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What app do you use for backing up your files on Android? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use rsync normally but I want something similar for my Android (GrapheneOS) smartphone. I want to just click and backup everything that I set up earlier. For now I manually copy folders to one and then upload it to external drive. What are your recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I just pull important stuff via ADB.

I do that via git-annex' ADB special remote but it's just an abstraction over pulling the files manually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Seconding this. Far faster than copying from the phone mounted the default way through MTP over USB.

If you're used to rsync, there's a Python wrapper that makes syncing through ADB work like rsync: https://github.com/jb2170/better-adb-sync

If you're on Windows, I found a simple GUI for browsing the phone through adb and pushing/pulling files, useful for a one time manual backup like I just did in prep for replacing my phone: https://github.com/Alex4SSB/ADB-Explorer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Oh nice. Gotta try it with git-annex.