XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-03-09 16:36, Marion wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >    
   >  id=com.contacts.backup.sim.phone.number.transfer.restore>   
   >    
      
      
   Why would we use "any program" when the phone does it on its own with   
   the default software and the google account, as designed?   
      
   It is plain simple. It happens automatically even for people that don't   
   understand a word about computing and can not follow instructions.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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