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[Q] How do i save stuff?

How do i save like for example my contacts and stuff... i alwaise like testing new roms and kernels and i alwasie have to add all my contacts again. can someone do a step by step on how to do that?? it would be a lot of help

Titanium backup will save your contacts wifi hot spots bluetooth pairings and all application data and other useful things. There is a free and a pro version. The free only allows one backup of everything. Just open the app and click on the backup restore tab and long press the items and select backup or you can press menu and do a batch backup. You dont really need to back system elements unless they are things you modified.
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You can also export your contacts to your SD card, then reimport through the contacts app. I have all of mine backed up with google now, so whenever I reflash it automatically sync's from there (instead of having to use my contacts backup/titanium to restore)

bdemartino said:
You can also export your contacts to your SD card, then reimport through the contacts app. I have all of mine backed up with google now, so whenever I reflash it automatically sync's from there (instead of having to use my contacts backup/titanium to restore)
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So this is actually what I was going to start a thread on. What directory are contacts stored under? My phones already rooted.
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Dreadlink said:
So this is actually what I was going to start a thread on. What directory are contacts stored under? My phones already rooted.
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Just go to your contacts, hit menu, and then chose export. No need to root to do this. It's a pretty basic function of the phone.

Lol I was looking through plenty of folders.
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Backing up data prior to root

One of my coworkers wants me to root his but doesn't wanna loose all data if it's preventable, is this possible?

What is he wanting to keep, and is he going back to a sense-based ROM after rooting?
I retained my contacts by syncing sense, google, facebook, etc before rooting mine. There are some file explorers out there that don't REQUIRE root, so you could possibly use one of those to back up things to your SD card (I can't speak to their effectiveness - I purposefully kept my dependency on this phone low until I had rooted it because of this).
Has he tried using the HTC PC software for his phone? Perhaps there are some features in there that will allow him to sync the things he wants to keep?
I'll look for some tools if you can give me an idea of what he needs to keep... (trust me, my wife's only reply was "everything" when I rooted hers I feel your pain).

Tx Redneck said:
One of my coworkers wants me to root his but doesn't wanna loose all data if it's preventable, is this possible?
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What data are we talking about?
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Specificity is your friend, here at XDA...
As mentioned, if contacts are have been synced to Google, then they'll automatically return.
You can also try MyBackup Pro for contacts, pics, and the other basic stuff.
If you want to backup app-specific data, if the app has a built-in back-up mechanism, then you're good for that app, but if it doesn't (and many don't), you're going to have to have root access in order for that type of data to be accessable by a backup app such as titanium backup, as it's kept in a special location that's normally of limits to any other app other than the one that "owns" that data. For example, when I rooted my phone, I said goodbye to all my angry birds scores/progress, and had to start from scratch.
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You always have to lose data to initially root. Then from that point you can always backup.
He can backup texts and all before rooting though.

Thanks yall, he was afraid of loosing everything but I assured him that his piktars and music were saved to SD, contacts to Google and SIM but his SMS, I don't know how to backup/save.

Tx Redneck said:
Thanks yall, he was afraid of loosing everything but I assured him that his piktars and music were saved to SD, contacts to Google and SIM but his SMS, I don't know how to backup/save.
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Sms backup and restore. It doesn't require root.
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Use My Backup Pro, it even restores your home screen setup to a point. I used it before rooting (pay for it! Its worth it)
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Silas0220 said:
Use My Backup Pro, it even restores your home screen setup to a point. I used it before rooting (pay for it! Its worth it)
-Sent from a block of aluminum running LeeDrOId
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+1
I normally use TB to backup all my apps (+ data for the apps) because if using Apps2SD, it remembers and put the files back in the same place.
I use My Backup Pro for all my other data; sms text messages, mms, contacts (can NEVER have enough backups of that, LOL), calendar, browser favorites (seems to also hold my cookies and passwords, a major help!!!!!), music lists, and as mentioned, a near copy of every page of your desktop screen - icon placements, etc, which also is a major time saver.
So pretty much I use both, and paid for both, worth every penny in both time and effort saved.
Plus, TB has other cool features; dalvik cache cleaner (no need to reboot into recovery!), market link doctor (used many times, to fix programs that are installed, but the market don't see them anymore), and the many batch run ops, like mass move to SD card, restore only missing apps, etc. And, when rooted, you now CAN remove any bloatware at ease! Even Sprint apps.

Tx Redneck said:
Thanks yall, he was afraid of loosing everything but I assured him that his piktars and music were saved to SD, contacts to Google and SIM but his SMS, I don't know how to backup/save.
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Oh none of that is lost. Pics remain untouched as does the whole SD card. Contacts are backed up to Google, etc. Texts and call log is the only thing lost, and you can find backup solutions for that on the market.

You don't loose data or apps when rooting unless you get lost and brick your phone.
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[Q] Final few questions hopefully on infuse 4g

Alright i have 2 other threads made but not all my questions were answered and i have a couple more
1) I wanna know how to backup my stuff so its not all lost just in case... Like a good app that at LEAST gets my contacts, sms and perhaps some app data? Only because i have ultimate password manager and it is a pain putting them all in
2) Im having trouble getting the drivers for my phone on my computer... i know i can press install driver in kies to get them but my computer keeps failing at that... what mode does it ahve to be in? Samsung ezupdater, media or mass storage?
3)can i just get a download link so i can install kies mini because i guess that is what i need... Correct me if im wrong
4) the main thing i want from rooting is the under/over clocking thing and i wanna get rid of the sms messages from my call log... Does the infused gingerbread kernel from the thread in the link below help me get that or do i ahve to find a rom first?if so what is a good rom?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248
5)Any help is much appreciated... thanks a bunch

Download the drivers from Samsungs web site.
Contacts - open contacts, tap menu, tap export. If you have an external micro card save them to that.
Once rooted, use Titanium Backup to back up your apps & app data.
Not sure how to save sms messages.
Overclocking can make your phone unstable.
I like Infused 2.1.0. Very stable and gets rid of the sms in the log.
Cranky...

Truckerglenn said:
Download the drivers from Samsungs web site.
Contacts - open contacts, tap menu, tap export. If you have an external micro card save them to that.
Once rooted, use Titanium Backup to back up your apps & app data.
Not sure how to save sms messages.
Overclocking can make your phone unstable.
I like Infused 2.1.0. Very stable and gets rid of the sms in the log.
Cranky...
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Try SMS Backup and Restore for free in the market. Works like a champ

Contacts - I strongly recommend syncing contacts to a Google account. If you do that, backup/restore of contacts is seamless and automated.
Apps/app settings - Titanium backup. Don't use it for system apps/settings. Note that you still need to manually copy the TiBu backups from the SD card though.
SMS and Call Logs - There are two apps, SMS Backup and Restore and Call Logs Backup and Restore. Just like TiBu, you'll need to manually copy the backups off of your SD card periodically.

Entropy512 said:
Contacts - I strongly recommend syncing contacts to a Google account. If you do that, backup/restore of contacts is seamless and automated.
Apps/app settings - Titanium backup. Don't use it for system apps/settings. Note that you still need to manually copy the TiBu backups from the SD card though.
SMS and Call Logs - There are two apps, SMS Backup and Restore and Call Logs Backup and Restore. Just like TiBu, you'll need to manually copy the backups off of your SD card periodically.
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@truckerglenn -i cant find the drivers from samsung website, but i heard infused is sick so ill get that... you able to help me get that? Should i do that root from that forum i linked to? Thanks man?
@irish - Yea i got that thanks
@entrop - Yea i thought of that too, but when i went to try it, i saw that my phone already had the check in sync contacts, i have the gmail app signed in, but my gmail doesnt have them... what should i do?

joeym11 said:
@truckerglenn -i cant find the drivers from samsung website, but i heard infused is sick so ill get that... you able to help me get that? Should i do that root from that forum i linked to? Thanks man?
@irish - Yea i got that thanks
@entrop - Yea i thought of that too, but when i went to try it, i saw that my phone already had the check in sync contacts, i have the gmail app signed in, but my gmail doesnt have them... what should i do?
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As far as drivers go just download samsung kies on your pc and install it. Then you can uninstall it if you want.
Infused should have some instructions to flash in the op. Just make aure you read through them a couple times before going ahead with it.
And honestly syncing contacts with google never worked for me lol. So i couldnt help you with that one
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Truckerglenn said:
Download the drivers from Samsungs web site.
Contacts - open contacts, tap menu, tap export. If you have an external micro card save them to that.
Once rooted, use Titanium Backup to back up your apps & app data.
Not sure how to save sms messages.
Overclocking can make your phone unstable.
I like Infused 2.1.0. Very stable and gets rid of the sms in the log.
Cranky...
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Uncle Irish said:
Try SMS Backup and Restore for free in the market. Works like a champ
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Entropy512 said:
Contacts - I strongly recommend syncing contacts to a Google account. If you do that, backup/restore of contacts is seamless and automated.
Apps/app settings - Titanium backup. Don't use it for system apps/settings. Note that you still need to manually copy the TiBu backups from the SD card though.
SMS and Call Logs - There are two apps, SMS Backup and Restore and Call Logs Backup and Restore. Just like TiBu, you'll need to manually copy the backups off of your SD card periodically.
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Reynaldinho111 said:
As far as drivers go just download samsung kies on your pc and install it. Then you can uninstall it if you want.
Infused should have some instructions to flash in the op. Just make aure you read through them a couple times before going ahead with it.
And honestly syncing contacts with google never worked for me lol. So i couldnt help you with that one
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It doesn't work when i try and install the drivers... It keeps failing... hope my phone isn't screwed. Is the infused gonna work on my canadian infuse 4g on rogers? and ill try the contacts another way... maybe an external sd card... thanks

I would recommend going to the market and searching for "contacts to SIM", it will backup all your contacts to your SIM Card so you can just pop it in if you get a new phone.
Also, Titanium Backup is great for applications (and their data).
For the drivers I'm not sure, I would say uninstall Kies and plug your phone into mass-storage mode, if you're on Windows it should download and install the drivers automatically...

Alright contacts to sim worked perfectly... Titanium says I need to have root access so maybe I will need to copy those pws... And for the driver situation... I'm on windows 7,and when I plug in my phone on mass storage, it comes up with the windows that has like browse files and that stuff, kind like when you put in a dvd, it has play and in all the programs you can play it with... Does this mean I'm all set?
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The SIM is very limited in terms of what contact info it can store for each contact. I'd strongly recommend syncing to Google, as it should backup nearly everything.
If you want a "non-cloud" backup, GMail supports exporting contacts in multiple file formats.

Entropy512 said:
The SIM is very limited in terms of what contact info it can store for each contact. I'd strongly recommend syncing to Google, as it should backup nearly everything.
If you want a "non-cloud" backup, GMail supports exporting contacts in multiple file formats.
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I wanted to do that but it doesn't seem to work... the check mark is there to sync them in my gmail app, but it doesn't actually show up on my gmail. i just bought an external sd card so i guess that'll do...now one more thing... If i want to root my device and have infused 2.1.0, do i still need to do the root that i had linked to below?http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1197248
Like what i am thinking has to be done, correct me if im wrong, i would root the device with taht, then that allows me to use the rom, im thinking in the rom downloader?

[Q] I need an Android SMS backup solution that will append to previous backups

Can't get any more straightforward than that.
I have a Galaxy S3. I've been using SMS Backup+, which is fine if you like getting your texts backed up into multiple Gmail threads that max out at 100 texts.
What I need is something that I can transfer to my computer, delete the texts off my phone, and then say, a month later when I make another transfer, it will append to the backup that I already have.
If anyone knows any app/program like this, even if you have to pay for it, let me know.

Use File Expert download it at the play store
Its very good i use it to back up my apps
I think you can bckup Sms too
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XDAReezy said:
Can't get any more straightforward than that.
I have a Galaxy S3. I've been using SMS Backup+, which is fine if you like getting your texts backed up into multiple Gmail threads that max out at 100 texts.
What I need is something that I can transfer to my computer, delete the texts off my phone, and then say, a month later when I make another transfer, it will append to the backup that I already have.
If anyone knows any app/program like this, even if you have to pay for it, let me know.
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There is one good app in the market "My Backup Pro". It does take the complete backup of of phone (Application, music, contacts, SMS etc) which can be restored easily. But the only problem I guess is it will not append to the existing messages and instead wipe it and restore only the backup. Let me check if it can append.

why not try AST android sms transfer, This Android SMS Transfer APK helps you achieve a simple but effective management of your SMS

SMS Backup+ does not restore my old text messages

I've been trying to restore my old text messages to my M8.
I tried before rooting and it didn't work.
I tried after rooting and it didn't work.
I tried after doing the MicroSD hack and it didn't work.
Anyone else having this problem??
please help, thanks!!

Try MyBackup in play store. Worked for me. Hope it helps.

Hmm sms backup has my backup sms saved to Gmail. MyBackup will restore my sms from there??
Thanks for the reply
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Try changing it to the default messaging app before restoring. When I used my SMS backup app it told me it has to be default for it to restore the messages. After its done you can go back and change back to whatever messaging app you were using. You can find the option to change apps in settings then more towards the top where the WiFi and Bluetooth selections are.

I use Hangouts as my SMS client and restoring via TiBu does restore my texts.
Hancent has a backup built in but it saves them as xml files I believe.
Never determined how to backup GO SMS.
For me, I want to use TiBu to restore all my texts and have now gotten use to the interface.
YMMV

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Try changing it to the default messaging app before restoring. When I used my SMS backup app it told me it has to be default for it to restore the messages. After its done you can go back and change back to whatever messaging app you were using. You can find the option to change apps in settings then more towards the top where the WiFi and Bluetooth selections are.
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Tried it, still doesn't restore my old sms. Thanks
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barbaraswee said:
Use CWM/CTR then select recovery option then back up your all data or sms, apps etc.
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I should say im trying to recover my SMS but i dont have it on my old phone anymore. It is only saved on my gmail account. Thats how SMS Backup+ backs up the SMS.
thanks

SMS Backup and restore has been working flawlessly for me from the thunderbolt to
DNA to the M8. Great program and even can upload/backup to Dropbox or Google drive.
If you have your old phone prior to the M8..I'd extract those old texts you want on it..then use another program to back them up on the older phone..then get that new program on the M8 and extract the text backup

bakemcbride21 said:
SMS Backup and restore has been working flawlessly for me from the thunderbolt to
DNA to the M8. Great program and even can upload/backup to Dropbox or Google drive.
If you have your old phone prior to the M8..I'd extract those old texts you want on it..then use another program to back them up on the older phone..then get that new program on the M8 and extract the text backup
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It has always worked for me as well. Going from GN, to S4, to G2, but for M8 it hasnt restored it.
I have tried a few times and it just says "8548 restored (8547 duplicate)" something like that.

CtK4949 said:
It has always worked for me as well. Going from GN, to S4, to G2, but for M8 it hasnt restored it.
I have tried a few times and it just says "8548 restored (8547 duplicate)" something like that.
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I think you are using a different program than I do. Mine is SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu....I think yours is SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel?
So if you have your old phone still, I'd restore all the texts on it (I am assuming that would still work)...install the program I use...back it up and upload the backup file to dropbox or google drive.
Then on your M8, install the program I use and then bring down that backup file from Google Drive (or Dropbox) and get all of your old texts on the M8

bakemcbride21 said:
I think you are using a different program than I do. Mine is SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu....I think yours is SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel?
So if you have your old phone still, I'd restore all the texts on it (I am assuming that would still work)...install the program I use...back it up and upload the backup file to dropbox or google drive.
Then on your M8, install the program I use and then bring down that backup file from Google Drive (or Dropbox) and get all of your old texts on the M8
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Ya mine is SMS Backup+
But good idea i still have not sold my G2, so ill try to restore it and use ur app.
thanks!!

CtK4949 said:
Ya mine is SMS Backup+
But good idea i still have not sold my G2, so ill try to restore it and use ur app.
thanks!!
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Hope it works! And as previously stated...to restore messages in Kit Kat..
SMS Backup and Restore will prompt you telling you it needs to be the default messaging app. Allow that and then you can restore....then go back into your settings and change the default messaging app to whatever you use for texting...probably the stock messaging app I presume.