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Take backup of your Android phone

Always you might be wondering that how to take backup of your phone if your Phone manufacturer does not provide you backup software. Also you may have seen option of "Backup password" in your Android phone. Do you wonder what's that ? Following is the way to backup your Android phone and it will answer all your above questions. 1). You need to have "adb" tool in your system. If you don't know what's this, then simply install Android SDK in your system by following procedure on developer.android.com. If you don't want to install whole SDK then just search for adb on google and just download single file for adb. 2). Once USB debugging is on, connect your phone to your PC. Go to the directory where "adb" is placed. Now on the command prompt or terminal write command "adb devices" (for Linux "./adb devices"). The output of the command should list your device with its serial number. If device is not listed then go here

Flashing Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.3

In this post I will let you know how to flash your Galaxy Nexus having device type "maguro" and yakju** build of Android OS, with latest Android 4.3 factory image provided by Google. ( Disclaimer: I have flashed my own phone in the following described way. However do the procedure at your own risk. Don't blame me if you brick your phone. ) 1). First of all check that your Galaxy Nexus has device type "maguro" and OS build name "yakju**". You can know this with Android app Android Info under section Software. You can download at  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=Android.Info 2). Now you need to have "adb" and "fastboot" tool in your system. If you don't know what's this, then simply install Android SDK in your system by following procedure on  developer.android.com 3). Once you have installed "adb" and "fastboot", download the Android 4.3 factory image "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus