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[Q] Tmobile contact backup question

I have the tmobile contact backup turned off & set to not sync. Every time I look at my phone though it is shown in the notification bar as "Checking Status". Does this happen to anyone else? I don't want this damn program running at all!

Mine doesn't seem to be running. i went into manage apps, cleared the data and turned off sync. I still check it every now and again to make sure it's not syncing behind my back. I don't trust it because for the first few days it seemed undeterred when I'd tried to stop it.

I'll try that

xnifex said:
I'll try that
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Also I would advise you to delete your tmobile contacts form your phone, and just store and sue the google contacts, so that you can be sure if the Tmobile contacts syn has reenabled itself after you disabled it.
I can't wait for Root so we can get rid of this stuff!

BonesRed said:
Also I would advise you to delete your tmobile contacts form your phone, and just store and sue the google contacts, so that you can be sure if the Tmobile contacts syn has reenabled itself after you disabled it.
I can't wait for Root so we can get rid of this stuff!
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I don't want to sync my contacts with google simple because it'll add any email address that you email. I use Outlook to handle them. I did clear the contact backup data & haven't seen anything happen since then

For some reason when I got the phone it added all my contacts about 5 times each... I had to delete everything from the phone itself, then resync with tmobile back up because of all the crazy linking of phone numbers. I don't even store contacts on my phone anymore I purely use the tmobile backup list and facebook contacts.

[Q] contact recovery after restoring

I factory reset my oppo find 7, and lost my backup that I had set up, is there anyway I can get my contacts back? I don't care about the photos and other stuff. Just need the contacts.

minusman807 said:
I factory reset my oppo find 7, and lost my backup that I had set up, is there anyway I can get my contacts back? I don't care about the photos and other stuff. Just need the contacts.
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If you use the normal 'Phone' app to manage calls and contacts, then Google would have synced the contacts.
Just setup the previous Gmail account (Settings->Accounts) which you had used and you will get it back

I just tried that and nothing worked. I don't know why but I thought I had, had Google sync everything. Also I saw if I root this device and try out android data recovery software it might work. Do you think it will?

minusman807 said:
I just tried that and nothing worked. I don't know why but I thought I had, had Google sync everything. Also I saw if I root this device and try out android data recovery software it might work. Do you think it will?
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No I don't think it'll work. You'll get only some of the contacts back.
Because there's high possibility that the memory blocks used for that contacts db and files would have been overwritten by some current data.
Anyway, you can try. I'd recommend something like this: http://www.androidphonesoft.com/resources/recover-lost-contacts-from-android-phone.html

Yup I was talking about this lol

Best way to restore back-ups, non-root?

Usually when I get a new phone, I root it, get TB on there and restore. Works great. However, I think I'll use my S7 without root for a while, so no TB.
I know about Helium, is that the best way to go? What's your plan for March 11th?

I would say Helium as well, if not rooting. (provided root is found)

Mybackup is good for restoring sms/mms without root, not sure how it does that but it works.

My routine is make a backup with Helium, use smart switch to move most things to the new phone, restore app data from Helium for anything that did not come over with Smart Switch.

nicholb said:
My routine is make a backup with Helium, use smart switch to move most things to the new phone, restore app data from Helium for anything that did not come over with Smart Switch.
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How did this work for you? I've always spent a day reinstalling apps, inputting passwords and losing data on the new phone because I don't want to screw anything up. Maybe I'm wasting my time.
My S7 arrived today, so I'll be moving everything tonight.

Just enable backup in the settings, force sync everything afterwards, then connect the USB cable and adapter that come with the S7 as described in the onscreen instructions.

fzfrank said:
How did this work for you? I've always spent a day reinstalling apps, inputting passwords and losing data on the new phone because I don't want to screw anything up. Maybe I'm wasting my time.
My S7 arrived today, so I'll be moving everything tonight.
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It went fairly well. SmartSync copied over all the docs, pics, music, and many other things. I should have used the included adapter but WiFi direct was fast enough. The apps downloaded from the play store. Once that was done I ran the helium restore and got back most of my app data.
There are a few misses. Helium did not bring over my watch face libraries from either Watchmaker nor Pujie Black. I had to use methods in the app to transfer those. Usually Helium brings over the desktop, but this time it did not. I assume that was because I was going from Lollipop to Marshmallow. You do have to open your apps to re-login to them. A password manager is a big help with that. Some of the apps have new Marshmallow permission prompts when first opened so it is smart to just open all your core apps once you have everything transferred.

I use Titanium Backup, but potatoes potatoes.

FazeRN said:
I use Titanium Backup, but potatoes potatoes.
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As do I but won't do much without root.

Helium works really well
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how to transfer Messages texts, backup does not work

Verizon Moto E4 running Android 7.1.1, that will not backup with the built-in backup. At this point the only reason why I care about the backup, is to backup Messages (the new Google SMS app) so I can restore them to a replacement phone. Apparently Messages does not push texts to the cloud, because when I setup the new phone with my gmail account, without restoring a backup, all I get are emails (gmail), contacts, calendar, etc.
Settings > Backup & reset > Back up my data = on, backup account set to a gmail account, automatic restore is on (all of these are the default when setting up the phone).
Settings > Accounts > Google > all items are enabled and have been synced as of an hour ago.
If I launch Google Drive, on the phone or in a web browser, click on the left side menu icon and scroll down to Backups, it says "Your device is not backed up".
Things I've tried:
Connected to power, and fully charged.
Rebooted
WiFi connected and strong signal, AP is 5 feet from the phone.
Removed the gmail account, Settings > Accounts > Google > dots icon "Remove account"
Emptied the cache, Settings > Storage > Cached data > confirm clear cached data dialog
Add the gmail account, and during setup accepted the default which is to backup the phone to Drive.
I've literally been messing with this for two days, leaving it in this state overnight, and it will not backup. Again, strictly all I care about is migrating Messages texts/chats from old phone to new phone, and the only way I know how to do that is to restore a backup from old phone to new phone during setup. If someone has an alternative way of migrating Messages, that's cool too. But I still think it's dreadful that Backup says it's on but days go by and doesn't backup.

chrismurphy said:
Verizon Moto E4 running Android 7.1.1, that will not backup with the built-in backup. At this point the only reason why I care about the backup, is to backup Messages (the new Google SMS app) so I can restore them to a replacement phone. Apparently Messages does not push texts to the cloud, because when I restore to the new phone without restoring a backup, all I get are emails (gmail), contacts, calendar, etc.
Settings > Backup & reset > Back up my data = on, backup account set to a gmail account, automatic restore on (all of these are the default when setting up the phone).
Settings > Accounts > Google > all items are enabled and have been synced as of an hour ago.
If I launch Google Drive, on the phone or in a web browser, click on the left side menu icon and scroll down to Backups, it says "Your device is not backed up".
Things I've tried:
Connected to power, and fully charged.
Rebooted
WiFi connected and strong signal, AP is 5 feet from the phone.
Removed the gmail account, Settings > Accounts > Google > dots icon "Remove account"
Emptied the cache
Add the gmail account, and during setup accepted the default which is to backup the phone to Drive.
I've literally been messing with this for two days, leaving it in this state overnight, and it will not backup. Again, strictly all I care about is migrating Messages texts/chats from old phone to new phone, and the only way I know how to do that is to restore a backup from old phone to new phone during setup. If someone has an alternative way of migrating Messages, that's cool too. But I still think it's dreadful that Backup says it's on but days go by and doesn't backup.
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Looks like something is broken in the google backup framework.What You can do is backup your messages using a third party app and restoring.The only way to fix this to reset the phone.But first backup your texts using another app.
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Atifbaig786 said:
Looks like something is broken in the google backup framework.What You can do is backup your messages using a third party app and restoring.The only way to fix this to reset the phone.But first backup your texts using another app.
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OK thanks, I'll give SMS Backup & Restore a shot. The backup is straightforward, and backed up to xml on Google Drive. I'll see later how the restore goes. But the backups are also not working on the new phone, which is a Mogo g6 I just got from Project Fi (damn slippery phone!), which does not instill confidence in built-in backups. But that version of Android, 8.0, does have a manual backup now button, and that worked. Why automatic backups refuse to go is beyond me.
Curiously, the old phone did have a three day old backup before I got started with the transfer, but I wanted a newer backup. I figured toggling backup from on to off to on would kick it in the pants. Well, it deleted the three day old backup and then has refused to backup for the next two days.

Question Still no solution for recovering data with samsung cloud on Verizon?

I moved my Z4 to Verizon from T-mobile. A few months later the screen became black and unresponsive. Since I couldn't use the screen to initiate a data swap with SmartSwitch, I tried to restore my settings, home page layout etc. using the samsung cloud backup tool. Apparently that isn't an option on Verizon. I am able to locate the app by searching for it (but it doesn't appear in the app tray) but when I try to open it says it isn't available for this phone. Is anyone aware of a fix or am I just out of luck?

Conzo427 said:
I moved my Z4 to Verizon from T-mobile. A few months later the screen became black and unresponsive. Since I couldn't use the screen to initiate a data swap with SmartSwitch, I tried to restore my settings, home page layout etc. using the samsung cloud backup tool. Apparently that isn't an option on Verizon. I am able to locate the app by searching for it (but it doesn't appear in the app tray) but when I try to open it says it isn't available for this phone. Is anyone aware of a fix or am I just out of luck?
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It should be on your settings page

Accounts section
TheMadScientist said:
It should be on your settings page
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