In information technology, a backup or the process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. In android this is for applications, settings and documents.
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**Default Launcher Crashing at Reboot, Access only to Status Bar and Settings
I have a Celkon A95 (It’s a lesser known Indian company; specs : http://www.gsmarena.com/celkon_a95-4822.php) and I’m in some serious problem here. The phone is safely rooted and runs Gingerbread ...
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How do you delete thousands of text messages at once?
I have a HTC vivid and need to delete about 30,000 texts. Every time I try to do it, it freezes my phone. The same thing happens when I try to create a backup.
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Backing up emails
Can anyone help me figure out a way to back up my exchange emails or tell me a way to access this emails on my laptop from my HTC Desire.
Please note that at this point I don’t have access to the ...
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How can I backup all my data so I can root my device by unlocking the bootloader?
I have a motorola xoom WiFi, UK version, which has only just recieved the ICS update, I want to unlock the bootloader so I can root the device, install clockworkmod, flash US settings and get ...
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Import data from ColorNote app?
I have lost my Android phone but I have backup of my SD-card on which I have backup of my ColorNote app. How can I get all my notes from that backup?
NOTE: I am using iphone now so dont have a anroid ...
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How can I import / export contacts as VCF in Sony Xperia Tipo Dual
I'm using a Sony Xperia Tipo Dual with ICS. I need to backup my contacts with or without linked contacts.
Does anyone know the exact procedure to export contacts in VCF format; either directly to PC ...
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Back up not only games, but also game progress before flashing ROMS
I have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) And I'm about to flash a custom rom on it. I've done it a bunch of times but what really irritates me is that I lose all progress made on the games that I have on my ...
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Can one avoid losing everything on a Galaxy Nexus when applying a new ROM (safely)?
The makers of most ROMs suggest that you do a full device wipe when moving from one ROM to another. I have also found this is usually good practice, so data from the previous ROM does not affect the ...
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What can be saved before factory reset?
My phone has a GPS problem and service says the need to wipe it completely.
They are probably just lazy and would rather do it the easy way.
C'est la vie.
The phone is SGS unrooted 2.3.4 - Touch Wiz. ...
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ClockworkMod Recovery makes corrupt backups
Four backups I made using ClockworkMod Recovery couldn't be restored because their MD5 hash values didn't match. Another one was successfully restored. What is the problem and is there a way to check ...
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I Need Help Getting Contacts from Broken Android!
My Huawei Mercury M886 fell out of my lap when getting out of the car and it got run over...
Its not rooted. The screen is completely shattered off and I cant use the touchscreen or buttons so I cant ...
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Is Backing up my Android Device to the Cloud using Skydrive or Dropbox Equally as Effective As using dedicated Back Up Apps?
Is it equally effective to backup my apps, photos, contacts, SMS texts etc on my Android Smartphone (which is non rooted) using MS Skydrive or Dropbox compared with using a dedicated Backup App from ...
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Always reminded of an unsuccessful backup [closed]
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace and roughly every hour, I receive a notification that a backup attempt was failed.
Could this be due to the fact that I am not connected to the Internet? How can I stop ...
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contacts, backup, sync issues
Houston We Have A Problem!!
I did something which I slightly regret now.. I updated my Samsung Galaxy S2 ( I already rooted it, hard reset, all works fine on the previous 2.24) it was only recently I ...
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adb restore progress
Using the backup and restore function with adb (as discussed in Full Backup of non-rooted devices) there is no progress available and often it is very hard to follow the adb logcat output as long ...
