Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:42:10 JST SuperDicq

   How do I make a full disk backup of an Android phone?
   
   Searching online this stuff I get into SEO hell with sites suggesting I use Google Shitbox Backup Solution or something that's completely not related to what I want at all.

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:43:44 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     Like seriously I just want a disk image. My phone's motherboard is dying and I just to make an ISO of the entire internal storage chip and copy it to a new motherboard.

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:47:12 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • :segasaturn:

     @takao@shitposter.world It's not actually dead yet. I just have to perform CPR on it about once a week. I don't have any flash chip data dump tools. I just want to make a full disk back up using my PC through USB or to an SD card maybe?

   • Embed this notice
     :segasaturn: (takao@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:47:13 JST :segasaturn:

     in reply to
     @SuperDicq find the flash chip on the mobo and dump data from it?
   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:49:26 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Yes I have a rooted phone and I can boot into recovery.
     
     This indeed made me realize that I can probably back everything up from TWRP that I have installed.

   • Embed this notice
     Vinnewed Goblin (warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:49:27 JST Vinnewed Goblin

     in reply to
     @SuperDicq do you mean like cloning the thing? You're probably looking for nandroid backups, then
     
     https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64354/how-to-do-a-full-nandroid-backup-via-pc
     
     Link is old but probably still relevant. Your phone would need to already be rooted, though
   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:51:19 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Well that's easy then. Guess that's what I'll do.

   • Embed this notice
     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 00:51:21 JST Dushman

     in reply to

     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org
     You can do that with twrp yeah

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:14:35 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Never mind turns out I don't have TWRP but whatever the stock LineageOS recovery image is, which does not have a backup functionality.

   • Embed this notice
     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:14:36 JST Dushman

     in reply to

     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org
     It's gonna make the backup in the TWRP folder in storage

   • Embed this notice
     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:14:37 JST Dushman

     in reply to

     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org
     Yeah go to backup and choose data, storage and system.

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:16:57 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org I don't feel like playing with flashing bootloaders. I think I will just use adb backup instead which is like close enough I guess.

   • Embed this notice
     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:17:03 JST Phantasm

     in reply to

     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin
     @SuperDicq @dushman @warmbeverageenjoyer Than download a TWRP version for your phone and boot it with fastboot.
   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:17:23 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Phantasm
     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @phnt@fluffytail.org @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Isn't adb backup easier at this point?

   • Embed this notice
     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:18:16 JST Phantasm

     in reply to

     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin
     @SuperDicq @dushman @warmbeverageenjoyer adb backup is I think deprecated in modern Android versions and it was never properly documented, so your mileage my vary.
   • Embed this notice
     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:19:43 JST Phantasm

     in reply to

     • Phantasm
     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin
     @SuperDicq @dushman @warmbeverageenjoyer I've tried it once on a Xiaomeme phone and while the OS new what adb backup is and had some UI for it, it didn't backup most things.
   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:19:55 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Phantasm
     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @phnt@fluffytail.org @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org I don't care I'm running outdated everything as usual

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 01:22:58 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     • Phantasm
     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin

     @phnt@fluffytail.org @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Honestly I mostly just want this for the application data and settings. All my photos and such are synced Nextcloud anyways.

     Phantasm likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 10:41:00 JST 翠星石

     in reply to

     • Phantasm
     • Dushman
     • Vinnewed Goblin
     @SuperDicq @phnt @dushman @warmbeverageenjoyer TWRP can backup all partition tables, but that's only useful for flashing onto the same device or the exact same model with the same partition table layout.
     
     To backup application data and settings, you want oandbackup or neobackup; https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup/ as that can save everything into an .apk file.