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Backing up text messages?

Everytime I flash a new rom. I would have to full wipe and all texts would.be deleted. I tried.an app called SMS backup, but was.a.failure. any other way restore text
Messages??
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I've actually found my text messages returning of their own accord when I flash a new ROM, and I wasn't expecting that.

Silas0220 said:
I've actually found my text messages returning of their own accord when I flash a new ROM, and I wasn't expecting that.
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Sometimes when I sync with my Google account some are retrieved but very old ones. I want all of them back. Coredroid used to have the SMS back up thing that worked but doesn't anymore..
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P00t said:
Sometimes when I sync with my Google account some are retrieved but very old ones. I want all of them back. Coredroid used to have the SMS back up thing that worked but doesn't anymore..
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SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Salu(I think). It has worked going from 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3 with zero issues. Even large DB sizes work fine.

id10terrordfw said:
SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Salu(I think). It has worked going from 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3 with zero issues. Even large DB sizes work fine.
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will try it out, thanks!

My backup root
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GoSMS Pro has a backup sms and restore option in it. Can back up and restore settings as well.

i use titanium backup and it's really easy. when moving to a new ROM, do NOT restore all settings data, just restore the "[sms/mms/apn] Dialer Storage" backup and voila! there tehy are!

I use the following to backup/restore texts, has worked great so far.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result

nhshah7 said:
i use titanium backup and it's really easy. when moving to a new ROM, do NOT restore all settings data, just restore the "[sms/mms/apn] Dialer Storage" backup and voila! there tehy are!
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didnt work on inspired asop.

i use SMS Backup (free version). very easy to use. creates a .bak file saved to your SD card.

gchatt10 said:
i use SMS Backup (free version). very easy to use. creates a .bak file saved to your SD card.
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I used that and didn't back up my texts. It said nothing can be restored.
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Uninstall, reinstall, fix permissions thru cwm... try any of those?
Sent from Inspire 4g with latest MIUI (customized) with either latest cyan or lordmod kernel

gvsukids said:
didnt work on inspired asop.
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switching between sense and aosp?

Myback up root, best way to keep all data sync when using different roms (aosp, sense etc)

Silas0220 said:
I've actually found my text messages returning of their own accord when I flash a new ROM, and I wasn't expecting that.
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thats either because of google or htc sense. either one.

New Nexus S - Should i wait ?

Hello
Just got my new Google Nexus S : )
I wanted to know if It would be better to wait till google releases the new ICS 4.0 Andriod and get it updated and then go with New Roms
or
Should i install a new ROM now for better speed and stability ?
If yes, which ROM should i start off with as i am a total beginner with Rooting/Flashing etc.
I dont mind waiting till 4.0 Android is released...
Any suggestions ?

Putting ROMs on it now doesn't exclude you from putting ICS on it later. Go have fun with it and try out different ROMS. When ICS comes out, you can put that on it too. No restrictions !!

But wouldnt rooting the device bar me from updating to ICS officially from Google ?

Yes but there will be ICS ROMs released here that you can install
Stock Android is actually pretty good and very stable. But if you want to toy around, just go ahead and have fun with the great ROMs we have available now.
Greetz

U can also flash back to stock when ics comes out and update officially and reroot and your good
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Heck I had my phone rooted and trying new roms the day I got it and I just got mine Monday when I seen that best buy had them free.
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Is this a good tutorial on rooting Nexus S ?
www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=EA6DlAqYUeo
Can i follow it to root my phone or should i follow some other guide ?

That is the one I used...how ever I would suggest getting a 5.0.2.0 recovery image as the one in the file that goes with that video is an older version...it will still work though.
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djwyman said:
That is the one I used...how ever I would suggest getting a 5.0.2.0 recovery image as the one in the file that goes with that video is an older version...it will still work though.
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Where will i get the 5.0.2.0 recovery image from ?

djwyman said:
That is the one I used...how ever I would suggest getting a 5.0.2.0 recovery image as the one in the file that goes with that video is an older version...it will still work though.
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Which ROM or Kernel did you try out ?
How about using Rom Manager by ClockworkMod?

Which program to use for backing up Data (contacts, messages etc) before Rooting the device ?

off topic, but since you asked about backing up contacts im sure this could help. Go to your contacts, and choose the option to back them all up to SD card. After that, choose to delete all your contacts from your phone, then restore the backup from SD, but choose to restore them as gmail contacts instead of to your phone. This way when you sync your gmail account your contacts will just repopulate. Very handy when flashing new roms ect

fromthestars said:
off topic, but since you asked about backing up contacts im sure this could help. Go to your contacts, and choose the option to back them all up to SD card. After that, choose to delete all your contacts from your phone, then restore the backup from SD, but choose to restore them as gmail contacts instead of to your phone. This way when you sync your gmail account your contacts will just repopulate. Very handy when flashing new roms ect
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i backed up my contacts, but i dont see any option for deleting all my contacts.

Menu
Settings
Applications
Manager Applications
Contacts
Clear Data
This will clear all contacts.

fromthestars said:
Menu
Settings
Applications
Manager Applications
Contacts
Clear Data
This will clear all contacts.
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When i import "IMport from USB Storage", it does not ask me to import as Gmail Contacts.
How do i do that ?

For me,
I will import my contacts in gmail (via browser in pc) so i can manage easily,edit,create group, etc..
and finally sync it all to phone.
That was i done when i use android for the first time.
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How about use Titanium Backup root program for backing up ?

Ibn Saeed said:
How about use Titanium Backup root program for backing up ?
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You need root to using Titanium backup and ussually its use to backup apps. I never use it to backup contacts.
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I think for my 1st ever ROM, ill go with Bugless Beast.
Still have to find a program to backup all my contacts, messages etc. for Stock Nexus S.
Can anyone suggest any ?

My backup pro can back all that stuff up.
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[Q] Titanium backup

Hi,
I would like to know if you had any bad experience with restoring apps from another phone to the Skyrocket
I have a Sasmung Captivate and I would like to restore the apps+datas I took from my capy to my skyrocket.
Any cons?
Thank you

floppy__ said:
Hi,
I would like to know if you had any bad experience with restoring apps from another phone to the Skyrocket
I have a Sasmung Captivate and I would like to restore the apps+datas I took from my capy to my skyrocket.
Any cons?
Thank you
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After you restore use es file explorer to find the folder and copy it into external sd card if you did not use that as backup folder than you can just run restore from skyrocket!

floppy__ said:
Hi,
I would like to know if you had any bad experience with restoring apps from another phone to the Skyrocket
I have a Sasmung Captivate and I would like to restore the apps+datas I took from my capy to my skyrocket.
Any cons?
Thank you
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I have never had an issue with restoring App's from Titanium. To support the developer I have the Pro version.

Big Dawg 23 said:
I have never had an issue with restoring App's from Titanium. To support the developer I have the Pro version.
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Yes, I also got the pro version and never had a problem with restoring app. My problem was more going from one phone to another. I wanted to be sure it will be ok.
Thanks for your feedback
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floppy__ said:
Yes, I also got the pro version and never had a problem with restoring app. My problem was more going from one phone to another. I wanted to be sure it will be ok.
Thanks for your feedback
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i have gone from phone to phone to phone, among HTC, Samsung, and Motorola, without any issues.
batch>restore MISSING apps has always worked great for me

I'm trying to use Titanium Pro to batch restore missing apps on a new rom install and it seems to be stuck on Restoring at 0%. Any ideas?

decimusmaximus7 said:
I'm trying to use Titanium Pro to batch restore missing apps on a new rom install and it seems to be stuck on Restoring at 0%. Any ideas?
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I just did the same, a batch restore for all my apps from my captivate to my skyrocket without problem.

Oh you're right, it did work when I selected just missing apps. It freezes on trying to do missing apps + system data.

decimusmaximus7 said:
Oh you're right, it did work when I selected just missing apps. It freezes on trying to do missing apps + system data.
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never, ever do system data

decimusmaximus7 said:
Oh you're right, it did work when I selected just missing apps. It freezes on trying to do missing apps + system data.
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It's always dangerous to restore the system data especially if you changed rom. I think this is the reason of the freeze. Because you are trying to restore an open file or a system file not compatible with your new rom.
In my opinion, you should just restore missing apps+data

I used it to move from Froyo Infuse to GB Infuse to now SR. Sometimes, I get a 'stall' (0%) on an app restore so I'll force close it and restart the batch restore again. The app count should have decreased by then. I always do 'app+data' only.

Backing up before reverting and updating to ICS

Before I odin my phone back to stock so I can update to ICS, I want to know if there is anyway to back up contacts, sms, call history, etc. before doing this. I use tibackup when I am flashing ROMS, but I don't know if I will be able to access these backups? And tibackup will not work without root, so I won't be able to use it anyways.
Sorry for the noobish nature, but is there any way to back up apps and system data before I odin back to stock?

Bradlees said:
Before I odin my phone back to stock so I can update to ICS, I want to know if there is anyway to back up contacts, sms, call history, etc. before doing this. I use tibackup when I am flashing ROMS, but I don't know if I will be able to access these backups? And tibackup will not work without root, so I won't be able to use it anyways.
Sorry for the noobish nature, but is there any way to back up apps and system data before I odin back to stock?
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back em up with titanium, a root solution is available. just make sure to copy the entire titaniumbackup folder to windows/linux/osx, flash the os, install titanium again, and copy everything from the old titanium folder to the new to restore
for root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32344955&postcount=10

i use 'backup to gmail' for my sms and mms, it puts all your messages in your gmail in folders and will restore call log and sms, dont support restore of mms yet... i paid fo it and there is a free version too, i think it limits the number of back-up messages tho...

Bradlees said:
Before I odin my phone back to stock so I can update to ICS, I want to know if there is anyway to back up contacts, sms, call history, etc. before doing this. I use tibackup when I am flashing ROMS, but I don't know if I will be able to access these backups? And tibackup will not work without root, so I won't be able to use it anyways.
Sorry for the noobish nature, but is there any way to back up apps and system data before I odin back to stock?
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"Super backup contacts" app from market backs up SMS call logs and contacts..its free also
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jparnell8839 said:
back em up with titanium, a root solution is available. just make sure to copy the entire titaniumbackup folder to windows/linux/osx, flash the os, install titanium again, and copy everything from the old titanium folder to the new to restore
for root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32344955&postcount=10[/QUOTw
I didn't even need to do that. Everything was still there after the update. Thanks for the heads up.
Only thing was getting frigging Kies to work... what a disaster. I had to reinstall several times before it would not freeze.
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Bradlees said:
jparnell8839 said:
back em up with titanium, a root solution is available. just make sure to copy the entire titaniumbackup folder to windows/linux/osx, flash the os, install titanium again, and copy everything from the old titanium folder to the new to restore
for root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32344955&postcount=10
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I didn't even need to do that. Everything was still there after the update. Thanks for the heads up.
Only thing was getting frigging Kies to work... what a disaster. I had to reinstall several times before it would not freeze.
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rofl yea, Kies sucks

jparnell8839 said:
back em up with titanium, a root solution is available. just make sure to copy the entire titaniumbackup folder to windows/linux/osx, flash the os, install titanium again, and copy everything from the old titanium folder to the new to restore
for root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32344955&postcount=10
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jparnell8839 said:
rofl yea, Kies sucks
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seriously. At work, trying to get it going on 3 pc's and it took me 2-3 hours to finally get the upgrade. Hope its worth it.

Backing up HTC One X

Who knows how to back your apps,contacts,videos,pictures etc. on the computer?? I want to root my phone and don't want all my stuff to be gone.
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Bryannrx said:
Who knows how to back your apps,contacts,videos,pictures etc. on the computer?? I want to root my phone and don't want all my stuff to be gone.
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Just plug it in and transfer files bro. When you plug it in choose to mount as disk drive when your phone prompts you too. You can then transfer all your pics and notes etc like that. Then to be double sure, use super backup for your contacts, then transfer that file to your computer. But also be aware, rooting will not erase sdcard, UNLOCKING the bootloader will usually reset you. Hope this helps.. root it and boot it
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Google tons of info on this...
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Backup your contacts to Gmail. Copy and paste pics and videos to your computer as mentioned above. If you want, you can backup SMS using apps like SMS Backup+. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to backup app data without root, which of course doesn't help in your case.

redpoint73 said:
Backup your contacts to Gmail. Copy and paste pics and videos to your computer as mentioned above. If you want, you can backup SMS using apps like SMS Backup+. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to backup app data without root, which of course doesn't help in your case.
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I use "My Backup Pro" to backup my apps etc...(no root necessary). It will backup the apps but without the app settings info. So, if you restore the apps, you have to input your info again. It will backup everything.. sms, contacts etc... I use this app when I need to do a fresh restore. Make sure to copy the backup folder into your pc or Dropbox before restoring "fresh" your phone.
Hope this helps.

robjbw said:
I use "My Backup Pro" to backup my apps etc...(no root necessary). It will backup the apps but without the app settings info. So, if you restore the apps, you have to input your info again.
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So it doesn't save app data, like game saves (unless rooted), right?
It looks like it does save MMS, which might be useful for me. SMS Backup+ doesn't do that (will backup your MMS pics to Gmail, but not restore them back to your phone).

No, won't backup saved data. If rooted, I would have used titanium backup. Would save apps+data.
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Wrong section. Please keep all question/help related threads in the Q&A section only. Thank You.
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Mussorre said:
I just saw this topic and hope share my experience, worried about the fact that HTC One doesn't Sync both ways like other ccounts (Blackberry iPhone etc). Contacts outdated on PC's Outlook now and most new contacts are put on the phone, bit concerned about no back up should the phone fail - can Dropbox be used for this or any other suggestions re how to protect all info in the People section?
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The default on Android is to backup all contact info to Gmail. You can verify by simply logging into Gmail on a PC and see if all your contacts are there. If not go into Contacts settings on the phone and merge contacts.
BTW, you realize this is the forum section for the HTC One X/XL, not the HTC One? They are completely different phones. Your post history is all over the place, so I can't even tell what device you own.
Also, you are responding to a thread over a year old.