Android reinstall

[toorsdenote]

Lately my Nexus One has been mysteriously "losing" applications. No big deal, I just redownload them through Market, the app that lets you find and download apps. Today, however, the phone mysteriously lost Market. Problem!

So, after dutifully backing up my data and recording the names of all my apps, I did a factory reset. It was ridiculously easy. Everything important, like contacts, is stored online anyway, so a reset makes no difference. Also, the reset doesn't affect data on the SD card, so my music and photos are still there. And I'd forgotten that Google backs up some basic settings by default, so as soon as I turned it back on, the phone connected to my wifi network and redownloaded all my apps for me.

I had to reenter a few passwords and drag the apps to where I want them on the screen, but other than that everything's back to normal. So far the only notable loss seems to be my high scores in Air Control. Alas!

Before I started I took pictures of my home screens so I could put everything back where I'm used to it. So, in case you're curious what apps I use all the time:


(This one ^ is my home screen.)

Hmm, and now I've made it public that inviting Roman and Kelly over for dinner is on my to-do list today, I guess I'd better get on it. Hey Roman, wanna come over for dinner sometime? ;-)

Comments

[toorsdenote.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it hadn't occurred to me to worry about the hardware. Yikes. Well, I will be all the more diligent about backing things up.

[y-pestis.livejournal.com]

I've been spontaneously losing apps, but I know which hardware is causing that to occur, and its name is Benjamin. Any chance Zoe's been getting her hands on your phone?

[toorsdenote.livejournal.com]

Nope, except this morning when I let her try Toddler Lock.

And the apps aren't deleted; the icons are still there, but when I try to open them I get an error message.