Pre-factory-reset checklist for my Android phone
Related:
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220904-1605 Setting up again Nextcloud, dav, freshRSS sync etc. for Android phone
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from old DTB: Day 051: Phone ADB full backup - serhii.net:
adb backup -apk -shared -all -f backup-file.adb
/adb restore backup-file.adb
- (Generally,
adb devices -l
,adb shell
— after enabling USB debugging in Settings -> Dev.) Elsewhere:
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Cool apps I love and want to remember about (see 220124-0054 List of good things):
- Sentien launcher
- Tiny Weather Forecast Germany
- RedReader
- PodcastAddict
- KeyMapper
- One hand operation+
- Flight pass
- Tasker
- Dict.cc
- Giant stopwatch
- My Intercom
- Free now
- Seek (iNat)
- Stellarium
- HP Print Service Plugin
- öffi
- Todo agenda 12 widget
General
- Any time I have to manually repeat some of the steps, think about a sustainable backup process
- If resetting my phone in controlled circumstances is such a large problem for me - what if I lose it? What am I doing wrong?
- (Or mentally celebrate that I’m awesome if most of what I’m backing up is garbage I can go without)
- Where am I copying my phone files to? Not some random directory on my computer I created just for this and will forget about?
Checklist
- Syncs
- Optionally start Google/Nextcloud/../whatever syncs
- REMEMBER THAT F-DROID APPS MAY NOT BE BACKED UP BY GOOGLE!
- You may get the data back if you reinstall the app after the reset from the same source as the original app, see 240128-1806 What I learned about Google Sync of apps and F-Droid
- REMEMBER THAT F-DROID APPS MAY NOT BE BACKED UP BY GOOGLE!
- Any folder explicitly not-synced by google photos?
- Sync syncable apps like Fitbit, Bitwarden etc. one last time as I touch them
- Optionally start Google/Nextcloud/../whatever syncs
- Do I remember my
- Fastmail user/pass
- Google acc user/pass
- 2FA on which phone number?
- Have recovery codes ready, because it may not allow SMS etc. for 2FA to log in to Google right after phone reset1
- Do I have all the papers for:
- Banking apps (PhotoTAN etc.)
- Any 2FA/Authenticator app{s?
- Codes for things I may need to access if sth fails?
- Do I have the SIM card for any phone numbers I may need for log ins?
- Backup
- Bitwarden sync?
- TrackAndGraph
- NewPipe
- Settings -> Content -> Export database
NewPipeData-xxx.zip
- OSMAnd: Backup to file
- My Places includes tracks
- Will be an
Export_xxx.osf
file
- PodcastAddict
- everything:
PodcastAddict_xxx.backup
; OPML exists
- everything:
- FBReader: Settings -> Synchronization -> Export (`FBRReader_Settings_xxx.json)
- Browsers, all
- Open tabs? (bookmark?) - Brave: Select one tab -> select all -> bookmark all tabs
- Bookmarks
- Brave:
bookmarks.html
- Brave:
- Passwords
- Manually go through and save in the real password manager any not present
- Browsing history?
- Downloads if they are in a special location?
- I think most end up in Internal_storage/Download anyway
- Obsidian
- All vaults are synced
- I remember the NAMES and passwords for all of them
- Local-first apps
- KeyMapper:
mappings_xxx.zip
- VPN account number
- KeyMapper:
- Files
- Photos in Google Photos
- FBReader books:
Internal storage/Books
- Recorder apps (may be multiple installed) recordings
- Internal_storage/Recordings, Music/Recordings
- Phone call recordings
- Contacts
- Does DAVx still sync to Fastmail? (Check a known-bad number)
- (Contacts->Contact->Storage locations-)
- If yes - do I know the settings for the sync?
- Does DAVx still sync to Fastmail? (Check a known-bad number)
- Just in case
- SMS?
- Call logs?
- Any exotic settings I love that I will forget about (220124-0054 List of good things)
- Misc
- Do I have any random phone background etc. I might want as files?
- Breathe and think about everything one last time
- ESPECIALLY WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY SAVED ALL THE BACKUP FILES ELSEWHERE, ALL, BECAUSE I LITERALLY MISSED UPLOADING TRACKANDGRAPH WHEN WRITING THIS CHECKLIST AND ALMOST LOST 6 MONTH OF DATA GODDAMMIT
- Fire.
Post–factory reset checklist (TODO)
- Sync settings
- Google Photos
- Explicitly include Whatsapp etc. to sync
- Google Photos
- 240128-0044 Uninstalling garbage from my android phone Shizuku+Canta are awesome
- Apps
- OSM (free outside google play)
- re-integrate tracks
- re-download useful maps
- Deutsche Bahn!
- Add all monthly tickets and cards!
- DAVx set up sync to Fastmail for calendars and contacts
- gboard instead of default keyboard
- OSM (free outside google play)
- Settings
- Disable animations etc.
- Privacy2
- Use Security and privacy settings on Galaxy phones and tablets
- Stop Google tracking
- Stop Samsung tracking if applicable.
- Allow side-by-side view for apps not supporting it in settings->labs
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(because “more secure options are are available”) ↩︎
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Relevant (185) Samsung’s privacy policy for Oct 1st is crazy. : Android ↩︎
Nel mezzo del deserto posso dire tutto quello che voglio.