[android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-07-13 Thread uday
Hi Guys, Is android will wipe the preference variables data when the application version is upgraded?? On Jun 25, 3:44 pm, santha uday.pic...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the information. But in my application i want to backup the data when clicks on Factory Reset.. for that purpose i

Re: [android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-07-13 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:54 PM, FrankG frankgru...@googlemail.com wrote: In my experience the manufacturer has in his update software the whole control whether he wants to delete only user data, or everything before he update the device. But IMHO to avoid any trouble during the update,

[android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-06-25 Thread FrankG
In my experience the manufacturer has in his update software the whole control whether he wants to delete only user data, or everything before he update the device. But IMHO to avoid any trouble during the update, they prefer to delete everything. I.E. they could run into trouble with already

[android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-06-25 Thread santha
Thanks for the information. But in my application i want to backup the data when clicks on Factory Reset.. for that purpose i browse in the internet and came to know that android-2.2 provides Android Backup service.. But i dont know how much it is safe?? could any one has tried this?? On Jun

[android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-06-24 Thread MobDev
Actually, in my specific case (HTC Hero with 1.5) the manufacturer (HTX) will bring out an update to 2.1 but they have already stated that everything has to backed up because it will whipe the whole system (as in installed apps, db's etc)... I can't remember exactly where I read that, it has been

Re: [android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-06-24 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:47 AM, MobDev developm...@mobilaria.com wrote: Actually, in my specific case (HTC Hero with 1.5) the manufacturer (HTX) will bring out an update to 2.1 but they have already stated that everything has to backed up because it will whipe the whole system (as in

[android-developers] Re: Will data remain after updating android os in mobile phones

2010-06-24 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Right. And with very rare exception (mentioned earlier in this thread), and unfortunate exception at that, an OS upgrade from the phone manufacturer will not wipe everything. Certainly not for Android. But one should expect a factory reset to wipe all user data: that is why it is called factory