How can an image of an Ubuntu phone be taken?

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I want to take a full image of everything on my Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu phone such that, following a complete factory reset or reflash of the phone, that full image can be restored completely on the phone.

How can this be done?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '16 at 22:57

Backup everything in /home/phablet. This will backup all user data and program settings. You will however need to reinstall your programs after a factory reset. But once you restore that folder, any programs installed will have the same settings as before.

Don't forget to backup all hidden folders as well, such as /home/phablet/.config

How can an image of an Ubuntu phone be taken?

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