<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">A question for the Android folks: what is the usual method used to backup</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">your Android data via USB or Bluetooth to your local computer? Assume</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">that you have no internet access, and no access to the cloud.</span></blockquote><div><br></div>It depends on what level of Backup you mean. Are you looking to muck about really deep into android? if so then you should think about installing a custom boot loader like Clock work mod. That should pack just about all the crucial stuff into a .zip file i believe for you so you can revert back to an old installation of android on your phone. After this I would just use some sort of usb method to access the filesystem and copy the backup to your machine somehow.<br>
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- I use FolderSync (needs wifi or some sort of network access) to synchronize a bunch of folders to my server using SSH/SFTP. This is scheduled for 0300 Sunday. I ended up choosing foldersync because it can do two-way sync, which allows me to muck with files on my server, and have that replicated elsewhere (I actually two-way sync from my server to my laptop, so when I import photos locally, it eventually removes them through the chain until they are not on the phone anymore. Eventually).</span></blockquote>
<div> </div><div>Thanks I'll check into FolderSync from what you described I'm sold. It would be nice to know if it would sync over wifi only. If not I could simply just setup the ssh/sftp address to only be a lan routable ip 192.168 or something to avoid syncing over my data plan. Does it support rsync?</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- I use "Titanium Backup" (needs root). I created a label with all the apps with data I care about, and scheduled it to run at 0200 Sunday.</span></blockquote>
<div>if you have root access and just want to backup apps I rely on this app myself as well so I can vouch for its ultra usefulness. It can backup apps and app data quite well.</div><div><br></div><div>I think rooting your device is essential for people who want a truly full featured android experience. Root at your own risk though :P </div>
<br>On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Chris Irwin <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> - I use FolderSync (needs wifi or some sort of network access) to<br>> synchronize a bunch of folders to my server using SSH/SFTP. This is<br>
> scheduled for 0300 Sunday. I ended up choosing foldersync because it can do<br>> two-way sync, which allows me to muck with files on my server, and have that<br>> replicated elsewhere (I actually two-way sync from my server to my laptop,<br>
> so when I import photos locally, it eventually removes them through the<br>> chain until they are not on the phone anymore. Eventually).<br><br>