How to Backup/Restore ROM on Galaxy S2!

Xavier Mustin

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How to Backup/Restore ROM on Galaxy S2!

For those of you who’ve recently rooted your Samsung Galaxy S2 Android smartphone, you will probably want to learn how to backup/restore ROMs on your phone using ClockworkMod Recovery. By backing up your rooted ROM, you will have an insurance in case something goes wrong in the future such as bricking your phone while installing a new kernel or ROM.

After rooting, we highly advise you to backup your rooted stock ROM as you will also need this to unroot if needed later on.

Here’s how to backup/restore ROM on your Galaxy S2:

  1. Power off your phone then reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery by holding down Volume Down, Home button, and Power button together and hit the Volume Up button when you see a screen with options.
    Note – You may have to hit the Home button instead of Power button in these instructions depending on which version of ClockworkMod Recovery you have.
  2. Once in ClockworkMod Recovery, choose “Backup and Restore” and hit the Power button.
  3. Choose “Backup” and hit the Power button.
  4. When backup is done, it will be backed up to a folder with current date and time. You can always change this folder name to something more memorable like “rooted stock ROM”.
  5. To restore, simply hit “Restore” instead of “Backup” and choose the backup folder you want to restore.
    Backup will backup everything including your ROM, kernel, contacts, apps, etc…etc… The only thing that won’t be backed up are the contents of your SD card.
 
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