Backup your android phone

I’ve made a mistake today, i’ve destroyed the vendor partition on my phone, oups :( And of course no backup, i’ve been lucky this time to be able to recover.

But it will not be the case every time, so i’ve decided to backup my phone.

Requirements :

• install android-tools
• download orangefox recovery (from https://orangefox.download/)

First i will start the phone in fastboot mode (power button + volume down). Unzip the zip file of orangefox. Then execute

fastboot boot recovery.img

From there you can access your files and do a proper backup of the data directory from the menu on the phone. Then download your files from the computer:

adb pull /sdcard

If you browse the directory you’ve just downloaded you will see that the app data are saved under the directory “sdcard/Fox/BACKUPS/”.

Now you have a full backup of the important things. If needed you can restore them at anytime by using OrangeFox Recovery. If needed you have a local copy that you can upload using the command :

adb push sdcard /sdcard

You can now reboot your phone.