How do I restore apps after a wipe?

[Tigrowski]

Restoring apps after wipe

Is there some way to automatically download all the apps that were installed on my S3 before the wipe after I've done it? I know I can browse through them in the Play store being logged in but it'd be cool if the phone could just download all of them automatically, which it didn't.

 

[wizzrah]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

Is there some way to automatically download all the apps that were installed on my S3 before the wipe after I've done it? I know I can browse through them in the Play store being logged in but it'd be cool if the phone could just download all of them automatically, which it didn't.

Hello.

Did you connect your Gmail account to your phone?

Sent from my nifty 2 year old AT&T HTC One XL

 

[Gekko]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

on most modern Android devices you can select "Backup & Restore" in Settings and you Apps will automatically reinstall on your new device when you log in to your Google Account on the new device.

 

[Tigrowski]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

I have connected to my Google account and as soon as I did it, the phone started downloading some apps so I thought that was that but, as it later turned out, those were mainly updates for the stock apps and none of my apps have been downloaded in the process. And in the backup menu in settings I see no option ot redownload the apps, regretfully :<

 

[Gekko]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

 

[Tigrowski]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

Thank you - weirdly, didn't work for me. Installed all the apps manually through play website without any hassle though so it's no bother anymore

 

[Gekko]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

i also use this app to make a list of all of my apps with install links and email/archive it to myself -

ShareMyApps
Matt Lawrence

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...com.mattlary.shareMyApps&hl=en&token=P0Ykl9Ia

 

[Tigrowski]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

Oh, that's great - thanks a lot!

 

[GSDer]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

i also use this app

I also used to use that app (the paid version) but I started noticing that some of the apps that I had installed were not showing up in the generated list. I reported specifics to the developer, and while he seemed to be a great guy, he was too busy (or something) to fix the issues. As you'll note, the app hasn't been updated since April 2013. I've since moved on to an app that more accurately lists all of my installed content. YMMV. (Ex. see below for two lists; the first was generated by the app referenced; the second by the one I replaced it with.)

Action Launcher: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.actionlauncher.playstore
Action Launcher Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.chrislacy.actionlauncher.pro
Advanced Signal Status: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.cc.signalinfo
All-In-One Toolbox: http://market.android.com/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full
Amazon Music: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3
Android Central: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidcentral.app
Appstore: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.venezia
B-Folders: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.jointlogic.bfolders.android
Battery Monitor Widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.bmw
BatteryCalibration: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
BetterBatteryStats: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
Button Savior: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.smart.swkey
Button Savior Key: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.smart.swkey.pro
Chase: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.chase.sig.android
Chess Free: http://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.chessfree
Chrome: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Cloud Drive: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos
Delayed Lock: http://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2.trial
Delayed Lock Unlock Key: http://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2
Dictionary: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dictionary
DiskDigger: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
Display brightness: http://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightnessPro
DroidFish: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.petero.droidfish
Dropbox: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android
DynamicNotifications: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications
FCC Speed Test: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.samknows.fcc
Firefox: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Google Opinion Rewards: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.paidtasks
Google Play Movies & TV: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.videos
GSam Battery Monitor Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm.pro
Hangouts: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.talk
Helium: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
K-9 Mail: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.fsck.k9
Keep: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.keep
Maps: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps
NOOK: http://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader
PdaNet+: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.pdanet
Phone INFO: http://market.android.com/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
PicSay Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.shinycore.picsaypro
Samsung Log Converter: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.samsung.log.converter.ics
Samsung Update: http://market.android.com/details?id=samsungupdate.com
Share Apps: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.shareapps
ShareMyApps: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mattlary.shareMyApps
SignalCheck Lite: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.blueline.signalchecklite
Sorcery!: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery1
Super Backup: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts
SuperSU Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu.pro
SwiftKey: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
SystemPanel: http://market.android.com/details?id=nextapp.systempanel.r1
Tapatalk: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkHD
Titanium Backup: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Titanium Backup PRO: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro
Translate: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate
Wakelock Detector: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
WD S1: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.telltalegames.walkingdead100
WhatsApp: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp
Wifi Analyzer: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
XCOM: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.tt2kgames.xcomeu
58 total

Action Launcher http://market.android.com/details?id=com.actionlauncher.playstore
Action Launcher Pro http://market.android.com/details?id=com.chrislacy.actionlauncher.pro
Advanced Signal Status http://market.android.com/details?id=com.cc.signalinfo
All-In-One Toolbox http://market.android.com/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full
Amazon Music http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3
Android Central http://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidcentral.app
Appstore http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.venezia
B-Folders http://market.android.com/details?id=com.jointlogic.bfolders.android
Battery Monitor Widget http://market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.bmw
BatteryCalibration http://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
BetterBatteryStats http://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
Button Savior http://market.android.com/details?id=com.smart.swkey
Button Savior Key http://market.android.com/details?id=com.smart.swkey.pro
Chase http://market.android.com/details?id=com.chase.sig.android
Chess Free http://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.chessfree
Chrome http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Cloud Drive http://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos
Delayed Lock http://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2.trial
Delayed Lock Unlock Key http://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2
Dictionary http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dictionary
DiskDigger http://market.android.com/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
Display brightness http://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightnessPro
Drive http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs
DroidFish http://market.android.com/details?id=org.petero.droidfish
Dropbox http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android
DynamicNotifications http://market.android.com/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications
ES File Explorer http://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
FCC Speed Test http://market.android.com/details?id=com.samknows.fcc
Firefox http://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Gmail http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gm
Google Opinion Rewards http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.paidtasks
Google Play Books http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
Google Play Movies & TV http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.videos
Google Play Music http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music
Google Play services http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gms
Google Play Store http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.vending
Google Search http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
Google Text-to-speech Engine http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.tts
GSam Battery Monitor Pro http://market.android.com/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm.pro
Hangouts http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.talk
Helium http://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
K-9 Mail http://market.android.com/details?id=com.fsck.k9
Keep http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.keep
Maps http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps
My Verizon Mobile http://market.android.com/details?id=com.vzw.hss.myverizon
NOOK http://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader
PdaNet+ http://market.android.com/details?id=com.pdanet
Phone INFO http://market.android.com/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
PicSay Pro http://market.android.com/details?id=com.shinycore.picsaypro
Samsung Log Converter http://market.android.com/details?id=com.samsung.log.converter.ics
Samsung Update http://market.android.com/details?id=samsungupdate.com
Share Apps http://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.shareapps
ShareMyApps http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mattlary.shareMyApps
SignalCheck Lite http://market.android.com/details?id=com.blueline.signalchecklite
Sorcery! http://market.android.com/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery1
Super Backup http://market.android.com/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts
SuperSU http://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
SuperSU Pro http://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu.pro
SwiftKey http://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
SystemPanel http://market.android.com/details?id=nextapp.systempanel.r1
Tapatalk http://market.android.com/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkHD
Titanium Backup http://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Titanium Backup PRO http://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro
Translate http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate
Wakelock Detector http://market.android.com/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
WD S1 http://market.android.com/details?id=com.telltalegames.walkingdead100
WhatsApp http://market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp
Wifi Analyzer http://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
XCOM http://market.android.com/details?id=com.tt2kgames.xcomeu
YouTube http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.youtube
70 total

Sent from my rooted, debloated, deodexed Sinclair ZX-80 running CM -0.001 using Tapatalk

 

[Gekko]

Re: Restoring apps after wipe

interesting. which ones did it miss? was there any particular rhyme or reason to doing so? ex. System or Samsung apps?