Advised Backup soft?

guitz · November 24, 2018, 8:33am

Hi there,

I have been a happy user of /e/ os since September and I must say things are running smoothly…
… apart from a few glitches which tend to accumulate, for instance I have now 6 signal icons I cannot get rid of, email - k9 does not seem to sync with Gmail anymore etc.

So I am considering simply reinstalling everything from scratch.
Is anyone aware of some backup software which would ease the pain?

Thanks a lot in advance for any answer and thumb up to the devs!
Guillaume

harvey186 · November 24, 2018, 11:31am

try Oandbackup from f-droid. It works good if your device is rooted.

guitz · November 25, 2018, 2:59pm

Will try this straight away.
thanks for the advice!
Guillaume

harvey186 · November 25, 2018, 3:15pm

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VitTh · November 25, 2018, 5:18pm

me too… i’m searching an app

e.follower · January 24, 2020, 4:16pm

Look at the configuration I figured out trying to achieve scheduled and fully automated backup of SMS, contacts, calendars, apps and internal storage directly to my desktop without any server in the middle:

Syncthing — it is the basis for everything. By default, it can only synchronize your internal storage.
DecSync CC — this application should create an accessible folder with your contacts and calendars, so Syncthing can handle it. Not sure if it works.
SMS Gate — provides an option to create an automatically updated local backup of your SMS archive, ready for Syncthing.
oandbackup — popular open-source tool to backup installed applications and/or apps’ data.

At least it seems to be fuller than everything that was proposed earlier on this forum, isn’t it?

e.follower · January 25, 2020, 1:37pm

Also seems possible to replace the last three apps with all-in-one solution named Super Backup Pro from Goolag Store. It’s not open-source, but this paid version contain no third-party trackers, and it has been maintained by developer for almost decade.

e.follower · February 9, 2020, 2:33pm

Don’t know if anyone reads this, but an alternative to SMS Gate has just appeared in F-Droid. It’s called Epistolaire.

marcdw · February 9, 2020, 2:43pm

Alas, Epistolaire backups cannot be restored, according to its description.
README

hex-m · February 10, 2020, 10:36pm

The most promising solution to the backup problem seems to be SeedVault but it would have to be build into /e/ and can’t be installed as an app.

e.follower · February 11, 2020, 7:16am

Do you know if it can backup automatically? If so, it would be great to send your link to all major ROM developers - maybe some of them integrate SeedVault by default.

Manoj · February 11, 2020, 7:30am

Would be good to have a good backup solution for /e/ users as well…had created a topic for this here

e.follower · February 11, 2020, 9:47am

Oh, and by the way, SMS Backup+ is still alive and provides up-to-date BETA release, if anyone doubted it.

I thought it was about migration, not about backup.

Manoj · February 11, 2020, 9:54am

Updated the topic to include Backup…

hex-m · February 15, 2020, 11:47pm

I didn’t try it but calyxOS seems to have it integrated and ticked the box “Automatic regular background backups without user interaction”.

marcdw · February 16, 2020, 6:42am

Say, for those that use or want to use oandbackup but are kind of put off because it only backs up to internal storage, that might not be entirely true. See my post on github and see if backing up to external storage works for you. It does for me.

github.com/jensstein/oandbackup

Can someone tell me the status of backing up and restoring to external media?

opened 03:42PM - 04 Feb 20 UTC

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I have seen a few issues (from some time back) in the past regarding this, but n…othing indicating a resolution (and I still get error messages in the app when attempting to desginate the directory for storing backups on external media. The ability to back up to external media seems so basic in an Android backup app that it completely baffles me as to why oandbackup doesn't support it. The techniques to enable that seem relatively straightforward for programmers (a category into which, unfortunately, I do not fit). I consider the capability of backing up to external media an absolute requirement (and the inability to do so a complete dealbreaker).

rugk · April 30, 2020, 5:00pm

Let’s actually make it happen!
IMHO it makes perfect sense as a privacy feature to be integrated into /e/.
Just see how awesome it looks:

https://twitter.com/t_grote/status/1175070283247628291
https://twitter.com/t_grote/status/1174022555612647426 (disabled link, because of silly new user restriction of Discourse)

So I’ve opened an issue about this:
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/1224

(You can at least upvote it to show your support for that.)

marcdw · May 1, 2020, 2:20am

Another addition, in case not noticed. Oandbackup has a fork called OAndBackupX which aims to address the shortcomings of the original. New UI, better compatibility with modern Android, etc.
It’s also available via F-Droid if you have the IzzyOnDroid repo added.

typename · June 17, 2020, 5:52am

Does anyone know what the “application settings” synchronization category of the /e/ account stands for? Does it actually synchronize application data to the /e/ cloud, and how can it be restored?

Anonyme · June 17, 2020, 11:48am

Welcome in the forum

For now apps data aren’t sync so it’s something else.