Path: csiph.com!xmission!usenet.csail.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Android full backup. Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:24:34 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:24:34 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="842"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Alan Baker insisted this line can not be changed Cancel-Lock: sha1:CpO07uXOxefwf8Hp9CSGkpjyM7M= sha256:b9Hc3dPoxp8qvwsPRhRYOP84ISYzuMkDBau0SPhI/ek= sha1:Ti2Az+arZT+fl64ZVnDk57zqtiw= sha256:3omy68193g3ebNfAR6QPfg+NT5537abjRVb8vGnilUs= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145538 alt.os.linux:81394 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183714 comp.mobile.android:147837 On 15 Apr 2025 13:18:40 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote : > This PC\Frank's Galaxy A51\Internal storage\Android\data\net.osmand.plus\files > > But 'This PC\Frank's Galaxy A51\Internal storage' is only accessible > in File Explorer, it's not part of the normal file system, nor > accessible as a Network Share, so you can't use normal copy or backup > utilities. (Perhaps in Windows PowerShell one can 'program'/control File > Explorer? No idea.) I will agree with anyone who says anything logically sensible, where I agree with Frank that there must be a DIY backup mechanism to Windows. On the one topic of the paradoxical observation that both Frank Slootweg and I have experienced of what can be "seen" by the PC vs the phone... Windows can see Android root! I also have been surprised when the PC can see *far* more of the Android file system than the (non rooted) Android device itself can see. Look at /etc/resolv.conf Sure, we all know ADB can back up the system /etc/hosts file but even without ADB, I can read (and write) to far more of the Android file system from the PC than from the phone itself. From the Windows command line! cmd line access to /etc For example, when I mount the Android as a Windows drive letter, I can read "almost" the entire system (not all of it - but a lot more than you'd expect). And I can write to some of the system filesys too I think. Look at the dnsproxy file In summary, given my observation that when mounting an Android filesystem as a drive letter on Windows that you can see far more than you'd expect to see, one possible backup mechanism might be to use a Windows copy script. Windows root access!