image of my android phone

[chara33]

What can I use to image my android phone and place it on my desktop in case i need to restore it? Can someone recommend a free s/w to do this?



thx

 

[carnageX]

If you're rooted and/or have a custom recovery, then you can do it from your phone through said custom recovery (such as ClockworkMod Recovery or TWRP).

If you're fully stock, then you'll have to use ADB.
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[chara33]

Carn, what does rooted mean? The root of C? if so, how do i do that?


thx

 

[carnageX]

Carn, what does rooted mean? The root of C? if so, how do i do that?


thx

Rooted = having root user enabled + the SuperUser binaries that linux uses.

Not all phones can be rooted. Doing so varies from device to device. If you don't know what root even is, then it wouldn't really benefit you so I would advise just keeping your device stock.