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Any backup app for moto G?

since moto G does not count with micro sd support, i find it quite diffiicult to find a app to backups my aplications.
Which program can i use to make a backup in pc?

Try mybackup pro (paid) and helium (free) available on play store.

sihag said:
Try mybackup pro (paid) and helium (free) available on play store.
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Helium is a bit quirky with Motorola phones. I could not restore my backup (on the phone sd card ) after upgrading my phone to Kitkat . Luckily I had made an earlier backup onto the computer over WiFi

Titanium, obackup and so on...

yunior597 said:
since moto G does not count with micro sd support, i find it quite diffiicult to find a app to backups my aplications.
Which program can i use to make a backup in pc?
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Creating a backup of your SD card is not that same as backing up your applications. For backing up applications with data, I recommend Titaniumbackup. It does require root though, if you're not rooted Helium is a good runner up.
For copying contents from internal storage to your PC, I'd stay away from copying files/folders using Windows explorer via MTP/PTP. My experience is that file transfers will often fail or hang. Use adb push/pull commands instead, or use an app that will run a FTP server on your phone, allowing access via a FTP client on your PC.

Ive found that Helium constantly breaks while trying to backup large APKs . So here is a work around which worked for me get a backup of installed apps and data .
Backup
1) Backup apk using ES Explorer or equivalent .
2) Backup contents of /Android/obb . ( this is where some apps like games store extra content )
3) Take backup of data using Helium using Web console . May be you can try backing up to device also .. Might work
Restore
1) You can either manually install backed up apps using any Android File explorer OR simply use ADB command line (no app installation prompts )
adb install -r APk .
To batch install on DOS use
for %i in (*.apk) DO adb install -r "%i"
2) now restore app data using Helium using web console or restoring from device .
3) Restore obb folder contents
This for me was much faster and had lesser failures due to Helium hanging :good:

yunior597 said:
since moto G does not count with micro sd support, i find it quite diffiicult to find a app to backups my aplications.
Which program can i use to make a backup in pc?
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how do you backup whatsapp data,or any other app data which usually takes place on sd card.is it so that it gets created in internal memory itself? or we dont have any option for backup as we cant use sd card? i am going to buy this phone,so tell me

Full Backup using the TWRP Backup Tool program

Good afternoon,
My question is as follows,
1. The Backup Tool program creates a unique file when it generates the complete backup by the computer, different from the one created by TWRP, if it only needs to restore a single item has?
Note: I use the Backup Tool to be able to back up directly to the PC because I do not have enough memory card to fit the DATA folder.
2. With the complete backup, I read in some topics in the forum, that do not go type information, photos, downloads, etc. Is this right? If so, why in full backup is this information missing?
Thank you.

costafabiof said:
Good afternoon,
My question is as follows,
1. The Backup Tool program creates a unique file when it generates the complete backup by the computer, different from the one created by TWRP, if it only needs to restore a single item has?
Note: I use the Backup Tool to be able to back up directly to the PC because I do not have enough memory card to fit the DATA folder.
2. With the complete backup, I read in some topics in the forum, that do not go type information, photos, downloads, etc. Is this right? If so, why in full backup is this information missing?
Thank you.
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You can use twrp to pc and copy your internal storage off. Just drag and drop the folders you want from internal to your pc. No need to do a back up of it

godkingofcanada said:
You can use twrp to pc and copy your internal storage off. Just drag and drop the folders you want from internal to your pc. No need to do a back up of it
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Good afternoon,
Are you telling me that when I connect the phone to the PC via TWRP and all the folders appear, if I copy them, is it the same as doing a full backup by TWRP?
Because if so, what caught my attention is that, folders total 700 mb and backup 6 gigs.

No what he's saying is that TWRP only backs up the system content. So your ROM, apps, app settings, customisation etc is all saved in the TWRP backup.
But it doesn't save "loose" user files, so things like photos, downloads, etc saved to your SD or internal storage aren't included in the TWRP backup.
So for a complete backup, you want a TWRP backup + copy the photos, downloads, etc folders via PC onto your desktop.
Copying the folders is NOT going to be equivalent to a TWP backup, as you don't see any system/firmware files in PC.

What to use to Backup Complete phone Firmware, pictures and Everything on the phone??? So if it crashes you caab restore phone back to like it was before Crash? Thanks

Can't recover deleted Photos

Hi, i recently flashed Evolution x in my Redmi note 7 Using Orange fox recovery, i tried to recover my deleted photos that are on internal storage that were deleted when i wiped my data , i installed Disk digger with root access and Undeleter app , Unfortunately none of them found a single photo on internal storage , by the way , orange fox asks for a pin code which i don't have, to access internal storage should i Factory reset again to Remove encryption and Scan again for Photos ? Is there any other way ?

A Factory Reset deletes all user-data hence photos, too. Because the files aren't physically removed from internal storage memory - they simply are marked as useable space - they may get recovered, but that needs forensic tools as NSA and Israeli National Agency may have, IMO
Anyway:
To create a backup ( dump ) of the part of internal storage memory you are intested in you can run ADB command sequence as follows:
Code:
adb devices
adb exec-out "dd if=/storage/emulated/0/Photos" > "C:\Photos-Dump.iso"
Good luck.

jwoegerbauer said:
A Factory Reset deletes all user-data hence photos, too. Because the files aren't physically removed from internal storage memory - they simply are marked as useable space - they may get recovered, but that needs forensic tools as NSA and Israeli National Agency may have, IMO
Anyway:
To create a backup ( dump ) of the part of internal storage memory you are intested in you can run ADB command sequence as follows:
Code:
adb devices
adb exec-out "dd if=/storage/emulated/0/Photos" > "C:\Photos-Dump.iso"
Good luck.
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This command is only going to create a backup of my existing photos right ?

Kazandiro17 said:
This command is only going to create a backup of my existing photos right ?
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Correct. You initially spoke of photos!

Kazandiro17 said:
Hi, i recently flashed Evolution x in my Redmi note 7 Using Orange fox recovery, i tried to recover my deleted photos that are on internal storage that were deleted when i wiped my data , i installed Disk digger with root access and Undeleter app , Unfortunately none of them found a single photo on internal storage , by the way , orange fox asks for a pin code which i don't have, to access internal storage should i Factory reset again to Remove encryption and Scan again for Photos ? Is there any other way ?
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Yes, you can easily recover your photos with the help of free tool such as Stellar Data Recovery for android which help you to get back your deleted or lost photos from your internal memory storage. i hope this information would helpful for you! Thanks.

If you have enabled the backup on Google account or local backup of Mi cloud then, you can restore data of your phone. So, you can check your backup on your mobile. If you have unable to restore photos from Google backup then, you can also try best Android recovery software on PC. I hope it will helpful for you. Thanks!

Full backup of dying phone using TWRP, backup should be accessible without the phone

Hello,
I have a Redmi Note 5 with TWRP and AOSP Extended, the charging circuits of which have died, so the phone cannot be charged or even take power from a charger, otherwise entirely functional. I now have my "last charge", the phone is charged to 100% and turned off, but as soon as the battery reaches 0% it is dead, probably forever, as it is not possible to charge it.
Now, I would like to somehow make a backup of the entire phone, in case there is some data that I might find out I need in the future. Is it possible to create a backup that I will be able to fully access after the phone dies? Is it possible to make such an image of the phone, that I could import it into a virtual machine and run on my computer?
Thank you very much.

Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internal storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones. TWRP only backs up /data NOT internal storage

Android emulators run on x86/x86-64 CPU based machines whereas Android OS - all it installed apps included - runs on 32-bit/64-bit ARM-CPU based devices. Hence it doesn't make any sense trying to clone an existing Android device in order to run this clone in an Android emulator. It simply doesn't work.

Tab E said:
Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internal storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones. TWRP only backs up /data NOT internal storage
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You are wrong. The /data partition - also called /userdata - is located on device's internal storage memory. To keep you updated: The /data partition has subfolder /data/media where user's data like pictures, musics, videos, etc.pp are stored.
The /data partition what also holds all apps and their data ( obb excluded ) installed by user in subfolder /data/apps always - using the right tool - can completely get backed up.

Tab E said:
Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internet storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps
Tab E said:
Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internet storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones
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data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backupof a perticular from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones
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jwoegerbauer said:
You are wrong. The /data partition - also called /userdata - is located on device's internal storage menory. The /data partition has subfolder /data/media where user's data like pictures, musics, videos, etc.pp are stored. The /data partition what also holds all apps and their data ( obb excluded ) installed by user always - using the right tool - can completely get backed up.
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Thanks for informing

Thank you everyone for clarifying, I ended up just making a backup of the internal storage manually and then all the other partitions using TWRP backup.

How to make a restore point on android?

Hi everyone. I guess this question, may be can be easy for many of you, or I don't know if is already posted , but please guide me.
I want to perform on android something like to a restore point on windows; I mean, that if I corrupt system or perform a hard reset after that restore point (or backup), I can restore everything (apps and customizations, and i hope, existing root access) exactly to when I did restore point.
I ask you this, because I think my device needs a factory reset to test something, but no matter the result of the test, I would need to waste hours and hours, by restoring everything to how it was before hard reset; so, if there's a tool that could save me those hours, wil be excellent.
So, thanks in advance, and please guide me.

for this you would need root. by stock, android cannot make a backup of your apps and settings. more exactly a twrp backup

Fytdyh said:
for this you would need root. by stock, android cannot make a backup of your apps and settings. more exactly a twrp backup
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Ok, I have twrp installed. ¿How I perform and then restore that "restore point"? ¿Is the backup made by twrp very big? I mean, ¿Do I need how much sd card free space to perform a successfully backup?

Only to have mentioned it:
If phone's Android is rooted and USB-Debugging is successfully enabled on it then you can perform a NANDROID backup ( a really full backup ) by means of ADB using Android's dd system command what allows you to store the backup on desktop computer.

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Only to have mentioned it:
If phone's Android is rooted and USB-Debugging is successfully enabled on it then you can perform a NANDROID backup ( a really full backup ) by means of ADB using Android's dd system command what allows you to store the backup on desktop computer.
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But there is a little problem: My usb support (mtp, adb and otg) is not working at all, so i guess my only possible option, is dump the restore point to the sdcard ¿or is there any other option?

Using TWRP to NANDROID backup the phone you can define the storage space where the backup sholuld go to: Internal Storage ( AKA /sdcard) , external Storage ( Memory Card ) or a Pen Drive via OTG cable. If you proceed with the latter 2, make sure to first mount it onto your device via the TWRP Mount option.
In your case backing up to Internal Storage doesn't make sense at all because you can't additionally save it to PC, too, due to lacking ADB support, IMO.
See also here: https://twrp.me/faq/backupexclusions.html