Bill Poster 52 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 My Android mobile phone , running Android 6.0.1 ( cannot update any more ) is generally running very slow . I have tried all the recommended options to get the phone back to its once quick state , but to no avail. So now I want to do a factory reset and see what difference that may make . So I’m looking for the best and most reliable option to do a full backup of the phone before I do a factory reset . Once the factory reset has been completed I then want to reinstall all the previously backed up items to the now factory reset phone . Can any one please recommend a way to achieve the above . Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
scubascuba3 12941 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Make a note of all your apps and the position(screen print is best), save all docs, videos, photos, music etc to an external USB stick or other memory. Make sure apps such as Line have back up email and phone number. Check telephone contacts saved to Google\other 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
johng 18426 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 I've used an app called "Super Backup" you can save the backup to an SDcard ( check it did save before resting the phone ) do your factory reset then install the app and restore the backup it still involves a bit of fiddling around setting up your gmail and maybe wifi details to be able to install the app after reset. Another way is even more fiddly and much more dangerous and nerve wracking, backing up and restoring the system and user data partitions for which the phone first has to be "rooted" not for the faint hearted 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post CharlieH 33734 Posted June 16 Popular Post Share Posted June 16 If its a Samsung use Samsung cloud and the service will do it for you. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
KannikaP 2699 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 5 minutes ago, CharlieH said: If its a Samsung use Samsung cloud and the service will do it for you. Doesn't Android back-up to a G-Mail account as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Poster 52 Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 Sorry guys , my bad The phone is a Motorola Moto Z Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post JimHuaHin 542 Posted June 17 Popular Post Share Posted June 17 I just connect my phone, running Android, to my PC. Open up the folder containing all the phone files, then copy and paste into a folder on my PC. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ignis 1382 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 14 minutes ago, JimHuaHin said: I just connect my phone, running Android, to my PC. Open up the folder containing all the phone files, then copy and paste into a folder on my PC. Do the same have done for years 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Card 1250 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 You might find that resetting makes no difference to the speed. We are now in Android 10 or 11 and apps are optimised for those. Android 6 is too old for them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AlQaholic 2690 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 (edited) I can't remember if 6.0 version has the automatic data backup to google feature in the settings. but just copy all your stuff to a folder in your PC would be the easiest. I doubt a factory reset will improve the situation. Most software nowadays do not keep downward compatibility towards that old version of android, if they do, the apps become very slow due to the workarounds to get the functionality in the app to work on the older versions. Such a simple thing as scrolling a list is very different in newer versions of Android compared to older versions. Edited June 17 by AlQaholic 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chilly07 947 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 (edited) Never found it necessary to back up my phone and have just installed apps on new phone using their back up. Wifes phone is another kettle of fish and she uses a backup app of which there are many Copy my Data being one. Edited June 17 by chilly07 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Poster 52 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 5 hours ago, JimHuaHin said: I just connect my phone, running Android, to my PC. Open up the folder containing all the phone files, then copy and paste into a folder on my PC. Thanks So have I got this right ? I connect my mobile phone to my computer , find where all the original apps and photographs are stored . Then just copy and past those apps and photographs directly into a backup folder I have made on my computer. Then do a factory reset and then from the computers new backup folder I just move the contents back onto my now factory reset mobile phone. And those moved items should then work once more . Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Poster 52 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 4 hours ago, AlQaholic said: I can't remember if 6.0 version has the automatic data backup to google feature in the settings. but just copy all your stuff to a folder in your PC would be the easiest. I doubt a factory reset will improve the situation. Most software nowadays do not keep downward compatibility towards that old version of android, if they do, the apps become very slow due to the workarounds to get the functionality in the app to work on the older versions. Such a simple thing as scrolling a list is very different in newer versions of Android compared to older versions. Thanks , good point Link to post Share on other sites
asiacurious 858 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 How much data will you be transferring? If you need to backup a lot of data, plugging in to a computer via USB will work, but it can be painfully slow. If you're even just a little bit technical, using something called adb can be much faster. Specifically, you initiate an adb pull from your computer to pull all the data from the phone to the computer. (You can also do an adb push to push data from your computer to the phone.) Note that speed also depends on the type of USB connection you have. If it's 2.0 (very well might be) then that will slow things down. Here's a page that explains it and tells you how to do it. https://www.thecustomdroid.com/adb-push-pull-commands/ I had about 20GB of photos/video I needed to back up. Doing the old drag and drop said it would take several hours. Doing an adb pull took only minutes (over USB 3). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
johng 18426 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 1 hour ago, Bill Poster said: I just move the contents back onto my now factory reset mobile phone. And those moved items should then work once more . No not quite the photos/videos will be ok but not the apps or your phone contacts,sms's etc unless you use an app like I suggested before or the Google backup service which I don't like too much as it harvests everything as I found out by accident it was backing up all my photos,videos,emails,sms,contacts etc continuously without asking also saving internet search and location/gps data without asking to googles server....yes its "so easy" to restore but those photos/videos may not have been taken at the local church !!!! not only the privacy issue but bandwidth issue if not set to only backup via WIFi it could run up a big bill for mobile data usage. So personally I choose to use the app method. 25 minutes ago, asiacurious said: If you're even just a little bit technical, using something called adb can be much faster. I had such a headache trying to get ADB working on my pc it didn't like certain usb cables, wrong ADB versions,incorrect USB drivers,permission denied's remember to enable debugging mode on the phone then enable permission for ADB to communicate by tapping on the pop-up that doesn't always pop-up...yes when it worked it was rather useful. comand promt cd to adb_1.0.31 cd F:\Backup\true\adb_1.0.31\ adb kill-server& adb start-server& adb devices ( first time rsa key pops up must authorise this or it will not work ) adb shell cat /proc/dumchar_info no good so use busybox ls -QAl --color=never /dev/block/platform/*/by-name lists all partitions =================================== lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "boot" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p16" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "cache" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p18" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "fbootlogo" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p15" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "logo" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p14" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "misc" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p20" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "miscdata" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "prodnv" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "recovery" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p19" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "system" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "userdata" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p21" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wcnfixnv1" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wcnfixnv2" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p8" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "wcnmodem" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p13" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wcnruntimenv1" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "wcnruntimenv2" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p10" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "wdsp" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wfixnv1" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wfixnv2" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p4" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 26 13:46 "wmodem" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p11" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wruntimenv1" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 26 13:46 "wruntimenv2" -> "/dev/block/mmcblk0p6" [email protected]:/ # ===================================================== dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/storage/sdcard0/boot.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/storage/sdcard0/cache.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/storage/sdcard0/fbootlogo.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/storage/sdcard0/logo.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/storage/sdcard0/misc.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/storage/sdcard0/miscdata.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/storage/sdcard0/prodnv.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/storage/sdcard0/system.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/storage/sdcard0/userdata.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/storage/sdcard0/wcnfixnv1.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/storage/sdcard0/wcnfixnv2.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/storage/sdcard0/wcnmodem.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/storage/sdcard0/wcnruntimenv1.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/storage/sdcard0/wcnruntimenv2.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=/storage/sdcard0/wdsp.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/storage/sdcard0/wfixnv1.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/storage/sdcard0/wfixnv2.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/sdcard0/wmodem.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/storage/sdcard0/wruntimenv1.img dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/storage/sdcard0/wruntimenv2.img =================== to restore tested after accidenly erasing all /system/app apps doh cd F:/backup/adb_1.0.31 kill all other adb instances and droidexplorer proces adb kill-server& adb start-server& adb devices adb shell if not root the do su mount -o rw,remount /system dd if=/storage/sdcard0/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 dd if=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 tried a couple of custom recoveries but could not navigate no touch screen and or enter button not working poooo dd if=/storage/sdcard0/recovery-cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 Yes got clockwork mod 4.0.0.9 scroll down 2 times to enable the power button that f***ed me up for a while thinking it didnt work took CWM 4-0-0-9 recovery.zip img unpacked it with android image kitchen then delete the split_img folder that was just created and copy split_img folder from the stock folder then copy default.prop from the stock/ramdisk folder to the new ramdisk folder and then repackimg and flash ====================== 1 Link to post Share on other sites
richsilver 172 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 I think it's time to get a new phone. Android 6 is much too old with many security issues and app incompatibilities. Old phones don't update to newer operating systems for a reason. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
johng 18426 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 13 minutes ago, richsilver said: I think it's time to get a new phone. Android 6 is much too old Mine is still on 5 runs fine 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Poster 52 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 8 hours ago, asiacurious said: How much data will you be transferring? If you need to backup a lot of data, plugging in to a computer via USB will work, but it can be painfully slow. If you're even just a little bit technical, using something called adb can be much faster. Specifically, you initiate an adb pull from your computer to pull all the data from the phone to the computer. (You can also do an adb push to push data from your computer to the phone.) Note that speed also depends on the type of USB connection you have. If it's 2.0 (very well might be) then that will slow things down. Here's a page that explains it and tells you how to do it. https://www.thecustomdroid.com/adb-push-pull-commands/ I had about 20GB of photos/video I needed to back up. Doing the old drag and drop said it would take several hours. Doing an adb pull took only minutes (over USB 3). Thats great , Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Poster 52 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 6 hours ago, richsilver said: I think it's time to get a new phone. Android 6 is much too old with many security issues and app incompatibilities. Old phones don't update to newer operating systems for a reason. I would really love to buy a brand new mobile phone , but there’s just not any thing currently for sale from a major manufacture that comes close to the physical specification of my Motorola Moto Z . Its one of the worlds lightest and thinnest mobile phones, personally I can’t stand to have a heavy , thick and bulky mobile phone in my pocket . So sadly there’s nothing that I can buy to replace my very light weight and ultra thin Motorola Moto Z mobile phone ( unless some one know different ) Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
scubascuba3 12941 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 6 hours ago, Bill Poster said: I would really love to buy a brand new mobile phone , but there’s just not any thing currently for sale from a major manufacture that comes close to the physical specification of my Motorola Moto Z . Its one of the worlds lightest and thinnest mobile phones, personally I can’t stand to have a heavy , thick and bulky mobile phone in my pocket . So sadly there’s nothing that I can buy to replace my very light weight and ultra thin Motorola Moto Z mobile phone ( unless some one know different ) Thanks Decent batteries seem to be around 5,000 these days vs your 2,600 Link to post Share on other sites
johng 18426 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) @Bill Poster Some "light reading" for you update to Android 10 ( note the possibility of ruining your phone..I've never managed to ruin one yet but it is possible read a lot first) https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-10-official-lineage-os-17-1.3871409/ Edited June 18 by johng Link to post Share on other sites
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