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Can you back your phone to you're computer

What app do you Use
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What exactly are you trying to backup?
If you already have a Titanium Backup, copy that folder to your PC
Also, SMS Backup and Restore, Call Log Backup and Restore and APN Backup and Restore to backup those items, then copy the folders to the computer from your phone.
We need a little more info to give you a good answer but that should help

xxsicknessxx said:
What app do you Use
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To backup your phone, complete Andorid OS, system files, apps and all.....you need a nandroid backup. This you would acheive with Clockworkmod Recovery. This a complete 1:1 backup that will be an exact replica of your phone. Everything........you then copy the backup folder to your computer.
Now if you want a backup like syncing your files, music, pics and folders, you need Kies, which is the samsung software for this. HOWEVER, it may or may not backup your SYSTEM files and settings......I have not used Kies in a while, so dont know what it does anymore
And finally, you can use a file manager like Astro File Manager, Root Explorer and then copy all files to your external SD card.
Have fun !!

And u say I'm in every thread? I leave for a few hours and u handle all the questions lol, what I'm I supposed to do now?

chappatti said:
To backup your phone, complete Andorid OS, system files, apps and all.....you need a nandroid backup. This you would acheive with Clockworkmod Recovery. This a complete 1:1 backup that will be an exact replica of your phone. Everything........you then copy the backup folder to your computer.
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What he said... ^^^^.... with one exception. .. a Nandroid backup does NOT backup the modem partitions (mmcblk0p17 and mmcblk0p13).

Uncle Irish said:
What exactly are you trying to backup?
If you already have a Titanium Backup, copy that folder to your PC
Also, SMS Backup and Restore, Call Log Backup and Restore and APN Backup and Restore to backup those items, then copy the folders to the computer from your phone.
We need a little more info to give you a good answer but that should help
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I agree with Uncle Irish, Titanium Backup will do all that for you.

To sync to a windows pc, just get my phone explorer from Google play.
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EDIT: MyPhoneExplorer lets you sync to Outlook, Thunderbird, and several other apps on your PC. You'll need to download the PC version, too. I use this to back up my contacts and calendar to Outlook.
The other posts here have great advice for backing up your phone's files. ROM Toolbox is a great app that does a lot of what you want on a rooted phone. It can do app backups just like Titanium Backup (I actually like RTB better than TiBu). I also back up calendar and contacts to google for easy syncing after a wipe.

Full Android backup to PC possible?

Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated

bflmpsvz said:
Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated
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Take backup using Cwm and u can reflash it using ir phone again.
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You need to root (gain root/superuser access) your device and install a custom recovery. Clockwork Mod is one of the (CWM), TWRP is another (having used both, I prefer TWRP - but you can try either/both yourself). You can then copy or cut the backed-up files from the recovery's folder to your computer.

Thanks, probably give it a try if anything else fails. Would it be possible to mount a windows shared drive to phone's internal filesystem? So that TB could access it as internal folder...

use nandroid backup (cwm)
you must root your device

backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
http://www.1mobile.com/go-backup-pro-550518.html

Thanks for your suggestion
LEON_HEART said:
backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
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Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.

bflmpsvz said:
Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.
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Yeah, you need to be able to access files in the phone not on sd card, the phone has a seperate memory he wants to access, I think he is asking how to put the phone (everything) onto PC.... im not sure how to do this myself but I will look into it for you, I believe you can access that info but im not sure where the files you want are.

The backup is saved into /sdcard/clockworkmod/blob/ but the problem I have with it is that used soace in internal memory is over 1.5GB while free space on Sdcard is usually several 100s MB...
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Backing up apps ?

Can android apps be saved to a windows laptop and kept as backup ?
Thanks

10rdan said:
Can android apps be saved to a windows laptop and kept as backup ?
Thanks
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yes, but root is required.
Root, look in your data/data folder and copy and paste them.
However, titanium backup is more elegant solution.

gregbradley said:
yes, but root is required.
Root, look in yoThanksr data/data folder and copy and paste them.
However, titanium backup is more elegant solution.
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Phone is unlocked, rooted and running ARHD8. HOX+.
So just a case of copy and paste from internal memory to windows hdd ?
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Yes, but titanium backup will make ie easier for you
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+1 for Titanium Backup, although I prefer and use Helium.. It has much lesser features than Titanium Backup, but it has all the features that I need to have..
NOTE: A lot of people have a lot of problems with Helium, but I didn't encounter any so far..

How to restore app data with Helium?

Hello, it's been my first post in a while but I recently upgraded to an S7 and was trying to restore the app data for some of my apps from my S4. I backed up the apps on the S4 using Helium using 2 methods. I first just backed it up to internal. I connected the S4 to the PC and copied the carbon folder. I later connected my S7. Copied the carbon folder into the internal of that. Open Helium on the S7. Click Restore and Snyc. Helium says it can't find any backups.
I then try the PC download option. Open up the web server and backup my apps from there. I now have a zip file called backup. I put that on my S7. Heliu, doesn't see it. I go back to the Helium web server and upload the backup.zip. No progress whatsoever. Upload backup.zip on Google drive. Select "Restore from Google Drive' in Helium. Helium still can't find anything.
All I want is to restore app data on a couple of games I have, I shouldn't have to go through all this nonsense. Is there a better way or a remedy for this Helium issue? I clearly have the backup folder but Helium isn't detecting it.

Use the third option, phone to phone. Under restore/sync if you have both phones in helium you should be able to select them and choose which apps you want to copy over from the s4.

peachpuff said:
Use the third option, phone to phone. Under restore/sync if you have both phones in helium you should be able to select them and choose which apps you want to copy over from the s4.
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But that requires the pro version

Is there a better solution

Not that i know of, the two ways you tried of restoring should work, i used the third option when going from my n5 to the s7. The app was worth it.

Can't I just backup my whole phone to my phone and copy whatever is needed to restore app data to my new phone?

Mo Neenja31 said:
Can't I just backup my whole phone to my phone and copy whatever is needed to restore app data to my new phone?
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Using what app? Only helium can restore data without root. Or are you talking about samsung switch? Not sure that does data though.

peachpuff said:
Using what app? Only helium can restore data without root. Or are you talking about samsung switch? Not sure that does data though.
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I meant just copying the phones app data from my pc to the s7

Mo Neenja31 said:
I meant just copying the phones app data from my pc to the s7
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You can try but you'll hit a road block trying to copy data from /data or any other root directories without having root.

How can I recover deleted photos from unrooted phone (not mass storage)

Hi I have a Huawei p8 lite with Android 6.0 and I accidentally deleted all my DCIM photos.
Unfortunately the device is not rooted and I can't root it due to Huawei's option not to allow unlocking bootloaders anymore.
If you know how I can root it without unlocking the bootloader i can try.
Also the phone does not supports mass storage so I cannot use Recuva.
Is it possible to restore files from internal storage using MTP? I cannot use mass storage due to the device is not rooted.
Thank you!

Vezunchik said:
Do you want to restore files using the Android program or through a connection to a PC?
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I don't care. I just want to restore the photos.

Did you find solution to this ??

siadathali said:
Did you find solution to this ??
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Without root, you probably won't be able to recover your data.
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Maybe you can download a lightweight photo recovery application, mobikin, this tool does not require your device to be rooted, if it is only used to recover media file,like photos.