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Android 15 could add built-in support for app archiving (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What we need is a more reliable ability to restore data to apps, particularly across phones. This used to be possible with 3rd party apps, but they borked it a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Scoped storage (only one app has access to its own data folders) is the heart of the problem. Not saying it's wrong, as I understand the rationale.

This makes root necessary to permit a different app to write to those folders.

And then apps need to be coded in a way that doesn't cause problems with restored data. Because even with root, this can sometimes happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Nah I don't think that's it, rather the app data is tied to that specific phone via a number Google assigns to it. So, if you go to a new phone, or even factory reset your phone, you cannot restore data - even using root and apps that would backup the app data folder. Like I say, it used to work, it hasn't for years.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Another reason to root. Then Neobackup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Neobackup, thanks, I'll give that a try. I've used Titanium Backup back in the day, and maybe one or two others, but not had any luck with restoring into a new install.