Is it possible?
I dont know about any other apps but you can do it with Titanium Backup.
I'm not sure if you use it but the next update of the kitchen will do it.
Typing off the top of my head it should me...
/data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db
It includes bookmarks, history, and browser settings.
Oh, wonderful.
My bookmarks really never change but it's annoying putting them back in all the time. Keeping a backup copy of the browser data should be just what I need, thanks.
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Been addictively flashing the rom on my HD2 since about 30 minutes after I opened the box it came in (Damn you NRG for almost daily ROM Updates ). Using a combination of XDA_UC and PIM Manager to backup and restore all my programs, contacts and messages.
I have the setup down to a fine art now, and it takes no time at all to set up my phone with ONE exception::: I have close to 6000 SMSes which I backup and restore using PIM Manager..... The backup takes about one minute, but the restore process takes almost 15 minutes every time.
My question is this:: Does anyone know of any App that can restore that amount of SMSes in a shorter time frame?
BTW, I have tried both the compressed and uncompressed message backup and it makes little to no difference in the time taken for a restore.
I have no need to back up anything other than Contacts and SMSes as I have XDA_UC set up to redo my mail and wifi accounts and a few other things.
TIA guys
For contacts and sms I always use Myphone, I avoided it for a while but it is actually really good and fast! also it gives you the option to Archive some of the txts
For everything else I use SPB backup, brilliant and worth the Money, it prolly the best app i ever bought!!
hmmm... stopped using MyPhone as it had a tendency to cause duplicate contacts in my contact list. Was annoying as hell.... may give it another bash though. Does SPB Backup save login details for things like facebook?
Boradan said:
hmmm... stopped using MyPhone as it had a tendency to cause duplicate contacts in my contact list. Was annoying as hell.... may give it another bash though. Does SPB Backup save login details for things like facebook?
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i was about to ask the same thing..can we use Spb Backup for things like wifi settings and email acc's and Twitter etc??
hmm, doesnt really matter if it doesnt. I have my wifi and email settings restored automatically using XDA_UC. Im sure there is the ability to do Facebook login details too, though that may get slightly more complex as there are 4 ways to login to facebook, all requiring the details to be inpput separately:::
The Facebook Tab
The Standalone Facebook App
FIM (Facebook Instant Messaging)
Web Browser (and if you use multiple web browsers, they all need their own login details input)
Gonna have a look and see what I can find.
Boradan said:
Been addictively flashing the rom on my HD2 since about 30 minutes after I opened the box it came in (Damn you NRG for almost daily ROM Updates ). Using a combination of XDA_UC and PIM Manager to backup and restore all my programs, contacts and messages.
I have the setup down to a fine art now, and it takes no time at all to set up my phone with ONE exception::: I have close to 6000 SMSes which I backup and restore using PIM Manager..... The backup takes about one minute, but the restore process takes almost 15 minutes every time.
My question is this:: Does anyone know of any App that can restore that amount of SMSes in a shorter time frame?
BTW, I have tried both the compressed and uncompressed message backup and it makes little to no difference in the time taken for a restore.
I have no need to back up anything other than Contacts and SMSes as I have XDA_UC set up to redo my mail and wifi accounts and a few other things.
TIA guys
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Im not even going to ask why you need 6000 Text messages on your phone or go on about the drag that would put on your messaging app lol
Considering the amount of messages you are restoring I dont think you are going to find anything faster than what you are using now. Compressed or uncompressed it will still take an age to copy all those messages back to your device.
Sort through your messages and delete the ones you dont need, or be prepared to wait while restoring them.
Mark.
Yeah, I know its a LOT of messages, but 90% are work related, and I need quick access to them during work hours.
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hmmm... stopped using MyPhone as it had a tendency to cause duplicate contacts in my contact list. Was annoying as hell.... may give it another bash though. Does SPB Backup save login details for things like facebook?
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cd78 said:
i was about to ask the same thing..can we use Spb Backup for things like wifi settings and email acc's and Twitter etc??
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Mmmm...Ive never used SPB to back-up contacts as i have always used either outlook/active sync or more recently Myphone, I am now using a combination of the two, being Myphone for contacts and texts and outlook for calendar and docs etc, just be careful which boxes are ticked to avoid duplicates!
SPB has a wealth of customization available for backup.
In the Sytem files you can basically choose whatever files you want or don't, so as long as you know where the relevant twitter/facebook info is stored its fine, as for the registry RE. email accounts etc it will backup the full registry but no options as to what, just all of it which can cause problems if restored to a new ROM, but great if ever you need to Hard reset!!
Bottom line is given it a try, SPB has a Full trial which lasts 5 or six uses
and as long as you have a PIM copy it cant hurt, I always try new stuff like this straight after a fresh flash then at least if it doesn't work out its not to much heart ache to reflash or HR.
Hope this helps
I'm trying to get my bookmarks restored from myBookmarks Pro. Normally (on any other Android phone I've ever had), you upload the Firefox Bookmarks HTML Export file to www.rerware.com and then on your device it downloads them to my device, adds them to Web Browser and all is fine.
Now with the Infuse it's adding them, but I can't see them. In other words, when I go into my bookmarks in the browser, it only shows the 4 ATT bookmarks they force on me (which I don't seem to be able to delete - grrrr), but not the ones I just imported. But if I begin to type the bookmark name or press search and type the site I want to go to, it's go the bookmarks based on search result, but I want them in the bookmarks list.
Seems like AT&T is somehow controlling my bookmarks... Ideas?
I'm noob and have TB Pro.
I'm starting this topic in hopes that people will submit their methods of use for employing this Powerful and Invaluable App..
I mainly use it to backup/reinstall apps and data. And remove bloat. It does so much more than that!
I think that MY restoring of certain data/system data from one ROM to another ROM has sometimes caused me problems.
I am trying to develop my own protocol for using TB Pro. I have gained much knowledge through trial, error and research but could really use the knowledge, experience and help of you people.
So how do YOU use TB PRO? What system data do you ALWAYS restore? What system data do you NEVER restore? Ect..
Thank you for your time, efforts energy and input.
I've found that generally the "Green" system settings can be restored, although sometimes if your ROM or Device is too different from the previous it won't work. For example from my Vibrant to the 4G it seemed the SMS storage is changed a bit and I had to manually pull the smsmms.db and transfer it.
My current system data I restore is generally:
Calendar
Bluetooth Pairings
SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage (this has the SMS)
Bookmarks
Wifi Access Points
User Dictionary
Calendar
Playlists
Wallpaper
Settings/bluetooth storage
Another thing I've found useful is the use of labels in TB. I have a "system" label for the above items, and "Apps with Data" which I put apps that have specific settings and such I don't feel like setting up after each flash. Handcent, Launchers, apps you have to 'sign in' to, alarms, etc.
Then I have multiple "restore" labels, I don't really like restoring everything at once usually, so I'll put my first 30 or so primary apps in a label, then the next 20-30, and restore them in batches. Usually my 1st restore point is the stuff I use daily, and the others are stuff I don't use as much. Sometimes I only restore the first one and reinstall individual apps as I need them.
I also have a dropbox label which I use to sync 'important' stuff to drop box.
These labels also help with the TB Schedules, I backup the "system" label more frequently then the others, etc.
If you do use labels, make sure you have "auto backup TB Data" option so your labels will restore when you wipe and reflash.
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I've found that generally the "Green" system settings can be restored, although sometimes if your ROM or Device is too different from the previous it won't work. For example from my Vibrant to the 4G it seemed the SMS storage is changed a bit and I had to manually pull the smsmms.db and transfer it.
My current system data I restore is generally:
Calendar
Bluetooth Pairings
SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage (this has the SMS)
Bookmarks
Wifi Access Points
User Dictionary
Calendar
Playlists
Wallpaper
Settings/bluetooth storage
Another thing I've found useful is the use of labels in TB. I have a "system" label for the above items, and "Apps with Data" which I put apps that have specific settings and such I don't feel like setting up after each flash. Handcent, Launchers, apps you have to 'sign in' to, alarms, etc.
Then I have multiple "restore" labels, I don't really like restoring everything at once usually, so I'll put my first 30 or so primary apps in a label, then the next 20-30, and restore them in batches. Usually my 1st restore point is the stuff I use daily, and the others are stuff I don't use as much. Sometimes I only restore the first one and reinstall individual apps as I need them.
I also have a dropbox label which I use to sync 'important' stuff to drop box.
These labels also help with the TB Schedules, I backup the "system" label more frequently then the others, etc.
If you do use labels, make sure you have "auto backup TB Data" option so your labels will restore when you wipe and reflash.
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This is a AWESOME reply! Exactly the kind of response I was hoping for.
It is informative, detailed, technical & the screen shot really helps put things into perspective for me.
Without getting into my TB details. I have done a cpl backups that you do and will now incorporate the ones you have given. I have never assigned any labels or schedules. I will start doing those things now.
The reason I posted this topic is because I'm noob. I have learned to flash properly and recover if I get into trouble.
Recently I have realized that the problems I have been having sometimes after flashing are a result of the things I DID after flashing and not that of the ROM, Mod, or Tweak that people work hard to develop and put together.
I want to minimize MY unnecessary (unwittingly) posts and in doing so the replies I get from the very helpful people in our Great Community.
If I can backup and restore my data properly after flashing then I will less likely believe I "found a bug" and will not have to seek help. That will benefit me by having my phone function at it's best and help the Community by keeping our threads shorter.
THANK YOU for your response
Restoring Settings with TiBu
jalsing said:
I've found that generally the "Green" system settings can be restored, although sometimes if your ROM or Device is too different from the previous it won't work. For example from my Vibrant to the 4G it seemed the SMS storage is changed a bit and I had to manually pull the smsmms.db and transfer it.
My current system data I restore is generally:
Calendar
Bluetooth Pairings
SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage (this has the SMS)
Bookmarks
Wifi Access Points
User Dictionary
Calendar
Playlists
Wallpaper
Settings/bluetooth storage
Another thing I've found useful is the use of labels in TB. I have a "system" label for the above items, and "Apps with Data" which I put apps that have specific settings and such I don't feel like setting up after each flash. Handcent, Launchers, apps you have to 'sign in' to, alarms, etc.
Then I have multiple "restore" labels, I don't really like restoring everything at once usually, so I'll put my first 30 or so primary apps in a label, then the next 20-30, and restore them in batches. Usually my 1st restore point is the stuff I use daily, and the others are stuff I don't use as much. Sometimes I only restore the first one and reinstall individual apps as I need them.
I also have a dropbox label which I use to sync 'important' stuff to drop box.
These labels also help with the TB Schedules, I backup the "system" label more frequently then the others, etc.
If you do use labels, make sure you have "auto backup TB Data" option so your labels will restore when you wipe and reflash.
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In my case I do exactly the same as above but also have a TWRP backup of my entire ROM with all my preferred apps installed (and TiBu included) to quickly reflash the phone with this TWRP backup in case I break something (e.g., I tweak something I shouldn't have in the kernel). The TiBu backups I mainly use to restore an earlier app version if a new release of that app breaks functionality I've come to depend on (it happens often!) The unique issue I run into is that if I update my TiBu labels, they won't carry through after the ROM flash unless I backup the entire ROM all over again. I sure wish I could backup the TiBu labels and restore them. I hear Delta Backup can backup TiBu and its labels. I'll give it a shot next time but if anyone has any better ideas I'm all ears.
What thing do you use Titanium Backup for? Tell me their whole names please so I can easily find them in the application. There are so many things I don't know what to backup. And I can't think of any and there might be so many useful stuff I've just missed. So please share what do you backup up with Titanium?
User apps and a few bits of system data like the Data Usage Allowance settings, Bluetooth Pairings.
The easy way to use Titanium is to click on Menú button, and there go to "Lotes" (sorry have it Spanish), which for me is the option top-right.
There you have the diferent quick options, one of them is to Copy your apps, and down you have the one to restore them
For me that's the menú! Just take care, ones you start copying things don't touch your screen, just leave the device do it's work... I don't know why but if I touch anything Titanium blocks and I have to kill the process to restart the copy (same with back up, not a big deal really, just let it do its job )
I backup my text history, app data, email account settings etc. Much easier to blaze through Titanium to be right where I left off before flashing.
I just use Titanium when I flash a new rom. I nandroid the previous ROM so I can have a complete backup in case the new ROM sucks. The cool part about TB is that it can restore from nandroid, so I kill two birds with one stone. As soon as I boot up the new ROM, I extract all the apps I want from nandroid with TB.
games. but im going to look into email account wifi passwords, that would be extra handy.
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I backup my text history, app data, email account settings etc. Much easier to blaze through Titanium to be right where I left off before flashing.
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whats the name of the file that u backup for text messages?
running CleanROM 2.4 + Browser2RAM + stock browser. all great.
in terms of browsing, i like my devices discrete. i.e. there's stuff i only want to see on my desktop for work, and stuff i want on my tablet, phone. but now i have like 300+ bookmarks (organized into folders, thank goodness) on my tablet. thing is, i can't delete any of it!
1) at first it appears that i CAN delete bookmarks. but upon reboot, bookmarks are still there.
2) logged into Google Dashboard and deleted synced Chrome bookmarks and disabled this function. deleted some bookmarks, rebooted the tablet, bookmarks still there.
3) disabled com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks. deleted some bookmarks. rebooted. deleted bookmarks still there.
i understand that with Browser2RAM, upon reboot, everything goes back to the original state and ASUS becomes the home page. so why are my bookmarks still there? and better question: how can i delete them?
IDIOT, i am.
Clear Data on Browser
disable Google Bookmarks Sync (though i noticed this seemed to be enabled, regardless) or clear Google Chrome Sync in Dashboard.
done.
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IDIOT, i am.
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LOL
I do stuff like this all the time...
Hang in!