Le dimanche 13 septembre 2015 à 19:14 +0100, Josh Branning a écrit : > On 13/09/15 18:25, Paul Kocialkowski wrote: > > Le dimanche 13 septembre 2015 à 18:06 +0100, Josh Branning a écrit : > >> I'm thinking of upgrading Replicant on my Nexus S, but I don't want to > >> lose all my data in the process. > >> > >> Is there a way to back up the necessary stuff so that upgrades are as > >> painless as possible? > > > > Well, if you're updating to the same major version (e.g. 4.2 0002 to 4.2 > > 0003), the diff is so small that you can simply follow the installation > > procedure and skip that last step (wipe data) that removes application > > data. > > > > This is not always a good idea though, but in this particular case, it > > should work nicely. > > I guess also it would be good to have something for this for the next > major version (whenever that may be), else I would not feel so inclined > to upgrade to a newer system. I'm sure there are apps for things like > this, but it may also perhaps be done using adb and knowing what to back up.
Well, it's not advised to do this. When moving to a newer major Replicant version, /data will *need* to be cleared. One can however keep the data of some applications (in /data/data) manually or using some applications, but that's totally up to the user. -- Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security. Website: https://www.replicant.us/ Blog: https://blog.replicant.us/ Wiki/tracker/forums: https://redmine.replicant.us/
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