[Replicant] steps to follow BEFORE installation

[Fil Lupin]

Thank you.
I encountered an issue while saving SMS/MMS, so I'll look if there is a way to use adb backup for this.

- Fil Lupin.


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On June 14, 2018 1:34 AM, Josh Branning <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I asked a question back in 2015 on this list regarding backing up
> 
> before upgrading/installation.
> 
> The responses were very helpful, and may be useful to you.
> 
> https://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/replicant/Week-of-Mon-20150907/000790.html
> 
> Josh
> 
> On 13/06/18 21:56, Fil Lupin wrote:
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> > Thank you Joonas.
> > 
> > I really would like to help but since I identified what was missing, I thought I could help this way, waiting to do more.
> > 
> > I am not enough skilled with replicant/android to write a doc since I do not have the answers I would need. I could help with the documentation if I had some links (see https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/33/topics/14851).
> > 
> > Currently, I have searched for some solution to keep SMS/MMS when upgrading from Replicant 4.2 to 6 (see https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/9/topics/14315) without any real success.
> > 
> > For those who want to keep SMS/MMS when changing their iPhone to Replicant 4.2, I documented the steps (https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/21/topics/9543).
> > 
> > -   Fil Lupin.
> > 
> > PS : I received today my first mail, but since I am triple checked and I am sure it was not received before, it should have been lost somewhere but it is now solved.
> > 
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> > On June 12, 2018 9:13 PM, Joonas Kylmälä joonas.kylmala at iki.fi wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey!
> > > 
> > > This is definitely the right place for such discussion. Do you want to
> > > 
> > > come up with a draft wiki page for such instructions and send it then to
> > > 
> > > this list? I think they could be useful to some people, and the backing
> > > 
> > > up of ROM also to the developers!
> > > 
> > > About the email: Go to
> > > 
> > > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant and check if you
> > > 
> > > have some setting enabled for not sending your own emails to you.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the good idea!
> > > 
> > > Joonas
> > > 
> > > Fil Lupin:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > perhaps my question is not pertinent or should be asked elsewhere, if so, where should I ask ? I also tried on the forum (https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/3/topics/14859).
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > -   Fil Lupin.
> > > > 
> > > > PS : I did not receive my former mail from the mailing list, is it normal?
> > > > 
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> > > > On May 31, 2018 9:37 PM, Fil Lupin fillupin at protonmail.com wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > sorry if my question already has an answer in the mailing archive, I did not finish to read all the archive, and I did not find any answer on the website.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Before installation of Replicant, some steps can be followed to better prepare installation:
> > > > > 
> > > > > -   save data :
> > > > >     
> > > > > -   pictures
> > > > >     
> > > > > -   music
> > > > >     
> > > > > -   MMS (with attached parts)/SMS (some answers available for iPhone at https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/21/topics/9543 and for android at https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/9/topics/14315?r=14707)
> > > > >     
> > > > > -   other files
> > > > >     
> > > > > -   save ROM, especially critic parts (EFS, including MAC address and IMEI)
> > > > >     
> > > > > 
> > > > > It could be interesting to give some tips, precisions, howto, links to doc, etc. to help newcomers to prepare installation through these steps.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If this is already available, please let me know where I could find this.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If not, do you see any other things?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -   Fil Lupin.
> > > > > 
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