(Question) TWRP Backup - Which folder?


Sakat

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Hi there,

I would like to create a full and clean backup of my Redmi Note 7 but in TWRP I have much more than what most tutorials say, so I'm not sure of what folders I should select. Could someone confirm me which one are important and which one aren't ?

Here is the full list of folders available in TWRP backup menu:
  • Data (excl. storage)(4277MB)
  • Cache (5MB)
  • System (2634MB)
  • System Image (3584MB)
  • Boot (64MB)
  • dtbo (8MB)
  • Recovery (64MB)
  • Vendor (746MB)
  • Vendor Image (2048MB)
  • Firmware (192MB)
  • Persist (0MB)
  • Persist_backup (0MB)
  • bluetooth (0MB)
  • dsp (8MB)
  • cust (0MB)
  • Splash (64MB)
  • Rpm (0MB)
  • Tz (4MB)
  • devinfo (8MB)
  • fsg (8MB)
  • EFS (16MB)
  • abl (1MB)
  • xbl (3MB)
  • msadp (0MB)
  • apdp (0MB)
  • cmnlib64 (1MB)
  • cmnlib (1MB)
  • keymaster (1MB)
  • pmic (0MB)
  • hyp (0MB)
  • devcfg (1MB)
 
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But on the website of TWRP they also recommend "system", "endor" and "Vendor Image":
https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html

If I backup everything, when I restore the phone can I chose which one I want to restore or everything will be restored automatically?
If you backup everything, on restore operation you can choose every singol item.

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If you backup everything, on restore operation you can choose every singol item.

Okay then it's better to select every single folder when I do the backup now in case one of them is needed. As it's a new phone maybe there are some info not known about it atm.