I know that GOS is working on implementing Duress feature. And I thought having a backup would be important to be ready to wipe the device clean.

I saw an old Reddit post of the lead devs of GOS, that backup of device data is still in dev.

I just want to know the current status of making a backup of whole device data. Any recommended apps without root? and any estimation for when the native backup support will arrive?

Thanks

20 days later

avidgrapher

Settings > System > Backup

They don't even use the name Seedvault in the UI, that's just the underlying code.

I chose to save backup in internal storage, and made a backup there.

Where is it saved exactly? I want to copy the backup from internal storage to PC.

    alfred There's no need to use that dialer code. It has a UI for it in the menu.

      GrapheneOS That's new! And great to have because its impossible to restore during device setup since it depends on other software that isn't available.

        matchboxbananasynergy That said, it's not reliable

        Could you please explain what "unreliable" means?

        Is there a way to know if the backup has been done properly, without a full restore?

        Is my understanding about this correct?:

        • If there is no working backup solution, then only reliable solution against data loss is to sync/download all important phone data somewhere else, or to rely on the primary data being somewhere else e.g. IMAP mail, carddav, caldav.
        • If the phone is lost, stolen or damaged, then all the configuration will be lost and need to be redone.

        I believe I am personally covered but want to make sure I am not overlooking something.

          ve3jlg

          I just tried a seedvault backup to a USB drive. The drive was cheap and the data was corrupted on write. GOS/seedvault didn't have any errors during the backup process, and it said it completed successfully. I only found out when I tried to see the file structure on a desktop, as I got a bunch of read I/O errors.
          There doesn't appear to be much of a post-write integrity check.

            abcZ You do not need additional software to restore. You can use a USB drive. We aren't going to bundle third party cloud app services with GrapheneOS and it's not necessary. You can move it to a USB drive and restore at the beginning or use the menu to restore later.

              GrapheneOS You can move it to a USB drive and restore at the beginning or use the menu to restore later.

              That sounds very practical, possible to do in the middle of nowhere where backups can still be very important (say National Park vacation photos), and continues the familiar way of doing computer backups for decades since unix "dump". I like it (or I will like it).

              GrapheneOS Nextcloud (the only viable backup target) isn't available through a USB drive.

              a year later

              GrapheneOS

              Hi
              Since most users will eventually need to upgrade to a newer pixel model , a reliable tool to transfer data to the new device is quite essential.
              For me it is priority nr 1 at the moment since I would like to get a pixel 8 😉
              Setting up everything from scratch would just be too much of a hassle.
              So a solution would be highly appreciated
              Other than that, GOS is just amazing !! 👍👍👍

              2 months later