I use rsync normally but I want something similar for my Android (GrapheneOS) smartphone. I want to just click and backup everything that I set up earlier. For now I manually copy folders to one and then upload it to external drive. What are your recommendations?
SMBSync2. It looks sketchy as hell but has a pretty intuitive interface to copy files to a NAS.
First create a task saying which folder to copy to where. Then either activate it manually or put it on a schedule. It makes it possible to auto create new folders based on date whenever I do a copy which I love.
I use Resilio to constantly back up everything to my NAS, then I run a backup nightly to iDrive e2 from there.
Resilio monitors the folder(s) you pick for new files and instantly uploads them. I have it set to the root at /emulated/0 so it just grabs everything.
Termux to cloud provider Peergos, using their easy cli. They are privacy focused with a recent, positive audit. Some uploads (put command) fail if the folder/file size is large, but enjoying it so far overall. Would like a solution to backup/restore settings from app Canta or to backup Android settings rather than just media.
I've used Open Android Backup Companion from F-Droid for my GrapheneOS device for a while now. It's pretty simple and straight forward, I definitely recommend giving it a go. You can select what files to backup or just back it all up.
Thanks for the recommendation. I chcked it but the app seems amandoned with very basic and default Flutter styling so it's a sus for me and not for long term backuping. I've see on GrapheneOS there is a experimental files backuping in Backup Settings though.
It was updated twice in 2024, granted last update was in April. But once software is dialed, it shouldn't need consistent updates. The website doesn't reference anything about the project being abandoned either: https://www.openandroidbackup.me/
Guess if nothing else, it's worked very well and hopefully will get updated in 2025. If not, ideally Graphene will have their own backup option here soon.
I use folder sync pro.
Backs up to my home server or a multitude of online services.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full
It's absolutely awesome and rock solid. It even allows for not syncing deletes, a sort of append-only backup in regards to files. Very handy for photos and especially large videos, because deleting them locally won't delete them remotely! And if you only sync in one direction, they stay off your phone. You can take as many videos as you want without filling up your phone.
No it's not open source I don't believe.
But it works fantastically well for my use case. I just back up the folders I want to back up and it just does it when I want
I just pull important stuff via ADB.
I do that via git-annex' ADB special remote but it's just an abstraction over pulling the files manually.
Seconding this. Far faster than copying from the phone mounted the default way through MTP over USB.
If you're used to rsync, there's a Python wrapper that makes syncing through ADB work like rsync: https://github.com/jb2170/better-adb-sync
If you're on Windows, I found a simple GUI for browsing the phone through adb and pushing/pulling files, useful for a one time manual backup like I just did in prep for replacing my phone: https://github.com/Alex4SSB/ADB-Explorer
Generally I don't keep important stuff on my phone. That stuff is in cloud storage and synced down to my phone as necessary.
Personally I use Google Drive, but you could certainly self-host an equivalent.
I try to but when I do I want to have a backup.
Google Drive is a no no for me but maybe a rclone for Android will interest you: Round Sync https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/de.felixnuesse.extract
