XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 10:26:23 +0100, David Wade wrote :   
      
      
   >> Just hit the "skip" button when it asks you to set up Android with it.   
   >> I don't know why everyone doesn't do that - but it's what I do.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Probably because when we have a new phone we want the backup with the   
   > contacts and apps from our previous phone.....   
      
   Thanks for that explanation of why people set up a Google Account on their   
   phone, one reason being that contacts are automatically backed up.   
      
   I can completely understand that concept, which is that contacts can be   
   backed up, as certainly, a Google Account, by default, will do that feat.   
      
   But so can just about any program that claims to "back up contacts" right?   
       
       
       
      
   Note: I don't use those apps (some of which have their own cloud account)   
   as I simply export/import (i.e., backup/restore) my contacts sqlite   
   database directly to/from the PC as I don't have a Google Account set up on   
   my phone (although I have plenty of "Google Accounts" for the email).   
      
   To transfer my entire homescreen, from one phone to the other, including   
   all the folders, shortcuts and widgets, I simply use an intelligent   
   launcher (where I use the last known good version of Nova but others work).   
       
      
   With these intelligent launchers, you simply save the entire homescreen to   
   a file on your PC and then you load that file on the new phone & voila!   
      
   All your app icons are on the new phone EXACTLY where they were on the old!   
   Of course, by default, that installs the *latest* version of all those apps   
   (so what I do to keep my old versions, is slide them over from the PC).   
     Drag APK from Windows   
      
   I manage my iPads & Android devices & data by sliding back and forth   
   between the device and the PC using the PC mouse and keyboard.   
     iOS & Android PC mirroring   
   But I get it that people who don't have a PC use Google defaults instead.   
      
   Thanks for helping me understand why people set up a Google Account on the   
   phone, where the loss in privacy from that one act, unfortunately, is huge.   
      
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