Helium - Installing backup manually

The file with the .ab extension is what you need for that (AB = Android Backup). You can restore it manually from your PC using adb restore com.identifier.name.ab. Requirement for that is the ADB installed on your computer; details on that can be found via the adb tag-wiki – and if you don't want to install the entire Android SDK, take a special look at Is there a minimal installation of ADB?

Some notes from the comments moved up here:

• No, neither twrp nor clockworkmod are restoring adb backups (at least not as of this writing). Both use nandroid for backups, which is a completely different concept using a completely different format.


• TitaniumBackup can read both, ADB and Nandroid backups, and extract those parts from them you wish. I don't know if it can do a "full restore" from .ab backup files – but if those were single-app backups (like those created by Helium), I wouldn't be surprised.


• Yes, of course adb restore restores the app data from .ab files. That's what it's for :)


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