How to make a complete backup of your mobile
The most zealous users of settings of their own smartphoneswho don't want to lose their data, personalization or adjustments should know what to do a backup or security copy It is the best way to avoid throwing your hands to your head if you lose content or it is necessary to reset the terminal from your factory state. However, the default options sonly cover the protection of our images, videos, contacts and little elseIn tuexpertoAPPS we wanted to collect some tools that go further, being able tosave the state of our terminal, applications and their settings included
Android
For the operating system of Google we have two applications according to we have superuser rights, that is, if we have rooted the terminal to have access to all its recesses, or no In the first case we can only remember Titanium Backup, a most comprehensive tool for rooted phones that want to keep their current state. With it it is possible to create a automatic backup schedule that includes the current applications and settingsof the terminal. But not only that. And this tool also gives the option to save the data of the installed applicationsThis means keep settings of the tools we usually use or save game progress installed. The application Titanium Backup can be downloaded free via Google Play Remember, once again, that only for root terminals. In addition, it has a paid version with more interesting options for more advanced users, who will know how to get the most out of this complete tool
The other option we propose to Android users is CarbonAn application with many possibilities when making a backup and without the need for a device root Thus, you only have to download this application in your terminal, download the program for your computer from its official page and the drivers or Android controllers in case we want to connect our Android with a computer Windows (on Mac it is not necessary).With this, you only have to start the application and the program, connect both usingcable and select the applications from the list presented on the smartphone, within the screen Backup Here we can create selective backup copies, collecting only some of the apps or all In addition, once selected, at the bottom of the screen we can choose to save only the data of those applications or allPressing the Backup button starts the process.
When we want to restore the system we follow the same steps, but this time choosing the Restore tab Thus, we only have to choose the backup copy that we want to return to the terminal. This application allows you to store the backups in the terminal or in the computer, but there is apaid version with more options, such as saving these copies directly to Dropbox or others Internet storage servicesThe free version of Carbon can be downloaded via theGoogle Play
iPhone
In this case, we know that Apple sets very good standards for what users can and they can't do with their terminals. Thus, we can use the iTunes service, already mentioned in this other article, or go a little further if we have Jailbreak on our device. If we meet this requirement, there is a very useful application called OpenBackup With it we can make a backup of all content installed through from the famous Cydia market To do this, just press the BackUp button and wait patiently for the process to take place. To restore said copy in a new terminal it is necessary to make it again Jailbreak, return toinstall this application from Cydia and press the button RestoreThis achieves a state similar to the time the backup was made. Even more so if we have done the same through the tool iTunes
Windows Phone
The Microsoft operating system for smartphones does not have a complete backup system, but there are methods to store the application data that we have installed and thus not lose any progress. For this we need the program WP7 Easy Backup A computer program that can be free download here and that will allow us not only to copy applications and their data, but also messages and even the current state of our operating systemA very important piece of information if when updating to Windows Phone 7.8, for example, said process fails or we don't like the new environment, so we canBack to the previous version
You just have to install the program, follow the installation steps and, when the main screen appears with the buttons Backup, Restore and Cancel connect using cable our terminal. Pressing Backup begins the process, which is carried out automatically We just have to have unlock the terminal screen and wait patiently for it to finish. Don't worry if the mobile reboots by itself or if at the end of the process a message appears that the software update has failed With this we will have our backup ready to be restored if something happens to our terminal.To do this, you just have to connect the mobile to the computer in the same way and press Restore
