asked 2020-04-03 14:06:53 +0300
I had to reset my device. All apps are missing. How to recreate? Wouldn't it be nice, if backup would store a list of all apps and I could easily reinstall? Why is this not a feature already??
answered 2020-04-03 14:08:37 +0300
No, but you can store this info in Storeman.
Storeman -> Pulley menu -> Settings -> Backups
ok thanks. but that is only regarding openrepos apps. what about jolla store or even android?
stephan ( 2020-04-03 14:13:13 +0300 )maybe there is some way for android apps but I don't know because I don't use Android apps.
atlochowski ( 2020-04-03 14:16:16 +0300 )answered 2020-04-04 01:33:55 +0300
For Android apps you might get a list of installed apps (their origin) like:
ls /home/.android/apps/
for a better view:
for a in "/usr/share/jolla-settings/entries/apkd_launcher_*" ; do grep -h -E 'Name|Version' ${a} ; done
And you might just backup the directory /home/android/data/app and after copying back go to each base.apk and tap it with file browser and it will be installed.
For OpenRepos as above.
For Jolla store just remember and do it manually.
For OpenRepos and StoreMan this is really cool, didn't know this feature. Will try to avoid Jolla Store alltogether in the future. Your proposal regarding Jolla store is not very helpful: I also could remember all my contacts and enter them manually again. Actually I do think keeping info of installed apps and giving the user an option to reinstall them (and also keeping track of config files) is a very vital part of any backup. The reason I tagged this as an "idea" - hoping somebody at Jolla will take note!
stephan ( 2020-04-04 19:33:15 +0300 )Asked: 2020-04-03 14:06:53 +0300
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