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to be clear Apple's "full" icloud backup is full in name only. if you get a new iphone and do a backup and restore, expect to spend several more hours setting up various apps and details on your new device. you'll have to log in to your apps on the new device and setup things there if the app doesn't work with iCloud's backup mechanism.

it might be better than android's backup system, but it still leaves a lot to be desired.

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seb1204 8 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yep, Signal is not backed up via iCloud for example

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xuki 8 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a feature, not a bug. Apps like banks or Signal don't want to get backed up as it's a security risk if someone could just duplicate the authentication.

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josephcsible 8 days ago | parent [-]

The owner of a phone should be able to back up all of the data on it, regardless of the wishes of anyone who doesn't own said phone.

	▲	xuki 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't disagree, but I vote with my wallet. If the owner of the phone doesn't agree with that, they could stop using the phone/apps. Similarly the biometric data also doesn't get backed up or transferred over to a new phone. That's a product decision and I'm just explaining why things are done that way on iOS.