back-up & sync with pc ? - Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers

is there any way to keep the phone storage backed up on my pc and the get that backup up to date on a daily basis?
i'm doing this to save my images, videos and my WhatsApp data! for some reason, i can't use the google drive backup with my WhatsApp! any ideas ?

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Help! I installed a new rom but my Contacts are gone!?

I went through Windows Mobile Device Center, synced all my settings before I installed a new Rom, but now it's all gone!?
Please help, I had over 200 contacts and important events!
I also did a "Microsoft my phone", and I can access it, but I have no idea what do to with it.
Thank you.
Install and run My Phone on the new rom, and sync it.
Your contacts should Sync again from your PC when it sees the new ROM. You might have to delete and re-establish the partnership.
For the future, use Sprite Backup. It has a great Restore Merge Feature that will re-install all your apps and settings to a new ROM. They even claim it will move them to a different phone.
Sprite also keeps self-executing backups on your SD Card. If you botch up something, you can quickly put it back the way it was at the last Backup. It will also backup to your your PC for another level of protection. Don't forget to periodically copy the contents of your SD Card to your PC and another safe place. I'd be more concerned about loosing that then anything on my phone.
I don't know if MS cloud backup works but I certainly wouldn't rely on it. Just ask the Sidekick users. I guess if your house burned down it might be helpful. You can do the same thing by just copying your Sprite Backups to another form of online storage. Most email providers provide some for free.
If it is important. BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP.
Pantaloonie said:
Install and run My Phone on the new rom, and sync it.
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So I lose all my current contacts in Microsoft My Phone?
schneid said:
Your contacts should Sync again from your PC when it sees the new ROM. You might have to delete and re-establish the partnership.
For the future, use Sprite Backup. It has a great Restore Merge Feature that will re-install all your apps and settings to a new ROM. They even claim it will move them to a different phone.
Sprite also keeps self-executing backups on your SD Card. If you botch up something, you can quickly put it back the way it was at the last Backup. It will also backup to your your PC for another level of protection. Don't forget to periodically copy the contents of your SD Card to your PC and another safe place. I'd be more concerned about loosing that then anything on my phone.
I don't know if MS cloud backup works but I certainly wouldn't rely on it. Just ask the Sidekick users. I guess if your house burned down it might be helpful. You can do the same thing by just copying your Sprite Backups to another form of online storage. Most email providers provide some for free.
If it is important. BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP.
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But they should still be somewhere on the computer. It synced on the last ROM.
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So I lose all my current contacts in Microsoft My Phone?
But they should still be somewhere on the computer. It synced on the last ROM.
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Once you run myphone and login on the new ROM, sync it and your contacts should be there.
Also when you first plug in your phone to WMC you have to setup the phone and choose which items to sync(Contacs, Outlook, Music, etc) make sure that's setup correctly.
kingofslackerz said:
Once you run myphone and login on the new ROM, sync it and your contacts should be there.
Also when you first plug in your phone to WMC you have to setup the phone and choose which items to sync(Contacs, Outlook, Music, etc) make sure that's setup correctly.
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1) It didn't do anything except update the sync date on the Myphone site.
2) I can't check "contacts, events, etc", because there are none on the phone.
Ah, here we go.
It didn't connect properly. Thanks for the help!
You should have a fail-safe or two. I back up my contacts 3 different ways-Pimbackup (you should get this), SK tools backup, and I also copy pim.vol onto my storage card (this is not hard-you should do this). Weird things can happen. I mainly use sk tools to restore, because pimbackup has issues with 6.5 in my experience, but it's good to have multiple options (and doesn't take much effort). I also save a copy every so often on my pc, in case my card crashes.

[SugarSync] Backup files to the cloud!

Hi, friends!
I'd like to share with you a very nice way I discovered these days to have all my files backed up to the cloud: it's called SugarSync.
It looks like Dropbox, but in my opinion it's much better. In DP you have to put all your files in a folder, which should be syncronized to the cloud.
With SugarSync all you have to do is select the folders you want to sync and it's ok!
They have a Android app that gives you the option to back up your pictures in background also. In this android app, you should have access to all your computer's/MAC's files.
Take a look at these videos:
If you register, you get 5 gb for free https://www.sugarsync.com/
But if you register from this other link, you shoud get extra 500 mb! https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=bc666tvfa7oyg
Happy new year to all!
Just a reminder: after complete the form, don't forget to install the program on your PC or Mac to be able to sync your data
Some people have asked me by PM if they have to remember to sync the files: the answer is NO! The program syncs all data automaticaly. Just after putting new files or modifying existing ones, they are uploaded to the cloud.
Great news from SugarSync guys: the new Android app now has the capability of automatically sync videos over WiFi networks. No more worries about forgetting to backup them.
http://www.sugarsync.com/blog/2012/01/04/new-android-app-reinvents-mobile-video-sync/
titanium backup has had such service since early last year, you can sync you backups directly to your dropbox
1 click backup to dropbox
1 click restore from dropbox
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titanium backup has had such service since early last year, you can sync you backups directly to your dropbox
1 click backup to dropbox
1 click restore from dropbox
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I didn't know about Titanium backup. But do they offer anything to sync files from PC or MAC to the gadgets?
Please us this thread for storage and referrals: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840940

Auto Backup from Pictures using Google Drive/Google+?

Is it possible to have Google Drive do an automatic backup of my camera pictures? Dropbox does it and the Google+ Gallery does it, the thing is Google+ does a Backup on the cloud, and then I need to go to Google+.com and then download the pictures to my Laptop and that's not so handy, is it? I want the Backup on my Laptop :/
I believe FolderSync will do what you want. Just set it to sync your DCIM/Camera folder. I haven't tried it personally, but I think it's worth a go. :good:

Backup and restore without root?

I'm currently running Android 6.0 DP3 on my Nexus 5 and have to perform a clean flash due to battery drain issues. However, this will make me go through the whole backup and re-setup process again - backup images, backup Whatsapp, backup all documents and download, flash the phone, restore everything, log into the different apps, set up Gmail accounts etc. Obviously, I'm not looking forward to that it's basically also the reason which has kept me from trying different ROMs on my phone in the past. I know that there is Titanium Backup just for that job, but it needs root access and I can't root my phone because this will trigger the "phone isn't secure"-alarm of my bank's super cautious TAN app which will stop it from working (just like using Tasker does, which obviously sucks).
So I am looking for a way to backup my phone's data, apps and app data without having to root the phone. Is there any possibility for that?
easy way just plug it in usb to u pc copy all u stuff to drive on u pc and long u have u gmail loged in u contacts ect sync u should not lose anything fresh install set u new settings copy u images music ect back through usb and done and cleaned same time
Yeah, that works, of course - but won't save me the hassle-full process of restoring the latest Whatsapp backup, manually copying all files, logging into my apps and downloading 20 GB of Play Music All Access offline music.

Does deleting photos from whatsapp folder also deletes them from Google Drive backup?

I've installed Whatsapp on a new phone, and during installation all messages and photos were restored to the phone from the backup in Google Drive. Now I want to delete all photos from the Whatsapp folder on the phone, because they occupy a lot of space.
The question is whether during the daily automatic backup of Whatsapp to Google Drive, the same deleted images will also be deleted from the backup? i.e. will deletion be synchronized, or maybe the photos will be restored to the device from the backup?
I don't want them to be restored to my phone again, but I do want them to remain backed up in Google Drive so if I'll install Whatsapp on another device in the future, I'll be able to also restore the photos if I want.

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