[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How do you back up your Android phone?
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       Ask HN: How do you back up your Android phone?
        
       I am primarily concerned with app data. I have many apps like
       messaging apps that have important private data such as contacts
       and message history that is difficult or impossible to export. A
       big concern is if I lose my phone, there are some accounts that can
       only be recovered using the same phone number, which may be
       impossible if the phone company refuses to issue another SIM card
       with the same number (a problem when traveling abroad).  So what do
       you guys do to get full (preferably offline) backups now that
       Android 12 has removed backup functionality from adb? Is the only
       option to use a phone that can be rooted? (unfortunately not
       possible with my Samsung Fold 3 without disabling the camera).
        
       Author : Djrhfbfnsks
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2021-11-13 21:18 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | sschueller wrote:
       | I stopped keeping things on my phone but I don't play any games
       | or use apps that would loose something if they get deleted.
       | 
       | However I would too be interested what options are recommended
       | nowadays if you can't root the phone.
        
       | Mindwipe wrote:
       | Slowly, and with great difficulty and unreliability.
       | 
       | Cheers for this, whomever at Google thought it was a good idea to
       | block this without providing equivalent functionality.
        
       | laurent123456 wrote:
       | I use sshelper and I rsync everything that's accessible.
        
       | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
       | For those who haven't encountered it yet, titanium backup (per-
       | app) and TWRP (full partitions) _are_ the gold standard...
       | Assuming you control your phone. I 'm not aware of any solution
       | if you don't have root or an unlocked bootloader; AFAIK Google's
       | official solution is sync to Drive (or ... Google One, now? If
       | that's different?), but last I checked support was spotty, and of
       | course that requires internet.
        
       | throwawayboise wrote:
       | I don't. There is nothing on my phone I could not tolerate
       | losing.
        
       | smoldesu wrote:
       | I'm lazy, I set up Syncthing folders for everything and it
       | procedurally backs up those folders as I add stuff to it.
        
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