Is there a way that I can backup everything one T2e 2020 to my laptop and the restore to another T2e?
Everything I’ve found is using Google and the cloud for backup/restore. I don’t want to use Google; I want to use my laptop. I want to take everything off my old T2e and move it in tact to my replacement T2e, O/S, apps, pics, data, etc., everything.
I can easily backup my laptop by cloning my boot drive. Is the a way that I can similarly clone one T2e’s motherboard/drive and then copy it to another T2e?
There isn’t a convenient/safe way to do this since Google deprecated adb backup a number of Android versions ago.
Your best bet is to copy off standard userdata folders (DCIM, Documents, Pictures, Movies, Downloads, etc) and use the Google Account backup/restore for apps and what appdata they allow to be backed up there.
Saijin,
How do you copy the initial O/S onto new T2es? Can I do the same thing?
Is there a way to talk to the T2e’s NV RAM without O/S support?
Or, do you have to copy the initial O/S to that NV RAM component before it is installed to the new T2e?
I’m assuming that there must be some basic code in a ROM that enables transfer of the first O/S into the new T2e through the USB port. Am I wrong?
I.e., How do you install the first O/S into a new T2e? Through the USB port?
Thanks,
Dave
You can flash via the USB port, from internal storage, or via a microSD card. There are numerous processes depending upon what you want to flash and why. Can you explain further what you want to do?
As for low-level access, it isn’t easy, nor useful, since the whole data volume (at least) is encrypted at rest using the keys in the TEE hardware.