I'm planning to root my sister's Galaxy Ace but she wants to save every message, picture and contact she has on her phone. I searched it in google, but it seems that Kies only backs up the contacts and bookmarks. Can anyone help tell me what applications should I use to back up everything else?
In addition, can anyone point me to the most reliable guide in rooting Samsung Galaxy Ace?
Thanks!
I can see that nobody else has replied to your Q but wondered whether you had managed to find out from any other sources how to make a full back-up of the Ace as I want to do this myself too ???
As you say, Kies backs up almost nothing.
I can copy the micro-SD myself but I want to copy all the settings, etc. so that I can restore them to my replacement Ace (I want to take back to shop as it constantly freezes and switches off)
I still haven't found any solution to our problem yet. I hope someone's gonna pass this thread who is knowledgeable enough to help us.
You can download GO SMS Pro from the Android Market to backup your texts, contacts are usually backed up automatically with your Google account. With GO SMS, you choose Menu>Settings>GO SMS Services>Backup and Restore.
Photos are on the SD card, shouldn't need to worry about them.
Once rooted, you can make a nandroid backup with ROM Manager.
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Hey you just wanna root your device........you can do this with super one click.
No back up is necessary as it will not remove any file or setting of your use.
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First want to say hi. I want to backup my evo since im replacing it with a newer evo since there is a problem with mine its hardware problem. but any way is there a way i can completly take everything from my current phone to new one Apps photos settings launcher pro(paid)im getting the phone tom they called todayso plz help me out plz try and keep it simple if possible
First you should be aware that all of your paid apps are permanently tied to the Google account that you used / created when you first set up the phone. This means that as long as you use the same credentials when setting up the new EVO you will find all off your purchased apps waiting for you in the market.
Second know that most of your personal data is stored on the SD card as opposed to the phone memory itself. If you reuse the same card you will likely find your data is waiting code you without using a backup restore utility.
Despite the above I am a fervent devotee to backing up and use several apps in tandem. I you only have one I think Titanium Backup is the way to go. My Backup Pro another alternative. These will backup and restore all of your apps with data so it is like you never lost a beat. They will even restore desktop layout and call logs or text messages.
My last advice is to get the free app called dropbox. T give you 2 gigs of online storage which get linked to a special folder on your phone. Put a file in the folder and it will get uploaded into your web vault. From there you can access the files from your PC as well.
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I have had the unfortunate experience in using samsung kies to backup my sgs2 bought in June '11 to upgrade the latest firmware too then realise the kies backup didn't work.
However, before I did the kies backup I copied the entire phone hhd to my pc, just incase.
When I realised the kies backup didnt work, I wasn't disheartened, as I have the info on my pc, right.. well no, as the files (data) I had copied, all of it won't go back to the sgs2 hhd (internal memory).
Can anyone advise?
Also, I now have the latest sgs2 firmware on my sgs2, I read the only way to backup the entire contents of the phone is to root it and use something such as titanium or nanroid.. yet I haven't got a clue what any of these are, or what customs ROM'S are.. is there a newbie site a read I can view to understand what the different ROMS do, and what will be better for my needs, also the most effective way to root my sgs2, as I don't want to brick it, I have read that you can root/unroot it using certain software, this would be good if there is one for the sgs2? as this would allow me to switch between the two, if anything went wrong etc or if I sold the phone.
Can anyone in layman's terms help, advise or guide me.
It would be appreciated, as my need to root is simply to do a full phone backup; once I've sorted out how to get all my data back to the sgs2 (
thanks
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ok as I have had little reply to my posting I went ahead and succesdfully rooted my sgs2.
Now I've completed a titanium backup, how can I verify that 'all' my phone's data has been backed up? as I don't later want to find that it didn't work or missed items.
I'm thinking of backup my phone to pc and then using restore to prove it, or is there an easier way?
Now that I'm rooted what ROM's are popular currently? I'm after faster web browsing, better battery life, and for google to sync my calander (completely).
The latter is a problem I've had for about a week; google won't sync my entire calander to droid. I've read a lot and it seems I'm not alone in this; yet I've tried all the work arounds, and still nothing.
Any advice?
Also, if I factory reset my device, will I have to root my sgs2 again? (I had done this prior to rooting and still didn't help google calander sync afterwards, it would only sync 1 month's worth of prior events).
Thanks in advance.
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I had an original Galaxy S Captivate that I just recently broke, and now they're sending me a new Skyrocket as a replacement. I had everything from the Galaxy S backed up through Titanium Backup on an external sd card that still works. When I get the new phone, after I root it and put TiBu on it, will I be able to restore the apps from the old phone onto it, or is there something in the backups that's phone specific?
Thanks
Probably best to re download but it may work all the apps are built for multiple phones I can't see an issue as long as it doesn't store phone info
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You "could" restore apps only and probably be fine (definitely do not restore apps+data). But with the new Market (I still refuse to call it the "Play Store"), it's really easy to go through the list of every app you've ever downloaded (even for the Captivate) and just re-install.
Unless you're talking about 100's of apps I recommend just doing a fresh install from Play Store. Every time I flash a new rom I just go through and re-install and it only takes about 3 or 4 minutes to re-install all 40-ish apps I use.
Ah ok. I didn't know the new market had that functionality. I'll definitely do that for the apps I can. I had some apps that weren't installed through the market, so that's the main reason I was wondering about restoring them through TiBu. I'll make sure to restore the app only and no data for those. Thanks!
Hello everyone,
So I'm hoping someone can figure out what I did, cause my phone is now half of what it used to be. I have the latest update (G900PVPU3BOF6) on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5, and I rooted it 3 days ago the day after it's birthday (didn't want to trip Knox before the warranty was up!).
I didn't notice it at first, but then I realized that things were not working right on my phone. I haven't done really anything with my root except remove a couple of stock apps I didn't want (that should have been safe to, like Flipboard). Basically, unless it's a system app (ie. Google Play, Facebook, Camera, etc.) the app cannot save or access the internal memory or external SD card... Fallout Shelter stopped working completely, SMS Backup and Restore won't backup anywhere, Amazon Appstore won't update and immediately fails, Glitchr crashes when I try to save images... it's obvious that some form of permissions to the file system got seriously mucked up. But I'm not sure what to do to fix the issue.
I am open to doing a stock restore, but ONLY after I get a backup on my SMS and if it's a last resort.
Anyone have any suggestions, or even come across this before?
Thank you all in advance!
Download My Backup Root from Play, backup your Data(SMS, MMS, Contacts, logs etc. ) Then do a Factory reset.
Either your permissions are Borked or the owner to the files is incorrect. Did you use titanium backup or any other app to restore your data?
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I know titanium backup was always the best in the past but not sure if the last few years found better options for my S6 Verizon or if phones have better built-in backups. I think TB required root but i dont have that on my stupid S6 verizon. Otherwise, what other options do i have?
A guide would be appreciated, as I am afossil in the XDA world now!
I definitely want my photos/vids, my contacts (should be with google), texts, wifi/pws (thought it seems when I hit "Reset all settings" that it wiped them all, despite having "Backup to google" checked...), apps, etc all restored afterwards if possible.
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UNROOTED!
I know titanium backup was always the best in the past but not sure if the last few years found better options for my S6 Verizon or if phones have better built-in backups. I think TB required root but i dont have that on my stupid S6 verizon. Otherwise, what other options do i have?
A guide would be appreciated, as I am afossil in the XDA world now!
I definitely want my photos/vids, my contacts (should be with google), texts, wifi/pws (thought it seems when I hit "Reset all settings" that it wiped them all, despite having "Backup to google" checked...), apps, etc all restored afterwards if possible.
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Simple one I would suggest is Samsung SmartSwitch. It pretty much backsup everything.
But for example. if you have any game data stored on your device. It doesnt backup. and if it doesn't backup WhastApp chat back up data as well.
I would suggest a twrp/cwm backup is the best.
Orelse use a USB OTG pendrive to simply copy paste all the files and folders required.But you will need to restore everything
And Samsung Cloud is the best option for backup and restore as of now. For cloud services upto 15 GB after that you will have to pay for the services