Learn How to Restore Files and Settings with Flashable ZIPs

There’s an absolute treasure trove of mods we can find, access, and play with here on the XDA Forums–each with their own purpose and effects. Some change the aesthetics and cosmetics of your device’s UI, some enhance the utility and practicality of features, and some are just for fun. However, unless provided, there’s really no way of reverting the changes of these effects other than by backing up your entire ROM, such as with Nandroid backups and restoring them, and this is only possibly if you made a backup before the mod was installed.

With this said, another common way of reverting effects of mods is by flashing a special ZIP package, but this is only available if the mod developer made and provided one. With this tutorial written by XDA Senior Member bloof however, you will be able to create your own flashable ZIP file to revert any mod changes as well as restore any files and settings. Originally written for the LG G2, the methods explained in the guide will work with any other Android device if you disregard the file names specific to the G2, or if you figure out the equivalent of those files. The tutorial is split into numerous parts, each teaching you what files need to be included in a ZIP file for different scenarios, such as fonts, mods, and boot animations. Bloof also lists some files which would be always be a good idea to keep backed up at any time, such as the original kernel of the ROM, SuperSU, and Xposed-Disabler-Recovery.zip.

If you would like to find out more, head over to the flashable ZIP backup tutorial thread for more details.

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