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Re: Can’t Set File Permissions

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Can’t Set File Permissions
Date 2026-06-08 09:47 +0200
Organization Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
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On 2026-06-08 01:45, Alan Peeling wrote:
> On 07/06/2026 22:09, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2026-06-07 20:57, Alan Peeling wrote:
>>> On 07/06/2026 13:32, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> On 2026-06-07 13:46, Alan Peeling wrote:
>>>>> On 05/06/2026 12:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> The thing is, only two things are of interest to me in the backup: 
>>>> photos/videos, and WhatsApp. The rest, I can just reinstall. Ok, 
>>>> SMSs too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> The thing is, only two things are of interest to me in the backup: 
>>>> photos/videos, and WhatsApp. The rest, I can just reinstall. Ok, 
>>>> SMSs too. 
>>>
>>> I'd like to have a fairly painless means of recovering from a factory 
>>> reset, should the need arise.
>>
>> Can't be done. There is no simple way to take a phone or tablet that 
>> has been reset to factory state, and recover from a full backup on a 
>> disk or computer. I don't know about hard ways, either.
>>
>> I think I know how to recover whatsapp.
>>
>> Restore the phone, make sure whatsapp is not installed yet. If it is, 
>> don't tap on it. Recover all the whatsapp files, its entire tree, and 
>> then start whatsapp. Maybe, just maybe, it sees the files and uses 
>> them. I did this once, long ago, and it worked. I don't know about now.
>>
>>
>> I'd like to have a fairly painless means of recovering from a factory 
>> reset, should the need arise.
>>
>> Can't be done. There is no simple way to take a phone or tablet that 
>> has been reset to factory state, and recover from a full backup on a 
>> disk or computer. I don't know about hard ways, either.
>> I think I know how to recover whatsapp.
>> Restore the phone, make sure whatsapp is not installed yet. If it is, 
>> don't tap on it. Recover all the whatsapp files, its entire tree, and 
>> then start whatsapp. Maybe, just maybe, it sees the files and uses 
>> them. I did this once, long ago, and it worked. I don't know about now. 
> 
> How about copying everything from an old phone to a new one in one 
> operation?
> 

When, how?

When you take out a new phone from the box, you can not just power it up 
and start cloning stuff from the backup. No, the thing starts posing 
questions to you. Country, language, Wifi password, and google account. 
Plug the old phone via cable. Alternatively, recover from cloud backup?

There is no exit from the questions to start recovering from backup instead.

True, I have not done experiments to try to find a method, maybe it does 
exist.


The closest I have seen is connect working old phone to new one via 
cable, and the automated initial procedure copies everything it wants 
instead of using the cloud backup. But the automated procedure has the 
control, not you.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-02 14:59 +0100
  Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 09:30 -0600
    Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-02 16:50 +0100
      Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-02 18:33 -0600
        Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-03 12:59 +0100
          Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-03 08:37 -0600
            Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-03 23:04 +0100
              Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-03 17:37 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-04 22:02 +0100
              Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-04 08:20 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-04 21:52 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-05 13:33 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-05 07:10 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-05 16:07 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-05 10:41 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-05 23:06 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-05 23:22 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-05 19:12 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-06 08:40 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-06-05 16:42 +0000
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-05 10:54 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-07 12:46 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 14:32 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-07 09:46 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 20:09 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-07 19:57 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 23:09 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-08 00:45 +0100
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-07 23:11 -0600
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-08 09:47 +0200
                Re: Can?t Set File Permissions Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-06-21 14:33 +0000
                Doing a backup [Was: Can’t Set File Permissions] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-08 13:11 +0200
                Re: Doing a backup Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-08 10:51 -0600
                Re: Doing a backup "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-08 21:19 +0200
                Re: Doing a backup Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-08 20:40 -0600
                Re: Doing a backup "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-09 20:04 +0200
                Re: Doing a backup Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-09 12:41 -0600
                Re: Doing a backup "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-09 22:26 +0200
                Re: Doing a backup Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-06-09 21:57 +0100
                Re: Doing a backup [Was: Can’t Set File Permissions] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-08 21:33 +0200
                Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-07 09:27 -0600
                Re: Can?t Set File Permissions Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-06-21 14:16 +0000
                Re: Can?t Set File Permissions "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-21 19:01 +0200
                Re: Can?t Set File Permissions Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-06-22 14:44 +0000
  Re: Can’t Set File Permissions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-02 18:06 +0200
    Re: Can’t Set File Permissions Alan Peeling <Alan@invalid.co.uk> - 2026-06-02 20:01 +0100

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