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HTC Restore Problem

Hi guys
I recently factory restored my HTC Desire and the built-in backup prompted me to restore my settings, which I did, but for some reason my SMS messages were not restored.
I checked the SD card, and there is a backup there, but of course the files are encrypted. Is there any way to read these files, or to restore my messaging SMS?
Thanks in advance!

Am I right in saying that the backups's hashes are salted with the device serial #? If that's the case then decryption should be quite possible.

I have had the exact same problem today. Had to return my Desire as it was faulty for a straight swap (kept the same SIM and SD card). The SD card has restored all contacts and music, but SMS messages have not transferred over. I've looked at every possible option in the settings but can't seem to see how to do this.
I'd be grateful for any advice or info. Thankyou.

slightly old thread, but relevant to my problem....
have been playing around a lot with my desire over the past week, and managed to delete the wrong nandroid backup and lost all my sms. I have a sense auto backup form a day or so earlier, but cannot for the life of me get the phone to read these - there's no option to restore just backup.
So, tried factory reset from recovery, copied the 'old' backup to the sd, and booted. Nothing was restored. Have tried all sorts of combos to try and get the backup to be read, but no joy at all. Even completely wiping everything, flashing the original rom i was using (modaco 3.1) and restarting, but still sense doesnt see the backup.
I definitley remember it doing it once during all the crazy rom swopping of the last few days, and the sms, wifi key etc all restored, but I can't get it to do it again.
Any ideas about 'forcing' the restore? I know that the backup is handset specific (tied to the serial/imei?) but it should restore on any rom using sense yeh?
all help greatly appreciated
ta.
another small thought, there may be an app idea in here for anyone thats interested - reading the sense backup and applying it by force? i know quite a few people tend to backup their sd card regularly, so it could be useful as a last resort option.

I guess there's not much I can help you but to avoid this problem in the future you might want to use SMS backup (by Cristoph Studer, there are 2 others on the Market with the same name) - backs up your sms's to your Gmail account, works great. I love the Cloud!

I have used sms backup in the past, didn't bother this time as i had the nandroid backup. Kicking myself as I'm usually pretty careful about what files i'm getting rid of, and have got all my sms for about the last ten yrs (minus the 2 months i just lost) for blackmail purposes time to crank the delete button paranoia up a notch again
edit: solved tok everything off the sd card, made sure i had the backup set from the date range i wanted, wiped absolutely everything from recovery, reflashed the rom i was running when the backup was taken & rebooted. the backup was picked up fine, all settings, sms etc back with no problems.
the small trick to getting this to occur seems to be just let the phone sit for a minute when it reboots - i assume that if you go into the setup wizard before the sd card is correctly moutned and read that you bypass the restore. i had done the same procedure to try to get it to restore before and it didn't, the pause to allow the sd card to be read was the only thing i did differently.

I'm having the same issue, I want to restore a back-up from my SD card, but cannot see any way to do it. I've tried a factory reset, but still no luck.
Can a restore be forced? The 2.2 upgrade seems to have removed Settings>Privacy

Same problem here, Froyo won't restore my backup.
I tried to downgrade to Eclair, but the installation failed with "Error 140: wrong bootloader version".
I guess my backup is pretty useless now...

Frojo wont restore settings after hardreset
I asked HTC about this, and here's the answer:
Thanks for your question regarding backup of your device. The former feature backup to SD card is missing in this newer version. This is due to Google, which has developed backup feature in the software, changed the system in 2.2, then back out to their servers instead. This applies to the Google devices, such as NexusOne. When your device is the HTC brand, we have some backup features as before. However, you can take backup in the following way (as with older versions of Android): Contacts: You can save contacts via Outlook when they are created as telephone contacts. For this you need HTC Sync and Outlook on your computer. HTC Sync, see your device's SD card. To open the map, select Mount in the device, your device is displayed on the computer as an external disk drive. Then you find the program through your computer's Windows Explorer, and also integrates it on your computer. You can now sync. You can also download HTC Sync from our website under Support tab. If you use Google contacts they can be retrieved back when you set up your email again. If you have configured an Exchange server, you can also download contacts onto the device again. Calendar appointments: These are transferred in the same manner as contacts. Emails: These can be synchronized over again through your Exchange server, or if you have Google mail. Data files: These can be transmitted via computer Explorer when you select Mount as previously described. You can then transfer your files to a folder on your computer. SMS and MMS: Those you can not backup.
Blueyed1

Way to go HTC.... hurray
The more I learn about Google and HTC's way of handling my data I get more determined to Root my phone to get full access of my phone, and to control what data and in what way that data is transferred to either google or HTC.
When you compare to the way Apple is controlling it's sheep herd, Google is not any better when it comes to data gathering and data sniping.

Blueyed1 said:
SMS and MMS: Those you can not backup.
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WTF????????????????????????????

DRMON said:
WTF????????????????????????????
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Backup not possible with previeus build in backup, that is..

[Q] First time evo rooter w/ a few Q's

I am pretty new to rooting and ROMs and all that stuff, and today I rooted my htc evo for the first time, and also installed the CM6 ROM. I have a few questions though.
First off, while I was installing the ROM I (thought) I backed up my contacts and other info. Now that I installed the ROM, how do I access my backed up contacts etc?
Also, I noticed there is no android market, how can I fix this?
Thanks guys! This is my first post and the forums have been real helpful.

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I am pretty new to rooting and ROMs and all that stuff, and today I rooted my htc evo for the first time, and also installed the CM6 ROM. I have a few questions though.
First off, while I was installing the ROM I (thought) I backed up my contacts and other info. Now that I installed the ROM, how do I access my backed up contacts etc?
Also, I noticed there is no android market, how can I fix this?
Thanks guys! This is my first post and the forums have been real helpful.
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To get your contacts back go into people press menu and import your contacts, as for the market not being there you need to flash gapps, I'd provide you with a link but I am currently on my phone typing this. Good luck.
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Systemfraud said:
To get your contacts back go into people press menu and import your contacts, as for the market not being there you need to flash gapps, I'd provide you with a link but I am currently on my phone typing this. Good luck.
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I tried to import my contacts from SD card, and it scans and then says "Scanning SD card failed (Reason: No vCard file found on the SD card) I don't know why its saying that. Shouldn't my contacts have been saved when I backed up before installing the ROM?

Need more info on what you used to backup your contacts, etc.
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cody1212 said:
I tried to import my contacts from SD card, and it scans and then says "Scanning SD card failed (Reason: No vCard file found on the SD card) I don't know why its saying that. Shouldn't my contacts have been saved when I backed up before installing the ROM?
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What you can try doing is going into settings and the sync and accounts and try to sync your google account. This should work if you set up the sync. It worked for me int he past.

Systemfraud said:
Need more info on what you used to backup your contacts, etc.
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I used the backup feature on the phone when you hold the power and down buttons.

cody1212 said:
I used the backup feature on the phone when you hold the power and down buttons.
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I think you are out of luck with the way you are trying to restore your contacts. I don't think you can just pull the contacts out of a nand b/u to restore.
I don't think your completed SOL, you can flash your nand b/u back to your phone, I would think that would restore your contacts. Then you will want to either sync your contacts with Google or export them using the contacts export function.
I can not help you with restoring a nand b/u yet, it's something I haven't done yet.
Hope that helps a little, I'm still new to rooting too...

n00bhackin took the reply right out of my post! what he says sounds like your best bet
restore your backup then export your contacts (or sync them with your gmail account on the phone - I have not done this with mine - and if you had your addresses ported from an older phone then I don't believe this would have been done either unless you synced later)
when you are in your contacts/people hit the menu button - then you should see the option to Import/Export (which I believe you have seen this as your post states you are using this method to try and import them) - however you need to do exactly the same thing and export them from the contacts list you want before you can import them (which this contact/people info would be in your backup)
that will create a vCard file (which I believe is actually a *.vcf file) - also to note when you choose to export it should give you 2 options - to either export "Phone" (I believe this would be your people/contacts) or to export "Google" (which I'm pretty sure is your gmail account) - I just exported both
made as much backup as I could before I have rooted (which hopefully will be soon)
hope that was clear enough

After you get your contacts back up and running, go download Titanium Backup or MyBackup for root users. This will allow to you backup your contacts, calendar, apps + data, etc. Then you can restore them from the Titanimum or MyBackup into the new rom.
I have found this helpful in my limited flashing experience.

I agree, these two programs are must haves...Always backup contacts to google and not phone.

I'm not sure you even have google apps installed. That's how you get the market app and you should have all yurt contacts backed up through google. That way when you sign in on a new rom, it will sync your contacts back to your phone.
Swyped from my gingerbreaded EVO son

you can get gapps from here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps
it is at the bottom of the page use the HDPI one for EVO

I have all my contacts stored on my Google acct.
OMFGB EvO

[Q] N7100 adb backup problems, and potential alternatives without rooting?

Yes, I'm a noob. No, I can't keep things brief. I'm sorry video, I just can't do it. Hello XDA. Here's my pickle:
So, my camera's faulty, and I'm going to have to send my Note II back to Kogan. This is my first Android handset, and my first time properly experiencing and using Android (I moved here from a Blackberry Pearl 9100). I don't consider myself a base-line user, I'm competent with many forms of electronics and computing so I quickly settled into Android nicely. Thus far I've rooted, flashed recovery and flashed CyanogenMod 9 for one Android phone (I was the first in my family to make the switch, my sister got a Galaxy Wonder for Christmas and I flashed CM9 so she could have at least ICS for her phone) and it was a fairly straight-forward process, nothing too difficult (although it seems my father's Motorola Defy+ might be a bit trickier).
I'll get to the point, due to the camera being basically dead on arrival, I've got to send it back. I don't want to send it back with all of my personal information intact however, I'd prefer to take a full backup of it and then factory reset the device before sending it away. This is where the warranty clause comes in.
I can't root the device (this action breaks warranty) and therefore can't flash CWM to do a nandroid backup. After some reading, a nandroid sounded like the ideal solution but obviously I can't do that. See, I wanted to backup all of my data, including (if possible) apps, settings, accounts, the works. I really don't want to have to go through the process of re-downloading all of my apps (my internet connection isn't the quickest around) and setting everything up just the way I want it again.
I stumbled across the adb backup technique, and considering the N7100 shipped with Jellybean 4.1 and adb backup requires ICS 4.0+, I thought "Hey, why not. It seems pretty straight forward." I also figured it'd be a small learning experience, I'm thinking about getting into android app development sometime in the near future and needed the SDK anyway so I downloaded and installed that, fired up adb and ran the backup with the following parameters:
Code:
adb backup -f <FILE PATH> -apk -shared -all -nosystem
And it seemed to get stuck on the apk for GTA Vice City. So, after about an hour of sitting, I pulled the plug and tried again. This time it got to Angry Birds and got stuck once more. I decided to run it again, but with a different set of parameters, I thought "Maybe it's getting stuck with the SD card data."
Code:
adb backup -f <FILE PATH> -apk -all -noshared -nosystem
This time it got stuck on Bad Piggies. I pulled the plug once more and started searching for answers, but there's not a huge amount of discussion about the backup function, let alone specific to the Note II. I read some stuff about the One X getting stuck on certain parts, but they certainly weren't games like this.
And that's the thing that links them all, they're games. I'm not sure if that specifically has any effect on the process, but I'm beginning to think that trying to back up EVERYTHING so that I can restore my device to the same state it is in now is a futile effort. Without the ease of a nandroid 'snapshot', I'm running out of ideas. I could go through and delete every game I've installed and try the backup again, but I'd like to see if anyone else has any alternatives or explanations.
Here are my queries, don't feel like you've got to answer them all, they're just the questions I've got in my head right now.
1. Is there any known reason as to why adb backup gets stuck on these apks?
2. Is there a better way of creating some form of 'snapshot' of my device without rooting it?
3. Would Samsung Kies' backup utility keep my app and system settings after a factory reset (in that it'd load up Nova Launcher with all of it's settings, along with the few widgets I have, intact)?
4. Are there any apps that would do this? I've heard Titanium Backup will, but you need to be rooted to use that.
I'm starting to feel that just doing it the manual way is going to be easier in the long run.
With question three, I'm assuming that Kies won't backup any apks, and therefore when my phone is sent back to me I'll have to set it up again, download my required/desired apps and then restore my settings through Kies (which will hopefully also restore settings for apps like Nova Launcher, and even better, for widget applications like HD widgets). However, if I'm wrong and Kies DOES backup apks, I'll just do that, it's so much less screwing around and it does what I wanted it to do but didn't think it did in the first place.
Thanks XDA,
-svdkillswitch
(Also, first post!)
Other information:
Device: GT-N7100 (international)
Carrier: Unlocked, Telstra
Android version: 4.1.1, 'Jelly Bean'
Baseband version: N7100UBALJ1
Build number: JRO03C.N7100UBALJ1
Rooted: No

Easiest way
Root with exynos abuse exploit (method 3 in link)and install titanium backup and backup all data using it. I recommend to save backup folder in Ext SD card.
After finishing this you can unroot from application itself.

dr.ketan said:
Easiest way
Root with exynos abuse exploit (method 3 in link)and install titanium backup and backup all data using it. I recommend to save backup folder in Ext SD card.
After finishing this you can unroot from application itself.
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Thanks for your help,
You say in the linked post that while it doesn't trigger the flash counter, it can cause problems with the camera. If I'm just temp-rooting, backing it up with Titanium, and then un-rooting it again, none of these effects will remain I assume. I guess it doesn't matter too much anyway actually, because my camera is the reason I'm sending it back in.
And once I get my device back, it's as simple as installing the apk, rooting the device, installing Titanium and restoring my backup from the ext SD.
Sounds good. I'll give it a whirl and let you know how I go. +1'd.
-svdkillswitch

It cause camera issue only if you disable exploit, here you need not to do anything rather thn just root.
-Install that apk file, get device rooted.(there is option to root device in application), you need not to check disable exploit
-Install titanium Pro from market and backup (first select backup location to Ext sd card)
- Once finish, uninstall titanium and unroot device from exynose app
You can also factory reset and send to service centre.

dr.ketan said:
It cause camera issue only if you disable exploit, here you need not to do anything rather thn just root.
-Install that apk file, get device rooted.(there is option to root device in application), you need not to check disable exploit
-Install titanium Pro from market and backup (first select backup location to Ext sd card)
- Once finish, uninstall titanium and unroot device from exynose app
You can also factory reset and send to service centre.
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Yeah, that's all I did. Rooted, installed Titanium and backed-up my data to the external SD card. I've un-rooted the device, all I need to do now is factory reset.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
-svdkillswitch

but adb doesnt work

[Q] Absolute Best SMS/MMS Backup/Recovery

Have you ever lost your SMS/MMS messages restoring or installing new ROMs?
If you're like me, when you restore a Nandroid backup you do not want to have to lose your SMS/MMS, Phone Log, Contacts, etc.
I have bought or downloaded so many MMS backup stuff it ain't funny! All of them either Jumble up the chronologic order or miss a whole bunch of items and just don't work!
I have finally (for the better part of a year now) found a perfect solution, No Root Required, but if you're rooted, it still works fine.
Before I change roms, restore roms or anything that might alter the text messaging stuff, I do a backup of my sms/mms, phone log and contacts. (there are others to choose from as well) using MY BACKUP PRO, I first used My Backup Free, but since it worked so well, I bought the Pro version to support the author.
After I restore any previous nandroid, I reboot and go to the native Messaging app and DELETE ALL THE MESSAGES.
With a new rom, just install the rom, go to market and install Backup pro..
Then I simply open My Backup and restore the last backup I did and reboot. Simple, FAST, and I have never had any problems.
ALL THE MESSAGES are in the EXACT order and all the pictures in the MMS restorations are just like they were before I recovered the Nandroid. It's like I never changed anything! That is how I want it to work, and it does. (I have over 2,500 messages)
If you find yourself needing/wanting to save the stuff you have and want to reload a different ROM or Nandroid backup, You might just want to try this way of doing it. You just might be surprised as to how easy and fast this is.
I have configured My Backup to use the ExtSDcard as the repository for my backups, so that it makes things workable.
if you don't have an external SDcard, just do the backup, and copy the backup file to your PC so you can do the recovery after reinstalling The My backup app. If you cannot connect to the PC you can use AirDroid or even Gmail it to yourself.
Just my 2 cents ... For anyone that tinkers with their phone.
Aloha and Good Luck!!

Cannot access internal storage to make a backup

Hi guys,
After a long break of messing with my phone, I decided to try to root my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III again. My apologies in advance for this wall of a post.
I'm on Android 4.4.2 on a stock ROM. I do not have an SD card so I am purely using the 16GB internal memory.
Backed up all of my stuff using MyBackup Pro (oh, the regret...), then copied the backed up files - the .zip (Data_2014_12_13.zip) containing all of the personal data like texts, MMS, call log, etc. as well as the folder (AppsMedia_2014_12_14) containing all of my apps, music, videos, and photos - to my PC as I planned on wiping the phone and doing a factory reset.
Followed a video on YouTube to root (the Get High on Android guy that runs galaxys3root.com) and had problems with it, so I followed another one that addressed the issue I was having. Used Odin3 v1.85, "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5", "openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-d2spr.tar", and "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.13.zip" to root and it went off without a hitch. Wiped the phone and did a factory reset at this point. Verified root using Root Checker and Titanium Backup and both verified I was rooted. Tried out a bunch of different apps and all showed root access.
Downloaded MyBackup Pro again to try to restore everything. It requests SU permissions and I grant them. Transferred the old backup files over to the phone again and placed them in the correct directory, but MBP isn't recognizing them and doesn't see any backups of data or apps/pics/etc. So I create a backup of the one text I have on the phone and backup one app just to verify everything was in the correct folder and it was. MBP recognized the backup I had just created. Tried to move apps from the old backup folder into the new one next to the one I had just backed up and MBP didn't see it was there. Did the same thing with transferring the picture folder and still nothing.
Decided to do yet another wipe at this point. Problem is, now when I use MBP or Titanium Backup to try to make backups, it shows the directories as inaccessible. In MBP, I get
MBP said:
Error during Backup: unknown error (code 14): Could not open database
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If I go into the options, the default local storage location is "/storage/emulated/0". If I try to change it to anything else or even leave it as is and hit "Select directory", it gives me an error stating:
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Could not write to the path selected.
Note: ONLY Andorid 4.4 (KitKat) removes the ability to access the SD card, Android 5+ has added support again. if you are using Android 4.4 the only way to access the SD card is 1-Root your phone, 2-Install SDFix app from the market.
Android 5+ users, the dialog to select the path does not show the SD card by default, you need to "Unhide SD card" from the dialog's Menu.
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At this point, I downloaded NextApp SDFix hoping it would somehow affect internal memory even though it's for SD cards, but no dice.
I load up Titanium Backup. "Root access" has a green check mark and tapping it shows I have BusyBox 1.19.4-Titanium from app and YES for SQLite with SQLite 3.7.6.3-Titanium included.
However, "Backup directory" has a red X and says not available. Trying to press the note with check mark at the top right of TiBu yields the error:
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The current backup location ("storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup") cannot be accessed.
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When trying to change the backup location, every folder shows a red folder at the top saying "This folder is not writable."
Does anyone have any idea what to do here? I've tried searching and it looks like people have been either having similar problems that worked themselves out by just rebooting (tried it many, many times), reinstalling the backup apps (also tried many times), wiping the phone (did full wipes and factory resets through TWRP), or they were actually talking about external storage (I'm on internal).
All I really care about are getting my texts and pictures back at this point. Unfortunately MBP stores pictures and videos as its own special format and I can't open them on my computer. Same with texts. Can anyone give me any kind of guidance here please?

NextName said:
Hi guys,
After a long break of messing with my phone, I decided to try to root my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III again. My apologies in advance for this wall of a post.
I'm on Android 4.4.2 on a stock ROM. I do not have an SD card so I am purely using the 16GB internal memory.
Backed up all of my stuff using MyBackup Pro (oh, the regret...), then copied the backed up files - the .zip (Data_2014_12_13.zip) containing all of the personal data like texts, MMS, call log, etc. as well as the folder (AppsMedia_2014_12_14) containing all of my apps, music, videos, and photos - to my PC as I planned on wiping the phone and doing a factory reset.
Followed a video on YouTube to root (the Get High on Android guy that runs galaxys3root.com) and had problems with it, so I followed another one that addressed the issue I was having. Used Odin3 v1.85, "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5", "openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-d2spr.tar", and "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.13.zip" to root and it went off without a hitch. Wiped the phone and did a factory reset at this point. Verified root using Root Checker and Titanium Backup and both verified I was rooted. Tried out a bunch of different apps and all showed root access.
Downloaded MyBackup Pro again to try to restore everything. It requests SU permissions and I grant them. Transferred the old backup files over to the phone again and placed them in the correct directory, but MBP isn't recognizing them and doesn't see any backups of data or apps/pics/etc. So I create a backup of the one text I have on the phone and backup one app just to verify everything was in the correct folder and it was. MBP recognized the backup I had just created. Tried to move apps from the old backup folder into the new one next to the one I had just backed up and MBP didn't see it was there. Did the same thing with transferring the picture folder and still nothing.
Decided to do yet another wipe at this point. Problem is, now when I use MBP or Titanium Backup to try to make backups, it shows the directories as inaccessible. In MBP, I get
If I go into the options, the default local storage location is "/storage/emulated/0". If I try to change it to anything else or even leave it as is and hit "Select directory", it gives me an error stating:
At this point, I downloaded NextApp SDFix hoping it would somehow affect internal memory even though it's for SD cards, but no dice.
I load up Titanium Backup. "Root access" has a green check mark and tapping it shows I have BusyBox 1.19.4-Titanium from app and YES for SQLite with SQLite 3.7.6.3-Titanium included.
However, "Backup directory" has a red X and says not available. Trying to press the note with check mark at the top right of TiBu yields the error:
When trying to change the backup location, every folder shows a red folder at the top saying "This folder is not writable."
Does anyone have any idea what to do here? I've tried searching and it looks like people have been either having similar problems that worked themselves out by just rebooting (tried it many, many times), reinstalling the backup apps (also tried many times), wiping the phone (did full wipes and factory resets through TWRP), or they were actually talking about external storage (I'm on internal).
All I really care about are getting my texts and pictures back at this point. Unfortunately MBP stores pictures and videos as its own special format and I can't open them on my computer. Same with texts. Can anyone give me any kind of guidance here please?
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well...if you back up everything with your Google account you just have to log back in after you Odin the stock firmware again....the only things Google won't backup are app data and phone calls/text messages but all your apps and contacts will restore.....i never use TB or any other backup app just the standard Google backup

6th_Hokage said:
well...if you back up everything with your Google account you just have to log back in after you Odin the stock firmware again....the only things Google won't backup are app data and phone calls/text messages but all your apps and contacts will restore.....i never use TB or any other backup app just the standard Google backup
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Yeah... as stated, the only thing I'm really worried about are texts, calls, pictures, etc. I don't care about the apps and I already have contacts and everything synced with my Google account.

NextName said:
Yeah... as stated, the only thing I'm really worried about are texts, calls, pictures, etc. I don't care about the apps and I already have contacts and everything synced with my Google account.
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well picture's will also back up with Google....

6th_Hokage said:
well picture's will also back up with Google....
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Stupidly forgot about Dropbox. Looks like all pictures are saved. Thank you for reminding me.
Texts are now still a large priority to get back. I have messages from a deceased family member and significant other I'd really like to hold onto and I feel like such an idiot for not backing up earlier. Some 40k texts I backed up when I tried to back up my stuff.
As a small, possibly insignificant update though...
Hooked the phone up to my computer and my computer still reads all of the files fine and I can still transfer files to and from perfectly. I tried setting up the MBP folders again and adding the data backup in to see if it would allow me to restore that backup.
MBP recognized the data backup (the single .zip file containing all texts and data) but wouldn't let me view the contents or restore them. Instead, I get:
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I/O error: Unable to write to SD Card. Make sure the SD Card is inserted properly, is not connected to your PC, and is not full.
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The phone is neither connected to my PC nor even close to full (11GB of free space remaining) and I don't have an SD card at all and I'm not trying to write to it (at least not intentionally).
Edit: For poops and giggles, I'm going to try out the Wicked X 8 ROM. Already verified I'm on the ND8 bootloader and the download just finished so I'll try that.

Well, it's fixed now, I guess.
For poops and giggles I decided to try out Wicked X 8 and, after quite a bit of extra time spent because I'm an idiot and wiped the entire internal storage prior to flashing the ROM and requiring a sideload, I finally got the new ROM up and running.
I was very delighted to see when I started it up that Titanium could access the directory, as could MBP, and I'm currently going through a full restore right now. Has to restore around 40,000 texts so that'll take a while, but it appears to be going smoothly.

NextName said:
Well, it's fixed now, I guess.
For poops and giggles I decided to try out Wicked X 8 and, after quite a bit of extra time spent because I'm an idiot and wiped the entire internal storage prior to flashing the ROM and requiring a sideload, I finally got the new ROM up and running.
I was very delighted to see when I started it up that Titanium could access the directory, as could MBP, and I'm currently going through a full restore right now. Has to restore around 40,000 texts so that'll take a while, but it appears to be going smoothly.
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nice wicked x is a great rom too

40,000 texts to restore? What? Wow.