On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Michael Zanetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I have heard of people reporting that starting from a fresh flash seemed > to improve their experience, especially if the devices are from the > first flash sales. So if you want to spend the time to set up things > again, I guess it's worth a try but I will not promise anything. In any > case, if you do it, I'd like to hear the outcome. > > What you want to backup: > > * contacts: > copy the folder /home/phablet/.local/share/evlution/addressbook/ > > * SMS/call history: > you'll find that in /home/phablet/history-service/history.sqlite > > * You want to check your other apps. e.g. if you are using Authenticator > for two-factor-authentication you will want to copy it's configuration > too in order to not lock yourself out from your accounts. App's configs > are in /home/phablet/.config/<appid> or /home/phablet/.local/share/<appid>.
If you want to keep your web browsing history, bookmarks, downloads history and cookies, you’ll want to back up /home/phablet/.local/share/webbrowser-app > After reflashing, copy those files/folders to the same location again > (overwriting the empty default ones) and reboot the phone. > > On 21.03.2016 14:17, Gareth France wrote: >> Following the discussions about one user's E5 experience I've been >> thinking about the state of play on my phone. >> >> It is slow, it is unresponsive and it has an attitude. Every month I >> eagerly download another update that promises to fix the problems but >> never does. >> >> How much of my issues is down to the fact my phone has gone through such >> rapid development in the last year? Could any of it be resolved by >> wiping and starting again with an up to date image? >> >> If so, how do I go about this and what do I need to back up and restore? >> I assume contacts is the biggie. >> >> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
