Hey folks another reminder please backup your digital data. I know most people don\u2019t think about this till it\u2019s too late. Don\u2019t be one of those. Not a week goes by that I don\u2019t hear from someone who\u2019s \u2018lost it all\u2019 and had no backup. Or worse thought they had a backup but never verified it and found it wasn\u2019t usable.<\/p>\n
I’ve written many times before on the why\u2019s, and how to\u2019s; here is a great write up<\/a><\/p>\n And for backing up your iDevice read here<\/a>. My go to tool for all things iDevice is still DiskAid<\/a> . If you don\u2019t want to use that and iTunes, at least use Time Machine and iCloud!<\/p>\n To backup Android devices I use two tools. One is Titanium Backup Pro<\/a>. [It requires Root access if you don\u2019t know what that is and why you should have it, check here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> You can learn how to root your particular device and add a custom recovery on XDA (more at bottom). Titanium benefits and functions are also explained in my other post above.<\/p>\n The other method I use regularly with my Android devices is to create Nandroid<\/em><\/strong> backups.<\/p>\n What just what IS<\/em> a Nandroid? It is a full backup of the partitions on your device\u2019s NAND flash (NAND actually stands for NOT AND,which in simple terms means an electronic gate). Basically a backup of your phones hard drive if you will… The Nandroid backup is a snapshot of your device (it means everything on your phone \u2013 your apps, data, your current ROM and even the kernel is backed up)<\/span> at the time you do the back up. If you restore the back up, it changes your phone BACK to that state. Again I will mention my love of disk images in disaster recovery \u2013 done right it is by far the best solution to complete recoverability of data AND<\/em> system(s) to a point in time.<\/p>\n To create a nandroid you will need a Rooted device, of course, and a \u2018custom recovery\u2019 such as ClockWorkMod (CWM) or other recovery such as Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP). So make sure prior to this you have a rooted device and custom recovery on your device.<\/p>\n Here is a Great walkthrough<\/a> of how to use Android recovery (there TWRP) to backup\/create nandroid on the Samsung Galaxy S4. This recovery is very similar to CWM (Clockwork Mod) in functionality but has a few more options and is, of course, touch based; which can save wear on your hardware buttons. The method is virtually the same across android devices.<\/p>\n The king of Android how-to\u2019s is Tim Schofield (QbKing77) check out his various vids here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This guys also has loads of good vids for various Android devices you may wish to check out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Little hack for G4 Sprint http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYTis-i7HA4<\/a> that will give you the ability to use your phone as a HotSpot (note that this may be against the Terms Of Service and you could be cancelled for abusing this! So use at your own discretion)<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to get to learn more about your Android device you should really check out XDA Developers Forum<\/a> and site. Here is<\/a> their introductory video. If you spend just a little time there you will surely learn a whole lot about your device and how to really unleash it\u2019s full potential.<\/p>\n Oh, and if you do go there and check out the site keep in mind the pointers from this video!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey folks another reminder please backup your digital data. I know most people don\u2019t think about this till it\u2019s too late. Don\u2019t be one of those. Not a week goes by that I don\u2019t hear from someone who\u2019s \u2018lost it all\u2019 and had no backup. Or worse thought they had a backup but never verified … Continue reading “Nandroids and other backup tips”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,23,207,212,227],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t