Last Modified: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:46:34 +0000 ; Created: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:46:34 +0000
I wanted a backup of the OEM apps and data since the manufacturer of the device doesn't have an official support site with original ROM downloads. There were some sites that sold the devices that provided some factory update ROMs, but I wanted a sure backup of how my device shipped. I also wanted to do it from Linux using adb. Android 4 makes doing app and data backups easy as adb supports it built-in. adb does not make a complete backup of the ROM itself nor image partitions.
I used Ubuntu 13.04 LTS 64-bit Server Edition running inside a VMWare Workstation VM on my Windows 7 64-bit system. You do NOT need Windows drivers for this to work. Just attach the device to the VM under Removable Devices.
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