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Re:Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual... by HWR_14 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @04:46PM (#33724942)
You can have it automatically generate an image over WiFi to a computer with an external drive. I mean, it requires iTunes, but it's trivial.

But compare that to an Android phone, where I have no idea how to get access to anything more than pictures without ADB.

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Re:Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual... by kornhole on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:07PM (#33725133)
This is where Android shines. I have everything on my phone daily backed up to my personal Nextcloud server. If I ever get in a bind, with a few gestures I can wipe my whole phone and then later restore everything. One can alternatively use Syncthing to sync files to a PC.
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Re:Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @07:13PM (#33726234)
Well, I suspect you are rooted for this and a whole bunch of app complain about rooting. I have android and appreciate the ability to backup, but it's infuriating what apps are doing.
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Re:Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual... by kornhole on Thursday November 24, 2022 @12:40PM (#33734007)
I am not rooted, but I am using GrapheneOS which is technically a fork of Android. I am using the built in Seedvault for app backup to Nextcloud. Files are synced with Nextcloud client.
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Re:Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual... by m463 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @02:47PM (#33735452)
I don't believe you can create an image even with itunes.

afaict it doesn't back up apps and app data. You can restore your phone, but the apps download again and app data is lost.

I believe this means if you are on version 10 of an app and 11 is the latest, a restore will upgrade you. And it you have say kindle books downloaded, you will have to re-download them again.

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