[HN Gopher] How do you backup your Android?
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       How do you backup your Android?
        
       How do you backup your Android?
        
       Author : Openai2
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-01-09 18:43 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
       | therealmarv wrote:
       | Android internal storage backup with Termux (and ssh daemon and
       | rsync):
       | 
       | https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Remote_Access
       | 
       | and apps I use the internal Google mechanism.
        
         | cam_l wrote:
         | Restic also works pretty well through termux. I found it easier
         | to setup with include & exclude lists than rsync.
        
       | cf100clunk wrote:
       | The classic tools for local Android backup are/were Titanium
       | Backup, Swift Backup, and 3C All-in-One Toolbox. Here is a
       | comparison chart provided by the latter versus Titanium:
       | 
       | https://www.3c71.com/android/?q=node/1134
        
       | solardev wrote:
       | I just let Google handle it with the built in backup:
       | https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/9149304?hl=en&co...
        
       | aristofun wrote:
       | By throwing it in a trash bin :)
       | 
       | Pretty reliable and you only need it once )
        
       | alyandon wrote:
       | The only data I care about on the phone already gets backed up by
       | Google and is then exported regularly via Google Takeout. I don't
       | live on my phone so I tend not to generate much of any value on
       | it other than random pictures of things.
       | 
       | Prior to Google automatically backing up everything, I used
       | Titanium Backup.
        
       | bongodongobob wrote:
       | I don't. Anything worth saving is not on my phone.
        
       | seszett wrote:
       | My device is rooted and I use NeoBackup to backup apps with all
       | their data (including what the app developer marked as "should
       | not be backed up", often data that they would like you to backup
       | on their own cloud instead).
       | 
       | Syncthing synchronises these backups to my home server
       | automatically, as well as the phone's user data (photos, mainly).
       | 
       | The photos are additionally sent to Photoprism.
       | 
       | I avoid Google's cloud as much as I can.
        
         | beagle3 wrote:
         | Would you trust a restore of those "do not back up" data you
         | have a copy of? Or is this for inspection only?
        
       | arkensaw wrote:
       | I backup photos onto external drives every few months when I
       | remember too. Is there anything else to backup?
        
       | ken_o_balony wrote:
       | Install adb then:
       | 
       | adb pull /sdcard/ /path/to/backup
        
       | nvllsvm wrote:
       | Syncthing for files (music, photos, videos, noted), DAVx5 for
       | contacts+calendar. Everything else is either a client app (email)
       | or ephemeral (text messages).
        
       | sagolikasoppor wrote:
       | I use Nextcloud to backup images or potentially other files.
       | Other than that, there is nothing important to backup.
        
       | Zak wrote:
       | I use EasySSHFS to mount a backup directory my desktop, then
       | NeoBackup to back up apps to it. Both require root.
        
       | jasoneckert wrote:
       | I just plug in an external SSD formatted with exFAT via the USB-C
       | port and manually copy folders (Documents, DCIM, Downloads, etc.)
       | to it in the Files app.
       | 
       | After dismounting it in the Settings app (Advanced menu), I plug
       | it into my computer and copy any files over I want to store there
       | too (e.g., Pictures).
        
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