cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6149417
I’m trying to migrate from my old LineageOS phone to my new LineageOS phone (both rooted, both without gapps) Is there any list of applicable methods or apps for this? Have you ever done something like this? Any advice and relevant links greatly appreciated.
You can backup and restore with Neobackup which can be found in F-Droid. In my case it works for all apps except Signal which has its own backup routine. You can then pull all data from /sdcard with “adb pull /sdcard” to computer. Then do “adb push . /sdcard” to the new phone, point Neobackup to your data folder and restore everything you need. I usually only restore user apps with data, you could easily bork your installation otherwise.
Whether I have a new iPhone or a new Android, I never trust or use applications to migrate data. It’s also a good way to clean your own account and data.
So how do you migrate app data? Or do you just not care about that? Because for some people it is important.
If the app is so important and has files you can’t access from the file system or whatever but you’re not able to export them or backup them, then it’s not a good app. As the parent comment says, configuring everything from scratch is the best method.
I agree with you but it’s not that uncommon for apps to lack a built-in backup method. I tend to root my phones precisely so I can backup their data.
