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?
I use Nextcloud.
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.
I’ve used Open Android Backup Companion from F-Droid for my GrapheneOS device for a while now. It’s pretty simple and straight forward, I definitely recommend giving it a go. You can select what files to backup or just back it all up.
Thanks for the recommendation. I chcked it but the app seems amandoned with very basic and default Flutter styling so it’s a sus for me and not for long term backuping. I’ve see on GrapheneOS there is a experimental files backuping in Backup Settings though.
It was updated twice in 2024, granted last update was in April. But once software is dialed, it shouldn’t need consistent updates. The website doesn’t reference anything about the project being abandoned either: https://www.openandroidbackup.me/
Guess if nothing else, it’s worked very well and hopefully will get updated in 2025. If not, ideally Graphene will have their own backup option here soon.
rsync over USB via termux but I might try to get Borg workiing on the phone. Also, I chose a phone with an SD card slot so I can back up to that at some point.
Yeah but that’s very manual. I’m looking for something that can help me select the folder click backup when eexternal storage is plugged in and that’s it.
I see there are several backup apps on droid but idk what they do. I think you can connect a launch button to a termux script that does the backup. That seems simplest to me, ymmv.
The basic bitch shit that comes with Google/Android. Most is backed up. I wish there was an iOS like backup/time machine
SMBSync2. It looks sketchy as hell but has a pretty intuitive interface to copy files to a NAS.
First create a task saying which folder to copy to where. Then either activate it manually or put it on a schedule. It makes it possible to auto create new folders based on date whenever I do a copy which I love.
