kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago10 Features You No Longer Need to Root Your Android Phone Forwww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down19
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minus-squareLaggyKarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoOne thing that you do still need root for however is proper backups. The built-in backup system is tied to Google, and it’s very limited in what it will back up, nowhere near what you can do with root backup software like Titanium Backup.
minus-squareTheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI used to use ADB backup to move from Android 6 to 8 to 10, but it refused to work from 10 to 12. Not that it was fully comprehensive, but it was pretty dang close. Shame they never replaced it with something similar
One thing that you do still need root for however is proper backups. The built-in backup system is tied to Google, and it’s very limited in what it will back up, nowhere near what you can do with root backup software like Titanium Backup.
I used to use ADB backup to move from Android 6 to 8 to 10, but it refused to work from 10 to 12.
Not that it was fully comprehensive, but it was pretty dang close. Shame they never replaced it with something similar