2.1 Upgrade Question

[metsr1]

When 2.1 officially rolls out on Hero, do I need to back up all of my conatcts and other things prior to installing? If not will it wipe my phone clean? Many Thanks.

[spiritcrusher33]

I gonna say prolly will require a wipe.. so use a program to backup your programs and such.. and google for your contacts.. and u should be golden..

[metsr1]

Man, I was hoping that wasn't the case. I have never backed up anything on Android before. I have done it on my windows based phones of the past, but that was easy. Thanks for the help.

[iviyth0s]

Originally Posted by metsr1

Man, I was hoping that wasn't the case. I have never backed up anything on Android before. I have done it on my windows based phones of the past, but that was easy. Thanks for the help.

You could use Nandroid....though when you restore a nandroid backup, I don't think you can pick and choose what you import. I think it's all or nothing

[tokuzumi]

When root was first available for the Sprint Hero, I rooted. When the 1.56 update came out, I loaded the stock Sprint 1.29 rom, and applied the 1.56 update (essentially un-rooting). Once I signed in with my google account, I went to the market and under "My Downloads", I could install all the apps I had installed prior to wiping my phone. You would need to save any data you entered into those apps. But at least your phone will know what apps were installed previously.

[metsr1]

Thank you. My concern is mostly the hundreds of contacts I have. As long as I don't lose those I am happy.

[tokuzumi]

Originally Posted by metsr1

Thank you. My concern is mostly the hundreds of contacts I have. As long as I don't lose those I am happy.

Put your contacts in your gmail account, and you are fine. Trust in Google....

[metsr1]

Sorry to keep being a pain in @# but, how do you that? I never tried before. Again, many thanks.

[tokuzumi]

Originally Posted by metsr1

Sorry to keep being a pain in @# but, how do you that? I never tried before. Again, many thanks.

I take it this is a question for me? In android, there is a setting to select what you want to sync; contacts, calendar, and mail. If you have all three setup in your gmail account, when you sign in on the phone, you will sync with your gmail account, and be good to go.

But there's a downside to the gmail contacts....every person you have ever emailed is considered a contact in google. So, I setup a separate gmail account, which will mainly be used for my contacts (2.1 will allow for checking multiple email accounts, anyway), just to keep email addresses out of my contacts list.

[metsr1]

Thanks Tokuzumi. That's sounds easy enough. I will set up a second G-mail account today!