asked 2018-09-28 17:46:41 +0300
I made a backup to the SD card before updating to 2.2.1, but the update failed and I had to reset to factory settings. After I updated the phone all over again, it worked all the way to 2.2.1. But now I can't restore my backup, because the Settings UI has a button saying "update your backup" instead of "restore backup" or something similar.
How can I restore my SD card backup? Is there a command-line version?
answered 2018-09-29 20:37:54 +0300
does this solve your problem?
answered 2018-10-04 13:13:38 +0300
I eventually solved it. So, after my initial factory reset and full updates, I did the following:
~/.vault from the device memory~/.vault from my SD card (I had copied the entire home folder to the card, longer ago)sailfish_backup_2018-09-26T13-45-34Z.tar and deleted all other ones from the card)top, the phone was running its tracker on the SD card.I didn't know why there was an "Update your backup" button. But I think it's because the phone was just reset and there was no tracker information. Apparently, after indexing all the pictures, music and *.tar files on the SD card, the phone could see where the backups were and the "Restore" button came back.
Camil B ( 2018-10-04 17:58:32 +0300 )editAsked: 2018-09-28 17:46:41 +0300
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You'd maybe like to see this post: https://together.jolla.com/question/90944/backup-from-command-line/ See if it helps
Sakke ( 2018-09-28 18:10:14 +0300 )editalso, the backup is a plain .tar archive.
you could directly access it to salvage your data.
if you're not a nig lìnux command line interface user, 7zip has a nice GUI for handling those.
DrYak ( 2018-09-29 10:14:12 +0300 )editI already opened the archive to retrieve some phone numbers and notes that I needed urgently, but I was hoping for a command that would restore the entire backup given the .tar file.
That, or a button to restore backups, which I thought should be in Settings, but isn't.
Camil B ( 2018-09-29 11:36:38 +0300 )edit