Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Doing a backup Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 22:26:22 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <10vmnk6$2vlko$1@dont-email.me> <10vmsuq$1ont$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vmu40$31n35$1@dont-email.me> <10vnso3$gfe$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vp4vb$3ka8u$1@dont-email.me> <10vpe83$2qbi$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vq8d5$n1g$1@dont-email.me> <10vsoi5$ltv2$1@dont-email.me> <1103lmc$2fu0p$1@dont-email.me> <1106ruo$2rej$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <1107uep$1s2i$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <161mfmxtu2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1109mo9$1gmf$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.114.251"; logging-data="13551"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <1109mo9$1gmf$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:154104 On 2026-06-09 20:41, Maria Sophia wrote: > Carlos E.R. wrote: >> This entire directory is missed when doing a backup by FTP. > > Bummer that the Motorola tool apparently only works on Windows. > Sorry about that. I could be wrong though, so doublecheck it, as it seems > to work on macOS which usually (often?) means it can also work with Linux. I did not notice a download link. :-? > > I noticed two things doing that research for you, one of which I've been > noticing for the past year or two, which is that almost everything on the > net about Android backup is outdated by each new Android release. > > Starting around Android 11, each new Android release seems to have added > more and more protection, such that almost everything out there is wrong. > > I found this out the hard way when I was valiantly trying to get > Muntashirakon App Manager's "back up apk" menu to work on Android 13. > > Given we all know and respect Muntashirakon, I was not, at first, willing > to believe that the "Backup APK" (as opposed to "Save APK") wouldn't work. > > I tried valiantly simply because I couldn't believe Muntashirakon had a > menu that didn't work, so I even added Shizuku to the mix, to no avail. > > I tried for hours, and finally gave up, where we could blame Muntashirakon, > but not really since no non-root app can defeat Android permissions. > > Luckily, the Muntashirakon "Save APK" menu works beautifully, but what's > different is the "Backup APK" menu also saved the app's data along with it. > > My main point, in summary, is what used to work, no longer works, and > therefore, much of what is on the Internet is wrong for app-data backup. Aha. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;