Hello all, I am just back from the vodafone store, having picked up my shiney new Xperia play, Desire HD will now be heading onto ebay. However I have many apps on my Desire HD, and also a lot of saved games. Some of my apps, e.g. N64oid, which i paid for in the market, are no longer available. How do I transefr my apps and data. I thought about titanium backup, but as far I know, it needs root access, any ideas?
Not too sure about the save data from my apps, but if you use supermanager, and do a backup, it creates a backup APK folder, just copy this from the old memory card to the new one, and hey presto, new apps to install.
i use adoa file manager, its free from android market. there is an option to backup any app you wish to backup into a folder.
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Hi,
I have the HTC hero at the mo and have just ordered the X10 and it should be with me on Tuesday next week
But on my Hero I have used Titanium Backup to do a backup of my apps and all the data they have, so I am just wondering how I should go about getting these apps and their data onto the x10 as I can't use Titanium as it needs a rooted phone? Is there a backup app that will do the same as Titainium without needing root?
You can use an app called My Backup Pro... You can purchase from the Market
ASTRO file manager also has an App backup facility... and it's free!
or you could just download app monster for free...
It is possible to take backup with that program, and you can use the same program to install the software on the new phone from the sd card
I hope that what I wrote made any sense to you
Hi all,
Appreciate a bit of help.
Ive successfully backed up my applications with titanium backup after rooting my phone but am i correct in thinking i wont be able to restore these applications until 2.1 is rooted too?
Its just i will lose almost £50 worth of games and applications if this is the case.
Ive looked for another way of backing up without rooting but most of my applications came up as "private" so i couldnt back them up.
Ive waited along time for this 2.1 upgrade and i dont want to be left behind if my applications are too.
thanks for any help
If you paid for those apps through the market, you will still be able to download them (for free) when you upgrade to 2.1.
Because you have got google account, market will "remember" that you have bought those apps before and will let you just download them again, without paying. Unless you create new google account (because i.e. you forgot the password to old one).
thnx for the replies.
actually most of them they were from PLAYNOW.
6 HD games at £5 each, The rest were MarketPlace
I did recieve a .apk file with each game when i downloaded them from playnow and saved each one to my PC hoping i could reinstall if needed.
Only thing is i used a different number to download the paid apps from PLAYNOW to which i no longer have.
So i have a Titanium backup and the orignal .apk files i recieved so this should be enough to get them installed after upgrade i hope.
Anyone know if the original apk will reinstall ok after i upgrade?
got a friend with an android phone? try installing it on his and see what happens
I am looking at switching builds but dont want to have to reinstall everything post the new build install on my sd card.
What back up system do people recommend, and do any actually allow a full backup/restore that will work?
If not then i will have to reinstall everything, but that seems a really long winded way about switching builds!
Thanks
I save the data .img file from the current build. Then I copy the new Android folder on the root of the mem stick. Then I put the data .img file from the old intall back in the new folder.
The above suggestion doesn't always work. If you're going to a completely different build then it may cause problems.
I use Titanium Backup Pro. It does cost, but not much and allows a full backup and restore of all apps and data.
i just use the free titanium backup to backup all my apps. google sync for contacts and then all i have to do it set up a couple of things like wifi and it work
I used to use the free version, but the last restore I did had nearly 200 apps in it, and you have to click "install" and then "ok" for every app with the free version. The paid one does it without you needing to do anything - that's the only reason I paid for it. (Oh, and it can freeze apps too, which is good for finding out what would happen if you uninstalled an app.)
I have looked through the topics and online but cant find anyway to backup existing apps, games and general settings on the Shield TV without root.
Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as Google have actually started to delete games entirely from the play store, and you cant even download them if you have previously purchased them as they are missing from your purchase history, there are a few games on the Shield I want to backup so I can restore them if I need to, also I wouldn't mind being able to do a full backup of them all at some point.
I would use Helium but that's cant be installed from the play store, so you cant install it and then the premium key that I would need for backing it up. I tried ES Explorer but the Shield version is dire and doesn't do backups.
For some reason the usual backup option is missing from the backup and reset option in the OS itself, even so this would not restore deleted games on the play store in the event of a reinstall.
If I could backup the games and apps apk's I guess I could manually backup the obb files etc using a file manager.
Any help would be appreciated.
funem said:
I have looked through the topics and online but cant find anyway to backup existing apps, games and general settings on the Shield TV without root.
Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as Google have actually started to delete games entirely from the play store, and you cant even download them if you have previously purchased them as they are missing from your purchase history, there are a few games on the Shield I want to backup so I can restore them if I need to, also I wouldn't mind being able to do a full backup of them all at some point.
I would use Helium but that's cant be installed from the play store, so you cant install it and then the premium key that I would need for backing it up. I tried ES Explorer but the Shield version is dire and doesn't do backups.
For some reason the usual backup option is missing from the backup and reset option in the OS itself, even so this would not restore deleted games on the play store in the event of a reinstall.
If I could backup the games and apps apk's I guess I could manually backup the obb files etc using a file manager.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I have ES File Explorer Pro (I think I paid $2.99 for it a few years ago) and it lets me backup my apps. I can then move them to a NAS I have connected to my router. Now, I will say, I'm not a gamer, so I can't vouch for how well it would backup some of these huge game files, but it might be worth your time to give it a try.
Best of luck! And let us know if it works for you.
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I have ES File Explorer Pro (I think I paid $2.99 for it a few years ago) and it lets me backup my apps. I can then move them to a NAS I have connected to my router. Now, I will say, I'm not a gamer, so I can't vouch for how well it would backup some of these huge game files, but it might be worth your time to give it a try.
Best of luck! And let us know if it works for you.
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I ended up using X-plore File Manager to extract and save the apk, then made backup copies of the data and obb directories manually to a usb key inserted in the Shield. Installing the apk on my phone then copying the directories back seems to have worked. I was hoping for something more automated though as I can see process having to be carried out again in the future.
Found out after I did this process, X-Plore File Manger has a built in WiFi server so the directories could have been copied from the shield to the phone from my PC with the WiFi server running on each device without the need for a USB Key.
Thank you for taking the time to reply, any help or suggestion is always appreciated.
Link to X-plore File Manger - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore
Hi all,
I have S8 with stock android and many applications installed on it some of them are payed etc... Is it possible to fully backup my phone with all settings wallpapers, sms-es, apps and everything? Then to wipe all data on it to be like a new one, and after that to restore the image and the phone to be like today with all apps settings and eeeeverything
The idea is that phone will be used temporarily from another person for some weeks but i dont want to loose my apps.
Thanks
Hi,
As far as I know, if you're not rooted, you have to use Samsung Kies or another software on PC to backup everything.
Personally, I use SMS & Call log Backup, My App List to backup/restore all applications with Google Play (purchased items too) and I have to open every application I'm using to make individual exports to SD card if the application offers it but that's not efficient...
So I will root and then use Titanium backup to backup everything with one click (app + settings).
Sincerely,