de0u Yeah I've been using "SMS Backup & Restore", to save them all locally and then copy them to PC, so use the same app on the new/other phone to import them.
How do I backup my phone?
As there is no good backup solution in sight, my strategy is to store data on /sdcard where possible and from there I back it up with another app. Obviously this does not work for all apps, but I have started to prefer apps that can store on /sdcard and will be changing code for apps that I compile myself.
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Where is Google's backup mechanism implemented; in the core OS or in GSF? If it is in GSF, one could create a shim like many other shims in GOS. It would be enough to support one backend, namely Rclone (link). Rclone itself supports many storage solutions, ranging from self-hosted SFTP to public cloud providers. So every user could chose his preferred backup storage.
I have tested backup. Perfect no it isn't. But pretty
damn good actually. I'm not seeing why people dislike it. At the end of tbr day I'm just so thankful for a non apple/google solution.
Thank you to the devs and community.
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Yeah I've been trying seedvault the past few days it'll install all your apps , most settings are saved , contacts and call logs are saved .
But no app data , texts or pictures .
It doesn't save the important stuff
It will install backup on pixel 6 but not on pixel 6 pro half the time.
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Problem is that Seedvault depends on the same functionality as "adb backup" which Google has deprecated and said they will remove it in the future. That's why a new solution is needed. As far as Seedvault is concerned, I have tested restoring individual apps from APK while a USB drive with a Seedvault backup was plugged in, and the data was restored correctly. Whether that is enough to restore an entire phone is a different question. There are a number of apps that successfully opt-out of being backed up.
A future solution should try to make use of mechanisms proposed by Google instead of working against them. That's why using BackupAgent seems to be a good idea. A future solution should also support more than one storage backend, that's why integrating rclone seems to be a promising option; one integration point, multiple backends.
Does anyone have experience with https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/?
I think I just transfer all data and encrypt them on my external drive.
I am just worried that the app might be a security vulnerability.
Anyone has more insights in that and could share this, please.
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Even if it's more effort, I'm a fan of setting up the phone completely from scratch - especially as long as there is no reliable backup solution for GrapheneOS.
I make regular backups of individual apps (e.g. Messenger chat histories) and I have created a document with screenshots where I have noted a list of the installed apps or the arrangement of the quick toggles, for example - so that I don't have to completely start from scratch.
Murcielago I basically do the same and its very helpful, good strategy for saving all of the apps installed makes resetting and setting up again much easier.
@GrapheneOS Seedvault merged D2D experimental support. Maybe update? :) https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/pull/562
Has anyone tested seedvault recently? Looks like it should work now for all apps?
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dazinism https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/graphene-os/wiki/Backups
This link is now broken since the host is offline.
Thanks GOS devs for what you do =]
I'm currently using SeedVault to Local Storage then Syncthing to my computer. Then compress to tarball and upload to cloud. It seems to backup almost every app on my phone except ones that it thinks I haven't used lately, which is pretty accurate.
I really don't mind this setup except that I need to delete the previous backups from time to time to prevent it from taking too much space on my phone, and of course it's manual and I have to remember. Curious to know if anyone has experience using an automation app with SeedVault?
My idea for automating it is to set a trigger such as a particular time of day or whenever the device starts up. Then the three actions would be:
Clear the previous backups inside the SeedVault folder in local storage
Run SeedVault's "Backup Now" function
Start Syncthing (I don't like it running 24/7 on my phone, eats up too much battery).
If I could automate these three things, then it would just take care of itself for now without any manual intervention. Of course it would be nice to have a backup system like Google One, but that's a lot to even wish for at this stage. I'm happy to just have my contacts, messages, and a relatively quick restoration process for when I brick my phone.
Thoughts anyone?
If you have the space, I would suggest doing the back up before the deletion. It only needs a hiccup and your safety net has gone.
Could you not use an ITTT scenario app. The name escapes me while I type, but you could have it back up at 2am, as long as you were at home, for example.
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Thanks for integrating seedvault.
Is there an other backup method? I like to backup config into git repo. Any hints how-to backup all config files (plain text) into git repo?