Just wondering if anyone has shifted from using Titanium backup to HTC Backup.
I noticed in one of the post that Leedroid uses HTC Backup, a few threads show that it does the job.
I've been using Titanium backup for a long long time, it does a decent job but misses a few settings here and there, every now and then you get an issue where a restore process will lock a process up.
On the M9, and this might just be me missing something in my backup, but I dont tend to get my Alarms and themes, few other bits and pieces.
I want to be able to backup apps + data, plus userconfig preferences, Wifi, bluetooth, alarms etc...
So how do people find HTC Backup for those kinds of tasks?
I use htc backup for everything except the apps I have side loaded manually as htc backup won't always restore those. I then let htc backup restore everything and go into titanium and restore the missing apps and any additional app data that I care about.
Titanium I know preserves apps in their present state. I've never needed anything else for that, Google does my contacts, I don't care for messages and WhatsApp backs itself up.
Media on my SD card.
Haven't used HTC back up, but have heard that it does serve as expected, but if you're rooted and don't use titanium then I think you're missing a trick.
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How would you recover your sms with Titanium Backup?
is that something possible or we have to use something else?
thanks
I was wondering that too. I have the paid version, love it, but I thought I backed up the messages as well. Apperently not though.
Did I miss the setting?
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There's a free program in the market that I used to back up and restore my SMS called SMS Backup & Restore (by Ritesh Sahu)
I've had no problems with SMS Backup+ from the market - it stores the texts and MMS to your Gmail and allows for backup and restore. Makes it real simple.
Titanium does backup the SMS data, but I don't remember where it does, and on my myTouch3G 1.2 it was kind of buggy restoring it (though it mostly works). I think it's the data from Dialer Storage 2.2 that houses the SMS/MMS?
Handcent now backups sms/mms
I used to use SMS backup from above post, but it wasnt able to do mms' (at that time) so I tried Mybackuppro (in the market) and it works perfect. plus it does other backups too. I ended up buying it.
I used to have problems with Titanium with sms/mms, but I havent tried any recent versions.
I use MyPhoneExplorer. It syncs everything on your phone to your PC.
this could be outdated info now, but when i used titanium backup to backup sms/mms, it would make a backup of the phone dialer and the associated files from /system. This is not the best way to backup the sms's since a new rom may have made modifications to this.
i recommend sms backup and restore, which is what i use myself. titanium backup is great for apps and app data though!
Sorry for bumping and old thread but this brings up a question. Would any of these be able to create a backup of your SMS/MMS and convert them over to a text file of some sort so you can print up records of them? I remember when I had a Blackberry I used to be able to do this with software I purchased for it. This would be a great feature I would be interested in using. I tried searching for something that discussed this but came up with nothing. Sorry if its been covered before. Thanks in advance.
To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I'm looking for something more like the poster below was talking about. Thanks for the info though. This will be useful just for the backup process.
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I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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Yes, Something that would convert the backup file into something I would be able to view on a computer. ANy suggestions or ideas on this?
I'd like to put in my vote for SMSBackup+. The restore feature doesn't always work perfectly, but the backup has never failed me. stores it as plain text in your gmail, which is then searcheable.
Love SMS Backup+, saves them to Gmail and can also pull them back to the device as other people have said, works great, no issues!
Hi.
Lately I've been changing between the new versions of the Oxygen ROM, and it's a real pain in the ass saving all my phone numbers over and over again, and losing all my text messages.
Is there any easy way of backing up this?
you open your phone book, hit the menu button, import/export, export to sd card. At least it works like this with HTC Sense, don't know if they changed the phone book...
Don't know how to back up texts though...
try an app called mybackup, it backs up not only apps+data, it saves contacts, messages, calender tags, bookmarks,call logs and many more
Titanium backup, mybackup pro, sms backup does the work. I prefer Titanium.
There has got to be an easier way of taking backup than Titanium?
My Backup Pro has got a much simpler interface than Titanium backup. But I prefer Titanium because it is way powerful and has many options like Freezing the application, Sync to Dropbox etc.
FAQ section in Titanium Backup gives you a nice overview of the available options. So it only takes few minutes to understand the features that are required for common backups.
I use titanium for apps as, like others have said, it's more flexible and allows you to choose what you backup/restore/delete etc.
I also use mybackup pro as it's very quick and simple to back up dictionaries, sms, call logs etc (not contacts, as all of mine are google anywaay).
Hey guys i was wondering what is the best way to back up my apps and data for my apps on my desire z.
My phone has alot of dust under the screen and its soo bad i can't see 1/4 of my screen so im getting it replaced. I don't want to search for all my apps again so i was wondering what is the best way to back all my data up.
I would prefer not to root since i am exchanging it and everything so any idea or do i have to root it and use titanium backup?
you can use "mybackup" it'll backup games, sms, contacts, call logs, and media. It'll work for non-rooted phones as well.
I heard Titanium Backup works great
Hello all,
I often hear people talking about flashing new ROMs every few days. When flashing the newest CW7, it clears out all my apps and settings. No problem, I use Titanium Backup and restored all the apps, and restored *most* of the settings (I'm never entirely clear what settings are ok to restore and what aren't).
For those who often flash new ROMs, how do you restore things like your widget placement and icon placement on your home screens? Do you just do that manually or is there some trick I'm missing?
What about voicemails? I normally lose all my messages too. Is there some backup/restore routine I'm missing?
Usually I have adw and reinstall the apps I had previously but taking over apps from roms is dangerous. And I back up my adw settings and desktop configuration. That saves me a lot of time. As for voicemail no idea but I know myback up root will save your phone contacts and sms pretty much everything.
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The newest voicemail update let's you copy voicemails to your sd card.
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what all are you guys using to migrate your app data from your current phone to the Note 4? Helium has been my go-to for awhile but i wanted to know if there were any other options out there that i should consider too. (moderators forgive me if this is a duplicate topic, i didn't see any in this forum thus far)
I honestly wouldn't even bother transferring app data over unless it is extremely important. I wouldn't want to carry files from an old phone to a new one. Keep it fresh and don't bring over dirty files. May not do anything bad but just my take. Kinda same thing when you wipe data when flashing roms. Dirty flashing can lead to unwanted issues, just as carrying over files from another phone can.
Unless you find a good app to do so. Keep us posted.
thank you. i'm primarily interested in retaining my game data, such as Subway Surfers, Clumsy Ninja, Angry Birds, etc, where it's taken awhile to level up and i would hate to start fresh. i also always transfer text messages and call logs as well. i use SMS Backup/Restore for my texts, Helium for system settings and other app data, and Verizon Cloud for my call logs. i never rooted the S5, been so busy with work i haven't had time to look into tinkering with those settings, so i know that Titanium Backup would not be an option.
Good question. . . I have used Titatnium Backup in the past problem there however is root on N4.
What tu3218 does make sense as well unless you had some way to guarantee or verify it wasn't going to create a bunch of junk in directories which shouldn't exist.
If someone has a good solution I would like to hear it as well. I have three 2-step verify apps which would be nice to just transfer rather than removing and adding manually.
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I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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+1 - Righ on cbdudek. That is exactly how I would do it.
* My backup will restore - call logs, contacts, sms, mms etc..
* Helium to restore games' backup
*Not recommend to restore system settings, or old apps. Download fresh from play store. The theory is every time you move into a new house, you need to do a good clean up and throw out all the junks....
appreciate it everyone. about to give Helium a go and see what happens. rather than restoring all of my app data, i only backed up the game data this time around, so we will see how that goes. i'll let you all know in the morning what happens. how do you like your Note 4's thus far?
i never use titanium or any auto backup method to transfer files to a new fone. it always causes tiny little glitches here and there. Best thing to do is start fresh. For contacts and calendar its all on my GMAIL. for text messages I use GO SMS so i can backup and restore within that app no problems. I use nova launcher so i can backup my home screen and all my other screens and restore it with nova no issues. beyond that its all manual input. I have a few remote dvr viewing apps and i configure all those again manually as well as all my mail settings and what not.
Helium works best without root and you can migrate the app over wifi.
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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harrytery said:
Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Only some apps.