Hi there fellas,
Is there any app that will allow me to backup all of my phones´ contents (apps, settings, look, etc) on a cloud and then restore it from there? If so, which one is the best WITHOUT being rooted?
I have an HTC One X (at the moment) and when I installed a stock rom again and loged in with my HTC and Google account it started downloading all my apps straight away.
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If I am moving to another android phone how do I back up/transfer all the data and apps? One of my friend has Atrix and we both were planning to switch phones for some time to see which one we really like.
Is there something like iTunes where I can sync up all my apps? I am not much worried about data (songs, photos etc.,) but I bought a bunch of apps which I would like to transfer them from phone to phone.
Any help is appreciated.
uday029 said:
If I am moving to another android phone how do I back up/transfer all the data and apps? One of my friend has Atrix and we both were planning to switch phones for some time to see which one we really like.
Is there something like iTunes where I can sync up all my apps? I am not much worried about data (songs, photos etc.,) but I bought a bunch of apps which I would like to transfer them from phone to phone.
Any help is appreciated.
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As long as you google sync your apps should load on that phone.
mudknot2005 said:
As long as you google sync your apps should load on that phone.
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Thank you for the reply. Can you please help me find where "google sync" is located on my phone? When I go to Menu->Accounts&Sync->Google, there is only option to sync my books, contacts, gmail and calender.
I am very new to Android so sorry if I sound naive.
uday029 said:
Thank you for the reply. Can you please help me find where "google sync" is located on my phone? When I go to Menu->Accounts&Sync->Google, there is only option to sync my books, contacts, gmail and calender.
I am very new to Android so sorry if I sound naive.
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If I remember correctly as long as you log into your google account it should sync all your apps that you've bought or downloaded from Market. I could be wrong, if so some one please correct me.
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When you use a google account for the Market, it will remember apps you have downloaded. It does not however save settings, preferences, cached data, etc.
I ran Android on a Fuze for over a year before upgrading to the Inspire. When Google released web access to the Market, it allowed me to track which apps are installed to which phones. When I switched phones, i jumped on my PC and clicked all the apps from the Fuze I wanted on the Inspire and Google automatically downloaded them to the phone.
If you want the apps and data backed up, you may need a product like Titanium back-up. I used it on the Fuze but since that was rooted, not sure if it will work on the Inspire with stock ROM.
or, if you're taking your sd card with you, you can use an app like app installer by gregory house to back up all of your apk files. or titanium backup does the same thing.
the market always screws me somehow. I purchased apps when I first got it only to find that it didn't remember me buying when I rooted and put on a custom rom. Even using titanium, 99% of my apps restore but I have ran into a few that won't due to licensing. When I go to the market, no record of it at all. I missed how itunes and cydia remembered everything you had. Don't miss the iphone though! lol
I use titanium backup. Works quite well.
So I reflashed my phone + full wipe. I synced my phone with my Google accounts, HTC sense, and Facebook. While it was syncing, it started to auto download the apps I had before.
I was wondering how it did that? Because other times I tried it, that never hhappened. Was it from something else? It made it so much easier for me to get my apps back I had before. I don't like searching.
So can anyone confirm what backed up my apps??
Thanks!
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When you signed up with the google account, it ask you if you want your phone backed up by google. All you had to do was not uncheck the check box to agree.
FYI, if you flash ROM's a lot it doesn't always restore your apps, so use screenshot to take a picture and store them prior to flashing to remember what you had so your not searching in the future.
I download the theor3ginger Rom . Need to get VZW backup assist so I can download my contacts....
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If you have a google account set up, all you have to do is turn on backup my data and then once you are installed with a new ROM, it will restore. Also if you already have backup assist, you can sign in online and transfer to your google account, but I believe you can download it from the market.
Would like to install VZW backup assist to download contacts and back them up to Google
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I'm confused...
If your contacts are already backed up using back up assistant then just go to Verizon website and export them into a .csv
Then just import into your gmail account.
Doesn't Google already backup your contacts if you are already using a Google smart phone? I could never figure out why I had VZW Backup Assnt. on here. Glad I finally rooted and got rid of alot of junk.
Idk about you guys but the way android is set up is that you can choose where to save your contacts. Some will sync to google, some will sync to active sync, etc. However, they don't sync with one another. It really sucks because all your contacts are potentially scattered across all these servers (it can also be stored on phone only with VZW Backup). I think this is where the OP has problems with.
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What I did was exporting ALL of my contacts to a file. Go to google.com/contacts. Import, remove duplicates, and there you go, your life belongs to the googlian overlord.
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Doesn't Google already backup your contacts if you are already using a Google smart phone? I could never figure out why I had VZW Backup Assnt. on here. Glad I finally rooted and got rid of alot of junk.
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google only backs up if the contact is set up as a "google contact" when created. When you click to create a new contact, the default is to save to the phone only, you have to change the drop-down to google every time. If you do that, it will save it to gmail contacts.
I've looked everywhere for it.
I had to backup the app and then send the backup to the phone I needed it for.
It's a nice way of sharing some paid apps with friends.
*hinthint* Haha.
I have quite a few apps associated with my Google account, so I selected only the ones I wanted to use on the One X. Then all of a sudden I noticed all my apps had downloaded to the phone. So I uninstalled the ones I didn't want then while I was doing this they started re downloading on their own.
I don't see any menu setting to prevent auto downloads, only auto updates, which is un checked.
Any clue why the apps are downloading on their own??
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This has happened to me on just about every phone I have had. (even on custom ROMs) This leads me to believe that it is part of the data sync through your google acct. Of course, I could be wrong.
Did you have you apps and data backed up through Google from a previous Android phone?
Check under: settings -> privacy -> backup/restore
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Yes by default on some android versions your apps, wifi settings, wallpaper, etc are kept on servers for backup. Maybe since 2.3 i think? I never used it and always disabled it on any custom roms since i use titanium backup. for non rooted devices it's nice though.
Could be apps that are linked from other apps. Like soundhound is in the music app. If you uninstall it, it will reinstall. As does tunedin radio
Hi everybody,
I have a slight issue with my HTC one S. I tried to get rid of some of the built-in apps (like Facebook and such) by rooting my phone and using titanium backup. Well, I made a backup before I rooted my phone and in this backup I also included my email settings (which also includes the exchange server of my work). Now, I was trying to recover the mail settings, and all of a sudden the stock HTC mail programme was deleted from my phone. Titanium actually says it has been deleted but I cannot seem to find the original apk back anywhere.
I tried installing the original Google Email apk including the exchange server framework, but it seems to be stuck somewhere (no idea why). So...my question to you guys is; is there anyone who could help me with the APK for the mail client on the HTC One S (Android 4.1.1)?
You guys are the best!