Backing Up without Root

[Danny Yang]

Like the title says. I wanna root my phone... And I'm completely new at this. And I don't want to lose my apps or the data on them... Every other way I've seen needs root first but rooting completely restarts my phone.. Help?

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[michaeljimmy]

root device will not lose your personal date or apps, only flash rom will erase that.
google sync can backup contact picture email. and application setting for you .

 

[palitsyn]

You will lose data when you unlock the bootloader though, which you must do in order to root.

 

[sprinttouch666]

Yes, palitsyn is correct. Dev Unlocking (required to obtain a custom recovery and root) will factory reset your device. However, there are several non-root blackup tools out there. For instance helium: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...a.backup&feature=search_result&token=9j-CNnf8

 

[Issemann]

HTC has their own backup tool as well. I used it today to switch from the 32GB HTC One to the 64GB version. It didn't backup everything, but it worked well enough where I wasn't starting from scratch. From reading other posts, I think Helium may be the best choice without rooting your device.