ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Michael Zanetti
<michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have heard of people reporting that starting from a fresh flash seemed
> to improve their experience, especially if the devices are from the
> first flash sales. So if you want to spend the time to set up things
> again, I guess it's worth a try but I will not promise anything. In any
> case, if you do it, I'd like to hear the outcome.
>
> What you want to backup:
>
> * contacts:
> copy the folder /home/phablet/.local/share/evlution/addressbook/
>
> * SMS/call history:
> you'll find that in /home/phablet/history-service/history.sqlite
>
> * You want to check your other apps. e.g. if you are using Authenticator
> for two-factor-authentication you will want to copy it's configuration
> too in order to not lock yourself out from your accounts. App's configs
> are in /home/phablet/.config/<appid> or /home/phablet/.local/share/<appid>.

If you want to keep your web browsing history, bookmarks, downloads
history and cookies, you’ll want to back up
/home/phablet/.local/share/webbrowser-app



> After reflashing, copy those files/folders to the same location again
> (overwriting the empty default ones) and reboot the phone.
>
> On 21.03.2016 14:17, Gareth France wrote:
>> Following the discussions about one user's E5 experience I've been
>> thinking about the state of play on my phone.
>>
>> It is slow, it is unresponsive and it has an attitude. Every month I
>> eagerly download another update that promises to fix the problems but
>> never does.
>>
>> How much of my issues is down to the fact my phone has gone through such
>> rapid development in the last year? Could any of it be resolved by
>> wiping and starting again with an up to date image?
>>
>> If so, how do I go about this and what do I need to back up and restore?
>> I assume contacts is the biggie.
>>
>>
>
>
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