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2016-07-19 10:59:19 +0200
Acce 
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For those willing to enable developer mode:
Here are some tips, although they're pretty manual, and don't manage to get all your apps. In any case I think they give some relief.
List all harbour apps on your first device:
rpm -qa --qf "%{name}\n" "harbour-*" > harbour-apps.txt
Then on the other device
scp nemo@<first dev ip>:/home/nemo/harbour-apps.txt /home/nemo/apps.txt
for app in `cat apps.txt`; do invoker --type=generic pkcon install $app; done
A word of caution, installing your apps this way does not add the apps to your Jolla Store "My apps" list. (Solution sought here).
After this, copy the app configurations you want to save to your new device:
scp -r nemo@<first dev ip>:/home/nemo/.config/<app name> /home/nemo/.config/<app name>
scp -r nemo@<first dev ip>:/home/nemo/.local/share/<app name> /home/nemo/.local/share/<app name>
The <app name> is often just the package name, ie. "harbour-something", but can also be something else, such as the name of the app developer (since the field is actually set for organization name).
EDIT: The scp command could be replaced with relevant rsync commands. Furthermore just copying/rsyncing the full ~/.config and ~/.local might do the job well enough, if you don't want to dig up the specific stuff you want.
Contacts went fine via bluetooth, though be careful if you have some external contacts (facebook, google), afaik they will only be imported if you have the same account already present on your new device.
Disclaimer: worked for me, hopefully for you too, but I take no responsibility.
You can transfer contacts via bluetooth. If you do it from the People app's settings, it will do it as soon as it makes the connection.
skanky ( 2016-07-18 17:45:17 +0200 )editBackup Accounts, Phone, Messages and People apps and restore it on Jolla C?
avhakola ( 2016-07-18 18:50:33 +0200 )edit@avhakola Exactly. basically, I'd like to re-install my apps (SF & android) and not lose all my preferences, history, etc
jbruggem ( 2016-07-18 19:05:02 +0200 )editSo you intend to disregard the advice by Jolla that this is not a phone but just a developer device;) Of course I planned that too, but now I might wait a while what are the experiences with the durability of the screen in real usage. Also my first impression is that the back cover is really unstable and might fall off already by minimal forces.
ugeuder ( 2016-07-18 19:29:24 +0200 )editwithout warrenty. but rsync should copy all user 'nemo' configuration. wlan and some other system configuration is not included. also apps are not included and must be installed manually.
gabs5807 ( 2016-07-18 19:33:45 +0200 )edit