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Backup Settings

So my understanding of the Backup settings is that your settings, like ringtones and applications will be loaded onto googles server so they can be restored if you do a factory reset.
I just flashed the beta 2 Cyanogen ROM but none of my applications are coming back to me. I had the backup selected before, so i dont know if i just need to be patient or what. its been like half an hour, i expected to see at least something by now.
Can anyone give me more information about this feature? I haven't been able to find much.
I just found this from Google
http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=27201&topic=27235&answer=168581
Back up my settings
Check to back up your phone's settings to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, the settings you've backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of settings are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you've installed, the words you've added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers.

I've had the backup settings checked and it worked perfectly for me. It reinstalled about 30 apps right after signing into google after flashing.
My only problem with it is that after it reinstalls everything I have no access to root. All my apps that require root hang at the SU request page and I never get the buttons to allow access.
Anyone else experience this? I haven't tried it with the new CM rom but it happened with enom's add on.

jessetbenton said:
So my understanding of the Backup settings is that your settings, like ringtones and applications will be loaded onto googles server so they can be restored if you do a factory reset.
I just flashed the beta 2 Cyanogen ROM but none of my applications are coming back to me. I had the backup selected before, so i dont know if i just need to be patient or what. its been like half an hour, i expected to see at least something by now.
Can anyone give me more information about this feature? I haven't been able to find much.
I just found this from Google
http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=27201&topic=27235&answer=168581
Back up my settings
Check to back up your phone's settings to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, the settings you've backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of settings are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you've installed, the words you've added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers.
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I think flashing a custom ROM changes the identifier or signature of your phone, so you won't get that backed up information synching back with your phone.

[Resolved] [Solved] Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server

A few days ago after I have root my HTC Evo and flash custom rom I have proble with market and gmail I am always got - Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server
If I log in to my account via youtube app gmail work but market say An error has occured
And now the solution is
1. Try to log in to your google account throu Google Talk app named Talk in programs.
2. If 1 solution doesn't work dial ##786# than Menu - Reset - Enter your MSL (SPC) ask carrier. Attention this will erase all your information and you have to reactivate your phone again.

Just in case someone else is still searching for an answer to this, I just wanted to say that this method did actually worked for me, after trying many other solutions. That is, activating through Google Talk instead of Google or Youtube.
I have to say that before that I deleted EVERYTHING Google related out of desperation (cache and data), uninstalled the latest market upgrade, rebooted, and then it let me use my account again, without losing any of my info.
Hope that helps.

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Barclays "Pingit" app saying device is rooted when not (possible solution)

Hello All,
So I finally thought Apple was lagging a bit too much in hardware specs and moved to Android with the Samsung S4 and hence now popping my cherry with my first post on here.
I decided to root my device to zap all the bloatware, but soon found like many others I couldn't use the Barclays Mobile Banking App or Pingit.
After a LOT of Googling and trying different reported methods such as hiding files, temp unrooting apps, factory resets... non worked for me. So as banking is very important to me I decided to un-root it (After all, I only rooted it to remove Bloatware, and 90% of it I can disable anyway and it doesn't cause me any storage issues).
Once un-rooted I found that I could once again use the Mobile Banking app (after calling the helpline and having them de-register the device so I could re-register), however I still couldn't use the Pingit app which was saying the device was reporting the device as rooted. The helpdesk were non-the-wiser and offered to get back to me which they did after about 4 days and I had already resolved the issue.
So here's what I found and how I fixed it....
Unlike the Mobile banking app which checks if the device is rooted each time you start it, the pingit app checks it each time and then sync's this information to your Google account for backup purposes. Therefore it will re-download this information saying the device has been rooted when you reset the phone and recover your purchases.
Now these instructions are for a non-rooted S4 but may differ on other devices, but I hope it helps others tearing their hair out like I was:
1) Uninstall the Pingit app
2) Go to "Settings" > "Accounts" > "Backup Options" > "Backup and reset"
3) Untick "Back up my data" & "Automatic Restore"
4) Perform a "Factory data reset"
5) Install Pingit and it should work.
6) You should now be able to re-enable "Back up my data" & "Automatic Restore" which will override the previous cloud data.
This method worked for me and the process may be simplified without having to do a full reset, i'm not sure as i'm still new to Andoid but I hope it helps a lot of frustrated people out there.
p.s. I also came across a scenario where it could affect users with a phone which has never been rooted... For example if you previously owned a rooted phone and had installed "Pingit", then tried to install it on a new phone which has never been rooted, it could also re-download the backup which says it's been rooted and disables the app. Therefore you should just follow the above instructions and it should work.
Hope it helps, cheers.

Daskew78 said:
Hello All,
So I finally thought Apple was lagging a bit too much in hardware specs and moved to Android with the Samsung S4 and hence now popping my cherry with my first post on here.
I decided to root my device to zap all the bloatware, but soon found like many others I couldn't use the Barclays Mobile Banking App or Pingit.
After a LOT of Googling and trying different reported methods such as hiding files, temp unrooting apps, factory resets... non worked for me. So as banking is very important to me I decided to un-root it (After all, I only rooted it to remove Bloatware, and 90% of it I can disable anyway and it doesn't cause me any storage issues).
Once un-rooted I found that I could once again use the Mobile Banking app (after calling the helpline and having them de-register the device so I could re-register), however I still couldn't use the Pingit app which was saying the device was reporting the device as rooted. The helpdesk were non-the-wiser and offered to get back to me which they did after about 4 days and I had already resolved the issue.
So here's what I found and how I fixed it....
Unlike the Mobile banking app which checks if the device is rooted each time you start it, the pingit app checks it each time and then sync's this information to your Google account for backup purposes. Therefore it will re-download this information saying the device has been rooted when you reset the phone and recover your purchases.
Now these instructions are for a non-rooted S4 but may differ on other devices, but I hope it helps others tearing their hair out like I was:
1) Uninstall the Pingit app
2) Go to "Settings" > "Accounts" > "Backup Options" > "Backup and reset"
3) Untick "Back up my data" & "Automatic Restore"
4) Perform a "Factory data reset"
5) Install Pingit and it should work.
6) You should now be able to re-enable "Back up my data" & "Automatic Restore" which will override the previous cloud data.
This method worked for me and the process may be simplified without having to do a full reset, i'm not sure as i'm still new to Andoid but I hope it helps a lot of frustrated people out there.
p.s. I also came across a scenario where it could affect users with a phone which has never been rooted... For example if you previously owned a rooted phone and had installed "Pingit", then tried to install it on a new phone which has never been rooted, it could also re-download the backup which says it's been rooted and disables the app. Therefore you should just follow the above instructions and it should work.
Hope it helps, cheers.
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I'm very surprised to see nobody else reporting this issue or thanking you for it.!
I've had this issue with the Barclaycard and Barclays Mobile Banking apps, and been scratching my head trying to figure out why.
I understood that some apps simply scan the directory for folders named "Root" or "Su" so I found these leftover and removed them. Nothing. I uninstalled the SuperSu App and both worked once bizarrely and then the following time stated I was rooted again. Their method of "detecting" root, as you've described - is crap! That is a stupid way of doing it, (because its foiled me for days!).
Hey ho, this looks like the only thanks you've received strangely, I'm surprised to see so few affected by this - thanks for your post! :thumbsup:

Hi,
I have exactly the same problem but it was down to to restoring a Google backup from a rooted phone to a non rooted one. It's too late for me to do a factory reset. Is there any other way of making this app work now?

voipman2012 said:
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem but it was down to to restoring a Google backup from a rooted phone to a non rooted one. It's too late for me to do a factory reset. Is there any other way of making this app work now?
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Not that I know of, have you searched the directories for any apps / folders that might give the impression the device is rooted?
The Barclays apps seems to scan for SuperSU and potentially Root Checker apps. If it finds them, then Barclays presume you are a danger to yourself with your device and it won't work [emoji53]
I'm growing tired of Barclays now anyway, particularly their refusal to run with Android Pay and go about things in their own way. Yet they will use Apple Pay.
Let me know how you get on..
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app

[Q] Cannot turn on automatic Backup from Settings

Hello everyone, I am stock and non-Rooted.
During the initial setup I skipped the backup&restore setup, and now I wanted to let it backup again in case I want to unlock the bootloader or something.
Now if I go to Settings > Backup & reset and tick "Back up my data", the button below "Backup account" is disable and grayed out and says "No account is currently storing backed up data".
There is no way that I can setup the account.
I even read somewhere that I should have restarted the phone, I did and my account appeared automagically... but later the same day or the day after it disappeared again!
I have no clue and it really looks like a bug in the system.

Sorry - I do not know what would cause that option to be grayed out (assuming you have set up a google account, and selected that as the backup account on that screen)
But just so you know, this backup will not backup all your data (or even your app data).
It (currently) backs up a very limited set of data (like WiFi settings/app list from playstore/)
It will not backup your pictures (assuming you don't have auto-backup enabled in dropbox/G+), game progress (for games that do not have google play integration), personal files, SMS, call logs - all of which will get wiped if you unlock bootloader.
You may want to look at helium backup as an option to backup all data. (If you were rooted, titanium backup would be my recommendation)

Thanks for the tip.
In fact, I think I prefer an on-demand solution rather than a background process which uses battery and network.
I installed Helium and activated using the desktop application.
I now only have a couple of doubts...
Where does the backup get stored when I save on local storage? I would of course like to transfer those files over to Dropbox instead of leaving them on the same phone.
Do the local settings, like WIFI passwords and such also get saved? It's not clear from the UI.
Thanks again

Alright... I googled around a bit and found out there's actually no way to save my stored WIFI passwords without ROOT...
This pretty much sucks as that was one of my most wanted...
The only option I have is really the Google-own backup system, so if anyone had an answer on how to make it work (my first post) that would be great.

Authentication Failing Mysteriously for Some Apps (Twitter, Dropbox, Pocketcasts)

So, I'm running an old Nexus 6P
Android 8.1.0
Stock Rom, Rooted (Magisk)
A few months ago, I noticed some apps were no longer logged in. I tried logging in and authentication failed (mostly silently)
Twitter: account login gives message "cannot create account"
Pocketcasts: login appears to work, but actually fails silently
Dropbox: "Unknown error, please contact Dropbox customer support."
Apps that continue to work: Facebook, LINE, Instagram, Mega,
By trying Tweetings, I am able to get a semi-useful error message from Twitter: "401: Authentication credentials (https://dev.twitter.com/auth/docs) were missing or incorrect. Ensure that you have set valid consumer key/secret, access token/secret, and the system clock is in sync."
My guess is that there's something wrong with how my phone deals with Oauth, since it's broken on multiple apps.
Things I've tried:
uninstalling and reinstalling the apps
upgrading to the final version of the stock ROM for the Nexus 6p (I was a year behind)
checking my clock settings to make sure time zone is correct and that network time is on
Things I'd rather avoid:
factory reset (it takes me a long-ass time to get my phone set up the way I want it after that, and it will be especially bad if it then doesn't work)
Any ideas? My even older Nexus 6 (also rooted) has no problems like this at all, so it does seem to be some kind of issue on the phone.
Thanks in advance for anyone able and willing to help me troubleshoot this, it's been driving me nuts for ages.