Backing up/exporting Droid data to new Droid

[jaystemple]

May have to get a replacement for my Droid. Call quality S U C K S!!!!! But most Droid owners say it is great, so am getting a replacement.

Would hate to lose everything on it, all my settings and such. Is there an app I can use to backup all my info, setting, data, etc? to an SD card

Thanks so much in advance!

Also, I have that Seideo case (easy enough to install) and that mac-daddy plastic cover on the screen which I assume cant be reused

 

[revjim44]

if you're rooted, then you can just make a advanced nandroid backup of your current phone, and save that file to your sd card. Then root your new phone and do an advanced nandroid restore.

 

[bomber889]

What he said ^^

 

[jaystemple]

What he said ^^

Whats rooted mean and whats nandroid? (Sorry, kind of new)

 

[bomber889]

Hm.. If you are not rooted, then you could try to use ASTRO File Manager from the market to save all your stuff to your sdcard.

 

[jaystemple]

Hm.. If you are not rooted, then you could try to use ASTRO File Manager from the market to save all your stuff to your sdcard.

I could tell you if I was rooted or not if I knew what being rooted meant.. help?

 

[choklitcow]

Rooted means you have essentially tinkered your phone to gain access to the "root" of the phone. Root is essentially the core administrative processes in a linux based community.

If you don't know what it is, then you aren't rooted because you have to go through a process to do this, and doing this is against the tos of your warranty.

Astro will back up your applications for you, however I don't believe there is a feature to save your data (through astro, I may be wrong).

Luckily for you, your google account stores your contacts for you, so the instant you re-enter your google account info in that new phone they will be back. I believe you would be missing your stored passwords, however.