How to backup apps INCLUDING their respective data? - Realme 7 Questions & Answers

Is it really possible that the build in backup function of our phone DOES NOT backup the app data, only the APKs or am I missing here something?
I just bought this phone new, logged into my Google account and was already wondering why Google didn't restore all my apps automatically. Was annoyed but continued to install everything manually again. Took me 3 days...
Now that I'm done I wanted to create immediately a backup just in case and was shocked when I saw this screen.
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Using ADB ( Android Debug Bridge ), you can easily backup apps and app data as a single file to your computer with just a single line of command. Once backed up, you can restore that backup file as and when needed to get back all your apps and their data.

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jwoegerbauer said:
Using ADB ( Android Debug Bridge ), you can easily backup apps and app data as a single file to your computer with just a single line of command. Once backed up, you can restore that backup file as and when needed to get back all your apps and their data.
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Thank you for your fast reply. I have seen many phones though, including my latest one, a Huawei mate 9, that had the option of backing up app data. I know that you need root access for that, so no external backup apps can do that without root, but the installed system apps of every phone obviously do have root access. Further I have found online a screenshot of that same page where it said APPS WITH DATA. It was for a previous model though.
Anyway, as you have been so kind of answering, maybe you can quickly teach me how to use ADB on this device?
Last time I used ADB commands was when I had my Nexus 4 and that is long time ago, so I forgot everything...
Thank you very much

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1. Install ADB on your Windows PC: you may use this installer to accomplish this.
2. You on your phone enable USB-Debugging, if not done yet.
3. When Windows PC and phone got restarted after the 2 steps listed above are done then
Connect phone and Windows PC via USB-cable that came with your phone
On Windows PC open command prompt and enter this sequence of commands
Code:
mkdir %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS 2>nul >nul
adb devices
adb backup -f %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS\all-%DATE%.ab -all -apk -obb -nosystem
4. The created backup ( .AB-file ) is to be found in Windows PC's %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS directory
Code:
cd %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS
dir /B *.ab

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jwoegerbauer said:
1. Install ADB on your Windows PC: you may use this installer to accomplish this.
2. You on your phone enable USB-Debugging, if not done yet.
3. When Windows PC and phone got restarted after the 2 steps listed above are done then
Connect phone and Windows PC via USB-cable that came with your phone
On Windows PC open command prompt and enter this sequence of commands
Code:
mkdir %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS 2>nul >nul
adb devices
adb backup -f -all -apk -obb -nosystem %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS\%DATE%
4. The created backup ( .AB-file ) is to be found in Windows PC's %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS directory
Code:
cd %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS
dir /B *.ab
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Thank you very much!!
Is there by chance also another way how to backup all apps with data but not into one single file? That way I could restore only the apps I need and not the whole system

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Would require a Windows batch script like this draft
Code:
@ echo off & setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
pushd "%~dp0"
adb devices
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('adb shell "pm list packages -e --user 0 "') do (
set "pkg=%%a"
if NOT [!pkg!]==[] (
set "pkg=!pkg:package:=!"
adb backup -f %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS\!pkg!.ab -all -apk -obb !pkg!
)
)
popd
endlocal & exit
what backs up all installed apps and their data one by one.
FYI: Haven't tested it, it's on you to fix bugs.

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jwoegerbauer said:
Would require a Windows batch script like this draft
Code:
@ echo off & setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
pushd "%~dp0"
adb devices
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('adb shell "pm list packages -e --user 0 "') do (
set "pkg=%%a"
if NOT [!pkg!]==[] (
set "pkg=!pkg:package:=!"
adb backup -f %TEMP%\PHONE-BACKUPS\!pkg!.ab -all -apk -obb !pkg!
)
)
popd
endlocal & exit
what backs up all installed apps and their data one by one.
FYI: Haven't tested it, it's on you to fix bugs.
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Wow, you're amazing. Thank you. I will try it out later