Neo Backup is a Free and Open Source App for Scheduling and Encrypting App & Data Back Ups

Neo Backup is a FOSS application for Android that requires root access and can back up your apps, games, and data.
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Video Description
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With custom recoveries like TWRP being used less and less these days, people still need a way to backup their important data on Android. This is where Neo Backup comes into play.
#android #androidapp #androidapps #foss #opensource
Neo Backup is a free and open source application for Android that requires root access and can back up your individual applications along with the app data. You can do these backups one at a time, or batch them up for ease of use. And these backups can be scheduled so you'll always have the latest data if something goes wrong.
We can download Neo Backup from an app respository like F-Droid. . .or it can be downloaded directly from GitHub.
I'll be sure to include links to both of these sources in the video description below.
Once installed, let's go ahead and launch the application so that we can grant it root access. But along with granting root access, Neo Backup also needs you complete the setup process before you can begin. I appreciate the application going through these permissions with you, since it has root and doesn't technically need to do this.
Since going through this is a great way to convey to the user the type of access it has to your device.
Here on the home page we'll be given a list of all the user apps and system applications that we have on our device. All of these can be backed up if you'd like. But we can also go through the filter section to only show user apps that we installed.
Tapping on an application or game we have here will take us to the details page where we can do things like add the app to the global blocklist, force kill the application, launch it, disable it, uninstall it, or check the exodus report for it.
These buttons used to have a text description alongside of the icon itself. Which helped you to know what each of them did. But after a bit of time, and some trial and error, you start to understand what they mean without needing the text next to the icon. Still, I think this should be something that could be toggled in the settings as it can be daunting for first time users who are wanting to learn the app.
We can also add tags, add a note about the app, and create our first backup of it.
Neo Backup recommends that you encrypt your backups so the data is protected. We can do this by going into the Settings area and enabling the feature from here. This requires us to set a password to encrypt the data as well as allows us to decrypt it when we want to perform a restore.
I've come to appreciate the scheduling feature that this Android application offers. Having to manually go in and create new backups of your apps and games can be annoying so letting the application do that for you is great.
I would like to see the app get features that allow us to control where we want the backup to be stored to. As of right now, this data is only saved to the folder we setup on the internal storage of our device. But having this take up our storage is a bit much.
Maybe in the future we can see an option to save these backups to an FTP server on our local network. . .or upload them automatically to a cloud storage provider like Google Drive or Dropbox. For now, we need to use a sync solution like Syncthing or Nextcloud in order to move this data from our device automatically
So if you have root access to your Android smartphone or tablet, Neo Backup is a nice free and open source application that an backup your APK file and app/game data. People complain all the time about Android not having a proper backup solution but thankfully we have apps like this that can do the job. We only need root access in order for these apps to have the ability to backup that data.
Mentioned Links
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Neo Backup on GitHub - github.com/NeoApplications/Ne...
Neo Backup on F-Droid - f-droid.org/packages/com.mach...
Step by Step Tutorial
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1. Intro [00:00]
2. Download Neo Backup [00:46]
3. Setup Neo Backup [01:26]
4. Backing up a Single App [03:34]
5. Backing up a Batch of Apps [05:50]
6. Restoring an App Backup [08:29]
7. Schedule Backups [09:16]
8. Conclusion [11:05]
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[@salaheddine473]

Swift Backup does a great job, been using it for a while, backups even wifis, calls & messages, and simple to use too.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

agreed! I use swift for my app backup needs

[@MrErViLi]

I tried using Neo for text messages backup. It broke my messaging app when i tested it and tried to restore all my messages. I had to reset the app to get it to work again. Swift backup works for backing up sms without issues.

[@daveninjaneuro7089]

Nice tutorial sir!

[@rhchannelcox]

I love u,,,best video

[@SaudiShanab]

Thank you 🤝

[@ziozvevo9751]

Thanks so much once again for the video 🎉. So, Explaining Android, I searched some custom ROMS. And i found out one of the best would be crDroid.But from what I've seen, it's only for the pixel 7 pro :( I think it would've been the better one for me, unless, of course, like Evolution X, the devs are not friendly.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

I have heard a lot of good things about the crDroid custom ROM as well. I wonder what is limiting their development to the pro version. have you asked about this on XDA?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

there is an unofficial version for the regular pixel 7 - forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-13-panther-unofficial-crdroid-v9-5-07-05-2023.4577649/

[@ziozvevo9751]

@@ExplainingAndroid First of all, I'm super glad that crDroid hasn't given you the same problems as Evo X, I'm super happy about that. Yeah it's really strange what makes them stop at the pro. Responding to the link you gave me about the unofficial version, perhaps it's the same procedure? Wonder if it's as stable though... It's very interesting. I have not asked anything on XDA but I definitely should. If anyone responds, I'll make sure to leave a comment and let you know! Thanks for the reply EA, it's great info you always give.

[@ziozvevo9751]

@@ExplainingAndroid As a second response to that, that's actually quite nice. I didn't know flashing such custom ROMS would be as easy as installing stock Android with an unlocked bootloader and launching a few fastboot commands. Am I missing something key? Sorry for the 'noob' questions lol, I'm very new to custom ROMS.

[@jamesbrendan5170]

can you tell me more about the devs of Evolution X?

[@SylvesterGoldStone]

Sir, There is a NEED to Backup USB-FlashDrive to USB-FlashDrive, both hooked on a USB-Hub which connected to an ANDROID-Phone. Can NEO App perform FlashDrive to FlashDrive CLONING on a ANDROID Phone? IF Neo CAN'T achieve that Task, THEN what other apps could accomplish this Challenge?

[@fortroadmassive4095]

Random unrelated question!!! But haveAny videos for downgrading Binary from 12 to 10?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

you can't downgrade binary firmware like that

[@hamoodsherif]

I'm using neo backup now I noticed something that neo backup apps even with id of apps i turned on a lot of settings on but I don't know which one responsible for apps id to turn it off for example some apps and games blocking u but when u format the phone and install again u will become clean again my issues with neo backup is when I reinstall apps it's comes back with the same id of app I got blocked on I'm wondering which sitting option that responsible about id apps backup as u know English is not my first language plus I'm not that smart would u please help me out thanks 🙏

[@ExplainingAndroid]

I'm not sure how you can avoid apps you've been blocked on. maybe check my channel for how to change your android id number. I had a video about that a while back

[@ozgur7996]

Why backup limit is only 2? For my game

[@CzerwinskiBenoit]

How can I delete a backup packet on this app ?

[@user-gj6zx3ti1f]

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[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

Are there non-root requiring apps with same functionality?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

not with the ability to backup app data

[@battlezordfalcon]

Bugjareger uses adb to backup app data, but is limited to certain apps

[@Slada1]

seedvault is one that simulates google cloud backup, but locally. But the best backup software requires root access

[@SoulRailey]

You need to root your device first to use it.

[@3bdelra7man7asaan]

Does it require root?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

it does

[@muskamika]

Better than Swift Backup?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

I still use Swift Backup, but this one is a comparable option for those who want a free and open source alternative

[@Slada1]

you can decrypt swift backups only using their app - your data is held hostage. That is a dealbreaker for me

[@netgarnet4337]

For unknown reason I can't install application 😕

[@ExplainingAndroid]

which phone are you trying to install it on? what version of Android?

[@netgarnet4337]

@@ExplainingAndroid OnePlus 9 pro Android 11 rooted

[@Yinzzy656]

was hoping it didnt require root smh

[@ExplainingAndroid]

sadly, that's just how Android is setup right now. I've been waiting for Google (or even Samsung) to implement their own way to do this without root (Xiaomi did it recently) but they haven't even announced they are working on this

[@hamoodsherif]

​@@ExplainingAndroidhow to do with Xiaomi without root sir

[@ExplainingAndroid]

@@hamoodsherif you must have root access for this app to work

[@hamoodsherif]

@@ExplainingAndroid I know I'm talking about your comment u said (xiaomi did it recently) how ??? from where I can do it ???? I'm talking about neo app thanks

[@ExplainingAndroid]

@@hamoodsherif oh, I gotcha. this is what I remember reading - 9to5google.com/2023/03/22/xiaomi-oppo-vivo-android-switch/