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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.
Google for contacts and small stuff. Photos get copied to a home server which itself gets backed up. I've used rsync front-ends, non-standard apps which I don't like (PhotoSync). It's been plain SMB shares accessed through CX Filebrowser recently, I haven't cared to get fancy. I'm always using this SMB share with various devices anyway because tons of things "just work" like VLC on Chromecast.
I just let Google handle it with the built in backup: https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/9149304?hl=en&co...
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…
> My device is rooted A problem in and of itself: brittle when upgrading, won't work with you banking app, etc...
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.
I didn't know about Google Takeout despite having searched for a way to get my photos out years ago. Blows me away.
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> Last time I had an Apple device the only way to backup was plugging it into a desktop with iTunes. Apple's supported full iCloud backups and over-the-air restore for at least 11 years, maybe 13 years.
Yeah, I would have figured. My actual question is how is Google's backup lacking?
it might be better than android's backup system, but it still leaves a lot to be desired.
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…
> My device is rooted A problem in and of itself: brittle when upgrading, won't work with you banking app, etc...
DAYS=(some number); cd /place-to-save-stuff ; adb -e shell "cd /sdcard/; find . -mtime -${DAYS} | cpio -o" | cpio -idmuv # rooting phone not required
> find . -mtime -${DAYS} | cpio -o That will break if a file name has new lines.
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Yeah, I would have figured. My actual question is how is Google's backup lacking?
It backs up... Photos, basically? With an iPhone you can take a complete image of the device, and never lose a file again. With Android, solid chance you'll never migrate to a new phone and not lose stuff. It's such a fucking shitty thing that doesn't need to be.
What do you think you lose?