[Tool][Windows/Linux][4.0+] Holo Backup - Full backup without root!
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Came here to see if anyone had gotten a Moto device to work... Looks like your app is having the same issues as Carbon. Apparently, some Moto phones don't play well with adb backup. I have an OG RAZR, and neither Carbon nor your app works.
Sad to hear that. Added to the first post so people know.
Re: [Tool][Windows/Linux][4.0+]Simple ADB Backup - Full backup without root - BETA
Glad to help.. Was hoping someone had it working. I'll keep looking or eventually replace the phone some day.
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Glad to help..
Was hoping someone had it working. I'll keep looking or eventually replace the phone some day.Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
hi,
is it plain simple to run SAB_Windows.exe on a new windows 7?
is there anything to setup and adb?
get following with my tablet
daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * adb: unable to connect for backup
any help?
thx
is it plain simple to run SAB_Windows.exe on a new windows 7?
is there anything to setup and adb?
get following with my tablet
daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * adb: unable to connect for backup
any help?
thx
Re: [Tool][Windows/Linux][4.0+]Simple ADB Backup - Full backup without root - BETA
That should be it. Which tablet do you have? It may need separate drivers of its own for adb to recognize it.
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That should be it. Which tablet do you have? It may need separate drivers of its own for adb to recognize it.
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Tried on Galaxy S3 (i9300)
When it says "Now unlock your device and confirm backup operation" nothing happens on my device.
I set Desktop Backup password before doing this.
USB debugging active as well
When it says "Now unlock your device and confirm backup operation" nothing happens on my device.
I set Desktop Backup password before doing this.
USB debugging active as well
Backup seems to run just fine on my One X on 4.2.1 AOSP and with Windows 8 64bit. Will use it side-by-side with Titanium until I want to test a restore, thanks for sharing!
restore problems!?
That's precisely what I observe on my TF700 (see earlier post). Can you try to look inside the backup file to see which files have actually been backuped (google for "unpacking android backups", 3rd hit)? I suspect that on some (many?) devices, although a backup file with a somewhat reasonable size is generated, the restore process won't work! This would be a serious issue, since it suggests a false safety to the user!
So please, everybody who's got the tool working to generate backup files, please test & report whether the restore process also works!
Simplest test: backup one app, delete it on the android and then try to restore it from the backup.
please help to shed some light on this problem!
sharkcow
That's precisely what I observe on my TF700 (see earlier post). Can you try to look inside the backup file to see which files have actually been backuped (google for "unpacking android backups", 3rd hit)? I suspect that on some (many?) devices, although a backup file with a somewhat reasonable size is generated, the restore process won't work! This would be a serious issue, since it suggests a false safety to the user!
So please, everybody who's got the tool working to generate backup files, please test & report whether the restore process also works!
Simplest test: backup one app, delete it on the android and then try to restore it from the backup.
please help to shed some light on this problem!
sharkcow
I definitely encourage this. I try to do what I can, but adb backup is completely a black box to me, so I can't do anything to control it other than telling it what to back up.
The more people report problems, fewer people get burned by it not working.
I'm thinking of making a Google Docs form to submit reports, so we have a nice spreadsheet of how it works on different devices.
Oh, by the way, 2.0 is coming out today. It's already up on GitHub if you're impatient, but I'll have a proper release up in a few hours.
v2.0 has been released!
Simple ADB Backup has been renamed to Holo Backup.
Here's the changelog:
Screenshots:
Simple ADB Backup has been renamed to Holo Backup.
Here's the changelog:
- Most of the code has been rewritten. This doesn't really mean much to users, but the old code was absolutely hideous and I just had to do something about it.
- The interface has been completely redesigned, hence the new name. I'm quite proud of how it turned out.
- The app now has a proper icon on the Windows executable.
- Native support for wireless ADB is now included. That means backups can be done wirelessly (but only if you've rooted your phone), as long as you've enabled wireless ADB on your phone using a root application or a custom ROM feature. Of course, the device and your PC need to be on the same LAN for this to work.
- Single app backup has been removed. It very rarely worked, so I figured it was doing more harm than good.
- It uses gksudo to gain root priveleges on Linux now, so you no longer have to manually run it as root - it'll ask for your password with a popup when it needs it. Many people still rightfully don't want to give away root privileges so easily, which brings me to the next feature.
- The option to use an existing adb install has been included under Linux. The benefit of this is that adb, when properly set up, doesn't require root.
- You can now back up text messages and call logs! It does this by installing a copy of SMS Backup+ and launching it on your device. You can then use the app to back up and restore texts and calls to a custom label in your Gmail.
- You can now donate bitcoins using a button in the app itself. This will open a browser window letting you donate using either a CoinBase button, or sending bitcoins to my address directly. I did this more for fun than anything else, I don't expect to make a profit from it.
Screenshots:
I just tried the Linux version.
When I tried to backup my apps it told me to set Desktop backup password in the Developers Options on the phone.
I did that and now I get this message "Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation." yet there's nothing to confirm on the phone.
When I tried to backup my apps it told me to set Desktop backup password in the Developers Options on the phone.
I did that and now I get this message "Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation." yet there's nothing to confirm on the phone.
I just tried it and it worked fine.
If you're at the point where you're seeing that message, that means ADB has already been started. ADB is very much a black box from my point of view, so I have no control over it until it finishes.
If ADB is giving you that message, that means it's been started (not the app's problem) and it sees the device (not a driver problem). So I'm confused.
Try running 'adb devices'. What does that give you?
I'm having issues restoring recently backed up data. Everytime I run the restore it (holobackup) prompts for the name of the backup file which I provide. It then says that it's restoring, but then immediately states that the restore ended. Am I doing something wrong when restoring?
Re: [Tool][Windows/Linux][4.0+]Holo Backup - Full backup without root!
Where does it say the restore ended? In a popup or in the terminal window?
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Where does it say the restore ended? In a popup or in the terminal window?
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hey! i have the same problem, but downloading it again didn't work and I don't understeand what you mean whith the second part....
When i click restore, the command window fills with text and the nexus 4 does nothing. I'm using windows 7 32bit what do I do wrong?
Hm. Like I said, that means adb hasn't been given the correct arguments. This is strange.
Try this: Open the folder Holo Backup is in, right click on an empty space while holding shift, and click 'open command window here'. Then type this in and press enter:
Code:
adb restore Backups\backup.abDoes that do anything?
I'm having this problem as well, and the "restore ended" is in a pop-up on the phone itself, not the terminal window. The terminal window still just says "Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation."
I suppose I should have attempted to test this before doing the factory reset, but I figured nothing would happen if the data was all still on the phone.
I'm having the same issues as MissRisu and Shawnseib. I backed up my Nexus 7, the file is about four gigabytes in size. When I try to restore it, it prompts me to enter my desktop password on my device, and when I do, it says on the device that restore has begun. About a second later, the device tells me it has finished restoring. Nothing further happens.
Any ideas would be fantastic !
Any ideas would be fantastic !
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A multiplatform GUI application I coded that uses ADB Backup to make full backups of your phone/tablet.
Unfortunately, ADB Backup itself is rather buggy so it will often fail on many devices, and may not work at all on some (the HTC One series, Sony phones from 2011, and some Motorola phones are most often reported to not work). All of the things the Ultimate Backup Tool has trouble with also affect this application. Sorry, that's just how it works. Do report devices that don't work though, just so everyone knows about it.
One of the best uses of ADB Backup is backing up Nexus devices before unlocking the bootloader, which wipes the device. You can then simply restore the backup to have your device in (mostly) the same state as before.
Tested by myself on Windows 7 and Linux Mint 14. As I've only tested it on my own phone, I'm treating this as an open beta.
Download
http://omegavesko.github.com/SimpleADBBackup/ - Contains links to downloads in .tar and .zip formats. Both executables and source are included.
Usage
On Windows, simply run HoloBackup.exe.
On Linux, run HoloBackupLinux. Running the binary as superuser is no longer necessary.
You can also run it from source on either platform, just move the script for your platform from the /src/ directory into the parent directory.
Source
https://github.com/omegavesko/SimpleADBBackup - It's rather messy, I'm not too good at keeping git repos tidy. Should still work, though.
Changelog
v2.0 - Huge update. See GitHub page for feature list.
v1.0 - Initial release.
Credits
All credits for the frameworks used do to the teams behind Python, Qt and of course the Android team.
Also check out Ultimate Backup Tool, which inspired me to do this in the first place.6Hey thanks,
I know this is an old post, but so an I..... Lol!
Here is a Working Link for Win and Linux HERE
Click on either Win of Linux
Than just look down that page to....
"This file has been truncated, but you can view the full file. For Win....
Click on that working LINK!
Same Text Link for Linux
Might help someone!4
I'm aware of the buggy nature of ADB Backup. That's why I put warnings and disclaimers all over the place.
CWM is obviously better at backup and restore, but you also can't install CWM in the first place without unlocking the bootloader on a lot of devices, which usually wipes the device and defeats the purpose of a non-root backup utility.3
https://github.com/omegavesko/HoloBackup
Better do it yourself
Enable Android ADB Backup
The Android backup feature using adb backup is only available from Android 4.0+. To use this feature, USB debugging (under Settings -> Developer options) must be enabled on the device.
Also, this feature does not work on all apps. To enable ADB backup for an app, that app must have set the android:allowbackup attribute to true in the Android Manifest (AndroidManifest.xml) XML file.
Android Manifest XML File
<application>
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android:allowBackup="true"
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</application>
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<application>
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android:allowBackup="true"
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</application>
Apps like the Google Authenticator have disabled the ADB backup feature to prevent sensitive information from being extracted from the device. ADB backup will not work on such apps. An attempt to perform an ADB backup on such apps will only generate a dummy file with no valid content inside.
Perform Android ADB Backup
To perform an ADB backup, you will first need to know the package name of the app in question. For example, if you want to perform a backup of the WhatsApp application, the package name would be “com.whatsapp“.
You can get a list of the installed packages by running the pm list packages command from the ADB shell.
$ adb shell pm list packages
Another easier way is to extract the package name from the app’s Google Play Store web URL. For WhatsApp, the URL is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp and the package name can be found after the “id=” field.
To perform a backup, connect the phone to the computer via USB and run the ADB backup command. If you want to backup WhatsApp, run adb like this:
$ adb backup -f com.whatsapp.ab -noapk com.whatsapp
This will trigger a confirmation dialog prompting you to authorise the backup on your phone as shown below. Click on the “Back up my data” button without providing a password. The backup will start only after you click on the button.
Wait for the ADB backup command to complete. It may take a while, depending on the size of the data to be backed up. The backup will be written to the file specified in the “-f” option, in our case, it’s “com.whatsapp.ab“. The “.ab” extension indicates Android Backup. The “-noapk” option means that a backup of the .apk file is disabled and only the contents are backed up.
Restore / Repack Android ADB Backup
To restore the original Android Backup archive, run adb like this:
$ adb restore com.whatsapp.ab
A nice little helper for preparing ADB backups has landed in from switzerland:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.masshardt.adbbackuphelper&hl=en_US
1. To backup app data along with apk
Type in this command:
adb backup -f “D:\myfolder\myapp.ab” -apk <package name>
-f parameter specifies the file location, -apk specifies to backup apk (and not only app data)
Once you enter this command on PC you will be prompted to unlock phone screen. Unlock screen and select ‘Back Up Data’ and also enter password if you have set up any previously. This command will store the backup to myapp.ab file on your PC. To restore this back to your phone simply type in:
adb restore “D:\myfolder\myapp.ab”
This command will restore entire app back to your phone.
2. To backup only app data
To backup only data don’t pass -apk parameter. This will only backup the app data in myapp.ab file. Remember that before you restore this backup the app should already be installed on the phone (From play store or from apk file which you are supposed to have).
3. To backup multiple apps
If you need to backup more than one app put in all package names in <package name> parameter with single space between each name. Alternatively if you want to backup all apps on phone you can use:
adb backup -f “D:\myfolder\myapp.ab” -all -apk -nosystem
-nosystem parameter is used to exclude system apps from backup, as restoring system apps sometimes causes stability issues.
4. To backup your personal data only
adb backup -shared -f “D:\myfolder\mydata.ab”
-shared does a backup of personal data from the internal SDcard. It used to exclude apps, but should save settings3
It just came back up.
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