Android Smartphones are well known for their open source nature and terrific customization capabilities. ever considering that the inception of the Android in 2008, it allowed developers to do their customization to the original OS and release custom-made operating system flavors, mods and lots of tools. developer from all over the world were attracted to this open source platform and discovered ways to exploit the Android OS and extract its full power. When the developers learned that Android can be rooted, there is no going back.
But performing advanced operations on your device might get you into trouble, so we need to be sure to have a backup. Taking backups of apps, media, files etc… is very easy, you can get a lot of 3rd party apps on the Play Store. however if you want to take the backup of entire OS, Nandroid Backup is your companion. A Nandroid backup is like a standalone backup of your device which can be restore anytime. For instance, if you experience any glitches in the new rom or mod you had tried or inadvertently damaged your device when making a mod by yourself, you can easily get back to your old system if you have made a backup.
So, now you might get interested in the nandroid backup and trying new mods and stuff, but you must know the process of making these backups. A nandroid backup can be easily made using a custom-made recovery like CWM, TWRP, Philz etc… Each recovery has its own relevance and for this reason we made a decision to show you how to backup and restore your Android device using all the three recoveries. So without any additionally ado, let’s get on with the basic guide on How to Backup and restore your Android device using CWM/TWRP/PhilZ Recovery
Backup & restore Android device using CWM Recovery
Follow the step by step guide carefully, and you’ll see how easy it is to take the nandroid backups of your device. CWM comes both in touch and non-touch versions, touch version can be accessed by basic touch controls and the non-touch version can be used by pressing volume Up and volume Down for navigating and Power button for selecting. (The hardware support may vary with device)
Install CWM recovery on your device. You can find the recovery for your device from the official CWM website → Click Here
You can also find lots of unofficial builds for your device on XDA forums and other development forms.
Once installed, boot into CWM recovery on your device using any 3rd party app or the hardware combinations.
In CWM recovery, you will find numerous options. select Backup and Restore from the options.
In the Backup and restore option you will find a lot of sub-options similar to the options below:
To make a backup, choose any backup option (either to internal or external memory) from the above submenu and the process will start itself.
To restore a backup, select any restore option (either to internal or external memory) from the above submenu and select any backup file to restore your device.
Now select Go back to return to the main menu.
Select Reboot System Now to reboot your system.
That’s all fellas, you can now takes backups and restore them using CWM whenever you like.
Backup & restore Android device using TWRP Recovery
Follow the step by step guide carefully, and you’ll see how easy it is to take the nandroid backups of your device.
Install TWRP Recovery on your device. You can find the recovery for your device from the official TWRP website → Click Here
You can also find lots of unofficial builds for your device on XDA forums and other development forms.
Once installed, boot into TWRP Recovery on your device using any 3rd party app or the hardware combinations.
In TWRP main menu, select the Backup option by tapping it. It will show you a screen with available partitions to backup.
Select the required partitions to backup (Select all in normal case) and you can select the storage option also. Naming the backup is possible if it’s enabled in the TWRP settings.
After every thing is selected to your requirement, swipe to initiate the backup. The process will start right away and will show a success message once done.
To restore the saved backups, tap the restore button in the main menu. You’ll get options to rename, delete or restore backups.
Select the partitions you wish to restore (Select all for normal restore) and swipe to initiate the process.
Once the restore process is completed, you will get an option to reboot the device. tap on it to reboot your device.
Backing up and restoring your device with TWRP is cool, right?
Backup & restore Android device using PhilZ Recovery
Philz recovery is an advanced version of the CWM recovery and includes lots of features and customization options. follow the step by step guide carefully, and you’ll see how easy it is to take the nandroid backups of your device using Philz recovery.
Install Philz Recovery on your device. You can find the pronull