Hey fellow Honor 8 pro users
I have observed that honor 8 pro has Hi cloud but is only limited to contacts and call log. Is it same for you all or is there a work around to backup more items like apps, home screen state etc.
I once happened to stumble upon a more elaborate hicloud, could select more items but it was painfully slow and my ISP had to do some maintenance same day and it kind of got failed (after spending whole morning and noon backing up fhe data)
I cannot find that option again, it allowed me to back up contacts, call log, apps and app data, homescreen state and photos (except for the camera forder perhaps due to the large size of the pics... idk why the omission)
All I can find now is a message that says this isn't enabled for your region.
I like inhouse cloud apps because it automates the restoration after a flash or factory reset. Convenient and no need to bother about forgetting an item or two during backups because it is a one time check. And the phone returns to earlier state with all your customizations.
Note I want to collect as many responses as possible and forward this to Huawei so they can implement a full fledged cloud backup in India. So please be vocal.
PS : This is only regarding 'HiCloud', yes there are third party apps but I like inhouse cloud backup like icloud, Xiaomi's mi cloud etc. So please do not start with who uses that anymore when there are this and that.
Thank You.
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Hi,
I recently reset my One M8, and I made a backup of my SMS with MyBackupPro, i used it a lot of time with my OneX.
I tried to restore this backup (.mbp), but it's not working with SMS, and buggy with Call History.
I have about 10k sms, so it's pretty important for me to get it back...
Can someone help me ?
If it's that important to hold on to 10000 messages, might I suggest you back them up with multiple apps to be safe?
I think you may be out of luck... They either restore or they don't. The app probably can't handle the amount you have and is having trouble restoring them. You could contact the app makers for support.
You may find things easier to let go of the past and clear out some of those messages occasionally. Seriously.
I use sms backup, when I remember, and have never had trouble. There's titanium backup too... And probably many others.
Again, with that kind of number of messages, you may see issues with any of them.
I'm using "SMS backup", with something like 2k sms, configured it to save the backup on external sd. never had a problem.
Did you take a nandroid backup before you reset?
If you did, there is some excellent functionality in an app called 'Nandroid Manager' which enables you to restore your SMS from the nandroid backup.
Hi, thanks for reply
I think I should explain the whole situation.
I have Zimbra at work, and I wanted to sync my stuff with an "ActiveSync" account.
So I added this account, and Android asked me to apply some security policies, like crypt the SD card, and activate a PIN to unlock.
I accepted, thinking that I could change it later.
But impossible to disable all this security stuff, it was really annoying to type a PIN everytime...
Then I decided to just make a backup and restore from stock.
I did, but now the backup can't be restored.
It shows a progress bar, like it's working, and ask me to reboot the phone, but after that still no SMS.
I thought it may be because the phone was crypted when I did the Backup, so I added again the ActiveSync, recrypted the phone, and tried to restore in this state. Still nothing...
KJ said:
If it's that important to hold on to 10000 messages, might I suggest you back them up with multiple apps to be safe?
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Nevermind that...I don't think any group of people can be so important as to collectively message 10K times and if they are truly important then perhaps it'll be better to talk in person instead of SMS's
My total SMS's - +- 100(Total) over the last 5months.
Not important people - don't get sms'd or phoned.
Important people - get spoken to in person, they are to important to me to merely communicate via "messages"
Rest - probably promotions, companies wanting more money by selling crap in other words - Crap.
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Nevermind that...I don't think any group of people can be so important as to collectively message 10K times and if they are truly important then perhaps it'll be better to talk in person instead of SMS's
My total SMS's - +- 100(Total) over the last 5months.
Not important people - don't get sms'd or phoned.
Important people - get spoken to in person, they are to important to me to merely communicate via "messages"
Rest - probably promotions, companies wanting more money by selling crap in other words - Crap.
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I text most people I know even work... But I usually start with a clean inbox after every flash. I've yet to find a reason to keep any texts. Yesterday is yesterday. ?
But to each their own!
what all are you guys using to migrate your app data from your current phone to the Note 4? Helium has been my go-to for awhile but i wanted to know if there were any other options out there that i should consider too. (moderators forgive me if this is a duplicate topic, i didn't see any in this forum thus far)
I honestly wouldn't even bother transferring app data over unless it is extremely important. I wouldn't want to carry files from an old phone to a new one. Keep it fresh and don't bring over dirty files. May not do anything bad but just my take. Kinda same thing when you wipe data when flashing roms. Dirty flashing can lead to unwanted issues, just as carrying over files from another phone can.
Unless you find a good app to do so. Keep us posted.
thank you. i'm primarily interested in retaining my game data, such as Subway Surfers, Clumsy Ninja, Angry Birds, etc, where it's taken awhile to level up and i would hate to start fresh. i also always transfer text messages and call logs as well. i use SMS Backup/Restore for my texts, Helium for system settings and other app data, and Verizon Cloud for my call logs. i never rooted the S5, been so busy with work i haven't had time to look into tinkering with those settings, so i know that Titanium Backup would not be an option.
Good question. . . I have used Titatnium Backup in the past problem there however is root on N4.
What tu3218 does make sense as well unless you had some way to guarantee or verify it wasn't going to create a bunch of junk in directories which shouldn't exist.
If someone has a good solution I would like to hear it as well. I have three 2-step verify apps which would be nice to just transfer rather than removing and adding manually.
Helium
I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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+1 - Righ on cbdudek. That is exactly how I would do it.
* My backup will restore - call logs, contacts, sms, mms etc..
* Helium to restore games' backup
*Not recommend to restore system settings, or old apps. Download fresh from play store. The theory is every time you move into a new house, you need to do a good clean up and throw out all the junks....
appreciate it everyone. about to give Helium a go and see what happens. rather than restoring all of my app data, i only backed up the game data this time around, so we will see how that goes. i'll let you all know in the morning what happens. how do you like your Note 4's thus far?
i never use titanium or any auto backup method to transfer files to a new fone. it always causes tiny little glitches here and there. Best thing to do is start fresh. For contacts and calendar its all on my GMAIL. for text messages I use GO SMS so i can backup and restore within that app no problems. I use nova launcher so i can backup my home screen and all my other screens and restore it with nova no issues. beyond that its all manual input. I have a few remote dvr viewing apps and i configure all those again manually as well as all my mail settings and what not.
Helium works best without root and you can migrate the app over wifi.
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Only some apps.
So its happening.
Hi Rebels,
We would like to sincerely thank all of you for using Smart Storage. The Smart Storage service will, however, be ending on March 1st, 2018.
What happens on March 1st, 2018:
If you haven’t signed out of Smart Storage, you will be automatically logged out of our servers. Images (thumbnails in gallery) and apps (cloud icons on launcher) that are archived and are not local to the phone will not be accessible through your phone anymore. This includes Apps in the FAB tab. All the images that are backed up until that point will be available on our tools https://cloud.nextbit.com. Only the content that is local will be accessible from the phone at that point.
If you want to keep app data, be sure to restore all of your apps manually, and pin them to prevent them from being offloaded.
Until the service completely ends, we have worked very hard to provide you a way to download your pictures. This is now available at https://cloud.nextbit.com. You have the option to select images individually or download all as a large zip. Please note that the download speed depends on your internet connection. Please use the same account to login as you have used on your Robin phone.
We plan to keep this tool active until April 1st, 2018. After that, all the personal information and data that has been collected from you will be purged and we won’t be able to recover your data. However, information that must be stored in accordance with applicable laws and regulations will be stored for the period specified by the relevant laws and regulations and then disposed of immediately.
Thank you so much for supporting our team and Robin.
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Is it not possible to just use another server IP?
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@LlanGboy
No, as it wasn't just a backup service.
Robin's cloud storage did more than just dumping data in cloud. Its cloud storage archived the media as to save space just like Google Photos does now. And it also made sure the photos which are old and not seen for long time are the ones only archived in cloud, this made sure that the recent and most viewed photos from your gallery would still stay offline for quick access and save data. And for apps the cloud storage not only saved the app but also its data while still keeping the app icon greyed out in your device so on tap it could be restored easily and quickly. This guaranteed it would open in the last state it was used. It was done very methodically which no other services does yet.
Right its more an issue with the method of backing up rather than the backing up its self, shame
no sdcard slot, doesn't support otg, and now cloud are shutting down..
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I just got my Mi 10 t pro after buying it in the singles day sales. I can't for the life of me find the app that I would use to transfer data (contacts, sms, photos at a push). I'm upgrading from an HTC U11. Googling for an answer suggests MiMover which isn't on the Xiaomi and can't be found in the Play store (from UK). ShareMe on the Mi 10 t pro has a "Mi Mover" icon inside it, but when I install Xiaomi ShareMe on the HTC, the MiMover icon isn't there.
Google backup doesn't work for me on the HTC (it shows "waiting to backup" which is possibly because the phone is encrypted).
Exporting my contacts on the HTC gave me a vef file which the Xiaomi doesn't recognise. Exporting my sms gave me an .hbk file which the xiaomi doesn't recognise.
Any clues / pointers would be welcome.
Thanks, PT
Answering my own question here:
The .vef file exported from my HTC is an encrypted vcf file. I was able to re-export this as a vcf and trasfer the file to the Xiaomi separately.
I then used SMS backup and recover to tranfer across sms and call logs.
I'm still shocked that I couldn't find / figure out the Xiaomi app to get this job done.
PT
Google backup does a really good job, most of the time. So there's really no need for a separate app. I don't know why your u11 didn't backup, but encryption isn't it, because 99% of phones today have encryption in system itself...
Sorry for the delayed reply. If you want to back up data on your Android phone to the computer easily, my suggestion is Coolmuster Android Backup Manager. Its free backup function can help us back up data like contacts, text messages, call logs, videos, music, photos, apps, ebooks from your Android phone to the computer via USB cable connecting easily. If you still has such problem, please try it. And hope it will work well on your phone.
Hello everyone,
I'm used to the LineageOS on my previous phone and now I've upgraded recently to this phone but I feel my personal info too much available to Google and MI system apps and I don't want that, thats why I went to LineageOS on my previous phone but, like others custom firmwares, it have several bugs which limits the potential of the phone.
Even not using an google account I can feel my life is being spied because a few things happen:
- if someone calls me, a friend or whatever, and its not in my contacts list it asks me if its spam. For what? To send the info somewhere using the internet connection and warns others if its spam? If it reads my contacts for this it can read those for anything, like copy my whole contacts list which I'm not comfortable with and I'm not able to control. I'm afraid that later if i use the regular browser to access Gmail for instance, I'm afraid the OS is prepared to warn google that all the info that' I've shared so far belongs to that particular Google account and that phone IMEI is also used but that account. I'm crazy? Maybe, but all this is possible and I want to make it impossible.
- If i do not allow Google services from accessing my text messages APP (built-in app) i keep getting a warning from the system that something it will not go OK if I do not turn on that access from Google services. Why the hell should google services needs to access my texts? My first phone, 20 years ago, could send SMS without google, why the hell google needs to see my texts now?
The list continues but I'm not willing to loose the nice things this OS have too, but for me personal info is too valuable and I dont want to give away any information from my contacts list, SMS texts, the places I visit, my tastes and so on, all this is my personal life and no one needs to know about it, not even just for statistics. Some people on my contacts list doesn't use Android and dont want the personal phone number stored somewhere and connected to me somehow, not that Im a criminal or something like but all this combined together its like a personal "Facebook" for Google and MI to use, they know who are the persons who I connect with, who are near me at a certain period of the day, where I usually do shopping, well, all my life is being stored somewhere, and I want to end this.
Is there a way to keep the current OS and block every outgoing info coming from the phone? I've made some research and i come to this so far
- AFwall can be a solution, but how good it is?
- Removing google services is not an option using ADB, the OS will not work
- Disable google services is not working. The system keeps turning it on automatically
Please give me your feedbacks with your experiences about this security issue, I think several people feels the same way, and how did you managed a work around to this keeping the original OS.
PS: For now I didnt unlock the bootloader, but I will if the solution goes that way.
Thank you everyone
Tomalamix
Living in the age of Google, one cannot use phone & Internet without your info being collected for ad purposes or whatsoever.
Ad purposes i can live with that,. what I cant live with is my personal data being stored by a 3rd party company besides my cell operator
Ive been watching the Anti-Gapps group but it seems discontinued i guess, i think this is a task fitted for them