He started out as a lesson plan writer in computer science and IT for Study.com, which allows students to earn real college credits online. That led him to Gadget Hacks, where Stephen got to write educational and informative pieces for Android smartphones. And now, he continues down that same path at Android Police, using his technical knowledge and skills to write how-to guides.

• Imagine being on your device’s stock ROM, but with slight tweaks here and there that allow you to customize your device without losing out on the Stock stability.
• The application would automatically search for available devices.
• Defining Havoc-OS would take up more than a couple of words.
• In Linux, I hope you know how to locate and cd to the parent directory of the adb command.

As a result, it is critical to leave enough space for the device to function properly. The ROM Manager app allows you to backup an Android ROM to a PC in a simple manner. As a backup, a system image is also known as a “full backup,” because it contains a copy of all installed programs, settings stock Android firmware, applications, and files on the computer. When the file is recognized by kies, it will be downloaded, and all previous firmware files will be downloaded as well. Dr.Fone – Phone Backup (Android) is always prepared to offer such a facility if you require it.

Google One allows for seamless and simple online backups. However, Google Photos only focuses on the photos and videos aspect of your backup data. What if you need more control over how and where your files get stored on the cloud?

• Before you proceed, make sure you backup all your data.
• It can also be used to flash custom recoveries as well as doing some other tech stuff.
• The desktop version for Helium app is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.

In order to perform full backup Android, simply follow these steps. Checking the ‘App Data Only’ option would backup only the app data. The APK file for the corresponding apps would not be backed up and you would have to install the APK files before restoring the created backup. If you wish to include the APK files as well, you would have to uncheck the option.