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What's the best way to backup a phone without root? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/askandroid@lemdro.id
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I've got a Mi 10t Lite 5g that's starting to show its age, and could do with a factory reset to clear some of the crap. Ideally I want to unlock the bootloader and try some custom ROMs too.

It's been years since I did a backup without moving to a new phone, so I don't know the best way to do it anymore. What's the best way these days?

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[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 11 points 1 month ago

If you have access to a desktop, it's via ADB backup: https://gist.github.com/AnatomicJC/e773dd55ae60ab0b2d6dd2351eb977c1

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

That's brilliant, thank you. I'll try it tonight and see how it goes :)

[-] biscuit@lemdro.id 4 points 1 month ago

I'd be interested to hear how it goes for you.

[-] imblue@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Heres a more modern (2024) writeup https://gist.github.com/ijsf/a31bfb6aeb27d6cc7b010c5662408805

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

That's brilliant, thank you :)

I'd actually forgotten to try the other method (ADHD strikes again!), so I'll try them both out this week :)

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