How can I migrate Android app, data and settings to Sailfish X?

answered 2017-11-09 11:01:24 +0200

DarkStarSword
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I copied settings for a few apps by copying the /opt/alien/data/data/com.xxx.yyy directory and fixing the permissions like so (using iMoodJournal as an example here):

1. On source phone in the terminal:

   $ devel-su
   # cd /opt/alien/data/data
   # tar cvf ~nemo/moodjournal.tar com.inexika.imood
   

2. Transfer tarball to destination phone via your preferred method (e.g.settings->storage->user data->pully menu->file manager->long tap on tarball->share->bluetooth)
3. Run the app on the destination phone once, then close it (necessary to create the data directory for that app)
4. On destination phone in the terminal:

   $ devel-su
   # cd /opt/alien/data/data
   # ls -l
   

5. Note down the user ID of the app's data directory. In the below example I'm using 10042, but this will vary, so adjust accordingly:
6. Unpack the data directory and fix the ownership:

   # tar xvf ~nemo/moodjournal.tar
   # chown -R 10042.10042 com.inexika.imood
   

Depending on the app there might be some more data you need to copy (e.g. ~/android_storage), but I've tried to avoid becoming an expert at Android, so I'm only figuring this out as I go ;-)

answered 2020-06-18 11:01:37 +0200

aerique
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I just migrated my WhatsApp data from Android to SFOS but while I will list what I think are the steps below, there may be unnecessary steps or the order of some could be wrong. I'm not going to try it again since I'm happy I managed to do it once. Still perhaps the next victim could improve the steps:

• make sure Alien Dalvik Control from OpenRepos is installed
• copy android:Internal Storage/WhatsApp to sailfishos:~/android_storage/WhatsApp as mentioned above
• leave only the Databases and Media directories in the WhatsApp folder, delete all others (should only be Backups?)
• make sure the file permissions are the same as the other directories and files in ~/android_storage
• make sure the owner and group are the same as the other directories and files in ~/android_storage
• install WhatsApp, start it and set it up
• go to the Storage menu in Settings so it asks for storage permissions
• close WhatsApp
• go to Android app settings using Alien Dalvik Control
• clear Data in storage settings
• give storage permissions in app permissions
• start WhatsApp again, set it up and hopefully it finds your backup