Android migrate to new device

• Backup phone apps and data with Seedvault

Backup on old device

Seedvault

• Remove unwanted apps
• Configure Seedvault and backup
• Verify backup status and unselect app that don't need a backup
• Backup again
• Browse last backup status list and note down apps that
  • failed during backup
  • couldn't get backed up by Seedvault

Apps that don't allow Seedvault backup

• Signal: Backup and Restore Messages (plaintext file written to root dir of internal storage)

Backup files

• Browse internal (and external) sdcards and
  • delete unneeded files
  • backup important files to usbstick
• Internal sdcard
• Pictures / Gallery (DCIM)
• Audio recordings
• Android/Data is not accessible via mtp:/

Restore on new device

• Install fdroid basic and aurora store if not installed already

Apps with block Seedvault backup

• Install Signal and restore from backup

Apps which sync data from cloud

Manually install and configure:

• Davx5
  • FR: Export settings
  • see nextcloud/clients how to start accunt config from cli
• Nextcloud app
  • Configure nextcloud app before davdroid, since davx5 is integrated in the nextcloud app.
• Nextcloud News
• Telegram

Apps with dedicated backup & restore mechanism

First, make a backup from inside each app:

• Signal (Token needed for restore: pass show signal)
• OsmAnd
  • Sync directory to new device (/storage/.../Android/data/net.osmand.plus/files)

Verify restore of most important app

• Go through all all migrated to new device and check if restore was successful

Additional setting

• sip account siehe ~/Howtos/sip.md

Final migration

For those apps which don't allow mutliple instances across devices migrate them right before the factory reset of the old device. These are i.e. :

• Signal
• Telegram (?)
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