XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android
From: robin_listas@es.invalid
On 2025-04-14 13:18, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Frank Slootweg, 2025-04-13 15:57:
>
>> Arno Welzel wrote:
> [...]
>>> Theat's irrelevant. Not everybody uses Samsung devices. So we MUST ONLY
>>> talk about the default backup provided by Android itself which is also
>>> implemented by LineageOS BTW.
>>
>> Nope, we must not. As I said, and you again 'conveniently' dishonestly
>> snipped:
>>
>>
>> Also there are many other backup apps for Android, which can also
>> backup/restore APKs.
>>
>
> That's irrelevant in the context "what does the operating system provide".
>
>> That's the beauty about a platform like Android, choice.
>
> Sure - but "using a backup app" is not using what Android itself is
> providing.
>
> Google also provides a backup feature in Android itself which also
> allows to transfer data from one device to another when you switch
> devices. But as I also explained: APK files are not included, because
> not every APK file will work on every device, since APK files are device
> specific packages and not universal installers. Most of the time it
> works, but there is no guarantee for it and it is much safer to
> reinstall apps on a new device by downloading it again, so always the
> correct version will be used.
Well...
I remember once that I did a factory reset on an old phone, intending to
install the same things for another account. I could not install again
some of the apps because the Android version was old, and they no longer
had those apps in G Play.
>
>> As this is the second time you try to make your point by lying by
>> omission, it's EOD.
>
> I did not try to make anything. I just explained, how ANDROID ITSELF works.
Not always.
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