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Google starts rolling out Android developer verification & new sideloading rules worldwide (alternativeto.net)

submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not really. Android lacks a comprehensive full-system backup option like iOS has. It's one of my biggest gripes about the OS. Best you can do is a cloud backup, which only saves certain apps' data like games.

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 1 points 3 months ago

Many free roms such as CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, iodéOS include Seedvault.

I've even successfully migrated between those. Some settings or pre-installed apps might be different, so you should check your settings, but all apps will be there. In my case only the banking app wanted me to log in again, seems to verify some sort of device identifier.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

That sucks...

Thanks. I'm gonna have to take the plunge I guess....

Maybe I could sync with an other phone and then sync that back?