Android is all about development being an open source operating system. There is a number of tweaks, mods and custom roms that you may install and enhance your Android smartphone and in some cases you have to go through data wipes / factory resets, this may just cause inconvenience installing apps / getting back your wiped data. This is alright if becomes a hitch actually, but unfortunately installing all the apps once again takes a long time, you also loose your app’s data.What we have for you here today will let you backup your system apps, user apps, apps data easily, and will simply let you restore in a few minutes whenever you want. If you’ve guessed it, we’re talking about Titanium Backup. As the name suggests, it’s a backup app that helps you to backup and restore each and everything on your Android smartphone. You can also set schedules on your phone so that you don’t need to backup your data manually. Also, scheduling helps you to backup updated applications with their data. This app basically creates a folder on your phone’s internal storage and backups up the data in the form of .zip files. You can also change the backup folder location if you’ve an external SD card inserted in your phone, there’s a hefty list of actions you can perform using this amazing app. A freeware of Titanium Backup is available in the Google Play Store, you can also purchase Titanium Backup Key in order to unlock all of it’s features. Freeware will perform the basic functions only and obviously there is a hefty list of features that the pro version of Titanium Backup sports. Manipulate Data: Another handy feature that let’s you: Clear cache for user & system apps. Wipe date for user & system apps. Remove orphan data. Conver DBs to Rollbac Journal mode. Convert DBs to WAL mode. Converting databases between “Rollback Journal” and “WAL” modes Which Android versions support each DB format? “Rollback Journal” mode is supported by all known Android versions. “WAL” mode is supported by Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and later, and by any ROM that features SQLite 3.7.0+ (eg: CyanogenMod). Can I safely convert between the two formats? In principle, yes. Titanium Backup checks for WAL support on your ROM before allowing conversion to WAL. If you have WAL databases on a ROM that does not support them, don’t worry: Titanium Backup can process databases (to convert them back) even if the ROM itself cannot read them. It is usually safe to convert the data for user apps (because it can easily be converted back if needed) but be careful when converting the data for system apps. Let’s say converting system app data should be attempted by advanced users only!
