[feature-request] Alien Dalvik deinstall warning in Store: "All Android-Userdata will be lost unless backed up!"

asked 2014-05-20 16:25:50 +0200

mosen gravatar image

updated 2015-08-26 17:05:38 +0200

Edit, Bumping this because it is not implemented in 1.1.7.29 and a newbie friend lost all his android data from 1 month usage when playing around in the store this weekend wanting to reinstall aliendalvik for unkown reasons :/ A simple warning message and confirmation would be enough to potentially prevent harm for undiscerning users imho.

Thinking about making Sailfish more friendly to the casual user, there should be a warning when uninstalling Alien Dalvik from Jollastore about all existing Android-userdata will be lost. Most convenient would be to even have a backup feature for the Android-userdata or a tool that "merges" Android related Photos, Videos, etc. to the corresponding Jolla user folders on uninstall or even as a continuos sync between Sailfish/Android userdata.

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Does uninstalling Alien Dalvik wipe all data? Interesting, I thought I had to live with /data folder all my life :)

magullo ( 2014-05-20 16:27:54 +0200 )edit

you are right, wipe was the wrong word (changed it to"lost"), but to a casual user it makes no difference why all userdata is gone after reinstalling Alien Dalvik ;) please suggest how to correctly formulate the question!

mosen ( 2014-05-20 16:32:24 +0200 )edit
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I would suggest to ask it as a feature request, like 'backup for alien dalvik runtime'. Did you search for something similar already asked here on together? Probably you could try an android app to backup your data, even Titanium should work fine(given proper root account).

magullo ( 2014-05-20 20:04:06 +0200 )edit
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Related to this post: https://together.jolla.com/question/2232/android-app-settings-lost-when-removing-alien-dalvik/

Neo ( 2014-05-20 20:59:20 +0200 )edit
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@magullo, i'll keep it that way. Backing up is already there via Android apps, just tried titanium backup, it works. That nevertheless does not hinder unexperienced users from "mistakenly" reinstalling Alien Dalvik and loosing data. So a warning to do a backup would still be nice. @Neo, sorry i did not use the right keywords to find your post, many thanks for the hint and link.

mosen ( 2014-05-20 22:08:06 +0200 )edit