As of lately, whenever I flash a new ROM or install a new vanilla version of android on my devices, I do the opt in for the google backup hoping that information about my settings (doze, do not disturb, wifi passwords, etc) get backed up so I dont start from scratch everytime.
Despite of this, everytime I set up a new clean install, I find out all my commonly visited places I have to re-enter my wifi password (parents house, frequeted coffee shops, etc). Arent these supposed to be backed up with the google opt-in thingy?
I even do the NFC thing where you touch your device and it passes the info one to another (eg, from my phone to tablet) and nothing.
I also use Titanium Backup but cant seem to find the specific function for this. Do I just overwrite the settings app? Im sort of new to ROMing and stuff and Im afraid it will mess up my devices...
Please help!
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So my understanding of the Backup settings is that your settings, like ringtones and applications will be loaded onto googles server so they can be restored if you do a factory reset.
I just flashed the beta 2 Cyanogen ROM but none of my applications are coming back to me. I had the backup selected before, so i dont know if i just need to be patient or what. its been like half an hour, i expected to see at least something by now.
Can anyone give me more information about this feature? I haven't been able to find much.
I just found this from Google
http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=27201&topic=27235&answer=168581
Back up my settings
Check to back up your phone's settings to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, the settings you've backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of settings are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you've installed, the words you've added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers.
I've had the backup settings checked and it worked perfectly for me. It reinstalled about 30 apps right after signing into google after flashing.
My only problem with it is that after it reinstalls everything I have no access to root. All my apps that require root hang at the SU request page and I never get the buttons to allow access.
Anyone else experience this? I haven't tried it with the new CM rom but it happened with enom's add on.
jessetbenton said:
So my understanding of the Backup settings is that your settings, like ringtones and applications will be loaded onto googles server so they can be restored if you do a factory reset.
I just flashed the beta 2 Cyanogen ROM but none of my applications are coming back to me. I had the backup selected before, so i dont know if i just need to be patient or what. its been like half an hour, i expected to see at least something by now.
Can anyone give me more information about this feature? I haven't been able to find much.
I just found this from Google
http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=27201&topic=27235&answer=168581
Back up my settings
Check to back up your phone's settings to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, the settings you've backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of settings are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you've installed, the words you've added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers.
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I think flashing a custom ROM changes the identifier or signature of your phone, so you won't get that backed up information synching back with your phone.
Hi all,
For some reason the info under my Google Dashboard > Android device is nearly blank. Basically, when I click on the link 'Data stored for your xxxx Android device' all I see is the IMEI number and the last date that I activated/accessed my phone.
Here is some background.
I've only ever owed the single Nexus S, which has always been backed up with my Google account. Long ago, when I was just on stock (no root, nothing) my casual browsing showed what info my Google account had backed up regarding my Android settings etc (number of wifi spots, passwords etc). All was as per what might be expected.
Since rooting, I have flashed a number of different ROMs, including PixelROM, CyberGR, MIUI Catalyst (among others) and now my current constant is AOKP (b36). Goes without saying that I don't "dirty flash": always wipe as much possible before flashing new ROM/kernels etc. As far as I know the info about my Android phone has always been backed up into the Google account. The possible exception is MIUI which showed something weird instead of the info about the Google account I was backing up with. In checking whether the MIUI ROM was storing info in my Google account, I might have unchecked the backup option (which supposedly deletes all user info) and re-enabled it.
Since then, my Google dashboard shows only the IMEI number and when my phone was last accessed. A recent wipe showed me it *is* storing info about wifi passwords etc in my Google account -- basically when it signed into my account, it restored wifi settings etc. For some reason, a summary of this info just isn't appearing under Dashboard the way it should. My friend who is also running AOKP on a Nexus S showed me that a summary of his phone backup info does appear under Dashboard (where mine does not).
Any ideas/thoughts about what might be going on? Its not something I'm too worried about, just a little irritating that it doesn't show the info.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Never mind, the process of wiping completely, flashing a stock ROM and logging in, then reinstalling AOKP appears to have allowed Google to start logging me the way I like.. again.
Could mods delete this thread? Turned out to be pretty pointless.
This was my first experience today flashing a custom rom, and I was really annoyed by one big issue. For some reason, google detected the new rom as an entirely different device, and so it didn't sync anything. On the play store, I now have two devices listed, a verizon SCH-I535, and a verizon SCH-I535. Is there anyway to combine these two or to force the new rom to id itself as the old on to prevent this?
Edit: Sorry for not mentioning this earlier, but the new rom I tried was CM10, although I seemed to be having the same issue with Synergy, but everything syncs up just fine when I flash back to root66.
I have had success using titanium backup to restore my "Android ID" after it was changed. It just pops up and asks you right when you start the app after you've backed up and changed roms. You may have success getting Google's backup to restore that way... I personally disable Google's backup and use titanium only, because you get more control over the whole process that way.
Is there anyway to manually change your Android ID so I can switch it back to what it was on the stock Rom? Also, is this normal to be getting a different ID for each ROM? Also I thought the whole point of Android's sync was so that when you get a new phone/device, it would be able to update that new device to have the same apps/contacts/etc as your old device. Does this option have to be specifically enabled? If not, then why is it not working correctly for me?
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Hmm.. just came to mind, why does the button say "Edit/Delete" and yet there is no option to delete?
My network icons (WiFi, Cell Signal) used to turn blue (showing connectivity to Google). I tried XenonHD and decided it wasn't for me so I flashed back my Nandroid of the 4.1.1 OTA from kibmcz. For some reason, it seems that after flashing back, my icon never turns blue, even though I can connect to the Play Store, retrieve Gmail, receive Google Voice notifications, etc.
Any thoughts on how to restore this background connection to allow my network icons to turn blue?
I'm backing up (TB) and getting a Nandroid, then reflashing. I think it may be due to the device ID. This was the first time I chose to get the old device ID back when restoring from TB, instead of choosing ignore and keep the new device ID.
Update coming soon...
I've never had issues with changing or not changing the device ID (I've done both over the course of trying out way too many roms). Any chance you accidentally restored some system or Google date with TB? That could cause some problems. In general, don't restore through TB unless there is unrecoverable data that doesn't really interact with the system (such as game scores). If you can restore the data from somewhere else (email from a server, etc) do that. Restore any apps that don't need their data restored from the Play Store (translate, browsers, etc)
Instead of reflashing the OTA, I decided to go with a CM10 (listed in signature). This time I selected "Ignore (keep the new device ID)" and this seemed to work. Coincidental or not, the only time this has been an issue is when I told TB to restore the device ID. Perhaps a TB bug? I'm not sure. I've always restore almost everything stored in TB and never had any issues, especially since I typically don't flash multiple ROMs. I usually stick to stock OTA.
Thanks for the reply, dvorak. I may start doing that if I switch ROMs and not just re-flash the same ROM.
Hi,
Got a new UMi Plus E (upgrading from Google Nexus 6), when booting the new phone Android Marshmallow ask for Google credential, when logged in it does not restore apps/wifi passwords. Apps is not a problem, because I can install them manually, but I have a lot of wifi passwords stored on my old device that would be nice to have.
Some time ago I got a Huawei Honor which I rooted and used different roms, was never able to restore wifi on this phone either. Maybe its a account problem?
So my two questions:
Is it possible to view the saved wifi passwords in without encryption online (in clear text), if not, can I check if they are backed up? Without root..
How can I fix this issue so my wifi passwords get backed up/restored in the future?