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SMS backup?

So I use this program to backup all my SMS and mms but it has a bunch of SMS I don't want. Does anyone know of a way to erase everything and then back up again?
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corybucher said:
So I use this program to backup all my SMS and mms but it has a bunch of SMS I don't want. Does anyone know of a way to erase everything and then back up again?
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You can look in the market for a file manager. I prefer Astro File Manager and its free. Kinda works like when you click "My computer" in windows, you can find the file that the messages are backed up in, delete them, then just backup your new ones to replace it.

Would you know where they are kept? Have root explorer and was looking for anything called SMS backup but didn't find anything. I looked on the SD card and in system/apps. Appreciate the help.
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corybucher said:
Would you know where they are kept? Have root explorer and was looking for anything called SMS backup but didn't find anything. I looked on the SD card and in system/apps. Appreciate the help.
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Generally the app will make a folder on the root of your sd card. I can't say specifically what it would be named, but look for any indications like the apps name. I can guarantee you though, that it will not be in system/apps because apps that have the backup functionality would not designate them to where they can be gone alone with the app if you uninstall.
What app are you using? Maybe I can replicate it and help you find it.

Its called SMS backup + and I believe it may cost a little money I could be wrong though. Again any help is appreciated thanks
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corybucher said:
Its called SMS backup + and I believe it may cost a little money I could be wrong though. Again any help is appreciated thanks
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I found it and its free. Gimme a few min I'll tell you what to do
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From what I see... It may just be backing it up to your GMAIL account. I'm doing a backup now so I'll check for you.

Yeah I just figured it out it snycs to your gmail and if you open your lables you will see SMS. From there you can just delete all then redo it. Thanks again for your help, much appreciated.
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corybucher said:
Yeah I just figured it out it snycs to your gmail and if you open your lables you will see SMS. From there you can just delete all then redo it. Thanks again for your help, much appreciated.
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You beat me to it... was typing that when you added your post
Glad to help a fellow XDA'er man

If you don't like it going to goggle. Try out sms backup and restore. It's free and works great!

Thanks again
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Restore all ur sms to ur phone.
Install go sms, and backup using that, its much simpler.
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I use mybackup root specifically for SMS and MMS. The other stuff it offers is taken care of by google account.

vikramjatt11 said:
Restore all ur sms to ur phone.
Install go sms, and backup using that, its much simpler.
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I'd have to disagree. SMS backup + is the easiest one I've ever used. My main reason? No files to keep since it all goes to gmail.
SD card goes bad no big deal where a you could lose your backups otherwise.

You can also restore certain SMS by using the star feature
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Back to Samsung

Guys I'm looking to bring my phone to Samsung to ask them to change some faulty components for me.
I've unlocked and rooted my phone.
So I saw that by locking my Gnex again. All my internal storage will be lost? Does that me all my titanium backups as well as my Cwm backups?
How do you guys deal with this?
Previously on my gs2. I just had to backup to my external sd card.
Anyone have any ideas?
Much appreciated
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Last time I unrooted an factory reset I just copyed all clockwork backups to one folder on SD card(virtual) as we don't have a external one. And then just copyed it all over to my laptop. Once ready just re-root phone copy/paste all files back and ur golden..
at least that worked for me.
Heaven tried on titanium files tho
Cheers
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You're gonna want to take all of your personal data off before you factory reset and set it all back to stock anyways.

Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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shawnaye said:
Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have a physical SDcard. It has a "virtual" spot that acts like an SDcard. Your files are stored there, that's where you need to take your stuff from and put on your computer. If USB transfer isn't working. Put it on WiFi & stuff them all on Dropbox or use an FTP app.

My main concern is the pad lock on the boot screen. Is there anyway to remain on my flashed rom and remove the unlocked sign? Cause i just wanna do some over the counter exchange.
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Don't think so.
The lock signifies u unlocked the boot loader(90%) sure bout that.
And u cant stay on a custom ROM with it locked. Unless someone found a way around it.
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Someone has to find a way! My god it's quite trouble some to move them big files.
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Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Drakkula4 said:
Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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shawnaye said:
Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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Oh damn its 3 bucks.
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There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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You don't have to take it to Samsung you could always take it to a 3rd party phone repairer that deals with Samsung phones an doesn't care if its rooted.

Yea, its a bit pricy but worth it IMO. I paid for it and love the customization.
If u have a bit of time on or hands, u can try looking thru or system.apk file. I think its also in there but I'm not 100% on that.
Use root explorer or any other explorer and go to system/app/ and pull or system apk. Put it on or PC or laptop.
Open it with 7zip (right click , open archive. DO NOT EXTRACT) then go to red/drawable. And in the xhdpi folder look thru the pics. I believe one of them is the boot logo lock.
I'd give u exact paths and file names but I dont have my laptop on me right now.
Hope this helps
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Ty. Did not know that. Its on market?:beer:
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Holy **** dude. That's the best ever. That should be on the toolkit guide!
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I find the most reliable way to backup your entire /sdcard contents is via ADB. I can't recall the exact syntax that works but it's so much better than trying to make it work by MTP...
adb pull /sdcard sdcard possibly? Or some variation of that. And then it just starts copying en masse, and you leave it for whatever 25-50 minutes it requires, and then you're all backed up. Restoring by adb push works well too.
If the pull gets interrupted or messed up in any way while booted into the OS, you can try again while booted into CWM Recovery. Careful when pushing entire directories back via CWM - sometimes this can leave you with messed up permissions and then you will be unable to edit/delete/create files in some places. More info about how to fix that in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22970837&postcount=14
But yeah once you backup your entire internal storage, including whatever nandroid backup you need to get back to your custom setup, you can flash it all clear back to wiped stock without any concern of data loss.

[Q] S Note Sync Loss Data

I did factory reset and setup everything from scratch again.
I just noticed that when I sync the S Note from Samsung Account, only some latest notes got sync, while the older are gone. Is there limit capacity for Samsung account S Note?

There isn't.
Welcome to the world of Samsung.
Where nothing is supposed to work as said.
Learn the lesson.
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So, what is the best and more safe way to backup the snotes? Dropbox or something else? Did anyone use dropbox fro backing up snotes? It may backup one by one or all together? Any proposal for this matter?

I did restore few times before and successful. Just this one fail me.
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Just backup s note folder in sdcard
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Απ: [Q] S Note Sync Loss Data
Thanks for the tip. And when I need to restore I just copy back this folder to thw phone memory? Do you know if this method keeps except the files also the folders and general all my creations (drawings, memos etc)?

Yep everything created with s note is stored there. Just move that folder back and forth roms.
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I don't trust S-Note at all, one time I opened it and it said syncing, it then proceeded to delete one of my notes. Samsung support said they will look into it but have'nt heard anything further. Now I back up my snote folder regularly just in case.

UtkarshGupta said:
Yep everything created with s note is stored there. Just move that folder back and forth roms.
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Sorry, my english are not perfect. What do you mean with "and forth roms"?

I mean if I wipe internal memory as well while flashing and then copy over my s note folder to a different rom then it works perfectly.
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Recover pictures

Hello everyone.
I need help on a question. I need to recover my pictures that i erase when i use the twrp recovery and i choose the option, erase data and i lost all on my memory pictures music files etc. the only thing that i really want to find and recover are the pictures.
does anyone know a way to recover them?? i was thinking to use a software but this software doesn't find the phone.
thanks for your help
is very urgent

Do you have any kind of backup?. Google drive, drop box, are highly recommended.
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no i dont. this is the reason of my stress. know i will always do it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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is there any easy way? because i dont know how to do half of the stuffs there or if there is some video tutorial.
thanks

vlc_marcos said:
is there any easy way? because i dont know how to do half of the stuffs there or if there is some video tutorial.
thanks
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That is the only way
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Titanium Backup from other Tab/Handy

Hi all,
i have a new nexus 7 wifi. i try to backup my other devices(samsung galaxy tab, s3, s4). but, i can't restore in my nexus.
all apps i try'd to restore, it won't start again after i restore the app/data or data only.
it's a backup from another tab /handy not compatible for the nexus?
Greetz

What's a 'handy'?
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chrismast said:
What's a 'handy'?
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It's a cellphone...
And to answer the question you are experiencing compatibility issues, so don't do it.
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chumpysv said:
It's a cellphone...
And to answer the question you are experiencing compatibility issues, so don't do it.
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Thank you.
But, how can i now Sync my App-Settings/Games on the Nexus and S4?
greetz

cutalaxy said:
Thank you.
But, how can i now Sync my App-Settings/Games on the Nexus and S4?
greetz
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(1) titanium backup, whereas you might get problems as you already mentioned
(2) apps that support Google play service sync automatically
(3) I don't know
Edit: thanks, forgot that we use handy in German even if it is not really an English word for cellphone if I understand well. Living abroad for too long
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cutalaxy said:
Hi all,
i have a new nexus 7 wifi. i try to backup my other devices(samsung galaxy tab, s3, s4). but, i can't restore in my nexus.
all apps i try'd to restore, it won't start again after i restore the app/data or data only.
it's a backup from another tab /handy not compatible for the nexus?
Greetz
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Change backup folder location in Titanium backup to storage/emulated/legacy/titaniumbackup
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shortyboy said:
Change backup folder location in Titanium backup to storage/emulated/legacy/titaniumbackup
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it seems to work, thank you!
@all,
can you say me the different between:
mnt/sdcard
sdcard
data/media/0
storage/emulated/0
storage/emulated/legacy
and many more.
They shows all on the internal "sdcard", is there a "FAQ" oder something whit an explanation?

cutalaxy said:
it seems to work, thank you!
@all,
can you say me the different between:
mnt/sdcard
sdcard
data/media/0
storage/emulated/0
storage/emulated/legacy
and many more.
They shows all on the internal "sdcard", is there a "FAQ" oder something whit an explanation?
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If I am not wrong, this is related to the Multi User feature (E.g. User 2 will have /1) and hence the change that came with 4.2.2.
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