Someone should make an app to offload all your data to a personal cloud before going to the airport and then reload it into the phone after going through customs

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bdcravens an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In the case of Apple, couldn't you reset the phone, sign in to a backup iCloud account, and then repeat the process with your real account once you're clear? Not a fast process, but most people have GBs of personal data so nothing would be quick anyways.

	▲	angry_octet 6 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's impossible to log in with just a password, you need to okay it on an Apple device. If ICE has that Apple device and a person who knows the password they can do the same. Also they'll detain you for having a suspicious burner phone and interrogate you about your social media etc.
	▲	gonzalohm 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In theory that could work (although I have never owned an iPhone) but usually there is stuff that doesn't backup (specially settings for apps, logged accounts, etc.) and it becomes tedious to have to sign in manually. Ideally we should be able to just snapshot everything and then restore from that state. Kind of like EC2 or Digital Ocean

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ZiiS 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All backup apps work, no special requirements. Seedvault for my LiniageOS.

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aucisson_masque 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Seedvault doesn't work half of the time.

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XorNot 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They don't work well in my experience.

What I want is to get my home screen back exactly as I left it: I've not found anything able to pull it off on Android though.

Ideally it would be an exact flash image of the phone.

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stavros 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Adb backup exists, though I haven't tried it, and Google cloud backup does this. However, if you trust Google, you probably already trust the US.

Unfortunately, I don't know of any other app that does this on an unrooted phone.

	▲	gruez 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>Adb backup exists, though I haven't tried it, It's very patchy, and many (most?) apps opt out, so it's functionally useless.