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The title says it all. I want to wipe my phone and then only use open source apps. The thing im afraid of is not backing up my data correctly and losing things like my keepass.

I have to make sure the data from the open source apps is downloadable as well so i can reload them to my phone.

Any tips to assist me with this process?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Not sure about your other apps but in keepass you can just export as an encrypted file and share it

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yep definitely can!

I think im paranoid because i have a whole flash drive that i cant access stuff on because its corrupted. Dont want that to happen to my keepass๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

print on paper

yes seriously. no one can access it, and it cannot get corrupted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Good idea, ill get a notebook!๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's why you need backups. If you wipe your phone and only have a single other copy of your data, you do not have a backup.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

If your keepass database is encrypted then backup it in cloud

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Truu, i read that you need 3 backups!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

3-2-1

3 copies, including the original

2 types of media

1 stored offsite

The first is to be used. The second is to restore the 1st in the event it is damaged. The third are to restore the first and second in case the building burns down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the IT standard of care for backup.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Take backups.

1 or 2 copies of something is not a backup, 3+ is a backup. And test them too, make sure they work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
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