Does the new Android restore process restore all of that as well? Ringtones, personal video files and music? Just curious.
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Android Lollipop - Restore functionality identical to Apple now (plus an NFC goodie!)
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Does the new Android restore process restore all of that as well? Ringtones, personal video files and music? Just curious.
Wow. The exact same wallpaper??? Impressive.
I kid. It must be pretty cool to have this whiz bang technological advancement.
I'm happy to see this implemented for my Android devices. It is long overdue!
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Nope. It is just like the iPhone.
Except, my backup includes that information. So, the restore does as well. As for music, I have no music local to my device. All in the cloud, so no restore required.
Plus, app data is restored too.
only camera roll is included in the icloud remote backup, not contents in the music or videos app
icloud is still better due to app data being saved
nandroid backups are best though, because they can downgrade the OS and includes absolutely everything, but it's for nerds only
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Except not just like the iPhone, where everything is backed up including ringtones, videos etc.
All of those can be re downloaded from iCloud if they were purchased originally from iTunes without tethering to your PC.
it redownloads the play store app then trys to get any data you had for said game from the cloud. The game has to turn on that feature though to work. Otherwise you need to store a local back up and do it by hand.
hangouts already had this feature. don't know about the new Messenger app by Google?
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sorry. Google specifically said you wouldn't get the update.Sooo......my Nexus 5 is waiting......
I despise hangouts. Not a well designed app at all. The new messenger app seems a lot better IMO.
How is that better? Rooted and a 3rd party app to do something that Apple has baked in? Sounds like typical Android logic. I suppose that 3rd party apps on Android are better at Find my Phone and Activation Lock than Apple as well, right?
Ummm .... maybe because factually it's better. Regardless of the procedure on how it's accomplished, it's better because it is a complete and thorough image which is impossible with iOS.
.... And yes, some 3rd party apps on android that act like system applications can and should be compared to iOS because of how Android operates. For example, I much prefer Cereberus to Apple's find my phone.
How do you put 5.0 in silent or vibrate mode? Used to just hold the power button and get the options, now it just gives "power off". Can't find those anywhere yet
What's the problem in using 3rd party apps? Apple likes to showoff the vast collection of apps in the App Store compared to the Play Store and yet most iOS users dont even know that there are better apps alternatives.
Better in the sense that it is a full image, not easier or more seamless
Really for nerds only
Cerberus is more full featured than find my iPhone but again for nerds, android device manager is just fine, activation lock is best on Apple. I have yet to see anything on lollipops supposed implementation
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Find my Phone was added as a Google app in 4.3. Been there for about a year now. Allows you to find, lock or erase your phone or tablet. Its called Android Device Manager. See below.
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I figured it out. Its easy really, just different choices than before. Hold volume button in either up or down, up pops choices. Put it in Priority to turn off noises but still get alarms or you can set a time span for Priority for silence or tap on None to get nothing including alarms.
