transfering paid apps to atrix

[sanchez1980us]

I have a Evo right now and I'm planning on getting the atrix now my question. Is how do I transfer my paid apps to atrix? Or are they saved to my gmail account? Idk how it goes the Evo is my first android device.

 

[Tasmin]

I would think the easiest way would be to restore your apps on your new phone with Titanium Backup (paid version so it's a one click process). Otherwise apps that you download via the market as paid should be remembered by the market, and anything else you should locate the file containing your key(these are usually emailed to you by the dev when you pay to unlock a trial version) and back them up so you have them ready after reinstalling.

 

[AvengerBB]

They are saved to your account. When you log into the market from yoru new phone, you will see them all and can download them. However, if you have saved data you want to keep Titanium Backup will take care of that. That requires root though.

 

[DT]

A couple of my apps provided a registration key you enter, so you basically re-install the free version, enter the app settings and there's an option to enter the key (Launcher Pro works like this I believe).

 

[atlbuc]

Titanium Backup is a root only solution so it will do no good until the Atrix is rooted.

 

[DT]

Titanium Backup is a root only solution so it will do no good until the Atrix is rooted.

Yeah, if you're going from a rooted phone to a non-rooted phone, you're doing to have to re-install via the market/app brain.

Also, Android does backup some [all?] settings to Google (and obviously your contacts/calendar/Gmail can be sync'ed to Google, so those get pushed right back down).

I haven't really explored the Google option, though I'll probably read up since I'll be going rooted-to-non-rooted myself

 

[atlbuc]

Yeah, if you're going from a rooted phone to a non-rooted phone, you're doing to have to re-install via the market/app brain.

Also, Android does backup some [all?] settings to Google (and obviously your contacts/calendar/Gmail can be sync'ed to Google, so those get pushed right back down).

I haven't really explored the Google option, though I'll probably read up since I'll be going rooted-to-non-rooted myself

From my experience the Google option is hit and miss, after logging in to your account on the phone it is supposed to automatically install your downloaded apps you had installed previously. It does this sometimes and sometimes not. Going to a different phone I always like to set it up from scratch.

 

[DT]

Thanks for the info. I'll probably setup from scratch too, plus it's a good time to wade through the all the crap I've installed and be a little more selective about what gets RE-installed.

 

[atlbuc]

Thanks for the info. I'll probably setup from scratch too, plus it's a good time to wade through the all the crap I've installed and be a little more selective about what gets RE-installed.

No Problem

 

[MarcMaiden]

From my experience the Google option is hit and miss, after logging in to your account on the phone it is supposed to automatically install your downloaded apps you had installed previously. It does this sometimes and sometimes not. Going to a different phone I always like to set it up from scratch.

Actually, it is not supposed to download your apps. It only downloads your contacts/emails/calendar as checked in the settings. It does however, download the history of downloaded apps and makes it easy to re download them from the market

 

[atlbuc]

Actually, it is not supposed to download your apps. It only downloads your contacts/emails/calendar as checked in the settings. It does however, download the history of downloaded apps and makes it easy to re download them from the market

No I have had it download all my apps on my Droid several times after a factory reset or after flashing a new ROM. If it was supposed to or not is a different question. Maybe this was changed but I remember several people reporting the same thing

 

[sanchez1980us]

Thanks guys for the info.