Hi All!
I know the Desire has a built in auto backup of some parts of the phone to the SD card, but I want to back up the entire phone, programs, settings etc etc. just like I used to be able to do on my Windows Mobile device! And also, it needs to be off the phone, not on the Sd card. Whats the point of backup onto the SD card if you loose your phone! I don't quite get HTC's logic in having their backup only onto the SD card!
Can anybody help?!
Thanks a billion!
David
Try Mybackup Pro. It backs up to SD (yeah i know lol) AND there is an option to have it back up over the internet...can't remember if it is to their servers or sends to your e-mail address. I use the SD option.
ephumuris said:
Try Mybackup Pro. It backs up to SD (yeah i know lol) AND there is an option to have it back up over the internet...can't remember if it is to their servers or sends to your e-mail address. I use the SD option.
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Thanks, I will try it!
Do you guys know if the built-in backup function or MyBackup pro backups Market settings too?
I used to use Astro to backup my apps, but first of all everytime I restore it asks me to restore the apps one by one!!!
And secondly it doesn't backup the market so the restored apps ARE NOT updated via Market.
Only app I know does so is Titanium backup but it needs root access...
Thanks
I've had a look at it, it's not the same as WM backup systems. It wont do a complete backup of everything. Seems that a simple one click backup of everything on Androind just isn't possible!
Not clever.
I wonder what it's like on an iPhone. I would assume that since everything goes through iTunes, the entire phone gets backed up. What with this and a numbr of other glaringly mising but basic functionality from Android, I am begining to see why they are still rather low down in the ratings of smartphone systems.
But then again, I used a blackberry 9700 yesterday, and just couldnt believe that people can type on their keyboard!, And I used to have a WM phone with a keyboard.
My perfect phone would be my HTC Desire with a thin slide out keyboard running Android with all the functionality of Windows Mobile!!!
A Pipe dream!!!
david_inuk said:
Hi All!
And also, it needs to be off the phone, not on the Sd card. Whats the point of backup onto the SD card if you loose your phone! I don't quite get HTC's logic in having their backup only onto the SD card!
Can anybody help?!
Thanks a billion!
David
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Cant you copy your backup from the Sd card to your computer?
Of course, although it's just an unnecessary step! I am used to connecting my phone to my computer and have everything work by itself! I have to install that program and see if it puts everything in an easily identifiable folder.
Windows Mobile - Very functional - but outdated
Android - Really modern and snazzy - Missing essential business functionality!!
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To my great despair, my MicroSD card failed over the weekend. I didn't really have any up-to-date backups that were off-SD (i.e., within a week or two) so it was a rather inconvenient for me and I have no plans to allow this to happen again.
Does the ability exist to, say, make nightly nandroid backups then store them remotely (whether it be FTP/SCP/Rapidshare/Rsync or some other crafty way)? I'm only asking because I'm about to hack a little something together (which I might release, if anyone would actually use it?) but wanted to be sure that I hadn't overlooked something.
I managed to pull together a one script to reboot into recovery and take a nandroid from what was already given in the rommanager scripts (which should be the tougher part), just making it autonomous (and adding things like, only if on charge, perhaps?) then figuring the best way to store said backups off-device (I don't have a NAS yet, may invest in one) using whatever method I can think of (seems appropriate: .img files needn't keep their attributes and a FAT32 filesystem on the SD doesn't support it anyway).
TL;DR - Any way to automatically backup (nandroid + SD contents incrementally) off-device? May develop if there's a need/want
Cheers
Jay
Take it that it doesn't exist?
I know this is an old thread... but just FYI
...I use SugarSync to backup my Nandroid backups remotely. You can get (As of April 2011) a free 5GB account (link for 5gb free account in small print at the bottom of their website) and download the SugarSync app from the Android Market. Once I created my SugarSync account and installed the app on my phone, I used the app to select my Nandroid folder from my SD card and SYNC it. I dont know if it automatically does the sync/upload of the Nandroid folder on my SD card, so I just manually launch the SugarSyc app and tell the folder to Sync at least once a day.
Just wanted to update this post since it was the first one I came to on the subject when I googled it.
Ted
Wish to have the same solution what jayshah described. Have somebody found something similar?
You can sync two-way and instantly with Dropsync PRO.
Terepin said:
You can sync two-way and instantly with Dropsync PRO.
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does Dropsync PRO make nandroid backup? if no, what does it sync?
I don't think any apps exist that will automatically do NANDROID backups. I would use this so I look forward to what you may produce.
I think it should include options such as:
Only if battery above xx%
Only if charging
Only if SD has xxMB free space
Etc.
As for syncing, I currently use titanium media sync to specify certain folders on SD card to monitor and sync to my home FTP. You can also set it to sync to your Dropbox should you wish. So that should take care of the remote backup functionality.
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Hello
i made a solution for it... setup in 5 min
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678859
héhé
Over the past 6 months I have collected a plethora of "****" on my SD card, lots of apps that left behind empty folders, logs, etc. I want to "fresh start it" and wipe everything off of it to eliminate all the folders that are no longer needed. Yes, I'm a app downloader/uninstaller, lol and as I'm sure some of you know leaves behind a trail of crap on your storage medium.
My question is, what does the SD card HAVE to have left on it (if anything) for the phone to operate correctly? I am Rooted/S-Off/SkyRaider 3.3.
Do i need to leave update.zip for instance on it, pictures i can i move to my Linux box, but I would hate to format the SD only to find out I just borked myself by removing a crucial system file the custom roms or rooting need.
I would also move my RomManager backup to my LB as well, just thought of that....
Anyone know?
i would leave clockwordmod folder, android.tether, android, and titanium backup folder..i mean thats what i have and would keep on my phone...I'm sure your setup is similar.
Thank you! =)
Damn good post. I went ahead and wiped my SD as well through clockwork. I saved my pictures and stuff to my desktop and then retransfered from there. What really sucks is organizing my pictures/music/media/ Sometimes when I switch ROM's I forget the camera auto saves pictures to internall emmc folder. What would be prime is to have it auto sync with a service like drop box.
so... we dont need :
"update.zip"
data
permissions log
blackberry? (never understood this being on my card)
etc...
i just formatted card via settings - storage - card format...
it took like 2 secs... and i have 3-4 gig of music on there...
seemed too fast for a format...
only 2 files it left on card was android.secure and lost.dir
i am re-adding some files i need, but wondering if your list above is the only "neccessary" files - obviously i'm adding my backups but i'm nervous cause theres a ton of files i'll be "missing"
i do have it backed up on 2 pc's, so i guess i'm covered...
hoping this helps - really just want a fresh canvas to work with...
Hi all,
I am having my phone replaced by Orange (GPS and 'no network' issues).
Is there a piece of software that I can use to backup my HTC DHD to PC to include all data. By all data I mean apps, SMS, contacts, etc...?
Or, failing that, if I copy everything from the phone (in disk drive mode) to the PC from my old phone, and then copy it back again, will it all appear as it was?
Thanks in advance.
If you have a rooted phone then a simple nandroid backup will copy the exact state of your phone which can be copied to your pc and restored at a later date.
If not, then then the process becomes a bit more tedious, I'm afraid. Downloading and running the SMS backup + app should cover the text messages. Syncing or backing up contacts will sort out contact details. You can use BookmarkSB to save and restore bookmarks, and syncing the calendar events with you google account will prevent you losing anything.
For other app data, you may have to go into particular apps and back up manually. Even then, I'm not sure how you'll be able to instantly restore things like home page and icon layout.
Good luck.
Oh, and HTC sync may help too.
I used MyPhoneExplorer for that, can backup almost everything. Didn't need root access too
google it up
yup..i used phone explorer........but tell me which type of connection for usb is needed for backing up ????????
i mean is it disk drive or Htc syc ??????
rohithksaj said:
yup..i used phone explorer........but tell me which type of connection for usb is needed for backing up ????????
i mean is it disk drive or Htc syc ??????
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It's disk drive, you may find it even faster using WiFi with My Phone Explorer.
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MyPhone Explorer is really good, do i have to mount via root explorer bevor i can make some channges in the Files on MyPhone Explorer?
U can use Droid Explorer too, but i prefer MPE...
Do any of you use this app, and also do you back up its settings ect.. to SD?
I had it on my Epic 4G, and now im using the same SDcard with ET4G, though i can't seem to restore the settings and bookmarks that i saved to my SD card... help? Thank you ! Also, whenever i try to log into my google account through it, it gives me a failure.. lol, i guess its not ready yet then.
Found it!
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Do any of you use this app, and also do you back up its settings ect.. to SD?
I had it on my Epic 4G, and now im using the same SDcard with ET4G, though i can't seem to restore the settings and bookmarks that i saved to my SD card... help? Thank you ! Also, whenever i try to log into my google account through it, it gives me a failure.. lol, i guess its not ready yet then.
Found it!
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my phone reads my card as two different cards. i had to move all the files from tunnybrowser over to the other card before the saved bookmarks could be found.
That's exactly what i found out after i was like .. hmm let me plug in the phone real quick.. Lol, Since the software isn't optimized to work like this, it will read the primary Sdcard.. which is basically the Internalone(non remobeable sdcard) instead of the one you have inserted, so if they update the software, they have to have an option as of where it should be saved, either "mnt/sdcard" (Internal)
or "mnt/sdcard/external_d/ " (External*)..
I feel sad that it is like this, and you can't choose which one is the one you want the phone and apps to read first , but other than that, after moving files and folders here and there, this phone is the ****!
Hi there.
I've used two RUU in the last year on my DHD. After a phone restart, I go straight to the Marketplace to redownload the apps I had before using the RUU.
Some of the apps don't automatically download, and I can't remember them all so there's probably some old applications and associated data on there.
The SD card is getting full so I was wondering if there was an app out there I could use to remove all app data except that of apps which are currently installed.
I'm running a stock DHD on the latest 2.3.5 ROM with Sense 3.0.
Thanks for your help!
Easiest way I find personally...
Back up your contact list, photos, music, ring tones and the settings files on the main programs you can remember - Even better, use the HTC program
Format the card.
Plug it into the phone and let it load it's file system and then make a back up of that on your PC for future use. Just remember to back up your new contacts, photos etc...
Go to recovery or 4ext / CWM and delete Dalvik
EDIT: Later you can delete them one by one those which you don't use
I think SD maid can do that... I've heard it works pretty good.
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On SD card there is directory called \Android\. There are apps data.
Flacid Monkey said:
Easiest way I find personally...
Back up your contact list, photos, music, ring tones and the settings files on the main programs you can remember - Even better, use the HTC program
Format the card.
Plug it into the phone and let it load it's file system and then make a back up of that on your PC for future use. Just remember to back up your new contacts, photos etc...
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Best and safest way.
I got a question about filesystem on SD card.
If you format it ext4 - how is it speed-wise? Actually what are main advantages?
And can windows7 then normally recognize "disk drive"?