[olug] Android phone backup question

[Dan Linder]

I haven't had much luck with two-piece phones/pagers (clam-shell hinge
breaking, etc).  I'm finding that I really like the Swype feature for
typing, so the lack of a physical keyboard wasn't a problem.

My wife moved from a slider w/keyboard to the Droid X and she really likes
it (she was afraid she'd miss the keyboard, but hasn't). I think she likes
Swype a lot too.

The deciding factor wasn't the phone as much as the carrier.  I had been
with Spring since mid 1990's and couldn't really complain (except "lost
signal" in my kitchen most of the time).  I would have gone for the Sprint
EVO 4G but after doing a total cost analysis, we're going to save more money
by going with Verizon.  The big break point was that Verizon has good
coverage where we go, and they have their "Home Phone Connect" which we can
add for an additional $10/month for the home (BIG savings over the Cox phone
line right now).

Dan

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:52, George De Bruin <sndchaser at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll second the recommendation for Titanium Backup.
>
> I'd also like to know how you like the Droid X?  I've been torn for some
> time between upgrading to a Droid 2 or a Droid X.  The hardware (processor,
> memory, etc.) is mostly identical.  The differences are the Droid 2 has a
> keyboard, and Droid X has a larger screen (with the same resolution), from
> what I see...  Was there any specific deciding factor for you?
>
> George
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> > I've finally entered the smart-phone era and recently got a Droid X.
> >
> > When I activated the phone, I tied it to my "dan at linder.org" account - a
> > Google Apps hosted e-mail domain and things have worked fairly well.  I
> > have
> > been able to install apps via the on-phone Android and Amazon marketplace
> > apps.
> >
> > Unfortunately, using a non "@gmail.com" e-mail address seems to have
> it's
> > own set of problems.  For instance, when I use my computer to browse to
> the
> > Android market place it won't let me login with the @linder.org account,
> > and
> > my gmail address isn't associated with a device...
> >
> > From what I read, I need to re-associate my phone with the
> > @gmail.comaddress, but that requires a factory reset.  When I do that,
> > I'll loose my
> > purchased apps... :-(
> >
> > I am going to write the support lines for the purchased apps providers to
> > see if they can move the app, but my main question is this:
> >
> > Is there a way to backup the apps on my droid, then re-install them after
> > I've reset it?  Is the installation "apk" file stored on the phone
> > somewhere
> > that I can use, or is there more to the app installation process?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Dan
> >
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