Re: Google calc trouble

From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Google calc trouble
Date	2026-07-01 12:30 +0200
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On 2026-06-30 21:56, Chris wrote:
> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2026-06-30 09:27, Chris wrote:
>>> Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
>>>> Carlos E. R., 2026-06-29 11:53:
>>>>
>>>>> I have been using Google Calc spread sheet for some years, to track how
>>>>> much gasoline I buy for the car, and how many kilometres it does.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, one day it lost me entries. It said there was some sync problem,
>>>>> maybe it had stored a local copy that did not match the cloud version.
>>>>> Now that file is impossible to open in the phone, it stalls. I could
>>>>> open it on the computer and save to a different name, but one or two
>>>>> lines are lost.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's done it again. Can't open the file in the phone.
>>>>
>>>> That's the reason, why we have a thing called "backup" ;-).
>>>
>>> It's also a reminder that "cloud" is not synonymous with "backup".
>>
>> How do you a backup of a calc sheet that is corrupted the instant you
>> use it?
> 
> It doesn't. This tells you that the tool doesn't meet your needs. Use a
> tool that works instead.

I said I did.

> 
>>   * Open file, add a line.
>>   * File is corrupted, silently.
>>   * make a backup,
>>     · backup is also corrupted.
>>
>> Do you do backups every 10 minutes, of the calc sheet files you edit,
>> every time you save the file?
> 
> Some systems save all versions of a file.
> 
>> On a phone, while driving?
> 
> I mean, that raises questions of why are you fiddling with your phone while
> driving?

Drive, stop for gas, write it down, continue driving. Yiks!

> 
>> Typically you do a backup at the end of the office day, or the week.
> 
> I do backups hourly.

And everybody can automate that trivially in an Android phone.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-29 11:53 +0200
  Re: Google calc trouble ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-29 10:16 +0000
    Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-29 12:37 +0200
      Re: Google calc trouble ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-29 10:53 +0000
        Re: Google calc trouble Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-29 12:06 +0100
          Re: Google calc trouble Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 07:27 +0000
          [OT] LLM-generated content in articles (was: Re: Google calc trouble) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-30 09:03 +0100
            Re: [OT] LLM-generated content in articles ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-30 09:20 +0000
  Re: Google calc trouble Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-06-29 12:15 +0100
  Re: Google calc trouble Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-30 08:51 +0200
    Re: Google calc trouble Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 07:27 +0000
      Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-30 11:24 +0200
        Re: Google calc trouble Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-30 17:33 +0200
          Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-30 19:19 +0200
        Re: Google calc trouble Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 19:56 +0000
          Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-01 12:30 +0200
    Re: Google calc trouble Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-30 08:52 +0100
      Re: Google calc trouble Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-30 17:34 +0200
    Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-30 11:19 +0200
      Re: Google calc trouble Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-30 17:36 +0200
        Re: Google calc trouble "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-30 19:20 +0200

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