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Access my Root Backup to retrieve my contacts

hey guys i recently rooted my phone and one of the steps included me making a backup of my data. the root resulted in me losing all my contacts info and the app i used (Superbackup) did not save any of my contacts. i was wondering if there was a way i can access my backup file in order to retrieve my contacts or if there was any other method of restoring old contacts after a factory reset?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5oYW5keWFuZHkuYXBwZXh0cmFjdG9yIl0.

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hey it wont let me select my backup? do i need to set up the path for my backup (located on my sd card)?

Did you make a nand backup through CWM or TWRP? or did you use Superbackup to make your backup? If you made a nand you can use TB to retrieve contacts from it.

Now that I'm reading this again it seems like you didn't back up all of your phone only used superbackup. I this case unless superbackup can restore your contacts I'd have to say your starting fresh.
Unless maybe you used kies to back them up or have a copy on your sim card.

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i used CWM to make a nandroid backup and when i open the CWM folder for backups on my sd card i see the file Nandroid.md5..can i use Titanium Backup to restore my contacts from this file?

ryanryan007 said:
i used CWM to make a nandroid backup and when i open the CWM folder for backups on my sd card i see the file Nandroid.md5..can i use Titanium Backup to restore my contacts from this file?
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You didn't sync your contacts with your Google account?
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no, sadly i relied on superbackup to save my contacts and my sms logs however those folders are now empty. i dont think it ever saved any of my data..

ryanryan007 said:
no, sadly i relied on superbackup to save my contacts and my sms logs however those folders are now empty. i dont think it ever saved any of my data..
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Never heard of super backup. Use titanium backup and dig through your backup and pull out the contacts.
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hey guys thanks for all the help TB restored all my contacts
thanks everyone

md5 is just some kinds of verification code for the files. You should look under data or something. Either titanium backup or appextractor should work.

ryanryan007 said:
hey guys i recently rooted my phone and one of the steps included me making a backup of my data. the root resulted in me losing all my contacts info and the app i used (Superbackup) did not save any of my contacts. i was wondering if there was a way i can access my backup file in order to retrieve my contacts or if there was any other method of restoring old contacts after a factory reset?
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how did you lose anything by rooting, what steps or post did you read to root

Rooting didn't cause his problem he just doesn't know wtf he is doing by default Google backs up contacts to your Gmail or they get saved to your sim card
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Illnevertell said:
Rooting didn't cause his problem he just doesn't know wtf he is doing by default Google backs up contacts to your Gmail or they get saved to your sim card
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i know, thats why i asked him the question, but looks like hes gone until he mucks something else and posts another newb question

Help ... Titanium Backup Restore Problem (Contacts, SMS, Call Log etc...)

lately i bought a new samsung note II to replace my spoiled LG 2X mobile phone.
i had backup all system data and app from my 2X to the sd card using titanium backup.
i installed titanium backup app to the new note II phone and tried to restore contacts , SMS , and call log to the new hand phone.
after restored and restarted, the following error kept appearing on the hand phone.
android.process.acore
message stopped
obviouly can't get into the phone interface, contacts, or message screen from my note II...
tried to restore "data only" or "data+app" in TB ... both wouldn't work as well.
tried to enable "migration data " in the TB and it was still same after restore.
have anyone encountered same problem before? i tried to google as well as searched this forum but couldn't find any solution so far.
any suggestion are much appreciated.

You can't use system data from another phone unless it's the exact same phone on the exact same Rom. You're going to have to restore the phone to stock and then only restore your apps and contacts.

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You can't use system data from another phone unless it's the exact same phone on the exact same Rom. You're going to have to restore the phone to stock and then only restore your apps and contacts.
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i understand. can't TB restore data for 2 different model of phones? i only restored the data (contacts, sms, call log) only which were indicated green in TB.

You said you backed up your system data too, which you don't need and can't use on a different model of phone. Just make sure you don't restore that this time.

[Q] After upgrading to Lollipop, all text messages has disappeared.

After upgrading to Lollipop, all text messages has disappeared.
I've tried installing different SMS apps, with no change.
Checking App info - there is a Phone/Messaging Storage and it has Data on device - 193MB so I'd like to hope the messages are still there but I'm not sure how to access / recover them.
I was trying to find the data folder with that archive but couldn't.
The phone is Sony Xperia ZR, Android 5.0.2, Build 10.6.A.0.454
Any ways I can try and recover the data?
Any idea where the storage is, the 193MB?
Thanks a lot!

Was this an official update?
When flashing a Rom via TWRP or CWM it is best to backup using a backup app e.g. Titanium.
It creates a xml backup of the SMS messages which can be restored.
Unless you have a backup of the previous KK? rom which can be restore, I do not think they can be recovered.

dibrial said:
Was this an official update?
When flashing a Rom via TWRP or CWM it is best to backup using a backup app e.g. Titanium.
It creates a xml backup of the SMS messages which can be restored.
Unless you have a backup of the previous KK? rom which can be restore, I do not think they can be recovered.
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Yes, an official update from PC using Sony PC Companion.
Unfortunately we didn't had a backup.
What makes me think the database is still there is that the data seems to be there - there is a Phone/Messaging Storage and it has Data on device - 193MB...

Move to new phone using TWRP Backup & Restore

So this is quite a hard question before trying it myself.
I would like to move from phone but don`t want the hassel of reinstalling all apps ect, I have currently rooted my device and plan on rooting my next one.
My question: Can I backup phone 1 then restore the backup on phone 2? (not same model)
And will all settings and configs like whatsapp ect be the same?

Propphet said:
So this is quite a hard question before trying it myself.
I would like to move from phone but don`t want the hassel of reinstalling all apps ect, I have currently rooted my device and plan on rooting my next one.
My question: Can I backup phone 1 then restore the backup on phone 2? (not same model)
And will all settings and configs like whatsapp ect be the same?
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Use Google to backup your photos, videos and contacts.
Try helium for your apps and app data.
Use something like SMS backup to backup text messages there is also a way to backup and restore text messages via Google.
But, you will only be able to backup and restore user data and data partition, you will not be able to do this with any of your system apps or system app data or system data or system settings, these will not restore and work properly on the new device.
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Restore issues

I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!

Sonick42 said:
I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!
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Text messages have to be backed up via a separate process such as the SMS backup/restore that you used. If you want your texts backed up and restored, that is the process you need to use.
Long story short, restore your backup from the SMS Backup/Restore app that you already have. This is the generalized/generic way of backing up and restoring text messages. As far as I know, there isn't a simpler/more user friendly method of doing this other than using tools&apps similar to SMS Backup/Restore.