BackupApplications¶

Backup applications¶

Backups can be made using oandbackup or adb backup.

If you created a backup of system applications before switching from the factory image or a different Android distribution to Replicant or before an upgrade to a new major release (e.g. from Replicant 4.2 to Replicant 6.0), restoring this backup will cause issues. The installation pages require a factory reset in these cases because the data is incompatible, so a backup of the data is incompatible as well.

SMS and contacts apps usually provide ways to export contacts and messages. Using these means to backup and restore the data will likely be successful and won't result in misbehaving apps.