backup without sd card or cloud services

asked 2017-07-27 17:18:16 +0300

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updated 2017-07-27 20:24:03 +0300

It's been a long time since i made a backup of my phone. Actually it's been all the time since my jolla started to ask for an SD-card to be able to make an backup. Before i often made backups locally on my phone and then uploaded them to my local and co-location storage. But since i don't have an SD card in my phone and i don't use or trust cloud services there isn't any option for me to make an backup anymore. I never understood why local backup was removed in the first place and i always missed it, it's a big regression. So how do i make backups without SD-card or cloud services? How do i backup my contacts as .vcf?

The reason i need to backup now is that my phone stopped responding to my gestures (swipes) on the screen and i need to restore my device (JP-1301).

I managed to backup my contacts with invoker --type=generic /usr/bin/vcardconverter -e /home/nemo/Documents/contacts.vcfAnd then copy it. Is there any way to make a separate .vcf for each contact? Like foo_bar.vcf where foo_bar=FN This link helped me to make separate .vcf https://together.jolla.com/question/161068/contact-failed-detail-constraints/?answer=161750#post-id-161750

How do one make an backup of all sms and mms that can be restored?

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On my linux box I type: scp -r nemo@$IP:/home/nemo/ backup_folder

where "$IP" is the address of my jolla phone in my wireless network and "backup_folder" is an empty folder that I have made. Don't ask me about windows or mac ;-)

Note: of course "Remote connection" must be enabled.

yuri ( 2017-07-27 20:03:19 +0300 )edit

Is it enough to copy home folder? Wouldn't that be the same as copying everything from normal mtp (usb) connection?

abc123 ( 2017-07-27 20:23:18 +0300 )edit

I don't know: I have no experience with mtp connections (some times ago there were bugs in libmtp and I have not tried it anymore)

Edit: sms are in /home/nemo/.local/share/commhistory/commhistory.db other info here (i have no experience with mms)

I export contacts with your command line, then I import it with file manager. Importing one file is easier! :D if you need to edit it, try kaddressbook, for example.

yuri ( 2017-07-27 21:07:51 +0300 )edit