When I do a full wipe from cwr and reinstall a rom, everytime I sync my google account it redownloads everything I had previously and loads all my old settings. How can I get it to stop loading all my previous settings, but still be able to load my google contacts.
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That is what I do to stop the auto setup. After by-passing screen, I sign into my google account either through market or gmail and then dl Titanium Backup and restore what I want to my new ROM.
hoppermi said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5XjF6sPef4
That is what I do to stop the auto setup. After by-passing screen, I sign into my google account either through market or gmail and then dl Titanium Backup and restore what I want to my new ROM.
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Yeah, but what if I don't want to do any titanium backup stuff. I just want to have the phone like new, except with GC flashed.
If I do all this bypass stuff, and sign in through gmail or market. I want still want my gmail and calender to sync but not settings or programs I had.
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Yeah, but what if I don't want to do any titanium backup stuff. I just want to have the phone like new, except with GC flashed.
If I do all this bypass stuff, and sign in through gmail or market. I want still want my gmail and calender to sync but not settings or programs I had.
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Go to settings->Privacy (notice at this point the automatic restore option is turned on but greyed out where you can't turn it off)->check "Back up my data", this will make the "Automatic restore" option become selectable. Now uncheck "automatic restore" and then uncheck "back up my data". You should get a message saying it is going to delete your backups off of the google server. (Now both options should be unchecked, the top one stays selectable but leave it unchecked of course but the bottom one is greyed out again.)
That's what you want. None of that will affect contacts, calendar, email, etc.....those settings only apply to apps. You can have a google account sync'd which will simply sync calendar and contacts, but the part above tells it if it is supposed to backup and auto restore your apps or not.
In the future, when you initially add your google account there is a check box that says "back up my data", make sure you uncheck it any time you set up a new device (like after doing a complete wipe to install a new rom), otherwise it will create a new "cloud" backup of your apps again. If you make sure thats unchecked at initial setup it will never get a chance to auto restore, then you can go adjust the settings like mentioned above.
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Go to settings->Privacy (notice at this point the automatic restore option is turned on but greyed out where you can't turn it off)->check "Back up my data", this will make the "Automatic restore" option become selectable. Now uncheck "automatic restore" and then uncheck "back up my data". You should get a message saying it is going to delete your backups off of the google server. (Now both options should be unchecked, the top one stays selectable but leave it unchecked of course but the bottom one is greyed out again.)
That's what you want. None of that will affect contacts, calendar, email, etc.....those settings only apply to apps. You can have a google account sync'd which will simply sync calendar and contacts, but the part above tells it if it is supposed to backup and auto restore your apps or not.
In the future, when you initially add your google account there is a check box that says "back up my data", make sure you uncheck it any time you set up a new device (like after doing a complete wipe to install a new rom), otherwise it will create a new "cloud" backup of your apps again. If you make sure thats unchecked at initial setup it will never get a chance to auto restore, then you can go adjust the settings like mentioned above.
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Thank You!!! This is exactly what I needed.
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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.
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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.
I've noticed that there are a lot of users that are flashing ROMs and reporting FCs (Force Closes) after getting their accounts set up so I figured
I would share some information that will not only help the DEVs in new reports from users but also help users enjoy all of the work put forth by
the Devs.
This will cover the Google account settings and help understand some of the features that these settings have and how they effect ROMs once
they have been installed.
Google account auto Sync and App back-Up/Restore does just as it says but when using ROMs with different base versions such as 2.2.1 and 2.3.4
and all in between can have a bad side effect unless you set them up the right way. In "Settings" there are two allowances that you
have to make.
1. "Background Data ( Covers Applications can sync, send, and recieve data at any time. )"
2. "Auto-Sync ( Applications sync data automatically. )"
3. "Backup Data and Settings ( Backs up applications and system settings. )"
These work great for email, contacts, and calander accounts but Google actually backs up more than that. System files for previous settings and profile
settings also get backed up which can cause force closes and ROM errors if restored to a ROM using a different base version of these settings.
If you were using Froyo (2.2.1) and these two settings were on then its safe to say the permissions and settings from this profile were backed up in
anticipation that something may go wrong with your device, when you go to a different base version (ROM) such as Gingerbread (2.3.4) Google doesn't
check to see if the base version has changed when you first set up your phone (after flashing a new ROM) and restores the previous settings for those
accounts. Now if you just flashed something different than you had before this will cause "Force Closes" so lets get down to how to bypass the feature.
Most ROMs require you to reboot twice before setting up accounts or anything else which is correct but once the ROM has loaded for the second time it
may ask you if you want to log into your account(s) before continuing on, you want to skip through all of the steps including Wifi set up.
1. Go to settings.
2. select "Backup Data and Settings"
3a. Disable "Backup My Data" and "Automatic Restore"
3b. " If your a flash junkie like I am keep these settings turned off other wise you will have issues later"
4. Back out and go to "Accounts and Sync Settings".
5. Disable "Back Up Data and Auto Sync".
6. Back out and now go and sign into your accounts but don't sync them, just sign in.
7. go to each account and sync Contacts, Mail, and Calander manually.
After all of the accounts are done you can go back into "Accounts and Sync Settings" under General Sync Settings and enable them. This will bypass the app sync
feature Google uses for these accounts. There is also a way to disable JUST the app and system files in your Google account so it no longer saves system settings
and I'll update the thread at a later date.
I hope this helps with some of the issues people are having with various ROMs.
Edit: There are Apps that are saved by this method by Google, system settings, app settings and data of both which can also cause problems with the way a ROM runs and is managed. Be aware of the last time you saved prior system/app data and avoid these settings from being installed into the next ROM.
How to remove the applications you begin to install after each hard reset using Google backup&restore?
I'm not talking about the Contacts or Gmail being pulled in (that's fine),I just don't want the apps & settings
I've tried the various resets (with backup turned off), but nothing gets me back to a blank, clean phone.
Is there a way to remove?
Thanks.
Oddly enough, this never works for me anymore. Contacts and whatnot come back, but applications never self reinstall since about six months ago. I always assumed since I have to agree to the terms and conditions of the market, it won't start running until I've done so. No real idea though, if anything, don't add your Google info in the initial setup. Set up your settings and whatever else you need to do, then add your Google account info in Settings > Accounts. From there, if it starts to redownload everything, just cancel them before they have a chance to finish. You could also try force closing the market. I did that once when it started to download my apps, it got one app through and quit the rest.
I've checked the online market, there's no settings in there. Hope you figure it out.
When you add the Google account, at the very end, there is this option "Keep this phone backed up with my google account". Unselect that option.
Untick "Automatic restore"
Is there a way to disable apps restoring from the Play Store after a fresh flash?
Thanks!
i just go right into play store under my apps and cancel the whole lot of them. not usually a problem.
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Is there a way to disable apps restoring from the Play Store after a fresh flash?
Thanks!
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Turn of sync. Apparently you have your device setup so that everything gets backed up and restored by Google. Next time you setup a ROM and go about setting up your Google account info, untick the checkbox for "Keep this device backed up on Google" or something similar.
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.