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Can someone tell me, or point me to a tutorial that explains how to:
1. Backup contacts to PC
2. Backup paid apps to PC(don't want to have to buy it twice...)
3. Backup app data/settings to PC.
Using appbrain will sync your apps with your account on appbrain.com
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So, there is no way to backup to your SD card, or PC? For windows mobile, I use Sprite, which works great. I was looking for something like that.
Thanks
Never used WinMo, but Titanium Backup might be what you're looking for. You need root to use it though.
I don't mind rooting if that is what it takes, but I can't belive that there is not an easy way to at least backup your contacts.
Backing up Contacts, several ways:
Samsung Kies -- follow the sticky at the top of this forum, it will back them up to your PC.
Export to SD Card, then copy to your PC -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, Import/Export, Export to SD Card.
Copy them to your SIM -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, SIM Management.
Sync them to AT&T's servers, which will do it in real-time when you add/delete them, similar to if you synced to your Gmail contacts .. the other benefit here is that you can log on to your AT&T account via the web to manage your phone contacts and it will sync your changes. Useful if you're mass-adding and want to use a full keyboard for speed. -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, Settings, AT&T Address Book, click Auto Sync contact with online Address Book.
Backing up paid apps: I have not used it, myself, but Titanium Backup might do what you need, as the previous poster said. You can find it in the Market and read up on it.
Backing up app/data settings to a PC. I'm guessing this would be more app-specific than anything, no? I don't think Google imposes or enforces any standards on data/setting storage for apps, so any single backup tool would have to support individual apps one-by-one. Please update this thread if you find anything, because it would be pretty convenient ....
UserNamer said:
Backing up Contacts, several ways:
Samsung Kies -- follow the sticky at the top of this forum, it will back them up to your PC.
Export to SD Card, then copy to your PC -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, Import/Export, Export to SD Card.
Copy them to your SIM -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, SIM Management.
Sync them to AT&T's servers, which will do it in real-time when you add/delete them, similar to if you synced to your Gmail contacts .. the other benefit here is that you can log on to your AT&T account via the web to manage your phone contacts and it will sync your changes. Useful if you're mass-adding and want to use a full keyboard for speed. -- Enter the Contacts app, hit Menu, More, Settings, AT&T Address Book, click Auto Sync contact with online Address Book.
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Awesome. Sounds like backing up the contacts won't be a problem.
Backing up paid apps: I have not used it, myself, but Titanium Backup might do what you need, as the previous poster said. You can find it in the Market and read up on it.
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Will look into it. What would really be nice would be if google would do this for us. Seems like it would be pretty easy for google to remember which apps I have purchased, and not charge me next time I try to download it. Perhaps the marketplace already does this? I just don't want to buy an app and then remove it to find out....actually I will not pay for any apps until I can figure out how to back them up. I don't mind spending $5 on an app, but I do mind spending $5 for each app every time the phone gets reset...
Backing up app/data settings to a PC. I'm guessing this would be more app-specific than anything, no? I don't think Google imposes or enforces any standards on data/setting storage for apps, so any single backup tool would have to support individual apps one-by-one. Please update this thread if you find anything, because it would be pretty convenient ....
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Again, I don't know, this is my first android phone. But with Ubuntu Linux, pretty much all apps store their settings in a hidden folder in /home/{your-username}/ (i.e. firefox would store it's data in /home/{your-username}/.firefox/ ) All you have to do to backup all of your settings is to backup the /home/{your-username}/ folder. It is common for people to place /home/ on a different disk/partition, so that you can reinstall the OS and not loose any of your data/settings...
Android is also linux so I would think it would be similar...
cypho said:
Seems like it would be pretty easy for google to remember which apps I have purchased, and not charge me next time I try to download it. Perhaps the marketplace already does this?
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I am not sure how most app developers currently handle this, but I think Google made it easier a few weeks ago with the announcement of their new "licensing service for android applications". Plug that into your favorite search site (minus the quotation marks) and a post from Eric Chu explaining it on the Android Developers Blog should be up top.
But with Ubuntu Linux, pretty much all apps store their settings in a hidden folder in /home/{your-username}/
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Home directories are great. =) I haven't used Ubuntu in a long time, so I'm not sure if you're saying that the system enforces it or if it's still just up to the individual developers to follow convention and store their settings in /home/ ... but I'm looking through my internal SD card and it seems like most of the apps I have installed (including the Google ones) each created their own data directory at the root level. :\
Titanium also backs up your contacts, paid apps, and free apps. The pros of rooting outway the cons. You can always un root if you need to send your phone in. I am also a newb and I've been wondering if I had to return my phone and get a new one will my paid apps carry over to a new device. I have the my license key for Titanium so I am thinking that I will be good in the event of such emergency. All of my paid apps are backed up there and I wiped my phone to factory settings the other night, I didn't un root, I was trouble shooting an issue caused by AT&. I did a reinstall of Titanium and it recognized my device because it installed donated version and I restored everything with ease.
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I haven't used Ubuntu in a long time, so I'm not sure if you're saying that the system enforces it or if it's still just up to the individual developers to follow convention and store their settings in /home/ ...
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I don't know, as I'm not a developer. But I would think that it would cause problems if a program tried to save data outside of /home/ The user would probably be prompted for their password every time the app tried to write a file...since sudo is required to gain write access to anything outside of home.
I know most of the files on the SD card are pretty clear as to what they contain....but I am wanting to clean my card up to regain space and dont know exactly which folder contains my contacts. I can pretty much figure out the media files and downloads...but what folders have to remain to keep you from losing contacts? I bricked my phone one time before when I was updating to a new ROM. I ended up having to go back and install back to totally stock then had to do the rooting again, s-off, etc.
The problem I am having is that when I go to make a back up my phone screws up again and I have to take the battery out to get it to shut off and then have to reboot. I am guessing that there are still some files on my SD from the original screwup I did. Any help would be appreciated. And yes, I am a totally lost noobie trying to read and learn as I go. So please be gentle.
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I know most of the files on the SD card are pretty clear as to what they contain....but I am wanting to clean my card up to regain space and dont know exactly which folder contains my contacts. I can pretty much figure out the media files and downloads...but what folders have to remain to keep you from losing contacts? I bricked my phone one time before when I was updating to a new ROM. I ended up having to go back and install back to totally stock then had to do the rooting again, s-off, etc.
The problem I am having is that when I go to make a back up my phone screws up again and I have to take the battery out to get it to shut off and then have to reboot. I am guessing that there are still some files on my SD from the original screwup I did. Any help would be appreciated. And yes, I am a totally lost noobie trying to read and learn as I go. So please be gentle.
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I was not aware that contacts are stored on the SD card, unless this is something you intentionally did. Mine are all synced to google, so it doesn't matter what I do to my SD card. As far as keeping everything neat, and folders that I make myself, I use all capital letters for fast navigation.
Copy your entire SD card to your computer. then format the SD. put it back in the phone and reboot. (Leaving the SD card completely blank during this process) ...Once done, check your contacts 10 minutes later, NOT immediately. Let me know the results
Note: I know that my reply is not a full answer. It was done that way on purpose. We are doing this a few things at a time, instead of flooding you all at once with everything. I know when I was new to this, a flood of info completely overwhelmed me.
Contact Profile Pictures
I have realized over time & time again with wiping & new ROMs and what not that Google DOES NOT backup profile pictures from your phone to your Google account.
That being said, the phone DOES import any profile pictures FROM Google onto your phone when you sync. That means that if you want profile pictures on your phone, you must set them up on Google FIRST.
This of course sucks, as i never use Gmail, and always add phone contacts on my, well, PHONE.
In addition, if you 'link' your phone contacts to your Google contacts, the Google profile picture takes precedence.
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I have realized over time & time again with wiping & new ROMs and what not that Google DOES NOT backup profile pictures from your phone to your Google account.
That being said, the phone DOES import any profile pictures FROM Google onto your phone when you sync. That means that if you want profile pictures on your phone, you must set them up on Google FIRST.
This of course sucks, as i never use Gmail, and always add phone contacts on my, well, PHONE.
In addition, if you 'link' your phone contacts to your Google contacts, the Google profile picture takes precedence.
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Not sure why your phone is doing this... I can add pics on my phone, and they update on Google just fine. Just now did it to verify. There has to be a setting somewhere that you are missing. Either on Google, or your phone.
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.
I've been looking around for this, and have used the search tool. Unfortunately i havent found an adequate answer, so many someone can help me. To begin this post, i am using a phone i purchased off a friend. He has contacts in the phone that i also use, and are not backed up anywhere. I have many contacts, and instead of only selecting a few that i use, i'd rather have them all backed up. The problem is, under my Phonebook (Using an HTC Droid DNA) i have contacts from many locations. Twitter, SIM, Outlook, Hotmail, Google, Phone, Facebook, and another Hotmail. 2600 exactly. I'd like to have them all saved under one location. If i cannot migrate them, thats fine. WIth using a new ROM, all the contacts fail to reload.
So what i am looking for is a few things, and possibly a way to migrate them all. When using multiple apps, only about 700 backup. I do not know which contacts are backed up, and that is my problem. When using a new ROM, i seem to lose the Phone contacts, because with all the other accounts, i can log back in and have them restore.
Is there an app that lets me choose individual contacts to back up as well as selecting them all?
Phone - HTC Droid DNA - Stock ROM
If you guys need other information, i am glad to give it. Thanks.
The problem is that those contacts from other services are not technically saved onto your phone, which is why they are showing up from different locations. You can always use a Cellebrite machine to backup all the contacts on your phone. This is the same device used by cell phone stores to transfer contacts to new devices. Another alternative is that you can try syncing your contacts with Google, which should store all of your phone's contacts onto your google account, eliminating the need to backup your contacts.
Hi,
I am looking for a simple way to manage the contacts on my Lineage 15 (Oreo) phone. Adding contacts is easy enough, but when I want to delete something, the mess starts. Trying to delete via the stock contacts app gets me messages of read-only entries and hide-only options. This sucks. I've read about people having to log in somewhere online to try and take control again of their run-away contact data. Seriously? I don't even have a gmail account, and my phone doesn't run any Google apps either. Still, it seems like I am not allowed to treat local data in a local manner.
I guess what I'm looking for is a way to delete a single contact in a single step. I don't want to have to delete three or four times, regular contacts, Whatsapp, Telegram etc. - if I entered it in one step, I want to delete it in one step. Isn't there an app for this? Or alternatively, is there an alternative contact app that I can use instead of the stock contact app and that will give me actual control over MY contacts on MY phone?
Thanks!