People who are addicted to flashing ROM on regular intervals on their Android devices, will know the value ofbacking up their valuable data, you need your data to get a ROM properly functioning on your device.
There are methods to store your important data locally, i.e. on your PC’s hard drive. But, many other users would like the comfort that cloud storage gives. A lot of the data on your device ends up in Google’s servers, ready to be pushed back down to your device should you ever need it. But for the data that isn’t handled by Google, you’re on your own.
In present time, technology changes rapidly as a result latest apps become out dated apps. Below we have summed up some innovative apps, read it to know how to use them any make most out of them.
Full Backups for Root Users
If you have a rooted device, a full image backup is must. When you flash latest ROM and swap out recoveryimages, you don’t want to be left with a brick device. Those of you who are rooting your device for the first time for installing a custom ROM, assure that you make a NANDROID backup, handled through the recovery system on most phones.
The other most important issue for users is of backing up apps. This can be done more easily and comprehensively than on non-rooted phones. We suggest our readers to use Titanium Backup from the market. A pro license is available at a cost of $6. This app helps you to backup not just the apps, but all other essential data’s on your device.
How to Backup SMS, Call Logs, Apps, and more
A good tool for the non-rooted users up till now is MyBackup Pro. This tool allows you to store tons of data on the RerWare servers for safekeeping. You can also store the backups on your device’s SD card. This Appsfull version is available for $4.99, a 30 day free trial is also available.
One of the best reasons for having this app is, it has systematically expanded the items it can store for you. SMS and call logs are the ones most people know about, but MyBackup also offers support for storing the custom dictionary, home screen settings, apps, alarms, and MMS.
MyBackup allows you to set a schedule for backups to happen in the background with your chosen settings. The app outputs a single file that can be easily restored. Should you just want to just get your texts, dictionary, home screens, and calls backed up, the file will be small. MyBackup Pro comes with just 100MB of space online, so if you want cloud backups of apps, it’s going to cost you a few bucks. You might consider manually uploading the backup file to a cloud service like Dropbox. This app lets you pick the app you desired to backup. The other way for backing your apps is the store the APK file directly. You can use Astro File Manager for this since it also happens to be a killer file browser. Apps will sync down from the Google servers when you log into a phone for the first time, but this process is not consider well. If an app is no longer available or you don’t like the updated version then this is not a good choice for you. If you like this system, you can skip the manual backup of apps in favor of the Google method.
How to Backup Images and video
Backing up your images and videos will a difficult task, as these are spacious data’s and most services will not like to keep huge files of 8 MP snapshots and HD video on their servers. Even if you do get the content up there, the interface for actually restoring so much data is no good. The best to backup images and video is to use Dropbox. This app is totally awesome for storage and syncing services. You can sign up for 2GB free Dropbox account, which is a good deal. If you data’s demand more space, you can pay or get people to use your referrals. Dropbox also runs the occasional scavenger hunt or contest to get you more storage. There are more two apps where you can backup your DCIM directory to Dropbox. The first one is DropSnap. This app automatically uploads your snapshots to Dropbox on the spot. It costs $4 for the full version, and we’ve heard that it is very reliable.
The other one is Titanium Media Sync. This is a non-root app pushes new files to your Dropbox at predetermined times. You can pick the variables like power, Wi-Fi access, 3G/4G, and so on. When the conditions are met, Titanium Media Sync will fire up and upload new photos and videos to Dropbox. Titanium Backup also enables pushing files to an FTP server of your desire.
Music
Music is not a matter of worry, but in case you value some of the tracks and find it difficult to recover them in future you can sign up for Google Music and wait for your invitation. You can upload all your music files to the Google service and will be available on your Android phone. The tracks get stored in the cloud and can be played back on the phone or tablet any time and from anywhere you want.
From there, you can download music to the phone by “Pinning” it in the music app. You can access this functionality by long-pressing or hitting the down arrow next to each artist and album. Easy local playback if you need it with a full backup of your content accessible in the cloud anywhere you want.
How to Backup Calendar, settings, bookmarks, app data, and contacts
These data of yours may not of much importance but for some who even claim these to be essential, Google Calendar has always lived in the cloud and is part of the Google account login and sync. Contacts work the same way. If there are contacts on your phone, Google has them in the cloud. As soon as you log into any Android phone, the contacts will be available there.
Bookmarks, settings, and app data are all part of the Google data backup API. Much like the app restore mentioned above, these bits of data will be stored online by Google and then dropped on any phone you log into as the primary account. It’s great to not have to recreate Wi-Fi passwords or bookmarks, but some data is controlled by developers themselves.
The app data backup was firstly added in Froyo versions, but not all the developers have supported it. When Google pushes the app to a phone, the data will come with it. Things like saved games, internal settings andaccount details are a part of it. Make sure you have the backup check boxes filled under the privacy settings.
Hope this article on backing your personal, essential, confidential, valuable, etc. data’s was a helpful to you in every aspect. Share your thoughts with us and anything else you’d like to know from us, we always here to help you.
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