Hi,
in terms of backups wp8 already has a lot of backup .. skydrive.. whatever automation.
But i am wondering what would happen if i swap my phone due to "damage" for example to minimize the backup work.
On my TP3 i had spb backup that backed everything up for me. it was a joy to swap the phone.
Do i need another programm on wp8 or is everything synced in the cloud with skydrive and microsoft account?
-adrian- said:
Hi,
in terms of backups wp8 already has a lot of backup .. skydrive.. whatever automation.
But i am wondering what would happen if i swap my phone due to "damage" for example to minimize the backup work.
On my TP3 i had spb backup that backed everything up for me. it was a joy to swap the phone.
Do i need another programm on wp8 or is everything synced in the cloud with skydrive and microsoft account?
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You have to turn on backup from settings. I can vouch that backup works well as my 8X keeps breaking... And takes a long time to be fixed. Screw you HTC!
Back on topic, 4 main things are backed up
1. Text messages (REMEMBER TO TURN IT ON)
2. Apps installed on your phone (App data is NOT backed up)
3. Your accent color (Home screen layout is not backed up)
4. Settings (Except home screen layout as stated)
Everything is automated if you TURN IT ON. It is linked to your MIcrosoft account, and AFAIK does not use skydrive storage.
Did I forget to state to TURN BACKUP ON?
Text messaging backup is off by default. TURN IT ON It's a lifesaver.
is the information about email accounts backed up as well? like fb gmail etc? or do i have to add them in manually again
1 there is no full phone backup, in wp, yet
2 there is no 2
-adrian- said:
is the information about email accounts backed up as well? like fb gmail etc? or do i have to add them in manually again
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Account info is backed up, but your password needs to be entered again.
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Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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I never found where they were, but I found an old backup I made of my SD card so there were a lot of the pics I used to make contact icons so I just used those.
DirectMatrix said:
Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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Actually I think it is stored with google because I got a replacement phone and all my contact pictures was still there even tho it was a different phone.
Hmm, that would be a problem but I still think the images have to be stored locally somewhere on the phone. When I use mybackup pro to restore my contacts, it includes my contact icons which means that the program is getting them from "somewhere" when I do the initial backup. That somewhere cannot be Google because I haven't synced with Google since the beginning of the year.
The only reason I said that was because of having a brand new phone without my sd card in it and nothing done to it. As soon as I logged into the brand new phone before leaving the t mobile store my contact pictures were there.
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Shameless bump.....
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Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
h.nocturna said:
Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
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The problem is that the images are on the non rooted phone. I was hoping that there was a folder I could gain access to from Linda or Astro file manager and pull them off that way. But I'm not sure if this is even possible.
prettyboy85712 said:
Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
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I was one of the original users of mybackup pro (before everyone fully understood the syncing with gmail problem). There is an inherent glitch in mybackup pro that makes contacts syncing impossible once you perform the first restore of your backups. Now the problem is know and well documented, then it wasn't. I spent the better part of four hours today restoring my contacts from my rooted spare G1's SIM card in order to partial restore my gmail contacts because those contacts were untouched by the glitch in mybackup pro. Now everything is just the way I want it in gmail contacts with the exception of the contact icons so I was figuring that I could push them from the phone to gmail contacts with a PC as the go between. Then everything will be perfect and I will make sure NEVER to backup my contacts with mybackup pro!
I'm looking for a way, possibly free, to fully backup my phone.
I already use PIM Backup to save my contacs, Messages, and so on (but this is done on a daily basis with ActiveSync too, so this is not critical).
Much more critical is to backup eMail accounts settings (username, password, server addresses, ports, ssl, and so on).
Due to misterious reason (main suspect is Resco Audio Recorder, from now on disinstalled) I lost my account settings twice, and this is really annoying, as I use my phone to check many eMail account regularly so when this kind of crash happens, I have to re-type every single setting...
So, if a way exists to backup account settings, this could be enough. But, as my phone is currently perfectly configured and working, I would like to make a "snapshot" of the phone on the storage card, si I can later fully restore it.
I use a Shifu WM6.5 Rom.
Thanks in advance
Bye
Alberto
ThunderDick said:
I'm looking for a way, possibly free, to fully backup my phone.
I already use PIM Backup to save my contacs, Messages, and so on (but this is done on a daily basis with ActiveSync too, so this is not critical).
Much more critical is to backup eMail accounts settings (username, password, server addresses, ports, ssl, and so on).
Due to misterious reason (main suspect is Resco Audio Recorder, from now on disinstalled) I lost my account settings twice, and this is really annoying, as I use my phone to check many eMail account regularly so when this kind of crash happens, I have to re-type every single setting...
So, if a way exists to backup account settings, this could be enough. But, as my phone is currently perfectly configured and working, I would like to make a "snapshot" of the phone on the storage card, si I can later fully restore it.
I use a Shifu WM6.5 Rom.
Thanks in advance
Bye
Alberto
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http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/backup/
http://www.spritesoftware.com/
http://pt.softpicks.net/software/Ut...Tool-Windows-Mobile-Backup-Suite_pt-55599.htm
Only with google. You can try with yahoo
Back in the day when I had windows mobile, I had a program that synced my text messages, picture mail (sprint mms) and call logs to Outlook. When I upgraded to Outlook 2007 and this app ceased to function, I found a backup program that I could schedule to run each night that would backup these items to the SD card, retaining 3 days worth of backups on the card. If I forgot to restore them when I wiped, no problem the backup program could add only the new or missing ones back to the device. I would like to find a way to backup the same way with Android, does anyone know of anything like this for Android? :cyclops:
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Back in the day when I had windows mobile, I had a program that synced my text messages, picture mail (sprint mms) and call logs to Outlook. When I upgraded to Outlook 2007 and this app ceased to function, I found a backup program that I could schedule to run each night that would backup these items to the SD card, retaining 3 days worth of backups on the card. If I forgot to restore them when I wiped, no problem the backup program could add only the new or missing ones back to the device. I would like to find a way to backup the same way with Android, does anyone know of anything like this for Android? :cyclops:
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for contacts and pics you can sync with your google account.
For messages you can use sms backup & restore.
I think there is no way to sync with outlook atm.
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Blu3Fr0g said:
Back in the day when I had windows mobile, I had a program that synced my text messages, picture mail (sprint mms) and call logs to Outlook. When I upgraded to Outlook 2007 and this app ceased to function, I found a backup program that I could schedule to run each night that would backup these items to the SD card, retaining 3 days worth of backups on the card. If I forgot to restore them when I wiped, no problem the backup program could add only the new or missing ones back to the device. I would like to find a way to backup the same way with Android, does anyone know of anything like this for Android? :cyclops:
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Yes you can set schedule backup to SD card for SMS, MMS, and call log(and much more) with Titanium backup, with flexibility to select frequency as well number of backup.
Read 'How to keep device backup up-to-date' on my signature.
dr. ketan, does Titanium Backup offer the flexibility to backup the entire phone (ROM, application programs, data, pictures, videos, etc.)? Thanks in advance for your reply.
No, TB can't backup ROM/Kernel or Pictures/Video.. TB can backup application(system and user) and data of application. It needs root to backup system app and data of app(syst/user)
ROM/Kernel can be backup by Nandroid.
Use sms backup+ to backup & restore all your messages, MMS, Contacts, Call logs to your Gmail account(s). It;s Freeware.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS56ZWdvZ2dsZXMuc21zc3luYyJd
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30482023
You can also use this.
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I'm thinking of using the HTC Backup service.
My questions is what features are missing? I know that it doesn't backup photos and videos as these are backup-ed to Dropbox.
Do contacts still sync with the Google account (as Google backup is disabled) and what about the apps? If I restore from HTC do they install automatically?
Anything else I should know?
Thanks
use google backup. then you can restore to any android device, not just HTC. and yes it does contacts, and apps. its started to do app data too but i've never tested if that works.
I use htc backup because it saves blinkfeed setting and Im kinda ROMaholic that I flash roms 2-3 times a day so I dont need to set my blinkfeed everytime.
if you wanna switch to other brand, just change backup method in settings and back everything up with google before letting your phone go.
ryryzz said:
I use htc backup because it saves blinkfeed setting and Im kinda ROMaholic that I flash roms 2-3 times a day so I dont need to set my blinkfeed everytime.
if you wanna switch to other brand, just change backup method in settings and back everything up with google before letting your phone go.
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So if something happened to the One you wouldn't be able to use the HTC backup to another phone.
Corduroy-21 said:
So if something happened to the One you wouldn't be able to use the HTC backup to another phone.
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sadly yes but it is my preference so... hope for the best then
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sadly yes but it is my preference so... hope for the best then
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Are there any settings? Because I don't see any.
I want to try it, but I can't seem to choose what to backup or not.
I see it backup-ed to my Dropbox account but don't know what it did.
For example dictionary etc.
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Are there any settings? Because I don't see any.
I want to try it, but I can't seem to choose what to backup or not.
I see it backup-ed to my Dropbox account but don't know what it did.
For example dictionary etc.
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Unfortunately there is no real options to tailor your backup. HTC Back up, backups:
Home screen settings: These include your categories and headlines in HTC BlinkFeed, widgets, and Home screen layout.
Accounts and passwords: HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email and social network accounts, including Exchange ActiveSync, Microsoft Hotmail, Flickr, LinkedIn, Evernote, and POP/IMAP.
Apps and settings: These include your web bookmarks, personal dictionary, Wi-Fi networks, TV remotes and viewing preferences, apps you've installed, grid size and sort order in the All apps view, and over 150 other settings.
When it has all been backed up it is encrypted and then sent to your Dropbox folder. What you see in your folder is encrypted files, so there is not much you can do with the files.
Hoped this has helped.
I reset my phone today to test the feature and I am very impressed with it. It restored everything perfectly except the grid size of the app drawer, I had to do that myself. All apps, settings, wi-fi networks and passwords, home screens with all shortcuts, widgets and folders that I created, blinkfeed and pretty much everything I normally spend hours re-customizing after a full reset. Text messages did not restore (I didn't think they would) but I had them backed up to my Handcent account. Bluetooth pairings also did not get restored but that's easy and fast.
Overall I am extremely impressed, it made doing a hard reset quite painless compared to what I usually go through.
I believe that the restore should also work on future versions of HTC phones so if you upgrade to a newer HTC you can restore all your apps and settings to the newer HTC device.
Did it backup and restore all your contacts ?
Thanks
nokevin said:
Did it backup and restore all your contacts ?
Thanks
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Normally, you shall store your contacts in your Google account....
So my phone died and is now miraculously working. So now I am backing everything up in case it happens again.
Here's the thing. Google sync never works perfectly for me and the HTC backup doesn't either.
I've tried MyBackup in the past but whenever I used it it would mess up the contacts. It backed them all up but upon restoring each entry of a contact (i.e. home phone, mobile home, notes, etc.) became a new contact with that name. So instead of having one Bob in my contact list I would have six bobs, one with the cell number, another with an email, and so on.
I was wondering what backup apps you guys could recommend that restore the contacts properly. I only care about the contacts. MyBackup works well with SMS and call logs so if need be I can use different apps for different backups and what I need now is a good contact solution.
Thanks
Helium from Clockworkmod. Its the best method of backup for non rooted users IMHO. https://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
I have never experienced a problem restoring my Google account contacts, I take it you have removed the account and tried to set it up again to see if it will let you save the contacts. You can verify that they are saved if you log onto gmail when using a browser.
BrownTrout said:
Helium from Clockworkmod. Its the best method of backup for non rooted users IMHO. https://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
I have never experienced a problem restoring my Google account contacts, I take it you have removed the account and tried to set it up again to see if it will let you save the contacts. You can verify that they are saved if you log onto gmail when using a browser.
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Thanks for the suggestion but trying out the free one it backs up apps but the people/contacts app doesn't show up in the list meaning it doesn't do what I need...