So about that....I was wanting to unlock my phone's bootloader but it says that it'll wipe my phone in the process. I wanted to backup my apps but apps like titanium backup require root to do so. What's a good way to back up my phone "before" rooting?
That is correct. Unlocking will wipe your phone however truthfully, their is no "full" backup you can achieve with no root. The only thing you can do is make sure your htc account has backed up everything in the cloud and google has done the same. Tuis should be in account settings or backup settings. After unlocking and resetting up your phone itl ask if you want to restore your htc account so make sure your on wifi have a good data connection.
Their are applications that have the ability to backup your downloaded apps from the playstore but only the apk, no user data.
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