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Google has documented details of the Android Backup Service and of the Data Backup Framework on its Android Developers website. The descriptions are targeted to developers writing applications but are still helpful:
Android's backup service allows you to copy your persistent application data to remote "cloud" storage, in order to provide a restore point ...
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From AndroidPolice:
Google will, of course, give you control over your cloud data. The
language used here is particularly interesting: they call this data
"app data stored with your Google account," which means it's the same
"app data" we all know and love from the "clear app data" button. That
means all your 3rd-party app data in the cloud, ...
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If you don't want to root (as given in the other answers by @johnF and @Izzy) you can try an application called Helium which can backup your apps and app data.
A factory reset will remove all the data on your device... just make sure you check the backup to see that everything was indeed backed up before you do it.
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As JohnF already states in his answer, a nandroid backup would be the first step. Basically, this creates an image of all partitions on your device (read more in its tag-wiki). But this doesn't cover the SDCard(s), which you would need to copy -- at least the internal, the external you could simply remove.
Now you've got your data backed up. But you still ...
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You would need to root your phone and install a custom recovery in order to make a nandroid backup of your entire system. There are YouTube videos on how to do this. Please remember that there are risks in rooting and in flashing recoveries.
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Switching the primary account on Google Play seems to continue the auto-update process
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I had the same problem with my S3 (broken screen, locked phone, Kies doesn't let me access it, etc).
Solution: Get another working S3 from a friend, take off the backs of both phones, take off some screws, take the motherboard out, put your motherboard in the phone, turn it on, back up, done).
Your data is saved on the motherboard, so you can just put it ...
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Taking advice from this post: http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/google-plus-discuss/d3s4VKI3yWo/bq39QiqknWoJ
Another solution that worked for me was turning off Standard size in
the Auto Backup settings altogether. When taking a new 8MP jpg using
my camera and when Photo Size was set to Full Size in Google+, all the
photos seem to be ...
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Backup the "Settings Storage" app from TitaniumBackup. That will help you store your android ID. If you want to restore it, unfortunately, you'll have to use TitaniumBackup pro since it is the only app which lets you restore your Android ID.
Taken from XDA:
Settings Storage - Be careful when you restore this. For eg: its not a good idea to restore CM9 ...
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Essentially, for backing up apps or SMS, TitaniumBackup works wonderfully. I've always relied on it to get my job done. But since you've already backed up your apps, I'd suggest you to try moving your app data folder to storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ folder instead of where it is now, and if it is a .obb folder, move it to /Android/obb. It'll pick up your ...
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Speaking of GParted, I assume you have a Linux computer available. So steps to be performed are quite simple -- speaking of an external SDCard:
Unmount the card from your Android device, and take it out
Put it into a card reader, attach it to your Linux computer. Mount it there.
Copy all contents into an empty directory on your Linux machine. From the ...
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Titanium Backup is able to read from Nandroid backups, so you can use it to restore parts from them -- and then use Titanium Backup again to backup those restored parts. However, as there's no Titanium Backup for PC, this has to be done on an Android device.
If your goal however is to separate some apps from a Nandroid backup, there are other ways to ...
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I had the same problem and managed to get it working.
After reinstalling the applications I backed up (Angry Birds in my case), I deleted the carbon folder from the phone (keeping a copy on the PC). I then backed up Angry Birds so that the carbon folder on the phone is recreated etc. I then replaced the new AB file with the one I originally backed up. ...
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dd is a block-based copy tool -- it doesn't care what data it covers. adb backup is rather file-based, which is something completely different.
As you've tagged your question backup, you might follow that tag to its tag-wiki, which gives you some insight into available backup methods. You will quickly see the one coming closest to dd being Nandroid, which ...
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To backup/restore both sms and mms for Android, I use a paid pc tool called Backuptrans Android SMS + MMS Transfer. You need to connect your Android to computer via usb or wifi then the software will save your sms and mms messages with attachment files on computer. Restoring MMS messages from computer to Android is also simple.
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If your Android is not root, you can try another pc program called Backuptans Android SMS + MMS Transfer. Connected your phone to computer via usb or wifi and then click the backup button to save messages on computer. And yes, MMS restoring from computer to Android is supported. Tested with my Galaxy S3.
PS: It also can work for an Android phone with ...
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