- Helium: this app offers features comparable to that of Titanium Backup (we’ll be covering it further on, in the Apps for Rooted Users section). Once you’ve downloaded the phone app you have to download as its desktop counterpart as well and your particular device drivers in order to make it work. Helium works with all versions of Android from 4.0 (Jelly Bean) onwards and allows you not only to back up individual apps, but their data separately as well in case you don’t want to create a massive backup file and don’t mind re-downloading some .apks later (i.e. you want to save your progress on a game whose original download was 5gb saving the app itself, which would add that figure to the size of your backup). There’s also a paid version of carbon, which offers the option to sync your phone with your favorite cloud backup service (currently only Dropbox, Box and Google Drive are supported).
- Super Backup: if all you want is to backup things like text messages, call logs and bookmarks, this apps offers the simplest solution. You can schedule it to run automatically and choose where to store your backup files, as well as tweaking its settings so that they’ll be automatically sent to your email if that’s what you prefer. Super Backup is also a valid option for backing up apps, but we’d recommend sticking with Carbon if that’s what you’re after. There’s both a free and a paid version of this app.
- AirSync: if you’re a Mac user and the idea of downloading the Android File transfer tool seems like too much of a handle, DoubleSync has made this tool available for Android so you can sync all your media files with ease to your iTunes over any available Wi-Fi connection.
Before you root your phone, doing a full backup of your phone is heavily recommended, since chances are that you’ll have to do a full wipe (format it) in order to do so. Even if it isn’t, you should get into the habit of doing regular backups of your most sensitive data in order to ensure your peace of mind.
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