I made two backups using the preinstalled app: Back up & restore on my Xperia. After resetting the phone I'm unable to restore contacts though apps and SMS restored successfully. This problem exists with both the backup files. I also tried restoring only contacts but only 5 contacts got restored.
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When I restore using "Back up & restore" app call logs are restored succesfully and when I open the contacts I can see all the names in the call log then suddenly(within 1-2 seconds) they start disappearing and get replaced by that contact name's number...i.e. after restore is finished if I open Call logs all names appear in it like:
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Alexander Smith
Mobile +923341000
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William Toad
Mobile +923341000
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Narendra Kumar
Mobile +923341000
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then suddenly call log appears like this(see below) and all contacts disappear except 5 contacts:
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+923341500
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+921341099
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+928341000
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Sorry I couldn't provide screen-shot because transition is so fast that I'm unable to capture it.
Thanks
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I am going to do a hard reset on my phone to try and get my headset buttons working again, but I want to know in advance what pains I will have to go through to get all my settings, apps, and data back afterward.
I have the free version of MyBackup, with which I have saved backup files to my SD card. After the reset do I just download this one app to reinstate my backed up data, or are there hoops to jump through first?
What other information is needed, passwords, server addresses, etc, that might need to added manually so I can even get the phone ready to download?
Your phone should be set to automatically back up certain data and settings to your microSD card, such as your bookmarks and Wi-Fi passwords.
Your phone backs up the following types of data and settings whenever there are new additions or changes:
* Text and multimedia messages
* Settings in the Messages application
* Web bookmarks
* Keyboard dictionary
* Settings in your phone that fall under these categories:
o Wireless & networks
o Sound & display
o Location
o Applications
o Date & time
o Language & keyboard - only the Locale setting
After you do a factory reset or upgrade the phone software, your phone will restart and let you restore the saved data and settings in your storage card back to your phone.
Turning automatic backup on or off
1. From the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings.
2. Scroll down the screen, and then tap Privacy > Back up my data & settings.
3. Select or clear the Back up my data & settings check box to turn automatic backup on or off.
You can also restore apps from the Marketplace by logging into your linked Google Account and installing each one separately.
MyBackup Pro is only useful if you are rooted to backup all your apk's and data settings.
Hello
So i have finally decided to try out custom roms . But i need a way to migrate my sms, contacts and calender to the new rom without any compatibility issue
i know that google has contact calendar sync but i am guessing their are better ways to migrate all of them including sms at once
is their Any free app that can make this happen
thanks
not exactly sure what you mean by "sms contacts calendar" but here's what I do. My Contacts and Calendar are synced to my google account so as soon as I sign in on a new rom those are automatically synced up. As far as my actual sms messages I use a free app called "SMS Backup" that stores them as xml on the sdcard. So just install the app on the rom and then restore.
Hope that helps.
thanks for the reply and sorry for the confusion, have edited the post . i am looking for an all in one app that can do all the the three task at once. i have seen some backup application but they also backup settings and other things. i think that will create compatibility issue
SMS - "SMS Backup & Restore" from the market
Contacts - People App > Menu > Export > Export To SD Card
Calendar - Sync with Google
My Backup Pro can backup and restore selected items. All you need is to tick the box before SMS, MMS, Contacts and Calendar when performing a backup and then do the same when restoring. I think that would be your one-click app you are looking for.
Background: Rooted phone w/stock image with injected root.
Applied latest OTA (UVDLJC), then recovered root using Voodoo OTA RootKeeper (worked just fine), but noticed contacts not displaying ... well ... any contacts at times. Leaving it up for a while, it would come up with an error (crashed). Rebooting the phone would make all contacts available, again, but only temporarily, then the app won't display them, and back to the crash.
Re-did the UVDLJC (thank you mrRobinson http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687), this time directly using the newly uploaded injected root image, but the contacts app still behaves the same way.
While the app is malfunctioning, all incoming calls have no contact identified.
I also installed GO Contacts, but the behavior is the same (not depicting, than crashing) - I assume because somehow this app is using the original contacts "under the hood"?!?
Any suggestions?!? Is there a specific area I could redo, to recover contacts?
TIA,
Stefan
Solution...
I've been mucking with my contacts, merging different sources, restoring backups, using external editors, etc. I've found that a reboot fixes edit changes. Once my contacts are correct then my messaging and call logs show names rather than numbers.
Try wiping Contacts and Contacts Storage.
wiping data, freeze-then-thaw via Titanium Backup Pro - to no avail
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Try wiping Contacts and Contacts Storage.
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Tried wiping data, to no avail. It just works for a while, then all of a sudden there are no contacts in the list, and the calls - of course - show no IDs/names. Only reboots seem to temporarily fix the problem, but the issue comes up again, shortly thereafter.
I wonder if there is a way to REINSTALL only the contacts app. I tried to freeze the contacts and contacts storage, then "thaw" them via Titanium Backup Pro, but that did not fix the issue, either. I assume that by removing them via TBPro, and then restoring them, it would end up - if the root cause if some sort of corruption in the app(s) - in the same place I am right now.
In the past, when switching ROMs, I have been using 'Call Logs Backup & Restore' for my call logs, and 'Message Sync' for my SMS & MMS messages. These have done well in the past, with Message Sync restoring the SMS & MMS messages and preserving their original timestamps and order. the only problem I've had with it is I have been unable to have it back up to the external SD card as when I try to point it there, it complains that the FOLDER I pointed it to is in fact a file and thus fails to back up.
I am trying to run the CM10.2 unofficial ROM and had no issues restoring my call logs, but when I try to restore my SMS & MMS messages, it gets to 20-25% and then fails. The messages it restored are all fine and have the proper timestamps, but it seems to always fail at the same spot.
Titanium Backup did appear to work.
Aside from Titanium Backup, does anyone know of a good 'All in one' app that can backup & restore the call logs, SMS & MMS messages?
SMS Backup & Restore always works for me but it doesn't backup MMS (which I don't care about), only SMS. It's made by the same developer as Call Logs Backup & Restore.
I use mybackup (pro, but there is a free version. The pro just let's you restore from phone to phone, both work great!) And I set it to backup to my SD card instead of internal. Always worked very well for me. Would highly reccomend it.
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I just got my HTC 10 and I've been moving stuff from my old LG G2. Call logs seem to be stuck though: restoring from Titanium Backup caused a crash and the "Call History" is empty in the dialer.
However, apparently I have the logs since apps like Unlimited Call Logs show them. But they don't get updated when I make or receive calls.
So what can I do? Trying to restore the xml in Titanium Backup causes a crash and trying to restore the call log backup just says "failed". If I knew what file the logs are stored in I guess I could just delete that but what is it?
OK, I found out the answer and also what my mistake was. Call logs are saved with contacts in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db so I moved that to /sdcard and also contacts2.db-journal and contacts2.db_backup and rebooted. Then I had no contacts or call logs but at least call logs would update.
So, I think my mistake was using Titanium Backup to restore contacts from the old phone (I think I restored Contacts Storage). Exporting contacts to vcf on the old phone and importing that seems to have worked. With that restoring call logs from TiBu generated xml file went without issue.
I use TiBu xml backup and restore for call logs and wifi networks. Works great
this app has been great for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
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OK, I found out the answer and also what my mistake was. Call logs are saved with contacts in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db so I moved that to /sdcard and also contacts2.db-journal and contacts2.db_backup and rebooted. Then I had no contacts or call logs but at least call logs would update.
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Thank you so much! I had an empty call log after updating my Nexus 6 to Lineage 15.1 and clearing out the Google contacts data solved the problem. Contacts synced back in and the call log is populated, too!