On 10.07.2021 09:10, Erich Eckner wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, Spadajspadaj wrote:
> In general, Android backup is - to put it delicately - a completely
screwed up thing.
> Especially if you don't have your phone rooted.
Yes, I imagined, it would be difficult/impossible to back up a
complete phone, when it's not rooted. However, I could imagine backing
up "user data" (images, address book, emails, etc.) with some
pipe-like endpoint.
Not necessarily. Without root any access to other app's data is severly
limited (if not completely blocked). There is more access via USB with
debugging enabled and adb tool but still to back up the data this way
the app must permit it (there is a setting in app's manifest saying
whether adb backup will access this app's data or not). And thirdly -
even with root access there is a huge PITA with migrating system apps'
data (phonebook, text messages and so on) between different phones. Been
there, done that, ended up with manually decrypting and unpacking app
and converting contacts to CSV or ldif.
Mobile phones - their backups and/or migrations have "since always" been
a completely horrible experience for me.
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