Backup / restore & new-phone data loss

Zenith keeps everything on your device — no accounts, no servers — so nothing syncs on its own. To move to a new phone, or to guard against loss, you make a backup file yourself. It's written only when you ask, to a place you choose. Nothing is uploaded.

#Back up everything

A full backup is a .zbak file — your whole launcher in one document.

1. Open Settings and go to the star chart page (save, back up, and open all live there).
2. Tap "back up all".
3. Choose where to save the .zbak file.

What travels: "star charts, settings, talismans & custom icons travel. only widgets can't cross devices — their stars import but must be re-bound." One more thing that can't move: a background image you picked from your phone, since it points at a file only that device can reach.

#Save a single sky to share

"save this sky ✦" writes a .zsd — one sky (a whole separate setup: its stars, its look, and its icons). Imported on another device, it comes in as a new sky and never overwrites your current one.

#Move to a new phone

1. On the old phone, tap "back up all" and save the .zbak.
2. Copy the file across — by cable, a cloud drive, or sharing it to yourself.
3. On the new phone, open the star chart page, tap "open…", and pick the .zbak. (Tapping the file, or sharing it to Zenith, imports it too.)
4. Re-add any widgets — their stars come across but must be re-bound.

A .zbak restores in place, bringing back every setting; a .zsd lands as a new sky.

#After data loss

• If you have a .zbak, restore it with "open…". It carries your stars, settings, talismans, and icons.
• If you don't, there's nothing to recover from a server — Zenith stores data only on your device. Make a backup now, so next time there is one.

See also. Backup, restore & reset · I lost / can't find X · Per-OEM matrix