# No « ADB root access » option in Developer options ?! **URL:** \ **Category:** System and Apps\ **Created:** [20 February 2025 19:46 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482 "2025-02-20T19:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Actarien](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Actarien](https://community.iode.tech/u/Actarien)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2025 19:46 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482/1 "2025-02-20T19:46:00Z")
I planned to backup my apps/data from my old phone (LineageOS 18.1) and restore them on the new one (using IodéOS 6.0), using [https://github.com/AndDiSa/android\_backup\_project/](https://github.com/AndDiSa/android_backup_project/). I’ve done the backup, but I can’t load them on the new Phone, because it needs « ADB root access », and I don’t find this option in Settings → System → Developer Options ?! Is it possible to enable this option ? Perhaps it has been moved elsewhere in Settings menu ? ---
**Author:** ![petefoth](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@petefoth](https://community.iode.tech/u/petefoth)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2025 23:12 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482/2 "2025-02-20T23:12:28Z")
> [@Actarien](#): > > Is it possible to enable this option ? No. At least not if you are using an official IodéOS build. The builds that Iodé make and publish are `user` builds. `adb root` / rooted debugging is only available in `userdebug` or `eng` build variants. Unfortunately this means that backups made using tools that require at least rooted debugging on phones running ROMs that make `userdebug` builds (LineageOS - with or without microG, `dev` / `community` builds of /e/OS, unofficial builds of IodéOS) cannot be ‘restored’ on to devices running official IodéOS builds. This is possibly the most annoying ‘feature’ of IodéOS: it means there is no practical functioning way of backing up your Iodé device, or migrating from a different device or custom ROM to official IodéOS. Of course there is SeedVault, and we know how practical and ‘functional’ that is! The alternative is to make your own unofficial `userdebug` build of IodéOS for your device ---
**Author:** ![Actarien](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Actarien](https://community.iode.tech/u/Actarien)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2025 06:55 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482/3 "2025-02-21T06:55:42Z")
Thanks for your clear explanation ! I’ll re-install my old apps and restore data the old way, copying files, it takes a bit longer time, but it’s a good occasion to wonder if I ever need every app I’ve installed in the past 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Merlin](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Merlin](https://community.iode.tech/u/Merlin)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2025 12:43 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482/4 "2025-02-23T12:43:11Z")
Does your LOS have Seedvault Backup built in? That would reduce the amount of work. ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2025 18:41 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/no-adb-root-access-option-in-developer-options/5482/5 "2025-02-23T18:41:12Z")
LOS has it per se