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Yes, I know there are several topics already on this topic, but I haven't seen a reasonable solution in any of them ..
I was running Virtuous Unity Sense 3.0 v1.27 ROM this evening when I created a complete backup using Titanium Backup Pro Root .... I have now flashed a fresh copy of Virtuous Unity Sense 3.0 v2.37 ROM, and Titanium Backup Pro Root .. I am trying to restore my contacts by restoring 'Data only' for [CONTACTS/CALLS... Storage], but this only restores the groups I had defined in contacts, and not the actual contacts themselves ... I have restarted the phone after doing such a restore, but still, no contacts ..
So how do I get Titanium backup pro to restore my contacts as well ?
Luckily, I did create a nandroid backup of my Desire Z before reflashing, so I can go back and backup my contacts through some other means, but I want to know how to get Titanium Backup to restore them ..
And please don't say that I can use Gmail sync ... I don't trust gmail contacts sync because of my past experiences ..
Thanks for your help !
Don't trust google sync?
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Titanium Backup isn't configured to backup and restore contacts. It knows that Google backs up all of your contacts to your gmail account.
Make sure your contacts are syncing and the ones you're adding aren't 'Phone Only' contacts, and then sync and flash the new ROM. When you put in your gmail address it will pull all of them back down.
Why not just use MyBackup or sync with Google?
Spastic909 said:
Don't trust google sync?
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martonikaj said:
Titanium Backup isn't configured to backup and restore contacts. It knows that Google backs up all of your contacts to your gmail account.
Make sure your contacts are syncing and the ones you're adding aren't 'Phone Only' contacts, and then sync and flash the new ROM. When you put in your gmail address it will pull all of them back down.
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Why not just use MyBackup or sync with Google?
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Guys, I appreciate your help, really, but I've already said in OP that I don't want to use Google Sync .... Let's just say I have had a really big mishap before by going down that road ..
Secondly, Titanium claims to back up *everything*, and people on this forum suggested similar to me, so I'm wondering why does nobody know how to backup/restore contacts using Titanium ...
So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
ahmadka said:
So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
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E-mail the developer about it.
^^ I was actually thinking that maybe I'm not doing something right, but I guess if you all are convinced that Titanium indeed cannot be used for backing up/restoring contacts that yeah maybe I'll email the developer
But is it a bug in Titanium, or is the feature itself (i.e backup/restore contacts) missing or something ?
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Guys, I appreciate your help, really, but I've already said in OP that I don't want to use Google Sync .... Let's just say I have had a really big mishap before by going down that road ..
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So you use a smartphone... A Google Android smartphone... and you're worried about using google sync?? Not to start a flame war but if you're worried about this you need to go back to a dumbphone...
So you guys are claiming that Titanium cannot backup/restore contacts ?? ... If this is the case, why does everyone like Titanium so much .. ? .. I mean contacts is such a basic thing ..
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No it does not. Everyone likes it because it backs up apps+data, and System data and restores when you flash a new ROM. Its an amazing app that has saved me hours of time when flashing ROMs. It doesn't back up contacts because when you use Android, contacts are backed up 100% every time. Using a Gmail account to use the phone automatically leads to backed up data. Why make an app to back it up when your phone does it automatically?
^^ I also have no intention of starting some kind of a flame war, and I only made my statement bold so that new repliers can see that point .. Like I said, I am grateful for your help ..
The reason why I dont like Google Sync for contacts is because two times my contacts got wiped out from both server and my phone, leaving me contact-less .. in the end I had to resort to an older nandroid backup to recover a partial amount of my contacts back ... now whether that was my fault or google's is unknown to me .. what is known to me is that for one reason or another, Google Sync for contacts has never really worked for me .. But apartment from this, I use google technologies, and google sync for many other things, and I love the company and their ideas ... I just don't like google sync for contacts, thats all .. And I had mentioned this point clearly in OP, and its not like I HAVE to use that, right .. ?
Anyways, I thought that Titanium could also backup contacts .. even if Google Sync does backup your contacts, it doesn't hurt to have other methods too, right ? ... I mean if you search on market for backup apps, you'll find tons of them .. redundancy ... so why should contacts backups be exclusive to google only .. ?
Anyways, the reason why I had made this post was because Titanium DOES show a backup of contacts, which is not working for me ... so I thought that I'm not doing something right ... if Titanium didn't support it entirely, then it shouldn't even make the backup in the first place, right .. ? But it did, and its just not working .. So I thought maybe I was doing something wrong myself, and that the app (i.e. Titanium Backup Pro) is fine as literally millions of people use it ..
I'm sure its able to backup/restore contacts ... I'm sure I'm making some mistake somewhere ..
And like I said, I didn't make this thread to start a flame war .. I just made this thread to get an answer to my problem, that all ... hope you understand
I guess I scared everyone off ... oh well .. :/
Titanium backup is awesome. It has saved me hours - multiple times, but to the best of my knowledge it backs up only the contacts application/settings... if it does backup actual individual contacts I would never know; as everyone else has said, I personally use Google sync. I imagine most users are in this boat. Maybe it's time you and Google contacts sync makeup.
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I'm telling you, use MyBackup to handle the contacts.
Ditamae said:
Titanium backup is awesome. It has saved me hours - multiple times, but to the best of my knowledge it backs up only the contacts application/settings... if it does backup actual individual contacts I would never know; as everyone else has said, I personally use Google sync. I image most users are in this boat. Maybe it's time you and Google contacts sync makeup.
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I believe this to be true. It backs up the 'contacts' app and the settings for said app, but doesn't handle individual contacts info.
Why not use google contacts then export contacts to file,then you have your contacts in triplicate,phone,google and file?I must be luckly as I love the google sync function
TitaniumBackup does save contacts, you need to restore manually maybe Contact-backup-blabla (text is colored green in the list) and you need to reboot device.
But what is strange - for some reason data from my Gemini Calendar has not been restored I entered so many events... Damn...
there is backup for "Contacts and dialer" which i suppose is the app, and other entry for "CONTACTS/CALLS" which i think is the actual data. but since i have google sync up i'm not sure.
Also if you are so worried about google, how about that CarrierIQ that lies deep in the kernel and logs all your key-presses and sends em to everybody?
Cant help you with ti but i can recomend useing the option to download all contacts from google. That way you have a backup if they ever get wiped for some reason. Good luck
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love TB makes romming a breeze! Just use google contacts sorry you had a bad experiance but i have always used them or the carriers backup service in the past. Like the others said if you want that feature then get an app that supports is specifically or export from google lol.
Got a solution?
Hi everyone,
ahmadka, did you manage to restore your contacts?
Because I am facing the same problem. I switched from stock 2.2 to Cyanogenmod 7.1
I did a backup with TiBu. I backed up the ROM with ROM Manager.
I even backed up my SMS and Call logs using separate applications.
I thought TiBu would restore my phone contacts, but no.
There is an entry called contacts in TiBu, but it only restores a few contacts, not all.
I know the contacts are in the stock ROM, in a contacts database file, but how to retrieve them?
Do I have to flash the stock ROM, backup my contacts and reflash Cyanogen?
Isn't there a simpler way?
Thanks!
never had or heard of anyone loosing contacts stored through google, but whatever. i doubt there are many developers trying to make apps for android for something google does so well already.
titanium back isnt and i doubt will ever be a place to backup and restore contacts.
solutions, use google sync
use a pen and paper
download to simcard
download to sdcard
make your own app that does this
by an iphone, then go on apple forum and complain to them
ok just being an ass, sorry in one of those moods
Please help me... I unlocked bootloader, it wiped all my phone, then rooted hoping to get some sort of backup. No luck. Can you please help? Lost my 2 week old's baby photos due to stupidity.
David
try this: http://www.wondershare.com/disk-utility/recover-deleted-photos-from-nexus-s-and-galaxy-nexus.html
if that doesnt work, you might be out of luck.
Thanks Zep... unfortunately this doesn't work with the Galaxy Nexus, as it doesn't have an SD card and isn't recognized by the program.
there are some apps that have require root access that i have heard you can use to restore deleted files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS5oZXhhbW9iLmhleGFtb2JyZWNvdmVyeWxpdGUiXQ..
Sorry dude that sucks. Even though some people may hate it that is the benefits of the cloud.
Google+ uses an instant upload function that automatically uploads pictures taken from your phone into Google Photo's. DropBox has a similar feature which also syncs your photos into the cloud storage. Google+ edges dropbox out because it allows you to view photos sitting in the cloud Google Photos/Picasa directly in your gallery.
I am consistently wiping and changing ROMS on my phone so I opted to not have anything major physically stored on it. All my albums are store in Google+ Photos and are not shared, they are private and only visible to me. So if I ever have to wipe..say I am on vacation and my phone gets stolen and I have to do a remote wipe before transferring the pictures I snapped over, I know they were probably uploaded to Google Photos and I won't lose any candids.
Thanks Zep.,
These progs. unfortunately aren't working with ICS. I really appreciate your advice. Thanks again.
Dave
I'm sorry to hear you lost your photos, but every post about unlocking your bootloader states that it will wipe your phone.
Per the previous post, think about using Google+, Drive, or Dropbox.
I hope you are able to recover the photos.
Thanks for the advice. I'll try to somehow backdoor install "undelete for root users" on my phone and see if it'll work with ics.
DavidChitownNexus said:
Thanks for the advice. I'll try to somehow backdoor install "undelete for root users" on my phone and see if it'll work with ics.
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Did it work for you? I have the exact problem and i am a little desperate right now
HeCareth said:
Sorry dude that sucks. Even though some people may hate it that is the benefits of the cloud.
Google+ uses an instant upload function that automatically uploads pictures taken from your phone into Google Photo's. DropBox has a similar feature which also syncs your photos into the cloud storage. Google+ edges dropbox out because it allows you to view photos sitting in the cloud Google Photos/Picasa directly in your gallery.
I am consistently wiping and changing ROMS on my phone so I opted to not have anything major physically stored on it. All my albums are store in Google+ Photos and are not shared, they are private and only visible to me. So if I ever have to wipe..say I am on vacation and my phone gets stolen and I have to do a remote wipe before transferring the pictures I snapped over, I know they were probably uploaded to Google Photos and I won't lose any candids.
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Great advise, +1
cabronsaim said:
Great advise, +1
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Its great, but it doesnt help me so much right now
DavidChitownNexus said:
Please help me... I unlocked bootloader, it wiped all my phone, then rooted hoping to get some sort of backup. No luck. Can you please help? Lost my 2 week old's baby photos due to stupidity.
David
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U should post/ask this in the actually Google / android forums, yes sounds crazy since ur basically hacking ur phone but if they didn't want us to do it they wouldn't give us stock images and way to relock bootloader, its worth a try ... if anyone would no its them
Currently there is no android app that can restore files deleted off an ext4 partition (which is what the GNex uses). Not sure if there is anything available in Linux, but if so, you should theoretically be able to find some way to mount the /sdcard and use the Linux program. Haven't looked into it myself though.
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Hi all, How are you?
I have a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4..2.2(JDQ39) unrooted.
I delete a picasa web album by mistake, but It was downloaded on the stock Gallery app (version 1.1.40001).
So I am trying to figure out where the stock Gallery app restore photos checked to be offline in order to restore my photos.
Please, Does someone know where stock Gallery app store the off line albums?
(I have already checked sdcard/Android/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache and /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.plus/cache folders and both are empty)
Thanks in advance,
Roger
How did you delete the web album? I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete. And I havent seen an option for offline viewing.
By the way, there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.
jsgraphicart said:
How did you delete the web album? I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete. And I havent seen an option for offline viewing.
By the way, there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.
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Hi jsgraphicart,
thanks for helping.
I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete.
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I have deleted the album using Picasa Web interface ( I am using the old interface as I deleted my google plus profile to prevent integration with google plus).
And I havent seen an option for offline viewing
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On the stock gallery app, there is an option on the top right menu(three dots on top right) to "make available offline".
So the deleted album is stored somewhere in my phone because I made it available offline (I can still the the photos on my phone, although It was deleted from Picasa Web), but I don`t know where it is stored...
there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.
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Sorry, I didn't know in which forum to post this topic, is this the right one?
Thanks a lot,
Roger
That must be a stock thing. I'm using a custom ROM, which the stock gallery app is integrated with Picasa, and I dont have that option. Google is making it almost necessary to have a Google+ account. Even when you create a YouTube account, it automatically creates a Google+ account. I'm not a big fan of HAVING to have one, but its there and I dont use it other than to sync my photos between devices. To answer your question though, I have no idea where the offline folder is. Sorry.
And yes, the Q&A section is the right place for Questions and Answers.
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That must be a stock thing. I'm using a custom ROM, which the stock gallery app is integrated with Picasa, and I dont have that option. Google is making it almost necessary to have a Google+ account. Even when you create a YouTube account, it automatically creates a Google+ account. I'm not a big fan of HAVING to have one, but its there and I dont use it other than to sync my photos between devices. To answer your question though, I have no idea where the offline folder is. Sorry.
And yes, the Q&A section is the right place for Questions and Answers.
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Hi jsgraphicart,
thanks again.
That must be a stock thing.
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Yes...I am running stock unrooted Android 4.2.2.
I have no idea where the offline folder is.
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No problem, I have searched about this issue on google, and I read somewhere that offline picasa photos should be stored on one of the following folders: sdcard/Android/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache or /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.plus/cache
However, both folders are empty on my device =/
Please, Does someone know where stock gallery app store its offline photos?
Thanks
any clue?
nobody?any idea?
Hi, if anyone can help with my issue id really appreciate it.
ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
I believe this issue not to be specific to the HTC One but Ive never had it before.
The issue is that I keep getting random photo albums appearing in my gallery.
The photos look to be cached images, say from apps and that sort of things.
Everytime i go in and delete them and check back later, I have more.
Ive searched Google and cant find a solution.
HELP
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Hi, if anyone can help with my issue id really appreciate it.
ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
I believe this issue not to be specific to the HTC One but Ive never had it before.
The issue is that I keep getting random photo albums appearing in my gallery.
The photos look to be cached images, say from apps and that sort of things.
Everytime i go in and delete them and check back later, I have more.
Ive searched Google and cant find a solution.
HELP
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Check and see what Google syncs.. Sometimes Google + photos snyc to gallery, picaso photos or whatever their called.. So uncheck them and then clear data on gallery apk..
Same with other apps you have accounts with
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That would drive me nuts... My gallery just crashes all the time after rooting and applying one of the roms
I had this problem too. Only way I could solve it was to press menu button at the gallery home screen and select show/hide albums. Select the ones you want to display and return to gallery.
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There was an update today to the Gallery! I'd say update it and see if it fixes your issues.
Iv'e got the same problem. Deleted them all but two days later they all came back plus more !!!! and Iv'e updated google . Any other suggestions ?
pony59 said:
Iv'e got the same problem. Deleted them all but two days later they all came back plus more !!!! and Iv'e updated google . Any other suggestions ?
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Install quickpic from the play store and "hide" the folders with the offending images in.
They are usually from apps that have images in them.,
Once hidden in quickpic they will not appear in gallery
Just hide the album like duvall87 mentioned.
That's the only way.
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Same here
I have the same issue this Cache folder keeps coming back and most frustrating part is that all these photos are uploaded to G+.
I have another issue as well with SD card. I delete files from External SD card and it keeps coming back this happens only when I copy some files from my PC to SD Card.
Anyone has any solution to this?
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Install quickpic from the play store and "hide" the folders with the offending images in.
They are usually from apps that have images in them.,
Once hidden in quickpic they will not appear in gallery
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OK. Will do. Thanks for the advice
Hi does anyone know how to get my Facebook Dropbox and Google drive pictures as albums in the gallery as tried everything and nothing works its just automatically on on the HTC one but not the m8
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possible sollution
had the same problem, I browse a lot on 9gag ( images and crap), look at gallery and found aprox, 1700 images and 500 mp4 (gif) i browsed acros.
I just delete them every time but maybe this helps
settings---account/synchronise---google---( click your gmail account)---
when in your google account it says in syncs data from
-agenda
-apps
-automatic back-up
-chrome
-contacts-
-drive
-gmail
-google...
-...
-....
experiment with unchecking some of these like uncheck the syncs app data of chrome
If fixed it with installing ES file explorer and added .nomedia file to android/data/
Rebooted device and everything seems to work like it should...
No cache files in gallery
hopefully a fix
bah77 said:
Hi, if anyone can help with my issue id really appreciate it.
ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
I believe this issue not to be specific to the HTC One but Ive never had it before.
The issue is that I keep getting random photo albums appearing in my gallery.
The photos look to be cached images, say from apps and that sort of things.
Everytime i go in and delete them and check back later, I have more.
Ive searched Google and cant find a solution.
HELP
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Download es file explorer from the play store, add a new file and name it (.nomedia) WITHOUT THE BRACKETS!
Hello to all. I am having great difficulty deleting my pictures permanently. I have frozen Google plus, turned off all syncs I believe. Can ANYONE give me insight as how to remedy this?
Thank u in advance.
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ulremember said:
Hello to all. I am having great difficulty deleting my pictures permanently. I have frozen Google plus, turned off all syncs I believe. Can ANYONE give me insight as how to remedy this?
Thank u in advance.
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Do you have a way to temp disable google photos and Google+, or just check them apps period.
Or do you have some kind of cloud storage that is backing them up. (Eg. Mega, dropbox, etc)
I don't think samsung account backs up photos.
Were they downloaded photos? They could be in some cache folder.
Sorry best answer i can give you.
I have dropbox, but it's full. I froze Google plus. I'll check in Google photos.
Thank you for your help and reply!
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