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title: ADB
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## Full Storage backup
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The easiest, and probably intended way to copy files using adb can be seen in the following command.
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`$ adb pull -a -p /sdcard/ ./<target folder>`
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The example here makes a copy of all content in "sdcard", the user's data directory.
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This is probably still the best way, with compression afterwards on the host system. Simply, because other options don't allow browsing of the file structure properly.
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Additionally, this will show a progress meter, allowing for guesses when the transfer will be complete.
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Compress the directory using this command.
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`$ tar -cv -I"zstd -19 -T0" -f sdcard.tar.zst <folder>`
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### Compressed backup
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> [Stackoverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/39429196)
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Using this command, a backup can be pulled as well. This time however, it is passed to zstd for compression.
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Tar on the phone doesn't do much except go through all files and send them to the terminal's STDOUT. All the compression happens on the host.
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*All data has to be transfered first. very slow with USB 2.0*
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*Also not readable after the transfer*
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`$ adb exec-out "tar -cf - /sdcard/* 2>/dev/null" | zstd -19 -T16 -v -o sdcard-2022-11-18.zst`
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*testing*
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`$ adb exec-out 'GZIP="-9" /system/xbin/busybox tar -czf - /sdcard/*' > sdcard.tar.gz`
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