I have a HD7 running Mango with all my contacts, content, emails, apps all synced nicely with Zune / Outlook.
Decided to upgrade to the Titan (looks a bit bigger but I will get used to that and some of the apps look different as well) and was wondering if I could do a direct backup on the HD7 via Zune or a 3rd party app and then restore the image / content to the Titan.
I know my Contacts, Calendar & Hotmails will (or should do at least) all download on to the new phone and photos wont be a problem either but:
- I have an old email account still on there which is inactive (I can no longer access it therefore download them)
- SMS
- Apps
Anyone help with any ideas?
Has anyone recently moved from one WP7 model to another?
I looked at the backup app on XDA but needs to be sideloaded and will only restore to the same phone so not suitable for my needs.
Would really like to keep my SMS etc.
Thanks
Exact same question here.
Not Possible.
Zune Does not have option to backup and transfer apps at all and same for SMS.
Email I am not sure will have to look around.
There are tools you could use to do this pre-Mango (I have one, written using the same DLL as TouchXplorer, but it requires interop-unlock to use it on Mango which was tricky enough to get on my HD7 and not currently possible on the Titan). I'm afraid you're probably SOL.
The Zune backup-when-you-want-it tool does not require interop-unlock or even dev-unlock (it's a PC app, not a sideloaded phone app) but it won't help you either; Zune backups are full phone images and can only be restored to the exact device they were made from. You can't even take one between two phones of the same model, let alone different models.
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Hi,
Just as the title says, I am a very long time (since 2002) WM user. My current phone is also a WM device. I will keep it for another year, and I want to be prepared once my phone is due for an upgrade.
I use the phone both for personal stuff and for work - mainly scheduling, working with project related info, task lists, excel spreadsheets etc. Ability to share PIM data and files across multiple computers at work and at home is essential, as well as syncing to online calendar (I use Google).
Most of my work and some personal info was in ListPro database files and Excel spreadsheets. However, ListPro doesn't really work well when one has to joggle info between different computers all running different OS, plus AFAIK there's no Androind app yet. Anyway, to make life simple, and to be able to bring my data with me on a USB stick to any computer, I recently migrated most of it out of ListPro files into DOC files (can be easily converted to RTF) and Excel spreadsheets. So far, I had no problems using it on any Windows or Linux system. I also sync much of this data to my phone where I can quickly access it via Pocket Office. I prefer to use formatted text as it makes it easy to work with information, and applying formatting in Pocket Word is fast.
Finally the next big thing is information backup, especially PIM data. Don't know if this problem is specific to ActiveSync on WM, but every now and then the calendar gets completely out of whack and needs to be restored from backup which I run daily on the phone.
Anyway, sorry for the long winged intro. Here are some questions:
How easy is it to sync files on an Android phone to a computer via a direct connection (USB / BT / WiFi, i.e. not via cloud) ?
I was looking online for a good free Android editor capable of working with either RTF or Word Doc files, and couldn't find any - all I found was some paid soft. It has to be one of these formats so that I could send files to other people. Can you recommend an app ?
Can you work with PIM data on Android phone offline ? (I assume yes). Does it have to be connected to the internet at all time ? (I assume not)
Is there a free Excel compatible application other than Google Docs ? I.e. an app that can work with native Excel files and would output a file that Excel users can open on the computer.
How does backup work on Android - is there a way to automatically backup Google Calendar, Contacts, ToDos ? (I know I can download ICS files manually).
Any other things I may have overlooked ?
Thanks !
1. It is quite easy to sync files between an android phone and pc. It depends on your phone brand.e.g. - If you have an HTC Android phone, you could simply download and install HTC Sync on your pc and easily sync anything.
2. For document editing and excel format dealings, you could download and install quickoffice pro to easily deal with word, excel, powerpoint, and pdf documents.
3. Accounts and syncs (online) can easily be set to run in the background and you can download backup applications.
Good luck.
Your PIM data is backed up to Google contacts and calendar automatically. Any change made on your phone or PC syncs to the other next time you connect. As far as backups go, you can use things like Titanium Backup to back up individual/all system apps, installed apps, and their data to either the local SD card, online to DropBox, or both. And, if you root, you can take backup snapshots of your entire system and restore your entire OS and all the configuration of installed apps and widgets in just a couple of minutes. I do the full app backup nightly and the full OS backup about once a week.
Syncing is easy as your computer mounts the SD card as a drive letter on your device. There are lots of sync options out there that can be used to automatically sync files or entire folders to removable drives when they are connected. You can use them to sync documents to and from as well as things like syncing your phone backups to the computer. Both HTC and Motorola have sync software as well that acts somewhat like iTunes or Windows Media Player in syncing things like music libraries to your device. Personally, I prefer the old file explorer method.
As far as your RTF and Excel files go, there are a couple of different apps out there that work with Google Docs. If you don't want to sync with Google Docs at all or use their editors, your best bet is one of the office suite packages. I know of three or four of them that are available. Some offer free readers, but you need to purchase the pro version to edit. There is an Excel editor that I saw that was only $2 though, so there ARE cheap options out there if you don't want to go the free Google Docs route. Personally, I just sync my docs folder on my laptop with Google Docs and do any small edits I need on the Android using Google Docs. If I want to do a lot of heavy editing, I use the big screen of the laptop anyway.
If you have any other questions, I'll be following this thread and will respond with whatever I know. I know the stress of deciding to move to another platform. I've been on Palm, Blackberry, WM, iOS, and now Android. And, I have to tell you, I like the Android best of all and can't think of a single thing that I used to do on those other devices that I cannot do on this one.
Thanks, guys !
The reason I don't like using Google Docs is twofold. First, and foremost, the access to GD service via our corporate internet is blocked. I work for a major corporation, and as far as I know, at least two of our biggest competiors block GD as well. (We at least can access gmail and calendar). They see it as a potential security issue. Actually for me it's a security issue as well - if anyone ever got hold of my Google password, I definitely don't want them browsing through some of my personal spreadsheets, or any of my work-related stuff. It may be ok for them to see the list of invites to my kids' party, but definitely not my 401K rebalancing sheet . I do use Docs as dropbox, but I upload excel files saved inside AES encrypted zip archive.
Second, I need Doc and Excel since many of my work docs get shared with other people, and I like to be able to email them right away in a useful format.
Thanks ! I will keep reading up on the subject. My wife does have an Android phone but I don't have time to play with it at home.
Added: another thing that bugs me about Android, is that whomever steals your phone has full access to all of your Google services. The way it works on WM, they would only be able to see a few days' worth of emails (I do not save passwords to sensitive sites in browser cookies). The way Android phone is fully integrated into online Google, however, makes it a perfect key to all your Google data. I password protected her phone but I don't put too much trust into a 4-digit PIN.
Hello. This is my first post and I have my Sensation not even a full week. Needed to get that out there. As I have already rooted and flashed my Sensations rom, filled it with apps and configured it to my liking, I can not use HTC Sync to sync my Sensations contacts, data, events, settings, configuration and all other available syncable data with my PC.
I've searched the forum for a while and that gave me no clear answer in what PC syncing software I should put my trust in. Or which one for us Android users is the most feature friendly. On my old phone I used MyPhoneExplorer. It kind of did it's job and kind of didn't.
So, I'll be straight and ask you guys.
What, in your opinion, is the best piece of software which I can use to sync my Sensation fully with my PC?
Oh, and is there any good way to sync my androids configuration, apps and files woth my pc so if I change something and get lost, I can restore the settings without loosing any apps? I know that titanium Backup does it but haven't yet gotten to fully test that.
Hi,
If installing a new rom wipes all data, when will we have a backup apps like the titanium Backup for Android????
Windows sinc is cool to restore the contacts but doesn't restore emails and apps
Emails should generally be left on the server (by default the phone only caches them for a few weeks anyhow) but yes, the app data is an issue. There's supposedly a good backup app coming, but I've yet to see it in any way other than a teaser screenshot so I can't tell you how close it is to readiness. There are other backup options, but (while I've never used Titanium Backup and therefore can't compare it) none of the currently-published ones are *really* easy.
GoodDayToDie said:
Emails should generally be left on the server (by default the phone only caches them for a few weeks anyhow) but yes, the app data is an issue. There's supposedly a good backup app coming, but I've yet to see it in any way other than a teaser screenshot so I can't tell you how close it is to readiness. There are other backup options, but (while I've never used Titanium Backup and therefore can't compare it) none of the currently-published ones are *really* easy.
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having done this exercise recently let me tell you of my experience:
1. i had a a backup in zune, incase i wanted to return
2. switched to Tango based rom, used SMSbackup to restore. Though it restored the text messages it kinda screws up the contact list and e-mail accounts. Currently, not stable and fixed. Known issue.
3. Zune backup restore didn't happen, got 801812E0 error and got screwed
4. Though you will lose your saved games, achievements will be there. You can look into using WP7 root data and use it to backup data. I had backed whatsapp messages through this method.
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darthveda said:
having done this exercise recently let me tell you of my experience:
1. i had a a backup in zune, incase i wanted to return
2. switched to Tango based rom, used SMSbackup to restore. Though it restored the text messages it kinda screws up the contact list and e-mail accounts. Currently, not stable and fixed. Known issue.
3. Zune backup restore didn't happen, got 801812E0 error and got screwed
4. Though you will lose your saved games, achievements will be there. You can look into using WP7 root data and use it to backup data. I had backed whatsapp messages through this method.
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Is SMSBackup a built-in app for the computer, the phone or does it have to be downloaded from the Marketplace? I really want to be able to backup my SMS messages.
Yeah, I just installed a custom rom and I was under the impression that Zune does a backup and when you re-connect, it will restore at least some things. hahaha. No way. Then I found out that the restore will only restore your phone after it does a software update through Zune. I am used to WebOS, which was great in restoring almost everything over the air.
Hope we get a good backup soon.
But, does anyone know if there is a place on the local computer that would have at least the Internet shortcuts from WP? I looked under some of the Zune folders but didn't see anything.
Hello,
I have a Nokia Lumia 820 and I need to reset my phone since the Nokia Drive+application is not responding properly. I have downloaded a offline map of around 700MB and I would not want to download it again after a reset. I have many installed apps, which I do not want to reinstall after a phone reset.
I have backup enabled for App list + settings. When I click on manual backup, it says backup is complete. But when I go to my skydrive, managed devices, I see the message "You don’t have any devices that are backing up settings to SkyDrive"
If skydrive doesn't have my backed up apps, where are they located ?
If I reset my phone, is there any chance that, my apps would going to be restored ?
If the skydrive message is correct, then how do I make sure that, apps are backed up on skydrive ?
Is this an unfixed bug of not backing the the apps on skydrive even if the backup is enabled on phone ?
Are there any third party tools using which I can backup my apps installed on the phone ?
I have posted this on MS community but no answer yet.
any help would be appreciated.
Here's an answer.
http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-l...backing-up-settings-skydrive-lumia-820-a.html
Not sure if this is the right place for this. If not please move It to the right place
I'm looking for 2 freeware (know that there are paid solutions) softwares for pc.
1) a cross phone sync for contacs photos ect for ios to Android (trying to concert some iPhone users)
2) an android to pc backup solution for data. Video. Pictures ect (if possible apps and data)
Thx for the help in advance [emoji41]
I can tell you for 2)
Myphoneexplorer does the job for me, simple and effective. You can snc anything you want and if the program doesnt offer what you need, you can simply sync any folder from the phone to the one on PC, and its incremental sync, so you dont lose any files.
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/