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Re:Android Migration by pornel on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @11:04AM (#9686319)
Not using local storage (and compromising on privacy, features and availability) isn't a satisfactory solution for inability to easily migrate local storage.

It looks like Google either doesn't care or deliberately cripples experience for users who don't go all-in on all their services (given that Maps explicitly refuses to save recent searches locally I'm think it's the latter).

I've migrated from Nexus 4 to 5 and it was a mess (Google Play is full of dodgy and incomplete 3rd party backup apps. Android File Transfer is slow and leaves partial copies behind when any error happens, and errors happen often, etc.)

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Re:Android Migration by Nullabillity on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @04:06PM (#9688227)
> Not using local storage (and compromising on privacy, features and availability) isn't a satisfactory solution for inability to easily migrate local storage.

I could see your point when it comes to privacy, but the photos are still available locally as well. By the time you're replacing phone the photos will probably only be used for archival anyway.

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