Backup Assitant Plus (PHONE)...On Droid X

[B33]

Seen this new App in my ( Apps Drawer ) in the Market on my Droid X has anyone gotten this app on there X or phone they Currently have. Just was wondering. B33

[detroitjames]

I haven't used it personally but I know someone who has. It backs up your media along with your contacts. It's really not a necessary application if you have minimal computer skills to move your pictures/ videos/ music to your computer, then transfer that information to a new phone once you get it. You could also just move the memory card from  your old phone to your new phone. The SD card won't save your contacts, but if you're going from Android to Android, simply moving the SD card over would be the easiest option to retrieve files. "Regular" Backup assistant would still be used for contacts.

[B33]

Well i wanted to ask if any one has seen this app pop up on there phone or phones looking at it on the Market forum No body want's it or have anything to do with it. But it does'nt hurt to ask here as well When apps don't get good reviews i stay away from them an this one looks to me to fit that Bill.

[bearone21]

i looked at installing it on home pc & it wants wmp, quicktime & 1 other one.

i use wmp 8 & don't want the latest & greatest wmp so i didn't install on home pc so it will remain primary backup.

many folks talk of shortcomings of ba but i've got many contacts with no email so it's good for me & i've used it for years without any problems.

anything i put in gmail/contacts still ends up on the dx but won't be duplicated in ba..

[whathill]

I hate to barge into your alphabet soup, but I was around when dirt was invented so I have a high level of unsophistication.  I understand quicktime and I am guessing that ba is backup assistant and dx is droid x. Please correct me if I am wrong with my guesses. What in blue blazes is wmp?

[Ann154]

whathill wrote:

I hate to barge into your alphabet soup, but I was around when dirt was invented so I have a high level of unsophistication.  I understand quicktime and I am guessing that ba is backup assistant and dx is droid x. Please correct me if I am wrong with my guesses. What in blue blazes is wmp?

Winamp?

[bearone21]

nice try, windows media player

[Ann154]

bearone21 wrote:

nice try, windows media player

D'oh!

[bearone21]

thankyou,thankyouverymuch

[B33]

That's all one need's for a good Laugh..b33

[whathill]

Thank you. I thought something like this would happen one day when IBM

started with the alphabet soup.

[bearone21]

i just got a ba update notification today for the dx & it's the plus version listed in manage apps.

[detroitjames]

I can't imagine how long it might take to restore media files to a new phone. Depending on how many pictures/songs are backed up, it could take forever to restore that information to a new phone, depending on if the phone is 4G capable and if it is in a good internet coverage area.

[bearone21]

i'll only use it for contacts but who knows if that might change.

[AZSALUKI]

it's what used to be the vcast media manager. just another vzn app that they want you to pay $3/month for. you get 25gigs of storage space in the cloud though.....so you can access the files from anywhere.

i use mybackup pro. i just backup everything to my sd card. doesn't take long and what i like about it is that when you factory reset your device, you can restore the data, along with the app, so you don't lose your levels/place in games and such (not sure, but you may have to be rooted in order to backup the corresponding data files with the apps?). takes a couple minutes to backup the ENTIRE device......and takes a couple minutes to restore the ENTIRE device after a reset.

[smartphoneguru]

so they combined it with the back up assistant and vcast or something? I just use google contacts..

[Tidbits]

I use backup assistant 🙂 its free and another place to backup information. If I ever go down to a dumb phone at least I don't have to manual enter the numbers.

The "cloud" deal I use the free 500MB one just for certain files for work lol.

[smartphoneguru]

Yeah I remember the days of that manual entry.. I went thru a couple of phones doing that!

[Tidbits]

Imagine... 2,368 contacts

That doesn't include the fact some of them have 2-3 contact numbers.  If you get the wrong phone you have to add them as well.  I so don't miss those days...

[bearone21]

i thought the phone was limited to 1000 contacts.

[Tidbits]

Depends on the phones really.  I had an old Samsung basic phone which I could put 2500 contacts, but I lose space to load "applications", but those games were terrible 2 bit games like snake(though when I had a 5100 Nokia I would play that to no end ironically).