Backup & Co.

Backup your apps

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

APK Extractor•APP Share/Backup (4.3@1,132) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-12
APK Extractor (4.3@122) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-17
aremon backup apk (4.3@105) 4 LastUpdate: 2018-04-27
Backup & Restore (4.2@238,149) Ǥ 20
AppMonster Free Backup Restore (4.2@25,035) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-02-02 / AppMonster v5 (3.3@487) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 / AppMonster Pro Backup Restore (3.9@5,828; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-06 / AppMonster v5 Pro (3.2@209; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 Apps / Apps & Data (root)
App List Backup (4.2@4,601) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-09-22
App Backup & Reinstall (4.2@3,582) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-31
Apk Extractor - Backup (4.2@859) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-03-25
Apk Extractor (4.2@485) 5 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
Backup Apk , Share Apk (4.2@92) 13
ABR App Backup & Restore (4.2@5) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04 Github
APK Extractor 2017 (Backup Apk) (4.1@1,614) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Apk Extractor (4@58,250) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Howto 11/2018
Apps Backup (4@2,121) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
Uninstaller -Quick App Manager (3.9@4,585) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2015-10-14
APK Extractor - Creator (3.9@2,569) Ǥ 9
App/APK extractor (3.9@359) 4
App Backup & Restore, App Manager,App Uninstaller (3.7@212) 9
Easy Backup Restore - Apps Backup (3.5@203) Ǥ 9
App Backup And Restore (3.4@1,071) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-11-16
Apk Extractor Lite (3.1@5,112) Ǥ 8
AppWererabbit (3.1@1,756) 9 / AppWererabbit (DONATE) Key (4.2@54; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-25 Intro 3/2013 | 8/2013; Vorstellung 8/2013; like AppMonster
Apk Extractor (2.9@1,626) Ǥ 15
APK Kit (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
oandbackup (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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

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SMS from PC / Tablet & Sync Text from Computer (4.3@142,134) Ǥ 21 / SMS from Tablet & MMS Text Messaging Sync (4@18,623) Ǥ 11 Intro 6/2013; 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, Print & Restore -Export PDF,HTML,CSV (4.2@4,329) Ǥ 12
SMS Backup & Restore (4.1@107,178) Ǥ 25 / SMS Backup & Restore Pro (4.3@1,353; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 23 Guide 10/2013; SMS/MMS & call logs in XML format / Video Intro 6/2019
Backup SMS (3.8@130) Ǥ 8
SMS to Text (3.5@40) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-03-05 plain text and CSV
SMS Backup Restore (3.4@236) Ǥ 11
Epistolaire (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Backup call logs

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Call Logs Backup & Restore (4.5@5,910) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-02-05 Intro 8/2013
Smart Call Logs (4.2@2,641) Ǥ 10

Backup calendars

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iCal Import/Export CalDAV (4.5@7,207) Ǥ 19 / iCal Import/Export CalDAV Pro (4.7@1,718; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 18
Calendar Import - Export (ics) (3.5@270) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-29 Github; Import/export your Android calenders as ics files without using the Google cloud
Calendar Import Export (Excel) (3.2@29) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-03
Calendar ICS adapter (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-27 Github; Import and export calendar files

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 Transfer and Restore (4.7@32,295) Ǥ 18 local backup; move contacts between accounts
Contacts Backup--Excel & Email (4.7@24,504) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16
MCBackup - My Contacts Backup (4.5@24,698) 6 Video Demo 9/2013
Export Phone Contacts to Excel (4.5@233) Ǥ 8
Contact Backup & Restore (4.4@4,105) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2018-03-16
Contact Backup (4.3@219) Ǥ 10
SA Contacts Lite (4.1@4,365) Ǥ 13 / SA Contacts (4.3@810; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 13 Vorstellung 2/2014
My Contacts Backup - Merge, Save, Restore & Share (4.1@721) Ǥ 10
Contacts Backup (4.1@223) 19 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Contacts Backup (4@1,222) 6
Export Import Excel Contacts (4@435) 8
123 Contact Backup (4@54) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-18 sends backup (CSV/text) via mail
Contact2Sim (3.9@9,246) 6
Contacts backup and restore (3.9@817) Ǥ 12
Contacts Backup & Duplicates (3.9@12) Ǥ 12 / Contacts Backup - PRO (5@1; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 12
Backup Contacts (3.8@3,366) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05
Contacts Backup & Restore (3.6@1,259) Ǥ 11
Contact Backup (3.4@9) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Backup bookmarks

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Bookmarks manager (deprecated) (4.3@296) 6 LastUpdate: 2012-06-28
Bookmark Thumbnails & Folders (4.1@4,039) Ǥ 10
NEO Bookmark (4@602) 6 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.3@62; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 8 bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.6@48) 5
Bookmark Sort & Backup (1.6@3,757) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-08-06 Video Demo 8/2013

Backup contacts, SMS, and more

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SMS and Contact - Backup & Restore (4.5@1,892) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
MyPhoneExplorer Client (4.4@39,569) Ǥ 36 Video Review 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
Phone Copier - MOBILedit (4.4@22,991) Ǥ 39 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-24 Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry …
Super Backup & Restore (4.3@162,382) Ǥ 38 / Super Backup Pro: SMS&Contacts (3.6@2,379; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 31 Vorstellung 2/2013; Video Demo 7/2013; Testbericht 12/2013
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
All Backup & Restore (4.1@1,908) Ǥ 19 local backup & copy-to-cloud
Backup & Restore (4.1@1,647) 20 LastUpdate: 2018-01-05
Backup Master: Contact, Apps, SMS, Call Log Backup (4@2,267) Ǥ 24
SMS, Call - XML, PDF, CSV(Super Backup & Restore) (4@297) 9
Phone Backup + (3.9@154) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
Rapid Backup & Restore - SMS, Apps,Contacts,calls. (3.8@51) 13
Seagate Backup (3.6@4,816) 31 LastUpdate: 2017-04-26 requires the Seagate Dashboard software
Mobile Backup 3 (3.5@3,042) 29
Save Phonebook & SMS to Excel (3.3@527) Ǥ 8 / Mobile Phone Excel Backup SMS Contact XLS Maker (4@40) Ǥ 8 backup only, no restore
Slight backup (0@0) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-03

Full Backups

Full Backups (root required)

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G Cloud Backup (4.6@295,010) Ǥ 32 / G Cloud Apps Backup Key * root (4.5@1,082; ~EUR 4.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-09-08
Titanium Backup ★ root needed (4.3@371,439) 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root needed (4.3@71,975; ~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)
Swift Backup (4.2@1,304) Ǥ 24 Backs up to Google Drive; without root no app data, WiFi networks etc.
Partitions Backup & Restore (3.7@1,189) 6
ROM Toolbox Lite (0@36) Ǥ 26 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.6@25,635; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 25 Video Review 10/2013

Full Backups without root

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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@88,658) 45
Backup Your Mobile (4.2@19,323) Ǥ 30 Intro 3/2013; Anleitung 2/2020
JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.1@13,852) Ǥ 46
Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.
My Backup (3.9@18,738) Ǥ 35 / My Backup Pro (4.2@38,597; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 32 Testbericht 12/2013; Vorstellung 8/2013; real "full backup" requires root
Helium - App Sync and Backup (3.5@67,777) Ǥ 24 / Helium (Premium) (3.8@19,573; ~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.

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.

In the works: A FOSS pendant to the built-in Google Cloud backup, where you can shose your own resources (e.g. local card, Nextcloud) to back up to.

Full Backups: Nandroid

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Nandroid Backups require a rooted device with Custom Recovery.

Tipatch • Backup internal storage (4.7@91) 2 Github; XDA 8/2018; patch TWRP to include internal storage
ROM Installer (4.3@42,219) Ǥ 11 Review 10/2013
Online Nandroid Backup * ROOT (4.2@4,532) 8 LastUpdate: 2014-08-04 Kurzvorstellung 12/2013; requires BusyBox; Nandroid backup without booting to recovery
Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.
[ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (4.1@21) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-20
TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (3.9@34,388) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Intro 6/2013 | 6/2013; Video Review 6/2013 | 12/2013; Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
TWRP Explorer (2.1@240) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-14 Restore from TWRP backups
ROM Toolbox Lite (0@36) Ǥ 26 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.6@25,635; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 25 Video Review 10/2013

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

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Nextcloud SMS (3.4@112; ~EUR 1.50) 18 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Backup contacts into the Cloud

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Easy backup contacts (4.1@3,071) 9

Backup SMS, MMS, and more into the Cloud

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CM Backup -Restore,Cloud,Photo (4.7@711,951) Ǥ 30 LastUpdate: 2017-07-05
All Backup and Restore (4.4@939) Ǥ 19
All Backup Restore (4.3@4,070) Ǥ 24
SMS Backup+ (2.9@65,737) Ǥ 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-24 Github; Vorstellung 2/2013 | 6/2013; SMS, MMS, Call Logs – & WhatsApp?

Various Cloud Backups

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JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.1@13,852) Ǥ 46
AT&T Tech360 Backup and Go (3.5@205) 7 access files from PC-Backups

Other Backups

Backup WiFi APNs

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

Wifi Password (Root) (3.9@3,001) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-04-17
WIFI Key Recovery [ROOT] (3.8@3,274) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-25
WiFi Key Recovery (needs root) (3.7@40,907) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-05-09 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; restore manually

For more apps, also see WiFi Password Recovery

Photo Backup

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PhotoBackup (4.8@5) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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@26,121) Ǥ 13
PhotoSync – transfer and backup photos & videos (4.6@10,560) Ǥ 21 / PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.9@1,811; ~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 (4@4,053) Ǥ 8 device to device (including your computer), no cloud (local WiFi)

Various Backups

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Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup (4.1@2,413) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 4/2017 | 3/2018; Camera photos/videos only?
MOBILedit Forensic (4.1@172) 30 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ r/o Backup (i.e. no restore) for forensics. Requires PC pendant (Windows only?)
ROM Settings Backup (4@952) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2014; Screencast 6/2018
Backup All Apps (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-04-13 enable ADB backup for apps blocking it; Github

Further Readings:

General
- Artikel zum Android Backup bei MobilSicher.DE
- DroidWiki: Backup erstellen ohne Root
- Backup fürs Handy: Diese Möglichkeiten gibt es (10/2017 - 2/2020)
- Android-Backup im c't-Check: Auf Google darf man sich nicht verlassen (8/2017)
- Komplettbackup bei Android-Geräten (9/2015 - 3/2018)
- How to Upgrade to a New Android Phone and Take Everything with You (12/2014)
- Android Backup Apps Übersicht (12/2014)
- Backup-Apps für Android: Alles sichern mit und ohne Cloud (1/2014 - 12/2018)
- Backup 3.0 ausprobiert: So sichert Ihr Smartphone-Einstellungen offline (7/2014)
- Top 5 Best Backup and Restore Apps for Android (12/2013)
- Google Mail: Backups von E-Mails und Kalenderdaten herunterladen (12/2013)
- Complete Data Backup Guide for Android Smartphone and Tablet Users (10/2013)
- Backup Apps, Contacts, Logs, Messages and Settings without Rooting Your Android Phone (3/2013 - 5/2018)
Contacts, SMS/MMS
- 5 Android Apps To Backup Your Contacts & Messages (5/2014 - 12/2018)
- 5 Contact Backup Apps For Android (3/2014)
- Datensicherung in der Praxis: SMS per App sichern (12/2013 - 12/2014)
- 8 Apps to Save and Back Up Texts on Android (10/2013)
- How to Backup Android Contacts and Text Messages (SMS / MMS) (8/2013)
Nandroid Backups
- What is a Nandroid backup TWRP, and how to create and restore it? (1/2019)
- The Right Way to Make a Full Nandroid Backup using TWRP Backup Method (11/2018)
- Nandroid Backup Was es ist und wie man es erstellt (9/2018)
- So funktionieren Nandroid-Backups (3/2014)
- What Is A Nandroid Backup and How Exactly Does It Work? (1/2014)
Others
- 4 Ways to Sync and Upload Photos to Cloud Storage on Android (8/2018)

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