Thanks, I'll take a look.

If you ever want to restore on a newer Android (at least I needed this on lineageos with android 15 or 16), you need to fix SELinux permissions on the data files. This is the script I use after restoring, but before starting the app. Maybe it helps.

#!/bin/bash
# Fix restored file permissions by copying permissions from parent directory
set -euo pipefail

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 /data/user/0/<appname>"
    exit 1
fi

APP_DIR=$1
SEL_CONFIG=$(getfattr -d -n 'security.selinux' $APP_DIR | grep security.selinux | cut -d'=' -f2- | tr -d '"')
find $APP_DIR -exec setfattr -n security.selinux -v "$SEL_CONFIG" {} \;

Does it let you use apps from F-Droid (or side loaded, or otherwise not from Play Store) in android auto?

I do similar, but in my case I made all notifications silent minus three total apps: the app my wife and I use to text and the two different apps my kids teachers use.

It's... so nice. It's almost as rewarding as my recent email unsubscing binge and setting up rules some of the other stuff I want to keep out of the spotlight.

That's what I'm saying though. I didn't have to go back on my phone.

Blocker which allows disabling (instead of uninstalling) apps

Android auto has weird checks and requirements for apps to work. I use shizuku for that on GrapheneOS.

It's also helpful with little things like lemmy redirect or SD maid.

i've heard good stuff about Swift Backup and Neo Backup. but personally i'm on android 8 and 11, still using titanium backup since it works well enough.

1. there's "Samsung Smart Switch", their official backup tool. It sorta works but many settings and apps won't be properly backed up. this is the best you can do officially.

2. if you're on a slightly older OS version, you may be able to use a recent Linux kernel exploit to temporarily root the device. (see: Root My Galaxy) then you can use a tool like Swift Backup or NeoBackup. (you can't use the official method of unlocking bootloader and doing nandroid backup, because unless you already have an unlocked bootloader, the unlock process mandates factory reset and wipes your data)

On the flip side, so many apps these days keep data local, but the master copy is all on their servers.

You want to back up SMS, photos and any downloads, documents, files or data. It pretty much needs to be manually done.

Generally not possible either. Unlocking the bootloader always wipes the phone. So unless it's already unlocked, or it can be unlocked with some sort of exploit instead of using fastboot, it'll be worse than a (bad) normal backup.

May I ask what the current tools of choice are for newer Androids? I currently still back up my apps using TitaniumBackup and I can even restore them, they just need manually fixing SELinux permissions on the restored files via a root shell. But I assume there are better alternatives out there nowadays.

Mihon auto install of extension updates mainly tbh.

The first time I was forced to do the 24-hour waiting period after restarting, I forgot the next day because life, and then when I went back to it a day later it reset and I had to restart and wait another 24 hours. Only then was I able to turn it on permanently. They're intentionally making it a hassle.

https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10002780/

Or root it and use your tool of choice. Nandroid backups haven't worked for years.

You can't. Most apps resist being backed up. Seedvault is the most often recommended backup tool for Android, but it only backs up apps that allow themself to be backed up. You'll get your SMS messages, call history, contacts, and files visible in file manager. But most apps, and almost all proprietary apps will not have their app data backed up.

I need it to run keymapper which is very cool and lets me map Bluetooth keyboard combinations to map them to app UI elements. Also shizuku-mcp let's my OpenClaw stack remotely operate my mobile device which is also lots of fun

I was able to set it all up and select permanent in one go and had to do nothing after the 24 hours was up?

It took me like 1 minute to do, one time and that was it. I wonder if other phone manufacturers are implementing things differently?

You're supposed to (hate it).

Damn, it truly is unfortunate that fdroid is making upgrades right before Google gets them shut down, or is it no longer the case that fdroid will be discontinued once Android gets locked down?

Logfox is a big one when using a custom rom. It is super helpful in figuring out why something crashed or didn't work. Giving Obtainium the ability to reliably update applications in the background is also really nice

Apparently you can use it to run crankshaft (AA replacement) first I heard about either of those was the other day

I already read it along with https://github.com/timschneeb/awesome-shizuku, I was just curious if and how this community is using it, but thanks I guess

Because their lawyers told them that the EU would fuck them over if they did that. In contrast, this bullshit has a chance of being enough and will let them extend the monopoly for at least another year.

For me it's mainly to enable Canta so I can uninstall all the extra bullshit on my phone.

https://github.com/rikkaapps/shizuku I guess.