Hi All,
I recently flashed my At&t HTC One X with cygnamod 10.2 and it working fine. I took backup of my data via copying whole usb drive to computer as well as Nandroid backup. In earlier Anroid (AT&T - 4.1.1) there was notes app which is not there in cygnamod. I had some data on that app. Is there a way to restore that apps data?
Regards,
Vijay
From my experience, there is no way to restore the notes app data even if you restore everything. It will restore, but when you try to look at the notes it just says the notes are damaged and unrecoverable. It could just be a problem on my end though.
If the app is missing then there's no way to access the data, you need the app.
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Oh wow, I didn't even realize what he meant by that.
It was htc notes.I was able to find data on whole usb backup but it is up to Oct. I guess I have lost new data.
Regards,
Vijay
The problem with apps like HTC Notes is that they save the data in a proprietary format, which means you can only open the data using that app.
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Folks,
I have a HTC Aria unrooted and just upgraded to the official Froyo 2.2 build via HTC's site.
I backed up all my data an Apps via MyBackup and Astro, however when I do a restore the AT&T software sees the restore as non-market apps and of course blocks it.
I know I can restore my apps via the market, or SWM, or via ADB, which I've done. However, my issue is my actual app data is gone, for example all my memos for Wizard Memo are gone as well as all my tags for Shazam.
I suspect the data is backed up to my SD card somewhere...problem is I don't know how I can recover it via ADB commands. I've tried a "pull" of my system files but I honestly don't know how to dig through them or even what files to look for (since apparently the data isn't in the backed up .apk).
Any guidance appreciated. Yes, I tried searching Google and XDA!!!
Thanks...
Astro doesn't back up data, just the apps. don't know about mybackup
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Unfortunately for you, not only does Astro not save the user data of apps but not all apps write their config settings and user data to the SD card in the first place nor is it always possible for them to due to what the data is used for. Since installing a new OS essentially wipes your phone, all of the user data is gone....and since you are on the stock rom....you can't install from your backup because of AT&T.
That's not true, titanium backup keeps app data, market links, and user data for apps.
edit:,My mistake, you are not rooted.
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Thanks for your responses.
Well, I also did a MyBackup.
I bet the app data is on my SD somewhere. I am just starting to mess with ADB commands and I bet there is a way to place that data in the right lace. It's just a matter of doing a "pull" of the right data and doing a "push" to the right place.
Tht's my guess anyways.
This question stems from a few niggling performance/lag issues on my Samsung Focus which I think will be cured by a fresh official ROM flash, but I do not want to lose any of my personal data.
I presume that when flashing a ROM, all data is lost. How can I essentially restore the lost data on the phone?
Can I backup using WP7 backup v1.9 (found on these forums) and then restore? Would this negate the point of the flash? What files are not backed up/restored (system files)?
Thanks,
jt
jt3204 said:
This question stems from a few niggling performance/lag issues on my Samsung Focus which I think will be cured by a fresh official ROM flash, but I do not want to lose any of my personal data.
I presume that when flashing a ROM, all data is lost. How can I essentially restore the lost data on the phone?
Can I backup using WP7 backup v1.9 (found on these forums) and then restore? Would this negate the point of the flash? What files are not backed up/restored (system files)?
Thanks,
jt
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If you set zune to back up everything then all of your pictures and music is on your computer (Note: your ringtones will be gone). Your documents should be on Sky Drive unless you saved them localy, if so you can move them Sky Drive, your games and apps can be re-installed using either the Market Place or the re-installer app.
Thanks for the tip. I was already aware of those possibilities.
I think the SMS restore is a bit of an issue. From what I've read the only program available isn't perfect yet, so that leaves a complete backup/restore as the only option to preserve my messages.
This begs the question as to whether flashing then restoring a backup is a pointless exercise.
The sms tool , is this one you are talking about ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448197
Flashing and then restoring from a previous backup will not work. Backup is a complete image, it wipes out anything else.
Hi gents. I am trying to restore my phone to a recent clockworkmod recovery backup but several of the latest backups won't restore the downloaded programs of the time, nor do they seem to be restoring the general Android settings. Older backups are working perfectly, however, and I can't think of any significant or unusual changes I made to the system that could stop it working properly. Also, I have been backing up and restoring the same way.
I'm using Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4, HTC ICS 4.0.4 (w/ older HBOOT for S-OFF), HTC Desire S.
I find this very strange, and unsettling that clockworkmod's backup may be unreliable. Has anybody experienced this?
Another thing, I have also been backing up the entire SD card data in the later backups (just copying to computer via card reader), thinking it may be best to restore backups with this data, but it seems to not make a difference whether this is done, or the data left as-is, or the card cleared. What's best practice in regard to the Android data that's put on the SD card?
My phone is up the creek. Help!?
i am having the same problem restoring CWM v4.0.1.4 backups on my galaxy s2: older backups restore perfectly and newer backups restore incompletely (some settings and SMSs, but no apps and no contacts).
i believe this is an issue with large nandroid images (containing >10,000 files) being unable to restore properly. this implies the backup itself is intact, luckily.
read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154892
to rebuild my phone i started by using unyaffs on my PC to access the files on the CWM nandroid image and restore my contacts, call logs, etc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
you can find additional file locations listed in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969650
i then used appextractor (available in the play store) to manually restore my apps and app data from the CWM nandroid image. some needed to be redownloaded.
it's a schlepp but better than losing everything entirely.
i've read that TWRP is a more reliable way to backup and restore. i'm certainly not using CWM again.
regarding your second question, the data on your internal and external SD card is irrelevant to the function of the OS, but some apps may rely on that data. for example large apps install on the SD card.
Thanks so much for that matey. I searched and searched but hadn't come across the 10,000 files limitation. How annoying!
Anyhoo, before I saw your post I ended up restoring the latest working backup and reinstalled apps, configured things, got the device mostly up to speed.. but there were some sentimental Messages I wanted to restore. I got that unyaffs exe, the 10,000 file fix one, and managed to extract the mmssms.db just fine..
But I soon learnt it seems to be a nightmare to get it back into ICS because the SQLite db is in full-vacuum mode or some such, meaning it is cached and rewritten to help avoid fragmentation or some such. So I overwrite the mmssms.db, set permissions and ownership, reboot, and it's overwritten with the current one. Argh. I tried clearing cache. Tried running SMS backup/restore apps while the 'good' mmssms.db was in place, but they seem to look at the db cache/temp data, not the mmssms.db.
For those facing my situation and want Messages from CWM/nandroid backups in ICS, I found a great tip just posted on one of the threads N-acetyltransferase linked;
RichAP said:
I did this yesterday using Titanium Backup for my SMS/MMS
You need to go into Preferences and check the *Migrate system data [Experimental] option
Then you go to More - Extract from nandroid backup
There it is listed as Dialer Storage
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I had tried using TiBu to restore Messages from nandroid backup (no success), but Dialer Storage!? How annoying. Anyhoo it's sorted.
Then I quickly found a good alternative recovery and quickly bought the premium version of 4EXT. It's very good, but get this, it actually recovered my latest CWM recovery backup no drama, just like that! Ahh well I didn't need those hours of my life anyway. I've often thought the Desire S's codename Saga is rather apt.
In conclusion, TiBu looks damn good and 4EXT is a ripper. I'd recommend it however the Galaxy S2 support is apparently unconfirmed thus far. Maybe look into it nevertheless.
Thanks for the help dude.
Hey so I'm just curious if I made a backup of my apps and data with the program but don't have my nexus 5 anymore is there some way I can do an emulation and restore the files there is some important information I forgot to write down before backing up luckily I backed the data up but can't restore it back on the phone since I don't own that phone anymore. Is it possible to get that data so I can use it again? Or am I screwed...
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Hey so I'm just curious if I made a backup of my apps and data with the program but don't have my nexus 5 anymore is there some way I can do an emulation and restore the files there is some important information I forgot to write down before backing up luckily I backed the data up but can't restore it back on the phone since I don't own that phone anymore. Is it possible to get that data so I can use it again? Or am I screwed...
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i have never used this before, but according to the pics, you can restore apps and data out of the nandroid. maybe you can put the backup on your new phone, then do that to get to the data you want.
other than that, im not sure what to try. i know you can dissect the nandroid on a pc, but i dont know if any of the data will be in a format you can directly recover things from.
So this is quite a hard question before trying it myself.
I would like to move from phone but don`t want the hassel of reinstalling all apps ect, I have currently rooted my device and plan on rooting my next one.
My question: Can I backup phone 1 then restore the backup on phone 2? (not same model)
And will all settings and configs like whatsapp ect be the same?
Propphet said:
So this is quite a hard question before trying it myself.
I would like to move from phone but don`t want the hassel of reinstalling all apps ect, I have currently rooted my device and plan on rooting my next one.
My question: Can I backup phone 1 then restore the backup on phone 2? (not same model)
And will all settings and configs like whatsapp ect be the same?
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Use Google to backup your photos, videos and contacts.
Try helium for your apps and app data.
Use something like SMS backup to backup text messages there is also a way to backup and restore text messages via Google.
But, you will only be able to backup and restore user data and data partition, you will not be able to do this with any of your system apps or system app data or system data or system settings, these will not restore and work properly on the new device.
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