On 07/20/2012 04:24 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
>
>> I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone, but
>> not all of my free apps. I don't know why some got installed, but many free
>> apps did. (Maybe it had something to
On Jul 20, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
>
> The new Google Play store on the web does appear to have a full record of all
> the apps you have bought including free ones. The phone version only shows
> the apps you bought on that phone.
The device will list all applications t
John Abreau wrote:
I've had apps disappear from my iPad after an OS update. When I tried
reloading them from the iTunes backup, I discovered that the apps were
apparently not compatible with the updated OS.
Perhaps your missing apps went missing for similar reasons?
Maybe, though I think I
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
> I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone, but
> not all of my free apps. I don't know why some got installed, but many free
> apps did. (Maybe it had something to do with when I installed the free
> app??)
>
I'v
On 7/20/2012 9:41 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
Google does the same thing. (Mostly.)
I recently got a new phone and *most* of my Google Play apps reappeared,
but not all.
The ones you pay for will reappear. But the free ones don't. It seems like an
easy fix - I wish they would do it. Beca
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
> Matt Shields wrote (privately, but I think it is of general interest and
> not confidential):
>
> Just an FYI for anyone who uses iTunes and buy's apps and music from
>> Apple. If you have lost your content for whatever reason, iTunes allows
Matt Shields wrote (privately, but I think it is of general interest and
not confidential):
Just an FYI for anyone who uses iTunes and buy's apps and music from
Apple. If you have lost your content for whatever reason, iTunes
allows you to redownload load all your content again. I believe they
Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
The ones you pay for will reappear. But the free ones don't.
I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone,
but not all of my free apps. I don't know why some got installed, but
many free apps did. (Maybe it had something to do with when
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
>
> Google Play does. Go into Settings -> My Apps, and then slide the
> screen right-to-left from "Installed" to "All".
Actually, right now on my phone, when I do tha
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Kent Borg
>
> Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
> > One of the nice things about the Amazon Appstore is that it has a full
> > record of all the apps you have bought including free ones
On 7/19/2012 12:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
On android, if you have root, you can use titanium backup. It will backup
all your apps & app configs. But as far as I know, nothing can backup the
actual android state - layout of your homescreen etc, knowledge of wifi etc,
google/exchange/whatev
On 7/19/2012 6:08 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
How about http://www.mediafour.com/products/readyaimdrop/ for a
backup/recovery option?
It's not a backup/recovery option. Apple does not permit iOS
applications to access ANYTHING outside if their own private sandboxes.
Anything that escapes eithe
Shirley Márquez Dúlcey writes:
> On 7/19/2012 12:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>>
>> Oh - This is definitely *not* a full system backup. I can copy anything in
>> the filesystem (and without root, just anything within the sdcard). If I
>> lost or replaced my phone, I would have all the stuff
Kent Borg wrote:
If you want all the cool stuff that Android and Iphone have, but don't
want clouds, you are in for a tough fight.
Actually, with Apple being slow to the cloud, the Itunes model of a
backup really is pretty close to what you want, except you say it is
broken and too limited.
Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
One of the nice things about the Amazon Appstore is that it has a full
record of all the apps you have bought including free ones. It would
be nice if the Google Play store had the same kind of record. At least
then you would have a central place to see what apps y
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Márquez
> Dúlcey
>
> One of the nice things about the Amazon Appstore is that it has a full
> record of all the apps you have bought including free ones. It would be
> nice
On 7/19/2012 12:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
Oh - This is definitely *not* a full system backup. I can copy anything in
the filesystem (and without root, just anything within the sdcard). If I
lost or replaced my phone, I would have all the stuff I care about the most
(photos, music, etc),
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 7/18/2012 6:41 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
>>
>> The iTunes backup model provides only for whole-volume snapshots; you
>> don't
>> get to restore things piece-meal. And it includes sys-config items that
>> go
>> way beyond your personal data, i
> From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:b...@nedharvey.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:45 AM
>
> I personally run FTPDroid (ftp server on android) and I use goodsync on
the
> PC to sync it nightly.
Oh - This is definitely *not* a full system backup. I can copy anything in
the filesystem (and w
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Márquez
>
> There is one important difference.
>
> An Android phone can be hooked up to your computer via USB and acts as
> an external drive. The entire Android system can
On 7/18/2012 10:51 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
But the OS itself isn't the important thing to back up; you can
reinstall that. What you want to back up is the data - contacts,
calendar, and so forth.
Android doesn't export the applications partition via USB, not even with
CyanogenMod and
On 7/18/2012 10:40 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Not possible. Not even CyanogenMod permits the boot loader, operating
system or application partitions to be exported via USB. Even if they
were, Android mounts them read-only internally so if they were exported
you would not be able to do a restore
On 7/18/2012 10:18 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
An Android phone can be hooked up to your computer via USB and acts as
an external drive. The entire Android system can be backed up to a
computer that way, and there are applications to facilitate the process.
Not possible. Not even Cyanoge
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:18:48PM -0400, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
> An Android phone can be hooked up to your computer via USB and acts
> as an external drive. The entire Android system can be backed up to
> a computer that way, and there are applications to facilitate the
> process. I don't
On 7/18/2012 9:45 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
The iTunes backup model is nearly identical to the Palm Desktop model:
everything exists in iTunes. An iPhone is a portable cache of what's in
the parent iTunes. Android is little different: it's a portable cache
of what's in the Google cloud. Their
On 7/18/2012 6:41 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
The iTunes backup model provides only for whole-volume snapshots; you don't
get to restore things piece-meal. And it includes sys-config items that go
way beyond your personal data, in such a way that there is no assurance that a
snapshot can be restored.
I've had another data loss thanks to iTunes, and am once again pondering
whether to ditch Apple in favor of Android. The whole reason I switched to
iPhone less than a year ago was to get out of the sysadmin-for-phone business;
I don't really want to have to manage the thing.
But I'm finding that
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