XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Arno Welzel  wrote:   
   > Arno Welzel, 2025-04-14 13:18:   
   >   
   > > Frank Slootweg, 2025-04-13 15:57:   
   > [...]   
   > >>   That's the beauty about a platform like Android, choice.   
   > >   
   > > Sure - but "using a backup app" is not using what Android itself is   
   > > providing.   
      
     I don't think other posters, including 'Marion', were limiting the   
   backup methods to just those in Android itself and neither was/am I.   
      
   > > Google also provides a backup feature in Android itself which also   
   > > allows to transfer data from one device to another when you switch   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > In addition - see here:   
   >    
      
     Well, 'Backup by Google One' has very limited functionality, for   
   example it does not backup the settings and data of non-Google apps   
   (i.e. Android\data, obb, obj, etc), which makes it basically useless   
   for general backup. Case in point: I have some 40++ *GB* of app data,   
   but my 'Backup by Google One' backup is only 29 *MB*.   
      
     So yes, 'Backup by Google One' might be useful to *transfer* stuff   
   from an old to a new device, but if your device is totally wiped by some   
   event, you can't *restore* your device from the 'Backup by Google One'   
   backup.   
      
     Anyway, the context (at least Marion's and mine) was app APK backup/   
   restore, which - as you say - 'Backup by Google One' doesn't do.   
      
   > Yes, I agree, that Android has the flexibility to user other methods as   
   > well, like backup apps, ADB and so on - but this needs enough experience   
   > by the user like how to set up ADB on a computer or how to transfer the   
   > backup to another device using USB and so on.   
      
     The methods I mentioned do not require the user to setup ADB. The   
   Smart Switch Android-to-Windows backup does use a USB-cable, but no ADB.   
   The Smart Switch Android app can transfer to another phone by Wi-Fi or   
   USB and can backup to cloud, SD-card or USB-stick.   
      
     Yes, (full) Android backup isn't easy, because the supplied 'Backup by   
   Google One' is basically useless, so other additional - and mostly   
   non-Google - software is needed.   
      
     But app *APK* backup and restore is quite easy, just not built-in.   
      
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