Backing up the Droid? Is rooting necessary and possible? [Archive]

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bravo4

11-07-2009, 01:46 AM

One of the things nice about the iPhone is that you can have a complete backup. Say you lose the phone and buy another, you can completely restore right back to where you were, quite easily and swiftly. Is there a way to do this with the Droid?

I was reading HERE (http://lifehacker.com/5350347/speed-up-and-back-up-your-rooted-android-phone) about rooting. Can you do this an load a different ROM? Or is there an easier solution?

Thanks!

morgan

11-07-2009, 02:08 AM

You cannot toot the Droid as far as I know yet. Each hardware will pose a different challenge for rooting from what I understand. Witht this phone so new I imagine it will be awhile longer before its rooted.

bravo4

11-07-2009, 02:09 AM

So how does one reliably backup everything? Why is this phone such a PITA? Sigh....

morgan

11-07-2009, 02:12 AM

Well contacts and calendars are always synced so you never have to worry about that. I believe there are back up apps in the market

russell5

11-07-2009, 08:03 AM

Not sure about apps because i just got the phone myself but under settings then privacy settings. theres an option to backup my settings.