Many of us have in the past, after first checking your phone for an expected urgent message or email, and found it switched itself off and then become ever so slightly aggravated because the thing turned itself off, then promptly try to boot your mobile device again only to find out it is as dead as a doornail. How many of us can honestly say that they’ve never pinked away a tear or two after the above-mentioned scenario, the urgent message or mail fades into the background to become nearly insignificant when the realisation sinks in that vast amounts of personal data, in the form of photos, messages, video clips, and game progress saves, many of which carry great personal and sentimental value had just been lost irrecoverably all safely stored on our beloved, favourite mobile device.
The Helium app quickly gained itself a serious number of fans after its launch just more than a year ago. It will save its users many tears with its options to backup their data and apps to either their own phones the highly recommended cloud storage servers as well as synchronising data between two similar devices. Intelligently, the app just backs up your app data to keep file sizes down to save you time and data, however if you prefer partial or even complete backups its fully and easily customisable settings menu can set this right in the moment. In doing so, it will additionally backup SMSs, text user dictionaries, Wi-Fi connection settings, and a multitude of other types of data.
The Ultimate Backup app performs its functions exactly as the name describes, by offering an absolute smorgasbord of options. It can easily be crowned as the best in class app design with a load of additional utility features and a number of UI tweaks. Its users can even set up the layout of their app displays on their phone, including small items such as the type of screen transition animations its users would prefer within the app itself. The app is refined, yet easy to navigate and set your preferences on while backed with incredibly powerful backup options, unfortunately to enjoy its full benefits users will be required to root their phones. Rooted users or even have the option to restore from Nandroid backups.
Helium would provide the ideal solution to 90% of all users, but Ultimate Backup is sure to provide experienced phone tinkerers and developers with the best possible backup tool while still keeping a glossy smooth UI design.