are all the instances of Android OS the
same on all android phones?
The reason I'm asking
is that my Flip5 tells me that it cannot find any
external medium so I should plug in an SD card
or a USB device even though this phone has no SD
card port even
(not to mention that all this
time it's plugged into and being read by my
computer with a path ready to accept the backup).
bad sector wrote:
are all the instances of Android OS the
same on all android phones?
Phone manufacturers see fit to make changes to their phones to
differentiate them, no doubt they see this as a good thing, I doubt the
users agree ...
The reason I'm asking
is that my Flip5 tells me that it cannot find any
external medium so I should plug in an SD card
or a USB device even though this phone has no SD
card port even
Only my first Android phone had an SD slot (just as well as it only had
0.5 GB of onboard storage). Since then Google's on devices have relied
on a reasonable amount of fixed storage plus cloud storage.
(not to mention that all this
time it's plugged into and being read by my
computer with a path ready to accept the backup).
Plugging your phone into a PC can allow your PC to see [some of] the
phone's storage, e.g. for copying photos, but it doesn't allow the phone
to store files e.g. backups onto your PC.
bad sector wrote:
Samsung likely saw fit to mod the OS but not enough to write out the
SD card that the phone doesn't even have.
I don't know Samsungs very well, but thought they generally did have SD cards, I inherited one from my father and gave it away to a nephew ...
Samsung likely saw fit to mod the OS but not enough to write out the
SD card that the phone doesn't even have.
After having done next to nothing with my new
phone the first backup to USB I did ended up
as a 4gb SmartSwitchBackup2 folder tree. I just
did a Factory Reset followed by another backup
and this one is only 700mb. Is there any reference
saying what size a Factory Reset backup should
be? I'm at a loss trying to understand this huge
difference.
Similarly, what's the difference between doing
a Factory Reset or instead of that just a
recovery from a previous backup made immediately
after such a reset?
Finally are all the instances of Android OS the
same on all android phones? The reason I'm asking
is that my Flip5 tells me that it cannot find any
external medium so I should plug in an SD card
or a USB device even though this phone has no SD
card port even (not to mention that all this
time it's plugged into and being read by my
computer with a path ready to accept the backup).
Plugging your phone into a PC can allow your PC to see [some of] the
phone's storage, e.g. for copying photos, but it doesn't allow the phone
to store files e.g. backups onto your PC.
Samsung likely saw fit to mod the OS but not enough to write out the
SD card that the phone doesn't even have.
I don't know Samsungs very well, but thought they generally did have SD
cards, I inherited one from my father and gave it away to a nephew ...
My IT advisor told me to buy Motorola, maybe I shudda listened to him
The normal backup includes everything you have selected
bad sector <forgetski@invalid.net> wrote
Samsung likely saw fit to mod the OS but not enough to write out the
SD card that the phone doesn't even have.
I don't know Samsungs very well, but thought they generally did have SD
cards, I inherited one from my father and gave it away to a nephew ...
My IT advisor told me to buy Motorola, maybe I shudda listened to him
I have had five free Samsung Galaxy A32-5G phones from T-Mobile and _all_
of them have sd slots, aux ports and FM radios. Alas, only my $140 LG Stylo
3 Plus had the removable battery. My $100 Moto-G had no sd card slot.
Personally, I'd never again buy a phone that doesn't have these things,
as I format all my sd cards to the same volume name (0000-0001) which
allows me to pop one out into another phone and it works perfectly.
The apps that stored stuff on the sd card don't even know that it's a different sd card - it works that well in practice.
<https://i.postimg.cc/yYWwgGmy/webdav12.jpg> As Windows drive letters
And best of all, I don't use the USB cable all that much anymore
because it's all done over Wi-Fi.
Plus, my phone is almost feet tall and nine inches wide.
<https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg> Drag APK from Windows
I operate it from Windows even if it's somewhere in the clothes room
or in the kitchen as it doesn't matter where the phone is to use it.
<https://i.postimg.cc/g2yNftw0/scrcpy15.jpg> Trick to pin batch shortcut
bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
After having done next to nothing with my new
phone the first backup to USB I did ended up
as a 4gb SmartSwitchBackup2 folder tree. I just
did a Factory Reset followed by another backup
and this one is only 700mb. Is there any reference
saying what size a Factory Reset backup should
be? I'm at a loss trying to understand this huge
difference.
The normal backup includes everything you have selected (read: not unselected), which includes all media (photos, videos, music),
documents, apps, app data, etc., etc.. Just look at the settings in the
Smart Switch program (assuming with "backup to USB" you mean "backup via
a USB connection to a (Windows?) computer").
The backup after a Factory Reset contains none of this, because it has
been wiped.
Similarly, what's the difference between doing
a Factory Reset or instead of that just a
recovery from a previous backup made immediately
after such a reset?
It would leave the extra stuff on the phone, i.e. it would *not* be
wiped.
Finally are all the instances of Android OS the
same on all android phones? The reason I'm asking
is that my Flip5 tells me that it cannot find any
external medium so I should plug in an SD card
or a USB device even though this phone has no SD
card port even (not to mention that all this
time it's plugged into and being read by my
computer with a path ready to accept the backup).
It said to plug in an SD card *or* a USB device. The "USB device" is
probably meant to be a USB *storage* device, i.e. a OTG USB memory-stick
(or a regular USB memory stick via a OTG adapter). The USB connection to
your computer is not a USB storage device but a USB connection to a
computer.
When you reply, specify which model phone you have (probably some
Samsung as you mention Smart Switch).
And in case you discuss the "Flip5", specify its brand, etc..
In
the real world I might already have installed
F-Droid and who knows what else.
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