How to backup an Android device?

Can anyone recommend a good way to backup Android devices?
Ideally I would like to do this wirelessly and, not only backup my data, but also my user settings. Is it possible to backup an image of an Android device - so that one doesn't even need to reinstall apps?
It would be particularly useful to hear from users that have restored backups, as to how easy, and complete, their processes were. Thanks

Topic remote-control restore backup android

Category Android

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There are a number of apps you can use but many will already have the ES File Manager

Note: Turn off as many apps as you can. Some apps will not backup while running.

  • Launch ES File Manager
    (When you open it you are normally in the file manager mode)
  • Tap the second icon from the right to switch to Application mode
  • Long press on any icon. Select "Select All" from the context menu
  • Press Menu. Select "Backup"

While the backup is running, you can watch its progress by opening the notification bar

The applications will be copied into backup/apps

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The requirement being that you must be ROOTED, you could get Titanium Backup and back up your phone using that.

The reason for using Titanium Backup is so that you can selectively restore parts of your data if you were to install a different version and/or build of Android. NANDROID backup is good for having a safe image to fall back on but it isn't good for restoring data on top of a new OS installation (there are side effects sometimes).

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Depending on your phone is the complexity of this task.

HTC Evo (and supported phones) you can use unrEVOked root tool to get root access. Install Titanium Backup and back everything (system included) up onto the memory card (and can copy it to your computer for extra backup).

Otherwise you need to either get something similar to unrEVOked to root and use Titanium.

If not possible, you need to root your phone and do a NANDROID backup. This backs up everything on the phone's memory as an image and can be restored at any point to fully replace anything on the phone with what it was, even if you installed another version of android.

Otherwise... HTC PC Sync? By that is kinda crappy compared to the other tools.

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