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Re:How do you backup your Android? by Tainnor on Friday January 10, 2025 @09:02AM (#42655632)
Having switched phones a couple of months ago, there didn't seem to be a good option. Either you need to have root - which means that most banking apps won't work anymore -, you need to backup to the cloud which a) not every app supports and b) I don't want to do for more private data, or you need to use the backup API that however some apps also don't support.

It's a mess and I don't understand that Google hasn't fixed that.

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Re:How do you backup your Android? by Neonlicht on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:20AM (#42656371)
Going from a Samsung to a new Samsung is easy. But if you switch between brands yeah it gets difficult.
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Re:How do you backup your Android? by scarface_74 on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:01AM (#42656159)
What’s wrong with their built in support?

https://support.google.com/android/answer/2819582?hl=en

It doesn’t work like iCloud where everything is backed up - even private app data?

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Re:How do you backup your Android? by Tainnor on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:29AM (#42656472)
It doesn't work for every app. Not sure if it's opt-in or opt-out.
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Re:How do you backup your Android? by scarface_74 on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:46PM (#42659993)
Which apps doesn’t it work with that you think it should?

I am looking through my apps and most of them are clients for server side functionality or productivity apps that use iCloud Drive, OneDrive or Google Drive.

Google Photos would take care of videos and photos and Contacts and calendars use standard syncing protocols.

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Re:How do you backup your Android? by kwanbix on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:55PM (#42657989)
I am an Android guy but this is one of the things that iPhone does much much better.
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Re:How do you backup your Android? by Openai2 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:50PM (#42702839)
What does Android do better?
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