[Q] What's the best procedure for backing up and transferring apps to the Nexus?

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I have an Original Droid, with all the apps and data on it. I'll be buying a GNex when they come out. What is the procedure for transferring all the apps from my Droid to the Nexus? I have TI and MyBackup installed and the Droid is already rooted (no special ROM). Is it just a matter of backing up the apps and data to the SD card and transferring that to the Nexus, downloading the backup app and restoring it? Seems a little simple that way... Maybe I'm trying to make this more complicated than it should be, but better to ask the more experienced among us, than screw up all my data.....

Thanks in advance...

Im sure both apps have to be updated to support ics first before you can do that, but yes that pretty much what you have to do.

Originally Posted by Pinshooter

... Is it just a matter of backing up the apps and data to the SD card and transferring that to the Nexus, ...

It appears the Galaxy Nexus has no SD card, so transfer from SD to PC/Mac to internal storage may be needed - ? -

Originally Posted by John Markley

It appears the Galaxy Nexus has no SD card, so transfer from SD to PC/Mac to internal storage may be needed - ? -

I took it as him meaning backing it up on the sd card to a CPU, then to the phone. But yeah

What I do when transferring phones is just make a list if the apps I want to keep, then I'll redownload them

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wont your apps all download as soon as you sign in with your google account?

Originally Posted by fdm1

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wont your apps all download as soon as you sign in with your google account?

Yes but with an app like my backup pro, u can also backup and restore data from the apps. Just don't do system apps

Originally Posted by fdm1

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wont your apps all download as soon as you sign in with your google account?

i believe so, but i've never had much luck with that consistently working correctly with my multiple phone switches.

Originally Posted by fdm1

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wont your apps all download as soon as you sign in with your google account?

Sure, if you don't mind losing any app data. Saved logins, etc.

Titanium Backup has dropbox support. I've never tried it other than uploading all the backups, but it seems like you can download TB on the Nexus, hook up dropbox and have it download all your apps, which you can then restore.

I plan on trying this, since there are a few programs with data that I don't want to lose (car maintenance, pilot logbook, etc.)