Hi,
I want to root my Pixel 2 XL but I obviously want to backup first.
I had an issue with the Google Drive backup on the Pixel when I tried out Android P for a day. After opting out and restoring my phone from the backup, certain texts were missing but also accounts and things that I had added weren't restored. Thing like exchange email accounts and stuff like that.
Now I kind of live on the fence between the Android and iOS world. For years I have always had an iPhone and I still do but recently decided to get a second phone to try and split my work and personal life. Have always like Android but I'm very deep into the Apple eco system. Anyway, decided to get a Pixel. The point really is that coming from iOS I am used to the iCloud backup system which I have to say is amazing. It backs up everything. When you restore its as if nothing even happened. You don't have to check over things and re add stuff etc. So I'm just surprised that Google or Android don't have an equivalent service. I also noticed on Android that the backup menu doesnt even have an option to force a backup. It's all auto which may be fine but for instance when I check the last backup dates and time it will be earlier in the day after I've received a bunch of texts etc. If I can't force a backup then I will lose that data when I restore.
So, what is the absolute best way to fully backup my phone? I am unrooted at the moment but I do want to root hence why I want to back up everything. I would preferably like it to be some kind of cloud backup but as long as it backs up absolutely everything, almost like a complete image then I really don't care.
Thanks in advance.
Damien
have you unlocked your bootloader? if you have you can boot a twrp image which doesn't flash to your system and do a complete backup of your system with that. it wont backup your internal storage(pictures, documents, etc.) but that could be the best option. there is a adb way as well but i have never tried it.
No. I am not rooted. I want to be I want to backup first. Are there any full backup options for unrooted phones?
Damien Butt said:
No. I am not rooted. I want to be I want to backup first. Are there any full backup options for unrooted phones?
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Under settings, system, backup, you'll see these options. It's as full a backup you get unrooted. I used to be rooted and do Titanium Backup but I've been fine with Google's backup for the last 3 years.
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Damien Butt said:
No. I am not rooted. I want to be I want to backup first. Are there any full backup options for unrooted phones?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-phone-backup-unlock-root-t1420351
Related
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/07/thinking-of-flashing-rom-wiping-your.html
Thinking of flashing a ROM? Wiping your phone? Here's how to backup and restore!
I REALLY recommend buying titanium backup. There's a reason it's one of the TOP paid apps available for android. Note that you have to be rooted to use it!
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1) When you open up titanium backup check and make sure it says you're rooted.
2) Click Schedules to routinely backup your phone. As you can see I have 3 schedules that run daily.
Redo backups for modified data: This backs up the data for your apps. For example... if you are on Level 35 in Angry Birds, doing this will save that data. When you have to reinstall your ROM for whatever reason and have to re-install Angry Birds, the data that states you've passed all the levels prior to Level 35 will be restored.
Backup all new apps and newer versions: It only backs up the apps that have been updated from the Android Market Place since the last backup and adds any new apps you've downloaded as well.
Delete backups for un-installed apps: This deletes backups for apps I've uninstalled during the day. I wouldn't want titanium backup to restore all the apps I've deleted and don't want anymore would I?
3) If you're using a launcher such as Apex or Nova, I also recommend backing up those settings in the launcher itself just in case Titanium Backup doesn't.
4) Now is the time to download your respective ROM and Kernels. Put these on your SD card somewhere easy to find. All ROMS depend on the phone you're using. They're not universal. The two major sites you can find ROMS and Kernels for your device are XDA and RootzWiki.
5) All you have to do now is boot into Clockwork Recovery. From here you wipe system data, Cache, and Dalvik Cache. You can also click "Mounts and Storage" and format the respective folders in there such as system and boot.
6) Once flashed reboot the phone and make sure it boots.
7) You can click the about section in the phone settings to check the radio/kernel/ROM/android version you're on.
8) The first thing I do after signing into my Google account is opening up the play store and installing titanium backup.
9) From TiBu, Click the check mark in the top right to access the batch options. Scroll down to restore and click "Restore missing apps and data". You use this option because restoring system data can cause conflicts with the ROM. After the batch install is done your phone should be read to go!
Note: I flash stuff often which is why I backup so often!
How to refresh the whole xperia ion system without losing all data, apps settings?
So keeps all sms, calls logs, apps progress, phone settings, without rooting?
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How to refresh the whole xperia ion system without losing all data, apps settings?
So keeps all sms, calls logs, apps progress, phone settings, without rooting?
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download clean master from play store and clear all cache and files... that should help.. rooting will help more
Is there a way to backup everything, then reinstall the whole OS to original sony stock OS ROM, then restore everything back to now?
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Is there a way to backup everything, then reinstall the whole OS to original sony stock OS ROM, then restore everything back to now?
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Use Titanium Backup to backup all your apps, Use Super Backup to backup your SMS, Contact, Call Log, Conversation.
My phone isnt rooted yet
Cant find a way to root my rogers ion.
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My phone isnt rooted yet
Cant find a way to root my rogers ion.
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Doesn't the Ion come with a Backup and Restore app from Sony? Every Xperia S has it anyway.. The icon looks a bit like a safe and the app looks like this:
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That app does pretty much everything you want. Just backup and do a factory reset. Since the app is in your system, it won't be affected.
Yes, it does come with an app says backup and restore. Didnt know sony has it in there.
Does it back up the app settings as well?
For my other phone, I need to root to backup settings, otherwise it only backup app, then all scores, setting of all apps are lost.
Thanks.
Do you know where are the files are store using this app from sony?
I can not find it in folder.
I'm currently low on space on my internal storage and I believe the problem is old nandroid backups from back when I used CWM. I now use TWRP and it doesn't see my old backups. Where can I find the backups so that I can delete them?
If all you wanna do is deal with the nandroid backups on your device, I use Nandroid Manager (from Google Play store, its free). It finds the paths where any and all backups on the device may be stored, and lists them for you. You can then go and delete them or browse them if you want...
I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM
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I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM
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Download Rom Manager in the play store from Clockworkmod and go to Manage and Restore Backups and then delete them.
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I've tried that, but it only shows my most recent backup that was made with TWRP. It doesn't show any of my old backups that I made when I was still using CWM
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Use a file browser and go to sdcard-clockworkmod and they should all be there. Cut and paste them to a computer if you need to save them. You can always use titanium back as well as app from above to extract anything you need.
Sorry for the late response, I've been busy with school and just got around to attempting to fix this issue to no avail. I tried reflashing CWM to see if it could see old recoveries but I couldn't see any. I'm beginning to think it's not actually old nandroid files, but something else taking up all the storage instead. I've used diskusage and root explorer to try and find something that was taking up lots of room, but nothing was taking up much space. I don't have many apps, and there's no way the rom should be taking up this much room. This thread over at androidcentral shows other people having the same problem. This is getting pretty bad as I can't update or install any apps.
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After doing some digging around in diskusage I finally found the culprit. All of the old recoveries had been moved into /data/lost+found. Deleting the contents fixed all my problems! Hopefully this will help someone else out, it has been driving me crazy.
Hey guys, I've got a 'save my ass' question for ya.. Due to an unfortunate series of events, my E4GT ended up with a completely smashed screen. I have received my replacement from Asurion, and now as I slowly get it back to the state my old one was in it has dawned on me that although I did a nandroid backup the last time I updated my ROM (CM10.1) back in August (which I assume doesn't help, since I assume a nandroid probably can't be used in a different handset) I have not done a Titanium Backup for quite a while before that. My last Ti backup will be missing plenty of data. The old phone still powers up, and I know debugging is enabled.
So is there any way that I can feed TiBu a command via ADB to run a full backup without the screen?
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Hey guys, I've got a 'save my ass' question for ya.. Due to an unfortunate series of events, my E4GT ended up with a completely smashed screen. I have received my replacement from Asurion, and now as I slowly get it back to the state my old one was in it has dawned on me that although I did a nandroid backup the last time I updated my ROM (CM10.1) back in August (which I assume doesn't help, since I assume a nandroid probably can't be used in a different handset) I have not done a Titanium Backup for quite a while before that. My last Ti backup will be missing plenty of data. The old phone still powers up, and I know debugging is enabled.
So is there any way that I can feed TiBu a command via ADB to run a full backup without the screen?
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Why not try loading the nandroid backup onto the new handset. Backing up the critical data. Then do clean install with just the critical data?
That should cover all your bases.
Not got anything to lose at this point.
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Why not try loading the nandroid backup onto the new handset. Backing up the critical data. Then do clean install with just the critical data?
That should cover all your bases.
Not got anything to lose at this point.
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I figured a nandroid would be handset-specific,no? For the same reason some people have issues with ROMs and others with the same model phone don't - minor hardware differences? I don't want to brick this one.
And even though the nandroid is more current than the latest Ti backup by several months, it's still almost three months old.. Just old enough to be almost completely useless to me. If it is possible to make it run a current backup via ADB, I want to do it.
It will probably give you an md5 error, but your can bypass it using this method-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390010
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Hello.
Why is no applications backed up when backing up in miui backup?
What good is such an application if it can't back up any one application?
In Settings>Xiaomi account>Xiaomi Cloud u can make a back up that include all/most of ur apps. It's useful when u flash stock ROM only.
You didn't understand me at all.
I have a stock rom.
When backing up, every application is not backed up, only an exclamation mark appears next to them and that's it.
The backup should be 1.5 gb, but only 34 mb will be saved.
I just showed u another way to do a back up (which will restore most of ur apps) instead using miui backup (which is an app, I guess). If doesn't suit u, no problem Btw, I can do nothing to change what miui backup does, so that's why i suggested another way.
Don't bother with miui app backups, they'll just break everything if you restore them after flashing a ROM.
Use google cloud backups for settings and some app data for restoring stuff after a flash or reset.
Hi, just an additional question: does this MIUI backup works with weekly developer eu ROM ?
Thanks
jkmaxfli said:
You didn't understand me at all.
I have a stock rom.
When backing up, every application is not backed up, only an exclamation mark appears next to them and that's it.
The backup should be 1.5 gb, but only 34 mb will be saved.
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....same to me ....did you find a solution?
Same here. totally frustrating. All my themes are gone
jkmaxfli said:
Hello.
Why is no applications backed up when backing up in miui backup?
What good is such an application if it can't back up any one application?
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It doesn't work because Miui is a real s h i t
MyPhoneExplorer works fine backing up apps at once. To restore then we need to restore one by one by using myphoneexplorer "Aplications" or copy the all directory to the phone and then install one by one.
Swish is suppose to do this but I do believe you must be rooted for a full backup
Same here. totally frustrating. Why " Not supported" ?
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with xiaomi.eu ROM 12.5.9 the Backup works.
I think higher versions are buggy