Week 27, 2022: Development and Testing Updates

[petefoth]

@sceriffo

Neo Backup is the new name of OAndBackupX

And like OAndABackupX, it requires your phone to be rooted. See this post for information about your choices for backing up a non-rooted phone

[HOWTO] Backup and Restore Data on Android Devices

I currently use TWRP for backing up my /e/ devices, when of upgrading from one /e/ build to the next. I usually start with a ‘dirty flash’ - installing the new ROM without wiping the existing data used by the old ROM. If that doesn’t work, I wipe the data partition and do a clean install, then restore my apps and data from the TWRP backup. This works well, and has rescued me a couple of times when I flashed my device into a non-functioning state It’s not so good for migrating fro…