[olug] Android phone backup question

[DYNATRON tech]

i used z4root the first time i rooted my DX, but after upgrading to 2.2, i
found that doing the root exploit was easier from the terminal emulator. do
a search for "rage against the cage" to learn more about the exploit and how
it works.

if you want a meaningful level of control over your droid, i highly
recommend rooting.
On May 13, 2011 4:39 PM, "Jon Larsen" <relayer at levania.org> wrote:
>
> There are advantages and disadvantages.
>
> Titanium requires root privileges. Astro does not.
> Astro doesn't save config settings from the apps. Titanium Does.
>
> With Titanium, you can backup your phone settings (wallpaper, ringtones,
> wifi access points).
>
> The easiest way to go about rooting it would be Z4root.
>
>
> This comes from our IT Intern Mike at AIM, who owns a rooted Droid X.
>
> Jon L.
>
> On Fri, 13 May 2011, Steve Madel wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 11:33:19 -0500
>> From: Steve Madel <sjmadel at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>> Subject: [olug] Android phone backup question
>>
>> I would recommend using either astro file manager or titaniam backup
>> to back up your apps.
>>
>> On Friday, May 13, 2011, 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.orgaccount, 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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