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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Off-topic but the thumbnail would have been cool for Halloween:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure a certain "someone" still has our data.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah big question here. Don't android devices like, backup daily by default? Every time I set up my new device I seem to always have a yesterday's restore point.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Android's stock backup misses a lot of things, apps can opt-out and many do, it also doesn't backup files or documents or photos. Photos are "backed up" if you enable Google Photos cloud sync, but that's separate. It basically just backs up your phone calls/SMS, system settings and what apps you have installed (but not their data unless they tie into the backup APIs).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Android backup is a joke. It's useless for all practical purposes. If you're thinking something akin to iphone backup forget it, it's not in the same solar system.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

What a mess. And then they wonder why people are afraid of installing updates