[Replicant] Which data is kept/lost during an update ?

[Wolfgang Wiedmeyer]

Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes:

> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:33:16 +0200
> Frédéric Fort <fortfrederic at free.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm finally going to update my i9300 from Replicant 4.2 to 6.0.
>> However, I would like to know which data is kept and which is lost.
>> The phone's USB connector being broken, transferring data is quite
>> cumbersome and I'd like to know what I need to save.
> The update procedure as described in Replicant wiki erases all the
> operating system data.
> This means that:
> - All applications settings will be lost (they are in the data
>   partition and that partition is erased)
> - The data which is on the microSD card should not be lost.
> - The data which is on the internal storage partition should not be
>   lost. This partition has a similar use case than a microSD.

No, the data on the internal storage is lost as well when following the
installation instructions! I changed the instructions some time ago and
they include a full factory reset at the end now. I did the change
because I'm suspecting that keeping the partition with an old
partitioning could be a reason why encrypting the device fails for some
users. And the gallery app seems to crash when handling some of the
preview files that were generated by stock Android.

Best regards,
Wolfgang

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