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What are you all doing for backing up your phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/graphene_os@lemmy.sdf.org

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I've been using graphene for a while now, and all of my important files are backed up on my home server, but I don't have a complete backup of all my apps and data.

Solutions like Neo Backup require root.

Is there a good phone backup solution for graphene users?

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[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lots of apps let you export their settings. I back those up.

But in general it's better to consider your phone as ephemeral as possible. Keep your phone minimal and backup photos etc separately with a dedicated tool.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have individual backup systems for photos, documents, notes, 2FA, and a couple others like podcasts, etc. It's a lot to monitor and keep track of. A solution that backs up apps and settings would streamline the entire process, and provide a solution for apps that don't have an individual backup setting.

Loss or destruction of the device would not be catastrophic, but it would be a big hassle that seems fairly easy to avoid, if there were such a solution.

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. Unfortunately it's basically impossible to actually do without root.

I know the GOS devs have said that a proper backup system is on the roadmap, but they have much bigger problems to solve first.

All of this is why I try and keep my phone ephemeral - lack of backups. So don't rely on it because you can't.

[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is exactly how I do it. Everything important like photos and messages are backed up to my homeserver.

All I do when switching phones is make an export of my instled apps, that's it.

I used to hop around a bunch of different custom roms back in the day a lot, so I very quickly got used to losing all my data.