So basically, Google photos thinks that I have a pixel in any ROM (not all thou) that I install it on and I get unlimited backup (no other options are there) but all my photos get backed up to my Google drive.
So I need a solution for this. Please help!!! I'm frustrated ?.
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Hi, Is there a easy way via an app, wi-fi transfer, usb device to device, to copy the apps and settings/passwords from a Non-rooted Verizon S5 phone to a non-rooted Note 10.1 (2014) tablet? Or do I have to manually download each app from the play store to the tablet? My phone apps should all be stored on the sdcard. I don't know where password data & etc is stored. Basically I want the tablet set up the same as my phone with same apps.
Thanks if anyone can help. I searched for any threads on this & didn't find anything, unless I didn't make the right search.
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ClockworkMod makes a cool non-root backup solution called Helium. It has 2 components: A PC app and a local app you can get through the Play Store. There are some apps that will come back as disallowed for backup, but the majority of them will allow you to transfer your app data. I used it successfully when I upgraded my wife's tablet and my phone. It's also worth spending the 5 bucks to get the premium version as it will allow you to backup and restore the apps and data to your Google Drive (cloud) as well.
The only downside I have found to this app, other than the fact that some apps are not able to backup (i.e. Chase Mobile) is that you have to use the PC app to enable backups every time you restart your phone/tablet. When you initially download it, you have to connect your phone/tablet to your PC and enable the Helium backup. As long as you don't restart your phone/tablet, you can backup as much as you want on that particular session. If you have to restart either device for some reason, you'll have to re-authorize Helium to make backups. It can be annoying, but it's a small price to pay to transfer your existing data and apps.
PM me for links, as I haven't made enough posts to be able to include them here.
Hope that helps!
Rebel60 said:
Hi, Is there a easy way via an app, wi-fi transfer, usb device to device, to copy the apps and settings/passwords from a Non-rooted Verizon S5 phone to a non-rooted Note 10.1 (2014) tablet? Or do I have to manually download each app from the play store to the tablet? My phone apps should all be stored on the sdcard. I don't know where password data & etc is stored. Basically I want the tablet set up the same as my phone with same apps.
Thanks if anyone can help. I searched for any threads on this & didn't find anything, unless I didn't make the right search.
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Hello guys!
I recently had to send my G4 into service because of faulty motherboard ( issue with 505X devices ) and lost all my files except the photos I took ( because I had google photo to backup them ). Just to be safe, I am now searching for an app that lets me select all the folders which contain files that I need to be backed up ( no mater what kind of files there are in it ). In google backup, I found an option to add just one more folder ( which is not convenient ) but that will backup only videos and photos ( this isn't convenient either ) from that folder.
Do you know such an app that has what I need? I tried most of those popular ones ( mega, dropbox, mediafire etc. ) but none seems to fit my description.
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Have you tried "Settings - Backup and restore" already on the phone?
How about PC apps such as LG Restore from the LG site?
divineBliss said:
Have you tried "Settings - Backup and restore" already on the phone?
How about PC apps such as LG Restore from the LG site?
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I didn't find any setting to do what I said. The thing is that I need those files to be uploaded to a cloud automatically, as it does with the photos and videos. Copying those files by hand to pc anytime I get something new on the phone isn't an option.
You could use any of the Autosync apps for Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox (they're all on the Play Store) to sync those folders to cloud storage. Just so you know, you can't upload files bigger than 8MB unless you pay, but if you can, it's probably the best option.
F1Fanatic27 said:
You could use any of the Autosync apps for Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox (they're all on the Play Store) to sync those folders to cloud storage. Just so you know, you can't upload files bigger than 8MB unless you pay, but if you can, it's probably the best option.
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Thank you! That's what I've been looking for.
Hey guys, phone was running out of space and I decided to improvise on Device maintenance built-in app. deleted very important videos, I have tried a couple of apps so far, rooted phone, still unable to restore them, they were about 5gb in size. please help, thanks!
Hi, a few weeks ago I tried to get a new app so went to my Google Play account and it wouldn't let me open it, kept asking me to log in. Anyway I eventually left it as it was driving me nuts but since then none of my apps will update and none of my Google accounts will backup, the most important one being my photos. I can't use Google to seach either. I can log in to my account on all other devices just not my phone. I also tried to connect my phone to my laptop to backup my photos as I'm thinking I'm going to have to do a hard reset but all my older photos were showing but not the newer ones that I have taken and you can view on my phone.
Can anyone help as this is driving me crazy.
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Remove the Google account from Accounts and add it again..?
Rolo42 said:
Remove the Google account from Accounts and add it again..?
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I've tried this and it didn't help but thanks
What are you using to view your files? A file explorer or HTC Sync Manager? I would use the former.
If that doesn't show all your stuff, then I would use TWRP to backup everything or to copy files onto an external SD card and then plug that into the computer to copy everything before running an RUU and resetting everything, which is what I would do.
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Just updated to a custom ROM and did a user app backup using Titanium that I synced across to Google Drive. Now that I've completed the ROM installation, I'd like to retrieve my user apps. I can see the files on Google Drive, but TiBu is not behaving properly when I select the 'Sync to Google Drive' schedule.
I notice that it is prompting me each time that I select the option to Login to Google Drive, which is not typical behavior, but I'm not getting an error/warning either. I'm going to remove and re-install TiBu to see if that helps. Has anyone seen anything like this? Running latest version of Nitrogen ROM and ElemX kernel.
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All:
Just updated to a custom ROM and did a user app backup using Titanium that I synced across to Google Drive. Now that I've completed the ROM installation, I'd like to retrieve my user apps. I can see the files on Google Drive, but TiBu is not behaving properly when I select the 'Sync to Google Drive' schedule.
I notice that it is prompting me each time that I select the option to Login to Google Drive, which is not typical behavior, but I'm not getting an error/warning either. I'm going to remove and re-install TiBu to see if that helps. Has anyone seen anything like this? Running latest version of Nitrogen ROM and ElemX kernel.
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I might just be too lazy to figure it out...
But, I have never been able to restore from Google Drive.
Nor has a sync function ever worked in any direction except from devce to the cloud.
Whenever I performed a restore of the type you are referring to I always DL'd my TiBU folder from drive to my phone locally.
Then restored.
I started using swift backup and it's been outstanding!! The pro version was 6 bucks and worth every cent.
It works flawlessly with Google drive too. There is a free version available too.
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I might just be too lazy to figure it out...
But, I have never been able to restore from Google Drive.
Nor has a sync function ever worked in any direction except from devce to the cloud.
Whenever I performed a restore of the type you are referring to I always DL'd my TiBU folder from drive to my phone locally.
Then restored.
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Thanks for your reply. I finally got it to work with another ROM, not sure if the issue was ROM related or possibly tighter security from Google. I've never had a problem with syncing back from the cloud, although I'll admit that it is a bit non-intuitive when using it.
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..., although I'll admit that it is a bit non-intuitive when using it.
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agreed.
im too lazy to figure it out.
glad your working though