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[Q] Rooting/Roming Backup Help

Hello, I currently have a stock non rooted inspire and was thinking of finally taking the plunge to root and flash a rom. On the Captivate this was super simple and i noticed it was harder on the inspire. I am more concerned about backing up everything on my phone from contacts to apps and stuff like that. I know there are apps out there but i am unsure how they work. Please help me with the method to make sure that non of my data is lost and i can just load it back on my phone after i flash a rom. Thank you =)

bpodz34 said:
Hello, I currently have a stock non rooted inspire and was thinking of finally taking the plunge to root and flash a rom. On the Captivate this was super simple and i noticed it was harder on the inspire. I am more concerned about backing up everything on my phone from contacts to apps and stuff like that. I know there are apps out there but i am unsure how they work. Please help me with the method to make sure that non of my data is lost and i can just load it back on my phone after i flash a rom. Thank you =)
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1. Don't worry about contacts, Google backs them up. Once you flash a new rom and sign into your google account, they re-sync.
2. Use "My Backup" to backup Sms, mms, contacts, call Log, apps, system settings. Once you root your phone, use my backup root to restore your stuff.

Thank you! Can i just restore everything after i flash a GB rom or will that cause issues

Yeah you should be able to. To me the most important things are contacts and messages, everything else can be downloaded/re-setup again.

Keep in mind, certain app-specific data won't be able to be backed up unless the app has a specific "back up/export" type of function, as some app-specific data is inaccessible to back-up apps on a non-rooted phone, by OS design.
Once you're rooted, though, any app-specific data that was previously inaccessible while unrooted, will be accessible going forward. So you'd have to start over, ONCE, in the inital move from unrooted to rooted, but after you reestablish that data, these backup apps, with root access, will be able to make sure you won't ever have to start over again.
Mainly stuff like angry birds progress/scores, to-do lists that aren't exportable/save-able to a separate file on your SD card, etc.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium

How do YOU restore your apps and settings?

I am currently using titanium backup which I'm assuming most of you do as well, however its a quite tedious process restoring all my apps, it asks me individually to install every app which takes a very long time depending on how many apps you are restoring.
With the developing section constantly streaming new updates and roms, how does one keep up with the restoring? I must be missing something here, do you guys all have to install your restored apps one by one?
There must be a simpler way right? I know that if you dont do a full wipe that your apps and settings stay but i find myself switching roms alot which do require full wipes.

If your rooted and buy titanium it will reinstall your apps without going one by one.
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runderekrun said:
If your rooted and buy titanium it will reinstall your apps without going one by one.
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Thanks for the quick response, I did not know that I will get the paid version asap!

I have had Titanium Pro for a couple years. When you backup apps do you just choose non system apps?
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I've been using Titanium and as a complete system that backs up settings for apps as well as the app itself, it's pretty awesome.
However there are times (like immediately after flashing a new rom) when you have nothing extra installed but a file manager and you want to install just the app of something from your sdcard without having to re-download from Google Play. For this, I have used and app available on Google Play called "Android Assistant" that has a reasonably simple back up that will backup just the apks of installed apps. It installs it in a directory "AndroidAssistant_appbackup" in the root directory of the sdcard. Using a File Manager you can easily go into there and install backed up apps.
If you use Titanium, you seem to have to use Titanium itself to restore stuff.

Titanium Backup Pro and SMS Backup and Restore do the trick for me. They are both very quick processes, so once you get the hang of it youll have no hesitations in switching ROMs constantly. Flash ROM, let it boot, go through the setup real quick, connect your google/email/facebook and whatnot, restore apps from TB, and restore texts, all takes less than 10 minutes.
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whats the simplest option for non rooted phones to back up the entire phone/data ? are there any apps that will create a full image that you can restore at a later date ?

chriskinetic said:
whats the simplest option for non rooted phones to back up the entire phone/data ? are there any apps that will create a full image that you can restore at a later date ?
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You are looking for clockwork mode, backup and restore - but unless you are prepared to root this isn't possible. Why would anyone want to stay rooted? Stock ROM is really, really poor.

I back up my apps using this tool...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448239
It's free and downloadable right from XDA.
It makes a single flashable zip file with all of your downloaded apps in it. (I don't think it backs up system apps)
When you install a new ROM you simply flash the zip and boom...all your apps are back.
The drawback is that it doesn't save app data. For that I use Titanium free version. Reinstalling data takes about 2 seconds per app instead of 30 seconds per app to reinstall the entire thing.
The whole process of putting apps and data back into a new ROM takes about 10-15 minutes.

I prefer Mybackup Pro, backs up apps and their data, sms & mms. Call log, settings and even how your homescreen setup. Been using it for about a year now and it's awesome.
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Is there a way to backup apps' data on non-rooted system?
Every application witch I saw backups only .apks, none of them saves application's data, I don't even know if it's possible?

WereWolf_PL said:
Is there a way to backup apps' data on non-rooted system?
Every application witch I saw backups only .apks, none of them saves application's data, I don't even know if it's possible?
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Many apps have a built in back up system that will let you do this.
For example, Go Launcher lets you back up your Go Launcher settings to a file it stores on the SD Card.
If you have to do a factory reset at some point and need to reinstall Go Launcher from scratch you can install it then simply restore your saved settings. Works like a charm. I'd say about 10% of the apps I use have this feature.
However, if you're talking about being able to back up every app and all its data and restore it....then no. You can't do that when not rooted.
Now if you don't want to root because you like your stock set up the way it is, you should know that you can root your phone without changing anything about the stock interface. You'll just have the ability to do more complete back ups, modifications to settings etc.
(Though fair warning, if you do root it, you won't stop with just doing backups. You'll get carried away like the rest of us and start tweaking EVERYTHING. But that's cool too.)

chrisrj28 said:
I prefer Mybackup Pro, backs up apps and their data, sms & mms. Call log, settings and even how your homescreen setup. Been using it for about a year now and it's awesome.
Google Play Link
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just what im looking for , thank you

Skipjacks said:
Many apps have a built in back up system that will let you do this.
For example, Go Launcher lets you back up your Go Launcher settings to a file it stores on the SD Card.
If you have to do a factory reset at some point and need to reinstall Go Launcher from scratch you can install it then simply restore your saved settings. Works like a charm. I'd say about 10% of the apps I use have this feature.
However, if you're talking about being able to back up every app and all its data and restore it....then no. You can't do that when not rooted.
Now if you don't want to root because you like your stock set up the way it is, you should know that you can root your phone without changing anything about the stock interface. You'll just have the ability to do more complete back ups, modifications to settings etc.
(Though fair warning, if you do root it, you won't stop with just doing backups. You'll get carried away like the rest of us and start tweaking EVERYTHING. But that's cool too.)
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Thanks for the info. I know that some applications have backup options, but I was hopping that there's an easier way to backup more important apps, or actually its data.
I also know what rooting means, and I'm not going to end at backups
Actually, I like stock firmware for now, don't need to change that, I just want to root for some more advanced options, additional software that needs root access, and maybe to remove, or at least freeze some unnecessary apps.
P.S. I'm actually a little disappointed about HTCdev web page. I was almost sure, that I can unlock bootloader and root the system without factory reset. I read all the info, and warnings on HTCdev.com, and nowhere, NOWHERE was written that to unlock bootloader you need to factory reset your device.
I went through all the steps, and on the last one, where I had a choice to flash, or to abort, was mentioned that flashing will do factory reset. The worst thing is that the steps shows up one after another, I couldn't even read the last one before sending the unlock code to HTC. So now - even when I didn't unlock my device, they have info that I wanted to do this, and my warranty is voided (or at least partially voided).

[Q] Backup Rom before unlocking bootloader and rooting

I am about to unlock the bootloader and root my Nexus 5. I have had the phone for a long time so I have a lot of apps and data on my phone that I don't want to lose. I need a way to do a 100% backup of my apps, app settings/data, and personal data. I would like to create a custom rom of my phone, then flash that rom back after I unlock and root. Is this possible to create a custom rom backup without an unlocked bootloader and rooted phone? Will this backup everything on my phone like I want or will I need to do something else?
I have unlocked, rooted, and flashed ROMs before on my Droid X and Nexus 4.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Use Helium to backup apps and rest of the stuff can be copy pasted to your computer.
Do check the thread linked in my signature before you start flashing things!

Thanks for the reply.
I have Helium and have been using it for a while to backup but I haven't restored anything yet. It seems to always run into errors or fail to backup everything but every backup app I have used does the same. The best backup app I have used is titanium but it requires root which makes it useless for this.
Android needs a cloud sync for app settings/data. This would solve one of the biggest android problems. I hate losing my game progress and other app data.

shiznoroe88 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I have Helium and have been using it for a while to backup but I haven't restored anything yet. It seems to always run into errors or fail to backup everything but every backup app I have used does the same. The best backup app I have used is titanium but it requires root which makes it useless for this.
Android needs a cloud sync for app settings/data. This would solve one of the biggest android problems. I hate losing my game progress and other app data.
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I have used Helium only once when I was full stock to backup some 50 apps and it did it's job without complaints.
Almost all games which I play are synced with Google Play Games. So, even though local phone content gets erased, I can sync via Play Games and start where I left off.

I have synced with Google play for the games that Can but some games that I have a ton of progress in don't have that option. Need For Speed: Most Wanted for example. I lost all of my progress when I rooted my Nexus 4 and then again when I switched to my Nexus 5. I tried every backup method I could find and the only one that ever worked was titanium.
I am reading the thread you mentioned. I am pretty confident in my ability to root and flash. I have used command prompt to unlock, root, and flash several times. I am currently using the skipsoft toolkit because it is easy and quick and I hate typing all of the commands and directories into cmd prompt. I just flashed stock android 4.4.4 onto my Nexus 4 and rerooted it a few hours ago. It did have an issue where the play store service was messed up so I had to reflash it but it is working flawless now. Planning on selling the Nexus 4 so I just wanted a clean and updated install.

A question about backup restore after rooting.

Hello guys, I just feel kindof lost so I'll post here. (I am a programmer, know how stuff works , I've rooted a nexus 7 , installed a crap load of different stuff on it etc...)
I'm thinking of rooting my OnePlus One. Regarding fastboot oem unlock: In my nexus 7 2013 wifi version it did not delete user data. After some googling I found out that it will wipe user data on the OPO.
I've got my music on the PC and I don't care about the pictures much , I'll just pull em and upload them to google photos (like I do once every year).
My contacts are synced with google contacts.
What else do I need to backup besides apps? Iwould not want to re-download everything or lose per-device saves. Is that possible?
Also, after rooting, how exactly do I restore these stuff I backed up?
And I don't need to flash a new image, I just need a superuser app, right?
I'm rooting the phone to use Sisaxis mainly.

how to save app data on 4.4.2 with bootloader LOCKED?

My phone is suffering a lot of lags, app crashes, and is slow opening new apps/swithching beetween apps, sometimes refuses even to open keyboard due to low ram
I think it's clear that i need to reset factory it or flash a new room
but there is a lot of thing a want to save:
- Some app currently installed version since i dont like the updated version
-Messeger apps history which i need to recover past conversation informations frequently
- Some game scores
- favorites list (app that do not sinc)
I want to backup some part off the phone so that after i clean it completly, i can restore parts that i like (can't be a full backup or else it will keep the problems)
can anyone help me with some tips or link?

Try Helium app

will try the Heliumapp(as soon as i get more free space storage) looks like he can backup both the app(apk?) and the data...hope so...
do you know if it a bug that my moto G need at least free 500mb of storage so it can install an app (even if it's only 1mb)

Yes, it can backup both - app and data. You just need to activate it through PC.
I think that leaving some space is not a bug, but I've never had such little amount of memory, so can't tell for sure.

tried helium, app has a good potential, but turned to be crap because of greedy developers
app works fine for data backup if you do not uninstall the app or flash the phone
if you do reset your phone and upload back helium folder, it will not recognise it's own files because of some json (developers want you to pay PRO for cloud backup)
so, I will try a little more with this app, but pretty sure will need another one
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since my phone is on 4.4.2, I can root it with tethered pie root (which means if i turn off the phone i lose root, but after it boot again, i can root again)
does it help? maybe titanium backup now works?anyone knows?

72off said:
tried helium, app has a good potential, but turned to be crap because of greedy developers
app works fine for data backup if you do not uninstall the app or flash the phone
if you do reset your phone and upload back helium folder, it will not recognise it's own files because of some json (developers want you to pay PRO for cloud backup)
so, I will try a little more with this app, but pretty sure will need another one
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Don't use cloud backup. Try option with saving files on sd card, it's free.

toster88 said:
Don't use cloud backup. Try option with saving files on sd card, it's free.
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moto G first gen does not suport SD cards, only internal memory, but i found on the web that if you reset you phone or flash it, helium will not work as expected

72off said:
moto G first gen does not suport SD cards, only internal memory, but i found on the web that if you reset you phone or flash it, helium will not work as expected
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True, forgot that
This is what I did:
1) made a backup of an app
2) unlocked bl, root, installed custom rom
3) installed this app from play store
4) again made a backup of it
5) replaced some files from the first backup with those with the second one. Unfortunately I don't remember which...
6) restore backup
EDIT: check this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2324232

i've already found it, but as one guy stated, worked with 2 app but not with the third, so i'm not gona take this risc, will wait for a safer backup option

You can try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-backup-app-backup-restore-t2898674
If you got a usbpen whit microusb or and one microusb adapter for a regular usb.
But only the apps (.apk) since its says that "Can backup apps without data for non-rooted devices."
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