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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Move Service to New Phone (?)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 14:55:45 +0200
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On 2024-09-08 11:25, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Jörg Lorenz, 2024-09-04 07:13:
> 
>> Am 04.09.24 um 03:57 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>> On 2024-09-03 23:00, croy wrote:
>>>> If I get another phone of the same make and model (in this case a Moto g5
>>>> Plus), can I just move the SIM card to the new phone and continue on?
>>>
>>> Not as simple as move the SIM card. Yes, phone service will just work,
>>> but that's about it. Your apps and your data (apps, messages, photos,
>>> etc) has to be copied as well.
>>
>> Nonsense. That is all in the Google Cloud. He has just to login into the
>> Google account.
> 
> Not all apps will be backed up in the Google Cloud.
> 
> First of all you have to enable backup at all - in "vanilla" Android
> (e.g. on a Pixel device) you find this here:
> 
> Settings - System - Backup
> 
> There you can enable "Backup by Google One" which will backup *most*
> apps and their data, but *not* everything! You can also select what
> should be backed up.
> 
> Why do not all apps get backed up?
> 
> Some apps - for example banking apps - store login credentials in the
> secure storage of the device which can not be backed up and restored to
> another device for security reasons. Also some apps do not allow to
> backup their data since it may be protected using DRM or is paid content
> which must not be transferred to any other device but only be downloaded
> using the official sources.
> 
> So eventhough many apps and settings can be restored on another Android
> device using Google backp, you still may have to set up individual apps
> manually.

And some apps have their own backup method, like whatsapp, which stores 
the backup on the google account, separately.

What I don't know is if transferring usage phone to phone using the 
usb-c cable bypasses the need of the backup on google for whatsapp.

The whatsapp backup is normally incomplete, it does not include videos 
(and I'm unsure about photos). There is a separate tick mark.

I had to disable video backup because it then takes too long and fails. 
I also had to disable encrypted backup.

If cable transfer bypasses the need for using the backup, that would be 
very welcomed.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.