JamesX
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It might be different between factory reset and new phone. Because my Free Apps were not saved on a new phone.
It might be different between factory reset and new phone. Because my Free Apps were not saved on a new phone.
Factory Reset just resets your phone's memory. You still have the same SD Card, the same ESN etc.
A new phone (such as a replacement phone) will not have the same ESN and the SD Card.
Because when I replaced my phone I didn't get my Free Apps back. I had to redownload it. Your Free Apps history is not saved to your Gmail account. I think it is only saved to your SD Card. That is the only logical reason I can come up with why Factory reset would preserve it, while a new phone logged in to your Gmail account did not.
This has been bugging me since I for one can't figure out why this app backup "feature" is so inconsistent. There have been several reports that some user did in fact get all their apps back after getting a replacement phone. When I got my replacement phone I didn't get very many apps back just 4 free games that I downloaded. I also did 3 Factory resets and also did not automatically get my apps back...I'm stumped I'm resorting to manually backing up my apps for now/just in case the back doesn't work (which it hasn't yet lol).Factory Reset just resets your phone's memory. You still have the same SD Card, the same ESN, the same ROM, the same RAM, etc.
A new phone (such as a replacement phone) will not have the same anything except in design specs.
Because when I replaced my phone I didn't get my Free Apps back. I had to redownload it. Your Free Apps history is not saved to your Gmail account. I think it is only saved on your phone somewhere. That is the only logical reason I can come up with why Factory reset would preserve it, while a new phone logged in to your Gmail account did not.