Going to a single profile

lcalamar

When I get my p8p - I'll need to start from scratch to load GOS and all the apps/data.

In some ways - after 2 years - this isn't such a bad thing - cleaning house... so to speak.

Currently on my P6P I have the admin profile and a work profile (using Shelter to manage the work profile/apps).

My admin profile is where all/any apps go whereas I don't have any logins (or at least any 'real' personal data'. I use the work profile for those apps that require authentic logins (e.g.: banking, travel, medical, etc..)

It has been a bit since I first installed/setup GOS on my P6P, but I seem to recall that the setup I've described doesn't really accomplish much - (ie.: admin and work profile). So I'm thinking of ditching the multiple profiles and just going with the default admin one that comes OOTB.

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lcalamar What's your question?

lcalamar

[deleted] Ha - good question.

I should end it with (and will edit the post) - to read: " does going to a single profile as I've described make sense?"

I should also add - I'm assuming I can't really use ABP backup much ??? ANy other tools that work for restoring data/apps?

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lcalamar I should end it with (and will edit the post) - to read: " does going to a single profile as I've described make sense?"

Sure, lots of people do it that way. There's no difference between what apps can do in Owner or secondary profile. I moved from using multiple profiles to just Owner (with Play) myself for quality of life reasons. I might revert back to two profiles once there's a solid way to update a good chunk of at least open source apps outside Play.

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lcalamar ANy other tools that work for restoring data/apps?

No good backup solutions at this time. Use in-app backup method instead.

dgzeij

lcalamar App cloning and IPC scopes (when they are implemented) should remove most usecases for multiple profiles and also work profile. Remaining usecases would be for those who need absolute privacy in certain situations, including certain invasive and privacy&info stealing apps.

rarelyrare

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[deleted] "solid way to update a good chunk of at least open source apps outside Play." You could try obtainium https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium to update lots of open source apps easily

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rarelyrare I tried Obtainium before it got background updates (so I hear), but it felt hacky (it is by design) and not really whole lot better than updating couple APKs manually from time to time. I'll keep an eye on it but all I really want is for Accrescent to become a thing.

lcalamar

rarelyrare i already use obtanium and had not thought of that. good call.

for non obtanium apps, i had not considered restoring them using google play... even rhough i typically use aurora, i guess there is no reason to use Google play one time for restoring my apps, then shutting it off?

rarelyrare

[deleted] "I really want is for Accrescent to become a thing." What is Accrescent? Or what do you mean by Accrescent?

And it auto updates some apps I'm the background but most apps you have to manually click install with the app open. But if you update apps like once a week it would only take around 5 mins or so of time clicking install update on the apps.

rarelyrare

lcalamar you mean like redownloading the apps from google play? You could use your built-in android backup feature if so for that.

lcalamar

rarelyrare I'm going to sound really stupid here... but there is a built-in android backup feature I can use on GOS? I see when I go to Settings > System > Backup - there is a restore option... where/when is a backup being done and/or stored?

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rarelyrare "I really want is for Accrescent to become a thing." What is Accrescent? Or what do you mean by Accrescent?

https://accrescent.app/

lcalamar

dgzeij Thank you for this clarification... helps my understanding.

including certain invasive and privacy&info stealing apps.

... this is why I originally setup my work profile - but I am pretty careful about what Apps I'm using - and I check them out with Warden... if there is an app I can use a web ui with - I use that first... so for me - I like not having to maintain that work profile - it 'sounds good on paper' but doesn't seem to add much value to my use case!

beammer335d

lcalamar
Once you plug in a USB it will show up there and you can back things up. Or what I've done is gotten myself a raspberry pi and have installed Nextcloud on it with a USB ssd hard drive attached to the RPI. And I can back up my GOS to that over my network.

de0u

beammer335d Once you plug in a USB it will show up there and you can back things up.

But can you restore successfully? You might want to try creating a temporarily profile, restoring into it, and seeing if everything you expect shows up.