all too well) and opened an app that has me baffled.
It basically hijacked admin on my device completely. No Antivirus program can touch it, though many detect it. "Unknown sources" in my security folder is stuck permanently enabled, and I can't take over as admin on my own brand new note4.
I have tried flashing twrp and titanium backups to no avail, and also tried the safe stock og5 firmware through Odin but it never completes. I am stuck. I have logcat records and all the tools I would think might help, but I can't get rid of it...it seems to have used root and embedded itself into every facet of the device.
I am willing and ready to do anything including a full unroot and stock rom, I just don't want a locked update. Can anyone help me please?
As of now, no roms break it, only the stubborn malware CM app tries to get rid of it, but only identifies it as "suspicious file". My user admin and unknown sources are both locked, and a gaggle of bizarre log events happen constantly, forcing my device into crazy lag. As soon as it happened I received a couple random number-link blank text messages, but I never opened them. I don't have the numbers saved as I've flashed the phone like 30 times since trying to rid myself of this. Aside from the lag and locked unknown sources and admin, and an inability to clear trusted credentials, the phone seems to run normally, though I am scared to use it to log on to pretty much anything. The malware didn't come from a text, but from an app that I knowingly permitted thinking it was something else and I feel like a moron for it. It doesn't seem to have a name. It installed as an untitled app and I couldn't delete it with the root system app deleter, because it put a green bar over the check box in the app. I got rid of it with titanium, but to no avail. It still lurks.
Thanks in advance, and let me know of any screens hits or logs or tests I can provide to help.
At that point, I would recommend using Samsung's Smart Switch for PC program to do an emergency firmware upgrade & initialization. This will download a full copy of the stock firmware for the device (including a few bits that you won't find in stock firmwares available for download through sites like SamMobile) and will erase everything on the device and restore your phone to stock firmware.
If you are in the US and have a Best Buy nearby, you can see if one of their Samsung reps can perform a factory recovery using their SMART tool (which will do the same thing that Smart Switch's emergency firmware initialization will). Officially, rooted devices are not supported and they may rightfully refuse to do this, but it's worth asking if you don't have a computer to use for Smart Switch or don't want to wait.
You will need to redo the developer conversion, but that's the only thing I can think of that will definitely completely restore your phone to stock and eliminate all traces of whatever you installed.
thanks. that solved my problem and got it back to stock, rid of the malware completely. unfortunately, when i tried to return to the rom i had used, everything fell apart for me :/.
Hello,
I'm in a bit of a pickle. Bought my sister a brand new Nexus 5x about 3-4 months ago, first thing I did was install Pure Nexus (6.0.1) on it (prerooted) and unlocked bootloader, don't know why I did it but I thought it'd be nice for her to use foreign country appstores/other things. Anyways long story short, I installed Nexus tool root kit (latest version 2.1.9) to return the device to stock and relock the bootloader.
First thing I did was do a full backup (around 600mb, she didn't install much stuff).
Backed up other things - SMS/Phone/Contacts/Media (70mb.. weird), also copied and pasted all media to computer as I didn't trust the small file size here.
Next, I did a flash and unroot with stock firmware, selecting the latest firmware 7.0 (bullhead MTC20k) and this wiped the phone. After that finished, enabled debugging and etc and reconnected. At this point I used the toolkit to relock the device and it was wiped once again. Now, the phone was running the latest firmware and was locked and back to stock.
After rushing through the initial setup, (wifi, account etc.) I got back to home screen, went to developer options to re-enable USB Debugging and got the phone's fingerprint access thing approved. Then I went to open the toolkit to run the restoration. Following prompts and accepting to restore (no password set/required), I saw pretty much all the app names pop up and being restored. However after it completes, the computer's log says check device. Looking at the device I see no apps added or anything. I've run this step a few times but it appears no applications are being restored.
I would greatly appreciate some advice on what to do next, as I'm at a loss here. Thank you!
Hey guys,
Reporting back, I have downgraded the firmware to the latest Marshmellow version 6.0.1 MTC20K, and tried the whole process again. I'm glad to say that the restoration now worked and all the apps can be seen (including the ones requiring root, which now, no longer work).
It appears upgrading to a completely new version prevented the apps from showing.
Anyways, glad the ordeals over, once photos and contacts restored I can present the phone back to my dear sister.
Thanks!