Help trasnsferring data from epic4g to epic4g

[4gtt]

I was told the only thing I can transfer is my contacts and photo's no other apps, settings, Calender or the memo pad, I tried to use kies from samsung but it wil not recognize my pone

my phone has a cracked screen badly and they will not replace it at the store, really, but if the screen only has a one inch crack they will replace it at the store??, your kidding right? , I mean HECK they are replacing it at the store either way!
and how can it possibly be cheaper to ship the phone both ways and send a new phone to you?

anyhow, IS THERE ANY WAY to save all my info on the phone and transfer it to a new one, I'm about in a bind and out of time,

Sprint you really need to work on your customer service,

 

[icecold]

I am assuming you aren't rooted, but you can use MyBackup to do some of it. I don't remember what you can and cannot backup on a phone if you aren't rooted, but it is something to take a look at...

EDIT: And just a little FYI, no carrier or Android phone will allow you to completely backup and restore all data from one phone to another... Unless of course, you are rooted.

 

[4gtt]

I am assuming you aren't rooted, but you can use MyBackup to do some of it. I don't remember what you can and cannot backup on a phone if you aren't rooted, but it is something to take a look at...

EDIT: And just a little FYI, no carrier or Android phone will allow you to completely backup and restore all data from one phone to another... Unless of course, you are rooted.

I didn't know that, it;s not like I'm changing carriers or phones for the matter, I just have a broke phone (I dropped it cracked the screen) but thanks for that info, now just what is rooting and is it hard to do, and then can I literally clone all my data?

heck i'm tempted just to swap the new screen on to my old screen when the replacement phone gets here tomorrow

again thanks!

 

[icecold]

http://androidforums.com/epic-4g-al...oting-samsung-epic-4g-what-you-need-know.html

Rooting can be tricky, but nothing too bad. Just takes some reading...

 

[4gtt]

http://androidforums.com/epic-4g-al...oting-samsung-epic-4g-what-you-need-know.html

Rooting can be tricky, but nothing too bad. Just takes some reading...

thanks, I'm more concerend with getting a refurbished phone from the ins company sprint uses that has been fooled with too, I'm trying to find a way if I can tell if it is older than the one I have now or not

I'm going to read the page you sent me later on, I have to run out now for a while

agains thanks for your help!

 

[dbpaddler]

won't matter if it's been fooled with. They'll ODIN it back to the latest stock firmware. But you can root your current phone, do a nandroid backup from clockwork recovery, root the new phone, pop in the microSD card from the old phone and restore that nandroid backup to pretty much clone your original phone.

 

[4gtt]

won't matter if it's been fooled with. They'll ODIN it back to the latest stock firmware. But you can root your current phone, do a nandroid backup from clockwork recovery, root the new phone, pop in the microSD card from the old phone and restore that nandroid backup to pretty much clone your original phone.

i guess it is to late if they already activated the new phone and turned off the activation on the old one...

 

[dbpaddler]

You don't need phones to be active. They function perfectly sans a cellular connection. You route via your computer connected via USB. But if you've turned in your old one, then it would be a bit late. Backing things up to the card and going to the same phone shouldn't be a problem to restore. Different phones would be a different story.

 

[4gtt]

You don't need phones to be active. They function perfectly sans a cellular connection. You route via your computer connected via USB. But if you've turned in your old one, then it would be a bit late. Backing things up to the card and going to the same phone shouldn't be a problem to restore. Different phones would be a different story.

Thanks it didn't go as planned but the phone is working,now to find apps that I can actually do a backup and restore and not loose memos and data, in case this happens again

 

[dbpaddler]

One thing, quite a few apps allow saving databases and information to the microSD card. So look at that in the settings for some apps. This way when you put the card in a new phone your stuff is good to go.