I have cracked the screen of my One X and will be receiving replacement from insurance soon. My phone is not rooted or modded in any way. I would like to back up all my settings, apps, pics etc so that i can restore all the info on the replacement phone. What is the best way to do that. I would like to try to avoid if possible redownloading/installing all apps from various app stores, as well as needing to reset all my settings?
schnirf said:
I have cracked the screen of my One X and will be receiving replacement from insurance soon. My phone is not rooted or modded in any way. I would like to back up all my settings, apps, pics etc so that i can restore all the info on the replacement phone. What is the best way to do that. I would like to try to avoid if possible redownloading/installing all apps from various app stores, as well as needing to reset all my settings?
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What's your software version?
And are you prepared to root/unlock the device to restore these apps and settings if required?
And depending on your provider not being able to root/unlock your new device so the above might be for nothing...
Software version 2.20
I was trying to not have to root, I have done it before on previous android phones, so i am no stranger to the process, but i am pleased with everything about this phone. I did not want to have to tinker with it. Why should i have to do all that anyways? iPhones have itunes to backup/restore. Samsung has Keis. What does HTC have? I thought that Sence had services for back up, and even location services when when i log into htcsence.com there is nothing there. I dont see any options to do anything. Why is it even there? What am i missing?
You can just transfer pics and other files (music, video, etc.) to a laptop/desktop computer by connecting your phone via USB and copying them.
As long as you have your phone set to backup to your Google account, some of your settings will stick (although not all of them), and your apps from the Play Store should be loaded to your new phone when you get it and login.
App data, such as game progress are tougher. I don't think there is an easy or comprehensive way to do it without root.
You can backup your SMS to Gmail using the app SMS Backup+. Make sure contacts and calendar are backed up to Google, and it will just automatically sync to your new phone when you login to it.
Aside from app save data (like games) and things that are not replaceable (like personal photos), its really not that tough to just redo the settings and other basic setup (homescreen, etc.) from scratch when you get your new phone. You would probably spend way more time finding out how to backup those settings, than it would take you to just do it from scratch.
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schnirf said:
Software version 2.20
I was trying to not have to root, I have done it before on previous android phones, so i am no stranger to the process, but i am pleased with everything about this phone. I did not want to have to tinker with it. Why should i have to do all that anyways? iPhones have itunes to backup/restore. Samsung has Keis. What does HTC have? I thought that Sence had services for back up, and even location services when when i log into htcsence.com there is nothing there. I dont see any options to do anything. Why is it even there? What am i missing?
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If you bought your phone with 2.20, or updated the firmware without unlocking the bootloader or achieving SuperCID, there is no way to root your phone anyway.
As for HTCSense, it says right on the home page why the services are no longer there:
Why are some of the HTCSense.com services no longer available?
HTCSense.com is undergoing a renovation to improve the services and value we deliver to customers like you. Until the new services are ready, features previously available on HTCSense.com will no longer be available. If you would like phone location or backup services for your device, please visit Google Play (formerly called Android Market) and download an application the best meets your needs.
HTCSense.com has pretty much been down since I think April. They are supposed to be coming out with some new revamped version, but it seems to be MIA at this point.
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I am not able to get all of my Google calendars to come down. Posts here and elsewhere, not getting it resolved. Looks like I need to harrd reset
I have not yet rooted my phone. I haven't found a thread that definitively indicates rooting on Captivate can be done yet, or specific instructions on doing it.
What would be the best app under these circumstances to back up everything, do a hard reset, then restore? I've read mixed reviews on various apps. I'm thinking I want Titanium Backup, but on the Market, it says it requires root.
My main concern about what I want backed up is:
Apps
Launcher
Configs on the various things, especially the launcher
I expect that a new synch to Google will cover me for all my Google stuff
Another question: if I do a hard reset, do a new synch, and all calendars synch this time, will a restore possibly screw up my calendar synch and leave right where I am now?
After having nothing but trouble with my Sensation since June, I finally decided it needed to go back to Tmobile for a replacement. Thankfully I held off on rooting it since I know that can be a very hit or miss situation to fix prior to returning it. What is the best way to back up my apps and data so that I can get the new phone "looking" like this one? Clearly I can not root, so I need a solution that does not require tinkering. I have heard that all apps downloaded from the official Market should be available again (at no charge), can anyone confirm this? If so, how do I go about getting those apps? Also, will the same happen for free daily apps I downloaded from the Amazon App store?
Hi,
I'm also waiting for maturity and ease on rooting/unrooting this phone for the same reason you are
I had to do a factory reset on my Sensation after a couple of weeks and was pleasantly surpised to not only get my contacts back but all the apps I'd installed via Market.
Ensure both boxes are checked under "backup and restore" in Privacy settings and that you've been synchronizing with Google ok and you should get all the Market apps + your contacts and also your settings (like notification, ringtone etc) back
Sorry dunno about Amazon. Hope this helps.
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RazyB said:
Hi,
I'm also waiting for maturity and ease on rooting/unrooting this phone for the same reason you are
I had to do a factory reset on my Sensation after a couple of weeks and was pleasantly surpised to not only get my contacts back but all the apps I'd installed via Market.
Ensure both boxes are checked under "backup and restore" in Privacy settings and that you've been synchronizing with Google ok and you should get all the Market apps + your contacts and also your settings (like notification, ringtone etc) back
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That is interesting. Now, the question is did that work because you were using the same device? I am wondering how it works once you switch to a totally new piece of hardware with a different ESN and so forth.
You will keep all your maket app. Also, your Amazon app store purchase will be there if you sign in with the same account. Just backup your contact info to google and that should be it. The only thing that you will lose is app settings and data.
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You will keep all your maket app. Also, your Amazon app store purchase will be there if you sign in with the same account. Just backup your contact info to google and that should be it. The only thing that you will lose is app settings and data.
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+1. all i had to do was setup my account on my second Sensation and it was just like the first one.
DrBrick said:
+1. all i had to do was setup my account on my second Sensation and it was just like the first one.
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Will text messages be carried over to the new device as well?
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Will text messages be carried over to the new device as well?
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Use SMS Backup in the market, remember to keep your current SD csrd, the backup will be on it. Backup with Gmail works good too, both are available in the market.
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Use MyBackup Root if you're rooted. It saves your stuff on your SD card and you can restore it on a new device.
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After having nothing but trouble with my Sensation since June, I finally decided it needed to go back to Tmobile for a replacement. Thankfully I held off on rooting it since I know that can be a very hit or miss situation to fix prior to returning it. What is the best way to back up my apps and data so that I can get the new phone "looking" like this one? Clearly I can not root, so I need a solution that does not require tinkering. I have heard that all apps downloaded from the official Market should be available again (at no charge), can anyone confirm this? If so, how do I go about getting those apps? Also, will the same happen for free daily apps I downloaded from the Amazon App store?
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You will be able to keep all of your amazon appstore and market purchases. You just have to redownload them while signed into the same gmail account that you made the original transaction. Be wary of some game apps however.. I remember there was a problem for some users using Gameloft apps where they were unable to redownload the games they had purchased and were told by the company that they had to repurchase them for use on their new device. I haven't had the problem since I back up with Titanium, but if root is not an option, then you've been warned
Rhiannon224 said:
Use SMS Backup in the market, remember to keep your current SD csrd, the backup will be on it. Backup with Gmail works good too, both are available in the market.
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Thanks, I will check those out.
I am just amazed. IF this has been available to samsung users or if it's a ICS function, I'm still blown away but it.
If you are having problems, and want to do the Windows thing of restarting from scratch, take advantage of the included Outstanding Backup and Restore.
I had been suggested doing the backup and restore by Samsung for my wifi connect/reconnect issue with "N" (no, it doesn't seem to have resolved it) but I was hesitant to go through the PAIN of reinstallation of all my apps (about70).
I decided to bite the bullet and reset the phone. I rooted too so I expected the worse. Well, let me say, that as I am writing this, the phone is automatically reinstalling my apps after signing in to Google and my wifi network. This restored my entire set of apps in only a few minutes (I have 50 mb internet and 5Ghz N, so the phone does my full bandwidth).
It's still rooted. A new Android ID was issued (TI offered to restore the old one). The About Phone/Status page still says Modified at the bottom.
Data from apps like my FlightTracker have no information so that will have to be re-entered. Passwords for apps and sync (or specific sync settings like NOT syncing GDrive or Gmail,) are not restated.
If for whatever reason you decide to do this, don't hesitate.
google
it's not an ICS specific function but more of a google play (formerly google market) function.
Google play knows which apps you have installed from them and on which device.
When you reset your device and input your google credentials, it will propose you to put back the previously installed apps.
Just surf to
play . google . com
log on and it will reflect what you already have installed, it also knows what you have paid for (you can install a paid app on multiple devices and only have to pay once) and at the bottom in "my orders and settings" you can see the devices you own and give them a name.
you can also review and install applications remotely from there. Click on install and your device will start downloading and installing it.
Well coming from a GB device I never saw/realized that the market can install all the apps automatically.
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Since I rooted my phone I wiped and installed it countless times with roms (cyanogen mostly) from android 2.2 to the current 4.0.4
I always check that automatic backup is enabled in the relevant setting but I never seen it working.. I thought it was supposed to restore apps, wifi passwords and so on when, after a wipe, I configure my Google account, but no luck, it never worked for me.
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Hey guys, im pretty much new to the android scene, last week one of my parents friends changed their carrier to Telstra and my plans came into the conversation, and i said that i would like to get an android phone in the near future (probably the nexus 5 depending on whos making it).
Anyways he said he could give me one of his old android phones, a HTC Velocity 4G to see if i liked it or not.
Now my previous phone was a Nokia N8, not exactly great for apps n stuff but it was good at browsing the net using Opera and its battery life was amazing especially with music in the background it could last for quite a bit. If you werent using the browser and it was just sitting there with a few tabs open it could last nearly the entire day, if you actively used it with music in the background i think it lasted about 2 -3 hours
So here are a couple of questions i would like to ask regarding the phone itself and the google play store n such.
1. Do all android phones seemingly have bad battery life? i put some music on this phone, and it didnt even want to last a damn hour, that im wondering if it really is the phone or if the battery was stuffed up during the time they had it (understandable)
2. Do all android phones come with this task manager and can you only fully close apps from this app itself? i mean the N8 all you did was hold a button it would have the open apps and you just touched the X button.
3.. The Google Play store. Do you have to sign in with a google account? i mean i have a youtube account with a gmail but i dont think i want my phone to get all these email notifications or store my contacts on this account, mainly because this account gets alot of spam, in the spam folder and in the inbox folder that and i dont really use google plus except on a few occasions that i dont really wanna receive those kinds of notifications. Is it better just to create a new gmail just for my phone?
4. If i want in the future, can i remove my android phone from an account and decide to move it to another account due to unforeseen circumstances and keep the apps i might buy in the future?
Please remember im still new to the android scene, pretty much using Symbian my whole life (well only nokia 6300 and nokia n8 but they were both great phones) so dont judge me to harshly.
Thanks
Regular Android User Trying To Help
I am by no means an "expert", but I can try to answer your questions.
1. I currently have the Droid Razr MAXX HD and I can easily get 2 full days of use, and if I try, 3 days of full use. This is taking pictures, using 4g, playing games, texting, you name it. I also know they just released a 5000MaH battery for the S4, meaning it will last longer than my phone. Also, most phones have an optional extended battery.
2. Mostly, you don't need to close your apps. If you use the back button to navigate all the way out, or simply hit the home button, it will stay in your ram, but it won't normally interfere with the speediness of your device; since android apps are run in their own virtual device. But, in the settings you can force close any open app, and custom roms allow you a "kill" button for open apps.
3. I think it is better to create a new gmail for your phone. You have to sign into a gmail account to really even use an android phone, and I find it quite nifty. The one account lets you log into anything Google, the playstore, gmail, keep, etc. I have my contacts synced with my Gmail, so I never lose phone contacts, and I have really switched over to gmail because of my android phone. I just find it better to use than old school yahoo. Plus, I use drive, keep, and calendar frequently. Try all these Google apps for yourself, they can be very useful.
4. If by account you mean google account, then no, because the apps you purchase are synced with that account. If you mean carrier, then yes, because the apps are synced to the google account. You can also back your apps up with a rooted phone with certain software. Someone else might be better at answering this though.
Hope I helped.
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I am by no means an "expert", but I can try to answer your questions.
1. I currently have the Droid Razr MAXX HD and I can easily get 2 full days of use, and if I try, 3 days of full use. This is taking pictures, using 4g, playing games, texting, you name it. I also know they just released a 5000MaH battery for the S4, meaning it will last longer than my phone. Also, most phones have an optional extended battery.
2. Mostly, you don't need to close your apps. If you use the back button to navigate all the way out, or simply hit the home button, it will stay in your ram, but it won't normally interfere with the speediness of your device; since android apps are run in their own virtual device. But, in the settings you can force close any open app, and custom roms allow you a "kill" button for open apps.
3. I think it is better to create a new gmail for your phone. You have to sign into a gmail account to really even use an android phone, and I find it quite nifty. The one account lets you log into anything Google, the playstore, gmail, keep, etc. I have my contacts synced with my Gmail, so I never lose phone contacts, and I have really switched over to gmail because of my android phone. I just find it better to use than old school yahoo. Plus, I use drive, keep, and calendar frequently. Try all these Google apps for yourself, they can be very useful.
4. If by account you mean google account, then no, because the apps you purchase are synced with that account. If you mean carrier, then yes, because the apps are synced to the google account. You can also back your apps up with a rooted phone with certain software. Someone else might be better at answering this though.
Hope I helped.
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Mostly what jdubya42 said but heres my word on it.
1. Battery life. Battery life can be bad on any device, it depends on what you use and how much you use your data or WiFi Bluetooth etc. Also like jdub said the new s4 is getting a 5000mah battery, that's a lot of juice normally android phones will have only around 1000mah-1800mah, your lucky if you get 2000mah. Android tablets get somewhere around 7000mah, so 5k on a phone should last you all day. Just think of how much the nexus 5 will get.
2. Most android phones nowadays come with a task manager. On some of the Samsung phone all you would have to do is hold the home button and will show you all the apps you have opened, and keeps them running. Its a nice way to switch between apps but keeping apps in the background can drain your battery fast so you should close the ones your not using (the task manager for android only comes with android 4.0 and up devices lower versions of android close the app when exited out), for this I would recommend a phone that would have more than one core, the s4 comes with 1.6ghz quad core which is more than enough.
3.as for the gmail, yes you need to make gmail account or use existing one, android is open source, the way google make money is the OEM (original equipment manufacturer, HTC Samsung lg etc) makes the phones sells them, profit for OEM, and people buy apps movies music and books from the Google play store, profit for Google.
4. If you get a new android phone you are able to still use all the apps music etc you bought on your previous devices and use on future ones, you won't have to remove your gmail account from your old phone.
Welcome to the world of android mate
Closing apps and getting "battery saving" apps can potentially save you battery but in addition to the software aspect, you can also modify the hardware usage. By that I mean unlocking, rooting, custom kernel and ROM. Just installing them will likely optimize your phone better then stock but you can also manually set your min/max frequency, frequency governor, core activity, undervoltage, GPU governor/responsiveness, and more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736168
I have a set of Zenpads that will have random users. I have hooked them all into a single Google account so I can use Find My Phone to track them and to make it a little easier to update apps. I initially locked out some apps and the settings but then realized my random users would not be able to connect to any wifi networks.
When the tablet gets checked back in, I can factory reset it and start over. I have rooted one so I know I can do that if it's necessary. None of the information I've found on multiple users in Lollipop (these run 5.0.2) applies to this tablet, it seems.
I have 25 of these critters to keep track of. They are pretty much open for the user to do whatever. That's fine. What I most need is to be able to keep them hooked up to my Google account and to keep that account from being nuked or accessed. If I can hide most of the settings but still allow access to the wifi networks option, that would be great!
Thanks for your help!
After a lot of rooting and booting, I've determined that what I really want to make happen with these tablets is geolocation more than anything else. Essentially, I want to use Google''s Find Device and keep it running, attached to my admin Google account, regardless of whatever other user logs in. I tried the multi-user account apps after root but they do not keep both users logged in so the Google account gets shut down as soon as the other user logs in.
The paid services/apps are really expensive and have way more than I need to do. I trialed a few of them and found they have a ton of useless features. Even pushing out apps is ridiculous. For example, if I want to push an app to one of my checked out devices, the user still has to log into the play store to download or update the app through their own account. Im basically suggesting to them that they get an app? That seems really goofy to me.
I have started working with Android Studio so I am happy to try coding something. I'm just not sure where to begin. Of course, if something already exists, I'd rather use that!