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Re: back up factory reset

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On 08/08/2016 07:33 PM, Hannelore VB wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 14:01:03 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> I have 4 email accounts, 2 mail programs, a number of logins for banks
>> and other institutions, file locations, LOTS of options for my GPS apps,
>> and that's enough to keep me going for half a day.   This stuff is NOT
>> included in backups, and it's the most troublesome.
>>
>> I've done three factory resets so far,  each was traumatic and I lost
>> stuff that I valued.
>
> you were right
> this was my first factory reset
> there are a lot of settings I didn't know about
>
> I thought it would only be little things like setting up the wifi password
> and the bluetooth pin but but each time I run any program I have to set it
> up again
>
> for example I manually imported the vcard.vcf I had saved to the sd card
> that gave me back my contacts
>
> then I set up a couple of the email accounts but they were easy
> for wallpaper I took a picture of the sky
>
> the android settings menu was something I went thru one by one
>
> a bunch of paths needed to be set
> for example I set the app apk automatic backup path to the sd card
>
> I changed a few settings in the default browser
> even MMS had to be set up for my carrier in the text app but that was easy
>
> so the setup seems to be easy but each of about 50 to 100 programs needs it
>
> the alarms had to be reset
> the shortcuts to text files had to be made again from es file explorer
> sideline seems to have lost its phone number so a setup file is missing
> the voice recorder needed its path set for saving files to the sd card
> i had to put a shortcut to text files in the browser and video directories
>
> probably the worst setup hassle was that all the offline maps had to be
> downloaded again so I need to learn how to save them before resetting
>
> for example I had to type "ok maps" in google a bunch of times just to
> download again the map tiles which I would have thought the app backup
> program would have saved but it did not
>
> all the redirected files were lost so I had to figure out where to redirect
> the files again so that they are saved by the apps onto the main memory and
> then instantly moved to the sd card
>
> so it was more traumatic than I thought it would be because each of the 50
> to 100 programs had to have its settings checked and reset and about 25 of
> the programs needed their data replenished
>
> you would think the backup program would have saved all that ahead of time
> but it did not save any of that stuff

This seems like a major defect in Android, and I was really shocked when 
I discovered it.  We ought to be able to mirror the entire installation 
to a computer subdirectory, and just feed all or parts of it back when 
needed.

I copy my entire linux partition to another one every couple of weeks, 
and if the one I'm using gets broken I can boot into a backup or restore 
broken files from the backup.  I haven't had to do that very often, but 
it's a nice way of upgrading my system -- run a backup, update the 
backup and play with it for a while to make sure everything is OK before 
using the original partition for a new backup.

Not enough space to do that on a phone, but running a complete backup to 
a computer surely ought to be possible.

-- 
Cheers,  Bev
   "I can't stand this proliferation of paperwork.   It's useless to
    fight the forms.  You've got to kill the people producing them."
                                              -- Vladimir Kabaidze

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back up factory reset Hannelore VB <hannelore@vb.net> - 2016-08-08 11:35 +0700
  Re: back up factory reset Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-08-08 07:38 +0100
  Re: back up factory reset Dave Doe <hard@work.ok> - 2016-08-08 22:34 +1200
    Re: back up factory reset Hannelore VB <hannelore@vb.net> - 2016-08-08 21:15 +0600
      Re: back up factory reset The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 08:56 -0700
        Re: back up factory reset Hannelore VB <hannelore@vb.net> - 2016-08-08 23:48 +0700
          Re: back up factory reset The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 14:01 -0700
            Re: back up factory reset Hannelore VB <hannelore@vb.net> - 2016-08-09 09:33 +0700
              Re: back up factory reset The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 20:37 -0700
                Re: back up factory reset Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2016-08-24 09:34 -0800

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