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(stupid) question about backup and upgrading rom

heya,
i never tried yet but .... it would work if i first backup my phone with spritebackup (or anything else), then upgrade rom, then restore the backup ?
that's to avoid reinstalling all of my stuff (contacts,tomtom,etc..) every time .....
theoretically, it shouldnt work .... but anyone tried ?
thanks!

valerino said:
heya,
i never tried yet but .... it would work if i first backup my phone with spritebackup (or anything else), then upgrade rom, then restore the backup ?
that's to avoid reinstalling all of my stuff (contacts,tomtom,etc..) every time .....
theoretically, it shouldnt work .... but anyone tried ?
thanks!
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When you use SpriteBackup, it backs up your registry and many other core files also. New ROM upgrade could include fixes or newer drivers that may get overwritten when you restore your backup. So, for stability reasons, it's not recommended.

Best thing you can do is get PIM Backup and it will backup most of your messages/contacts and other stuff. There isnt a very good way to avoid having to reinstall applications though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705

You can do it...
If you use sprite, you can safely restore if you use upgrade mode in the advanced options. It will restore your contacts, programs, etc. but will not overwrite any system or rom registry settings.

valerino said:
heya,
i never tried yet but .... it would work if i first backup my phone with spritebackup (or anything else), then upgrade rom, then restore the backup ?
that's to avoid reinstalling all of my stuff (contacts,tomtom,etc..) every time .....
theoretically, it shouldnt work .... but anyone tried ?
thanks!
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i use PIM backup and store on my SD card. then flash. then copy back to phone and then restore

[Q] Please help me

My phone is about to be taken away (XPERIA X10) for a replacement in few days. I want to back up everything on it, not just the apps or settings. I want to back up the Android 2.2 which I have on it, all the apps in it with the settings.
I had 2.1, i have got everything ready, such xrecovery and etc.
Could you tell me a way I could also backup my root files (not the sd files).
Thanks

does any one know what I could use

Is your phone rooted? If so, you should use Titanium Backup. You have the ability to backup all your system files and data files. However, keep in mind that when you restore system files, they will need to be restored on the same version of Android that you had on your original phone. If not, you can have many conflicts on restore.
If your phone isn't rooted, there are several backup programs in the Android Market and Amazon's market that do backups.
Don't know if this will help, but if you could provide more information on your question, you will probably get more specific answers.
Good Luck!!

As long as it's a replacement of the exact same phone with the exact same OS, I'm pretty sure you could just use something like Titanium Backup to handle all this if your phone is rooted.

I do have my phone rooted, I want to backup everything, everything, so I can restore the phone as it was. Dont worry about the new phone, i can root and get android 2.2 on it.

As said, Titanium Backup is your best bet. If you're talking about something similar to a nandroid backup through your recovery, you cannot restore those across phones with causing major problems.
Backup your apps + data with TB, but I wouldn't restore any system data. Download the rom you're currently running & have your root method handy. Setting back up shouldn't take too long. I'd take screenshots as well to help when setting widgets back up because TB or any other app cannot restore those.
EDIT: Also backup your contacts/calendar through gmail. Go in to your Accounts & Sync settings and choose sync now. Don't restore anything backed up with Google through Titanium Backup, you might get duplicates.

[Q] Accidentaly changed Google Play ID and lost links

I was testing Titanium Backup and create a .zip file to flash while in recovery.
When I've booted the phone, it says if I want to restore back (at least I've thought I've read this...) my ID.
I answered yes.
Now, all my apps disappeared from Google Play.
I've lost all my links and wouldn't be able, in the future, to update paid apps...
I've restored a nandroid backup but it did not solve anything...
I've tried to restore the market links using Ultimate Backup Pro but I couldn't...
Is there anybody who can help me!

[Completed] [Q] How to do TWRP or CWM Call Log Recovery?

Hi, rooted my phone for the first time in years.
I'm starting to require my old Call Log (numbers) and SMS (msg). Will use Titanium Backup pro from here on out.
Made a full Backup with TWRP and I like to recover or extract the call log only. Anyone got any suggests short of restoring the entire ROM?
Thanks in advance!

Hi there,
Hope this discussion help you: Extracting SMS from CWM6 nandroid or this one:
[GUIDE]How to extract nandroid backup and restore apps from it without pc.
Good luck

Backup & Restore

Hi Guys
Which app you use to backup and restore OPO 7 pro?
Google account shows Waiting for backup but never takes a backup.
Kindly advice if i need to use any APP to backup to a cloud? I havent rooted my device. Thanks

zeeshee said:
Hi Guys
Which app you use to backup and restore OPO 7 pro?
Google account shows Waiting for backup but never takes a backup.
Kindly advice if i need to use any APP to backup to a cloud? I havent rooted my device. Thanks
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I'd start with OnePlus' official app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oneplus.backuprestore
I'm sure there's other 3rd party solutions out there.
Here's a couple of lists to peruse:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/633-best-android-backup-apps.html
https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-backup-apps-and-other-ways-too-608014/
I myself don't backup anything other than my Google account/apps, but, it makes sense to use the mfgs own tool & wouldn't hurt to use others as well, see which method(s) do the best job.

Problem with OnePlus switch is that it takes backup locally. What if I need to install a custom ROM and then restore my backup ? How can I do that as I have to factory reset my phone for it.

Have you followed this guide for fixing Android backup?
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-backup-google-drive-broken-how-to-fix-manager/
Just so you know, it can take some time before the backups succeeds after applying this. For me it succeeded one day later.

I used to use titanium backup but when I got on OnePlus 7 pro titanium would stop working when restoring so I switched to swift backup and it works really smooth and just the other day I did my first restore from swift (with root permissions) and it did really well getting accounts logged back into and everything. I only had a few trouble apps that I had to clear data and re-log into but otherwise went unexpectedly smooth
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Migrate does the trick easily.