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Backup & Co.

Backup your apps

These helpers are to backup your apps (.apk files), not their data!

• AppMonster Free Backup Restore (4.4@25,054) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-02-02 / AppMonster v5 (3.2@466) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 / AppMonster Pro Backup Restore (4.5@5,834; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2015-01-06 / AppMonster v5 Pro (3.4@196; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 Vorstellung 11/2012; now Apps & Data (root)
• Apk Extractor Lite (4.4@4,588) Ǥ 7
• Backup Apk , Share Apk (4.4@87) 13
• Backup & Restore (4.3@235,730) Ǥ 21
• Apk Extractor (4.3@54,965) Ǥ 8 Video Howto 11/2018
• Easy App Backup (4.3@11,090) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-07-05
• Uninstaller -Quick App Manager (4.3@4,569) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2015-10-14
• Apk Extractor (4.3@279) 5
• APK Extractor (4.3@122) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-17
• aremon backup apk (4.3@105) 4
• App List Backup (4.2@4,601) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-09-22
• App Backup & Reinstall (4.2@3,582) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-31
• AppWererabbit (4.2@1,601) 9 / AppWererabbit (DONATE) Key (4.2@53; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 1 LastUpdate: 2014-01-25 Intro 3/2013 | 8/2013; Vorstellung 8/2013; like AppMonster
• Apk Extractor - Backup (4.2@859) Ǥ 7
• Android App/APK extractor (4.2@353) 4
• ABR App Backup & Restore (4.2@5) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04 Github
• APK Extractor - Creator (4.1@2,366) Ǥ 9
• APK Extractor 2017 (Backup Apk) (4.1@1,614) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
• Apk Extractor (4.1@1,564) Ǥ 15
• APK Extractor•APP Share/Backup (4.1@1,115) 4 LastUpdate: 2015-11-12
• App Backup And Restore (4.1@1,066) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-11-16
• Apps Backup (4@2,121) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
• App Backup & Restore, App Manager,App Uninstaller (4@204) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
• Easy Backup Restore - Apps Backup (3.9@181) Ǥ 9
• Aptoide Backup Apps (0@996) 8 Easily backup your apps into your Aptoide store
• oandbackup (0@0) 5 Github; backup / restore of single apps and of multiple apps incl. their data are supported; root and Busybox required

Also see: AndSync with Perl via ADB => ICS+, no root required

Backup SMS/MMS

• SMS Backup & Restore (4.5@102,846) Ǥ 23 Guide 10/2013; SMS/MMS & call logs in XML format
• ????SMS Backup, Print & Restore -Export PDF,HTML,CSV (4.5@3,009) Ǥ 12
• SMS from PC / Tablet & Sync Text from Computer (4.4@139,826) Ǥ 20 / SMS from Tablet & MMS Text Messaging Sync (4.1@18,386) Ǥ 12 Intro 6/2013; Vorstellung 6/2012; Video Review 1/2013 | 2/2013; Review 4/2013; SMS from within any browser; keep in mind this will need to upload your contacts and SMS to the cloud to work
• SMS Backup & Restore (Kitkat) (4.2@6,835) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2014-02-26 Vorstellung 7/2012 | 3/2014
• SMS Backup & Restore (4.2@5,682) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-10-19
• SMSToExcel Backup SMS in Excel (4.1@549) 12
• SMS Backup (4@1,501) 11
• SMS Backup Restore (4@199) Ǥ 11
• Backup SMS (4@43) Ǥ 8
• Easy Sms Backup (4@20) 8 local backup (XML on SD card); restore to same or other device
• SMS Backup & Restore (3.5@53) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14 local backup (XML)
• SMS to Text (3.5@40) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-03-05 plain text and CSV

Backup call logs

• Call Logs Backup & Restore (4.5@5,910) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-02-05 Intro 5/2012 | 8/2013
• CallTrack (4.5@5,410) 7 LastUpdate: 2012-01-25 Review 4/2012; Stores your call logs into your Google calendar
• Contact Master - Backup Manager (4.2@2,640) Ǥ 15

Backup calendars

• iCal Import/Export CalDAV (4.6@6,873) Ǥ 20 / iCal Import/Export CalDAV Pro (4.8@1,527; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 18
• Calendar Import - Export (ics) (3.6@215) 6 Github; Import/export your Android calenders as ics files without using the Google cloud
• Calendar Import Export (Excel) (3.3@21) 6
• Calendar ICS adapter (0@0) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-05-27 Github; Import and export calendar files

Backup contacts

The easiest way to export/import your contact data can be found in the Contacts app itself: it offers to export/import data using the VCard format, which is also understood perfectly by most desktop applications. From the main window, simply activate the menu, and chose Export/Import – there you are.

• Easy Backup - Contacts Export and Restore (4.6@27,057) Ǥ 16 local backup; move contacts between accounts
• Contacts Backup--Excel & Email (4.6@22,671) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16
• Export Phone Contacts to Excel (4.5@166) Ǥ 8
• MCBackup - My Contacts Backup (4.4@22,950) 6 Video Demo 9/2013
• Contact Backup & Restore (4.4@4,105) Ǥ 12
• Contacts Backup & Duplicates (4.4@10) Ǥ 12 / Contacts Backup - PRO (5@1; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 12
• Contacts Backup and restore (4.3@632) Ǥ 12
• Contacts Backup & Restore (4.2@1,118) Ǥ 11
• Export Import Excel Contacts (4.2@387) Ǥ 9
• Contact Backup (4.2@217) Ǥ 10
• Contact2Sim (4.1@9,238) Ǥ 11
• My Contacts Backup - Merge, Save, Restore & Share (4.1@523) Ǥ 10
• Contacts Backup (4.1@223) Ǥ 21
• SA Contacts Lite (4@4,330) Ǥ 13 / SA Contacts (4.3@799; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 13 Vorstellung 2/2014
• Contacts Backup (4@1,221) 6
• 123 Contact Backup (4@52) 1 LastUpdate: 2014-02-18 sends backup (CSV/text) via mail
• Contact Backup Easy (4@4) 5
• Backup Contacts (3.8@3,366) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05

Backup bookmarks

• Bookmarks manager (deprecated) (4.3@296) 6 LastUpdate: 2012-06-28
• Bookmark Thumbnails (4.1@3,386) Ǥ 12
• NEO Bookmark (4.1@565) 6 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.3@56; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 8 bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
• Bookmark Sort & Backup (3.9@3,726) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-08-06 Video Demo 8/2013
• Mobile Bookmarks (Free): Bookmark manager (3.6@38) 6

Backup contacts, SMS, and more

• MyPhoneExplorer Client (4.5@38,765) Ǥ 36 Video Review 1/2012 | 8/2017; Video Demo 12/2015; Vorstellung 3/2014; Video Walk-Through 7/2017 (DE) | 8/2017 (DE); Wikipedia; Anleitung; requires Windows client; complete remote management
• Super Backup & Restore (4.4@155,377) Ǥ 37 / Super Backup Pro: SMS&Contacts (4.4@2,284; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 31 Review 12/2012; Vorstellung 2/2013; Video Demo 7/2013; Testbericht 12/2013
• Phone Copier - MOBILedit (4.4@22,991) Ǥ 39 Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry …
• Easy Backup (4.3@48,906) Ǥ 30 Review 9/2013; Vorstellung 1/2014
• All Backup & Restore (4.3@1,516) Ǥ 19 local backup & copy-to-cloud
• SMS and Contact - Backup & Restore (4.3@903) Ǥ 9
• Mobile Backup 3 (4.2@3,029) 23
• Phone Backup and Restore (4.2@285) 12 LastUpdate: 2016-11-25 Contacts, Call Logs, SMS, Apps & Bookmarks to SDCard
• Backup Master (4.2@76) 14 LastUpdate: 2017-07-29
• Backup & Restore (4.1@1,647) 20
• Backup Master: Contact, Apps, SMS, Call Log Backup (4@2,267) Ǥ 24
• Phone Backup + (3.9@154) 14 LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
• Rapid Backup & Restore - SMS, Apps,Contacts,calls. (3.9@31) 13
• Seagate Backup (3.6@4,816) 31 LastUpdate: 2017-04-26 requires the Seagate Dashboard software
• Slight backup (0@0) 13 LastUpdate: 2013-09-03

Full Backups

Full Backups (root required)

• Titanium Backup ★ root needed (4.6@370,202) 21 / Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root needed (4.7@71,772; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 2 Video Review 2/2013; Testbericht 1/2014 | 5/2016; Howto EN 11/2013 | DE 11/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014 | 3/2014; Video Tutorial 1/2014 (DE) | 9/2018 (EN)
• G Cloud Backup (4.6@284,860) Ǥ 34 / G Cloud Apps Backup Key * root (4.5@1,059; ~EUR 4.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-09-08
• ROM Toolbox Lite (4.3@59,935) Ǥ 27 / ROM Toolbox Pro (4.6@25,643; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 26 ausführliche Vorstellung 4/2012; Testbericht 5/2012; Video Review 10/2013
• Swift Backup (4.3@744) Ǥ 23 Backs up to Google Drive; without root no app data, WiFi networks etc.
• Partitions Backup & Restore (4.1@1,128) 6

Full Backups without root

Not all of these "complete backups" do really backup everything (if they do, I've pointed it out). An (almost) full backup without root is only possible via ADB on Android 4.0+.

• Huawei Backup (4.4@66,734) 43
• Backup Your Mobile (4.2@18,178) 26 Intro 3/2013
• Helium - App Sync and Backup (4.1@67,295) Ǥ 24 / Helium (Premium) (4.4@19,518; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2013-12-28 Vorstellung 1/2013; Anleitung 2/2013 | 3/2015 | 3/2016 | 3/2017; full how-to; Intro 7/2013; Video Howto 9/2013 (EN); Testbericht 11/2013; Backup apps & data! root optional. Without root, app needs to be initialized via PC with ADB.
• My Backup (4.1@18,573) Ǥ 35 / My Backup Pro (4.5@38,402; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 35 LastUpdate: 2017-11-01 Testbericht 2/2012 | 12/2013; Vorstellung 8/2013; real "full backup" requires root
• JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.1@13,275) Ǥ 46
• Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Video Review 9/2012; Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.

Also see: Adebar, a small project of mine. Utilizes ADB and Bash to generate scripts for backup/restore, also taking care for re-disabling apps following a restore.

Full Backups: Nandroid

Nandroid Backups require a rooted device with Custom Recovery.

• Tipatch • Backup internal storage (4.8@79) 2 Github; patch TWRP to include internal storage
• ROM Toolbox Lite (4.3@59,935) Ǥ 27 / ROM Toolbox Pro (4.6@25,643; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 26 ausführliche Vorstellung 4/2012; Testbericht 5/2012; Video Review 10/2013
• Online Nandroid Backup * ROOT (4.2@4,532) 8 LastUpdate: 2014-08-04 XDA 8/2012; Kurzvorstellung 12/2013; requires BusyBox; Nandroid backup without booting to recovery
• Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Video Review 9/2012; Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.
• [ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (4.1@21) 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-20
• TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (4@34,345) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Intro 6/2013 | 6/2013; Video Review 6/2013 | 12/2013; Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
• ROM Installer (3.9@41,916) Ǥ 12 Review 10/2013
• TWRP Explorer (3@234) 5 LastUpdate: 2015-11-14 Restore from TWRP backups

And then there're also various PC-Tools for Backups:

• HoloBackup: Graphical FrontEnd for ADB Backup (formerly: SimpleADBBackup)
• Ultimate Backup Tool: Command-line tool to ease the use of ADB Backups
• tetherback: Create Nandroid backups remotely (requires TWRP on the device)

Also see: Full Backup of non-rooted devices

Backups to the Cloud

Also see: Synchronizing Files and Folders.

Backup SMS into the Cloud

• Nextcloud SMS (3.4@112; ~EUR 1.50) 18 Github

Backup contacts into the Cloud

• Easy backup contacts (4.4@3,049) Ǥ 11

Backup SMS, MMS, and more into the Cloud

• CM Backup -Restore,Cloud,Photo (4.7@711,951) Ǥ 30 LastUpdate: 2017-07-05
• All Backup Restore (4.4@3,549) Ǥ 24
• All Backup and Restore (4.4@939) Ǥ 19
• EML plus SMS to Cloud (4.4@337; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2014-05-19
• SMS Backup+ (4.3@62,457) Ǥ 19 Github; Vorstellung 2/2013 | 6/2013; SMS, MMS, Call Logs ­– & WhatsApp?
• Call SMS Log Backup : Thoth (4.2@157) 21 LastUpdate: 2013-01-28

Various Cloud Backups

• JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.1@13,275) Ǥ 46
• AT&T Tech Support 360 Backup and Go (4@202) 7 access files from PC-Backups

Other Backups

Backup WiFi APNs

This generally requires root. And it's a fact: root has permission to access everything…

• WiFi Key Recovery (needs root) (4@39,882) 2 LastUpdate: 2012-05-09 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; restore manually
• Wifi Password (Root) (3.9@3,001) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-04-17
• WIFI Key Recovery [ROOT] (3.7@3,230) 2 LastUpdate: 2013-05-25

For more apps, also see WiFi Password Recovery

Photo Backup

• PhotoBackup (4.8@5) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-11-08 Github; automatically backup your photos as soon as they are taken – to your own backup server
• Shoebox - Photo Storage and Cloud Backup (4.6@26,019) Ǥ 13
• PhotoSync – transfer and backup photos & videos (4.5@9,139) Ǥ 21 / PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.8@1,388; ~EUR 4.00) 0 between phones, tablets and computers/NAS; instantly, on WiFi, or on a specified location
• Photomatic - photo backup (4.2@30) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-05-13 backs up to your Windows computer; desktop pendant required.
• Photo Transfer App (3.9@3,399) Ǥ 8 device to device (including your computer), no cloud (local WiFi)

Various Backups

• Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup (4.4@2,318) 8 Camera photos/videos only?
• ROM Settings Backup (4.3@951) 6 Vorstellung 8/2014; Screencast 6/2018
• MOBILedit Forensic (4.1@172) 32 r/o Backup (i.e. no restore) for forensics. Requires PC pendant (Windows only?)
• Backup All Apps (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-04-13 enable ADB backup for apps blocking it; Github