Guide to Backing Up Your Android Data
OP
Cause apparently Helium came long after I wrote the guide. But it's good that you have mentioned it.
Helium app seems to be pretty bad-ass to take backups of App And Data. Not surprising since it comes from ClockworkMod.
$hadow
Geek in making
I used it when I was on stock rom on my nexus 7 for a few months and was impressed but then root + titanium happened
sling-shot
Wise Old Owl
Doing a complete backup using Titanium Backup always messes up my home screen setup. I end up with lost widgets, icons or wallpaper.
Particularly w.r.t. Sony the default Backup and Restore is useless across OS versions eg. in case of upgrade from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4.4.
Particularly w.r.t. Sony the default Backup and Restore is useless across OS versions eg. in case of upgrade from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4.4.
OP
You only do a complete backup using Titanium backup if you flash same ROM.
Titanium backup is only good if you want to restore selective apps and their data.
sling-shot
Wise Old Owl
Complete backup has other use cases than changing ROM alone. It can act as a system restore point for adventurous minds too. I can try different system setup combinations and see which works best for me.
sling-shot
Wise Old Owl
I think it is in a directory called Carbon.
OP
You are not supposed to delete backups.
@Vyom, you misunderstood my friend! I have and will never delete my Android data backup.
The "deleted" statement in my previous post, meant the post itself!
OP
Bump to add a very important point.
"Remember" to take the backup. I recently all my data on Moto X after I unlocked it's bootloader without realizing that I did a fatal mistake. Sounds kind of dumb and ironic, but yes it happened.
So the most important point is: To Take Regular backups or remember to take backup before messing around your device, and/or setup cloud backups.
"Remember" to take the backup. I recently all my data on Moto X after I unlocked it's bootloader without realizing that I did a fatal mistake. Sounds kind of dumb and ironic, but yes it happened.
So the most important point is: To Take Regular backups or remember to take backup before messing around your device, and/or setup cloud backups.
sling-shot
Wise Old Owl
How to backup the desktop? I mean homescreens and their icon/widget arrangements?
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
they are stored in settings I think
OP
I am not sure about the stock launcher, but I use Apex launcher, which also have the ability to save settings in a file. So you can use Apex, which is just like stock Android launcher, only with hoards of customization options.
$hadow
Geek in making
Custom launcher provide you with that facility and also Google now launcher also does the same.