Re: [Sheflug] Question about installing CyanogenMod on a phone?

[Adam Funk <a.funk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[17/02/14 14:46] Sam Bartle wrote:

> There's a couple of options.. Titanium Backup (from the Market) does a
> pretty good job backing stuff up to SD card, as would Koush's Helium Backup
> which is an app and associated Windows/Linux/Mac application (He's a CM
> developer), if you are looking to backup and restore apps and data. Helium
> is here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon

Thanks for the pointers.  The backup apps I came across were cloud-
rather than card-based & seemed to require rooting.  (I'd rather do one
installation operation rather than a rooting and then an installation.)


> What device are you trying to install on? What specifically are you worried
> about loosing? If its data from apps you can probably rely on the above if
> the apps are well written and store stuff where the backup programs expect
> it to be.

The contact list as well as apps' data.  Anyway, I can't use the
official cyanogenmod installer because there isn't an official build of
the new version for my GT-I8160.  I'm planning to use this one:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568105


> One critical thing to remember is if the app backs up to SD card only (most
> of them do this), and you have a device such as Nexus 4/5 where there is no
> actual SD card, you need to boot back into android and copy the files off
> the emulated SD card BEFORE installing CM, as the backups would be lost if
> you forgot.

Good point (but I have an SD card).


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