Please Give Me Some Advice?

[SpongeBob123]

Hi guys,

I have a DROID 3 phone which I've currently had for over 2 years now. It's beginning to have some very weird problems but I won't get into that right now. Anyway, I have to take it into the Verizon store tomorrow for a hard reset. Before I do so, I'd like to know the best way to back up all my stuff. I have tons of apps and files, as well as text messages and a call log that I don't want to lose. What is the best way to back everything up?

I have Verizon Cloud Storage, but I'm not exactly sure what gets backed up or how to retrieve it. Please explain this service to me if you can. I've made a list of all my apps so I could just reinstall each one individually, and I've copied all my files to my computer so I could just transfer everything back after the reset. I know there are various apps to back up the call log and text messages but I'm not sure which one to get. Please recommend which app you think would be best.

Is there any one app that can back up everything, including apps, files, messages, and call log? If so, please let me know. If not, please let me know what the best apps are for backing up and restoring my stuff individually. Also, please let me know if you have any extra advice for me, this will be much appreciated.

Thanks so much for your help, guys!

 

[DanJ]

Whenever I have to reset my device instead of using some third party app I creates backup from settings and restore from that only, and it works good.

 

[DragonSlayer95]

Before I became a root user, I always used [URL="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup"/] My Backup [/URL] to backup everything including what your wanting to backup.

The only catch, if you have games, it won't backup the game data only the app itself.

It backs everything up to your external sd card, or to their online server if you choose to go that method. This way, when they hard reset your phone the backup is completely untouched.

Hope this helps.

 

[Mayhem]

You should be able to do a hard reset yourself, btw. No need to take it to Verizon. Look for the Factory Reset option in your Settings.

 

[Tattycakes]

Does your phone have a separate internal memory and SD card? If so, you can open up each app (messages, etc) and see if it has the option to back up to the SD card. If not, you could try checking the board for your specific device to see if anyone else has done a back up and factory reset for this particular phone.

 

[Mayhem]

The D3 has an "internal" sdcard, but also a slot for an external under the battery cover.