Tuesday, January 10, 2017

How to Take Full Backup of Your Android Device

How to Take Full Backup of Your Android Device





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How to Take Full Backup of Your Android Device


Android, which accounts for over 84% of total smartphone market in the world is one of the most awesome things developed by google. The main reason why people go for Android over other operating system is Android allows you to optimize apps, kernel, ROM’s and mods and gives you freedom which other operating system don’t. Android is actually based on Linux operating system so it has endless possibilities. And if you will root your Android device, then you will get a whole new world of customization, trying different custom ROM’s and Kernels. Android even allows you to add multiple operating systems in a single device.
Now, while trying different custom ROM’s, kernels and mods there is a slight chance that you may lose your data. This may result in loss of Apps, images, personal data and sometimes even ROM. And if you lose your ROM, then there is a very slight chance hat you will be able to use your Android device again. So now you may be thinking what precaution you should take before trying different custom ROM’s. The ultimate solution for this is to take a full backup of your Android device and store it on SD card and your PC.
In this tutorial, we will help you through the procedure of taking backup of your apps, images, data and even your ROM and everything else that resides in an Android device except for your SD card. The backup of your Android device will be stored on your SD card and you can even copy that backup file to a more secure place like your PC. We will make a Nandroid Backup of your android device. Nandroid Backup takes a full backup image of your device and stores it so it can restore your Android device when something happens.
We will also suggest you some apps to backup your existing apps, images, videos and texts for both rooted and unrooted Android devices.

Backup your Android Device Data with Titanium Backup (Requires Root)

If you are one of those who want to take a complete backup of your Android device excluding ROM and you have no problem in rooting your device then Titanium Backup app is the best solution for you. Titanium Backup app requires root and this app is available in Play Store free of cost. With Titanium Backup you can:
  1. Backup your apps and data (including system apps).
  2. Restore your apps and data (including system apps).
  3. Scheduled Backups.
  4. Move apps to/from SD Card.
  5. Backup and Restore SMS, Call logs and Wi-Fi settings.
Download Titanium Backup App

Take your 1st backup with Titanium Backup

Follow the below steps to backup the data present in your Android device:
  1. Download the Titanium Backup app from Play Store or from the link given above.
  2. After the app is installed, launch the Titanium Backup app.
  3. Click on the Backup/Restore option.
    Backup and Restore
    Backup and Restore
  4. Now, tap the “menu” button on your device.
  5. A menu will be popped up. From there, select “Batch”.
  6. In the batch menu, select “Backup all user apps+system data”.
    Backup User Apps+System Data
    Backup User Apps+System Data
  7. You will be asked whether to kill the running apps or not. Select “Kill active apps”.
  8. Now click “Run the batch operation”.
  9. The backup will be done and will be stored in your SD card in the directory “TitaniumBackup”.

Restore your Backup with Titanium Backup

Follow the below steps to restore your backup with Titanium Backup app:
  1. Open the Titanium Backup app.
  2. Click on Backup/Restore option.
  3. Tap the “menu” button on your device.
  4. A menu will be popped up. From that menu, select “Batch”.
  5. In the batch menu, select “Restore all apps with data”.
  6. The backup will now be restored and your device will look like the day when you made the backup.
The only thing which some may constrain some users from taking the backup with Titanium Backup app is that the Titanium Backup requires root. So, in the next section of our tutorial, we will suggest you an app to take backup of your Android device without the need of rooting your device.

Backup your Android Device Data with Helium Backup (No Root Required)

Helium-App Sync and Backup is one app which you should use to backup your Android device if you don’t want to root your device. Helium App backups everything ranging from your call logs to videos, apps and data. The only thing which cannot be backed up by Helium app is your ROM. Some of the features of Helium app are:
  1. Backup your data to SD card.
  2. Restore your data from SD card.
  3. Backup your data to PC.
  4. Restore your data from PC.
Download Helium-App Sync and Backup

Backup your data with Helium App

  1. Download the Helium app from Play Store or from the link on your Android device.
  2. Open the Helium app on your Android device.
    Helium - App Sync and Backup
    Helium – App Sync and Backup
  3. When you will open the app, the app will ask your access to your Google account to backup data on Google Drive. Grant the access to Helium app.
  4. Now, Helium app will prompt you to connect your Android device to PC so as to connect to the Helium desktop application.
  5. Connect your device to PC with USB Cable.
    Helium App
    Helium App
  6. Now, install Helium for chrome by clicking here.
  7. Now, open Helium app on both your PC and your Android device.
  8. Helium app will now pair both the devices.
  9. You can disconnect your Android device now.
  10. Now, on your Android device tap the “Backup” button in the Helium app.
  11. Helium app will now ask where you would like to save the backup. Select “Google Drive” if you want to access the backup on different devices.
Note: You will have to pair your Helium Android app and Helium chrome application each time after you reboot your device. Also, in the step-5 if you face any problem while connecting and pairing your device to PC, then select the “Enable PTP” button in the Helium app and in the next screen choose the “Camera (PTP)” option. This will resolve your any connecting and pairing issue.
Till now, we have described 2 apps which can take a backup of your Android device. However, both the apps miss one common feature. We can’t take the backup of the ROM through both of these apps. To take the backup of the ROM, you need to take a Nandroid Backup of your Android device. Below if the procedure to do so.

Nandroid Backup

Nandroid is sometimes also written as NANDroid. It is a permanent storage memory of your android device. A Nandroid Backup is a standard directory image for backing up a perfect mirror image of your Android device. With the help of Nandroid Backup, you can save:
  1. All Apps
  2. All Images
  3. All Videos
  4. All Music
  5. All Games
  6. All Text messages
  7. All Multimedia messages
  8. All Wallpapers
  9. All Widgets
  10. All Stored passwords (Wi-Fi passwords included)
  11. All Ringtones
  12. Your Stock ROM
  13. All Accounts
  14. All System Settings
And pretty much everything!
After taking a Nandroid Backup, you can:
  • Try different ROM’s.
  • Protect yourself against accidently loaded malware.
  • You can use this NANDroid Backup on any device of the same model so if you have lost your phone and got a replacement for the same, then install the backup and your Android device will be as good as before.