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 25, 11:54 am, FrankG <[email protected]> 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, they prefer to delete > everything. > > I.E. they could run into trouble with already set persistent system > variables or already > existing Shared Preferences and other dangling things like sysfs > entries and so on. > > And I could also imagine that they want to force the user to make his > system settings again ( > Language, Time , Emails clients, Home Screen and so on ..) > > Best regards ! > > Frank > > Frank > > On 25 Jun., 06:18, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 reset": it resets the state of the > > phone to what it was when it left the factory. > > > Of course, you know this, Mark. I added it only for the benefit of > > others who might not. > > > On Jun 24, 12:11 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Jon Wikman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I lost all apps and data when I did a factory reset of my Android > > > > phone (X10 Mini). > > > > A factory reset is supposed to wipe everything. An OS upgrade is not. > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books-Zitierten Text > > > ausblenden - > > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
