How many times, do you ever thought about doing back up of Android device partitions? Wait, do you even know what exactly are partitions? Well if you know that’s great, but if you don’t, then for you in simple, basically partitions are storage blocks, they usually come with fixed size, but on newer Android devices like Android 10+, we got to see dynamic partitions scheme in that partitions can be resized, its for the convenience of OEMs so that they’ll be able to release flexible updates and upgrades for Android devices quickly.
In sense, partitions are what your device is, its where device firmware and operating system is stored, so without partitions you won’t be able to boot or run Android, unless you’re capable to boot operating system through RAM, but that’s kinda unusual for Android devices, in general OEM’s flash device firmware and operating system files onto several important partitions mainly larger ones like system, product and vendor, and then followed by smaller yet key partitions like data, nvram, cache etc, after that they all work together and let you boot and run Android comfortably.
If you’re someone who atleast done backup of Android device partitions once, then you may know, usually in order to backup Android device partitions, we either have to use custom recovery like TeamWin Recovery Project – TWRP or through ADB using PC, and yeah there are some desktop softwares as well, right? But not every Android device has custom recovery, including that many folks may not have PC, but for whatever reasons they may really want or have to backup Android device partitions as safe side for fixing, recovery, or future usage purposes, are you one of them?
The benefit of backing up Android device partitions are plenty enough like if you by any chance messed with existing device partitions and something went wrong, then you can simply flash and restore existing backed up partitions to get your device back on track and make it work flawlessly including that by backing up old and new partitions, you’ll be able to roll back, update and upgrade firmware whenever necessary, just as OEMs or repair centers to factory reset or fix broken Android device, which is why many folks wish to backup their Android device partitions, it is considered as good pratice, don’t you think?
But, as said earlier, we usually need custom recovery or PC to backup Android device partitions using ADB or paritition backup desktop softwares, if you don’t have them, or even if you have them, yet for whatever reasons don’t want to backup Android device partitions using them, then you’re now at right place, by using rooted Android device, you can simply backup partitions, it’ll be very useful for those who only have or wish to use Android device for almost all stuff, though backing up partitions using rooted Android device may seem awesome, but do note rooting Android is risky and also voids device warranty, if you’re aware and can handle them, then all is set.
There are number of tools and methods available for rooted Android devices to backup partitions, out of them most easiest one is extracting device firmware of custom rom using file manager and copy partitions somewhere to backup them, but through this method you’ll only able to backup factory stock partitions, if you haven’t done any changes to your partitions then file manager way is fine, but if you did like customization stuff, then you have to backup them right from your Android device, for that you have to select and use quite reliable Android device partitions backup tool.
In sense, if possible it will be better if partition backup tool is free and open source systemless magisk module, so it won’t touch system directly and if something goes wrong, you can simply disable and enable it anytime, including that you will also able to check its publicly released source code to verify its authenticity, and only when you find it genuine and safe with privacy and security, you can use it, but thing is it’s easy to say than done, at present if you’re interested in backing up Android device partitions using free and open source tool, then you’re welcome.
Recently, we got to know about an free and open source Magisk module named Partition Backup for Android devices, at present it is simple and straightforward tool that let you backup and flash Android device partitions using command line interface – CLI and WebUI with option to save MD5 checksum and choose internal and external storage for saved Android device partition backups, for more updated information check their GitHub, ok that’s enough, shall we now explore visual user interface of Partition Backup? Are you ready? If yes then let’s explore more.
• How to download Partition Backup and official support •
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• Partition Backup key features with UI/UX overview •
Atlast, this are just highlighted features of Partition Backup, there may be many hidden features in-build that provides you external benefits to give the ultimate usage experience, anyway if you want one of best way to backup Android device partitions then at present partition backup magisk module seems like on go worthy choice.
Overall, Partition Backup has easy to use minimalistic user interface with dark mode by default, that ensures user friendly experience, but in any project there is always space for improvement, so let’s wait and see will Partition Backup get any major UI changes to provide ultimate usage experience in future and make it even more better as of now, its nice.
Moreover, it is definitely worth to mention Partition Backup is one of the very few Magisk Modules available out there on world wide web of internet to backup Android device partitions, devices, yes indeed if you’re searching for such app then definitely Partition Backup has potential to become your new favourite choice.
Finally, this is how you can backup Android device partitions using Partition Backup Magisk Module by using its CLI and WebUI, so do you like it? Are you an existing user of Partition Backup? If yes do say your experience and mention why you like Partition Backup over other apps available for same in our comment section below, see ya 🙂