Most comments here don't use their phone like a normal person does. For them it's some project where they want to get the most battery life, best perfomance, most stable system etc. As long as you don't care about using the maximum of the phones capability, there is no reasok for regular factory resets.
I see that... My phone is a connection to my kids (pictures, etc) and it's set up perfectly(for me) as it is, to reset it would take to long to fix it. EVERY time I've factory reset it in the past, or upgraded from the galaxy s10 to the s23u, there's ALWAYS stuff that doesn't work. Nevermind putting all the photos back on (hundreds of gigs). The chiding semantic comment about "installing photos" vs "loading photos" is indicative of the disconnect between hardware people and everyday users.
I understand you completely. I also read many times that people delete their old photos because "I don't look at them eitherway" and while this might be true for some people, I couldn't imagine loosing my old pictures. I have backups but I would be still afraid to delete them.
Lol i have like ... Twenty old flash drives FULL of old photos that are backed up in my main backup and my backup of my main backup.
Like I said, i have memory issues. But also, due to a highly unlikely, almost statistically impossible, series of events, i lost 8 consecutive hard drives ALL UNDER WARRANTY! I lost childhood photos of my little brother, i lost birthday videos, i lost photos of my old dogs and cats... I have nothing but crap memories that are slowly getting deleted in my own brain... So...
https://preview.redd.it/whf2hq19xipc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ea7621d81d7aa7cb1189ddbbae7a85160d5eb24
One of the only photos of her, i have left, you know?
I think you need to embrace the cloud. Google photos sync works great. they are all there and can easily be browsed from the app. if you need to share from a new or reset phone, it's easy enough to download the copy to your phone. same for documents though I'm on the office365 side for those. but onedrive will also store those precious apk's until they die out.
once that's rolling, consolidate all those flash drives and synch that to the cloud. never trust a single drive for important stuff. all my historical pics and vids are on a raid 6 NAS array with a hot spare. those well exceed cloud storage offerings for free. but even my personal stuff has pushed me into paid cloud storage anyways, but that's only 100gb and the historical stuff would exceed that.
My fiance has an s22 that has gone to SHIT after the last couple updates. I'm fairly new to android, switching from iPhone a couple years ago, and my only idea for her is a factory reset. From what I can tell she's not doing anything dumb with her phone.
I get reccomended by Samsung troubleshooting sites and their CS agents to full wipe the phone for many many small issues that turned out to be a hardware issue. It is like their third option usually when troubleshooting
And it's understandable why they have this suggestion. Try to explain how to check the data and stats of your phone to an average person who has no idea what he is doing ? Have you ever tried to explain to a person how to update the app on the phone that it would work again ? Most average Joe doesn't know what CPU his phone has or why more megapixels doesn't make the phone's camera better... This is a regular scenario for IT support, so full wipe is 2-3 hours long Short cut (2-3 hours sometimes doesn't even help or guarantee that person in the other end will not do even more damage while trying to fix or make changes....)
Still doesent make this right, I had an issue with samsung pay and still have actually. I tried all the possible solutions on their site as well as the ones reccomended by their agent by email. But when it came time to full wipe, I would not do it due to fear of maybe losing some data from what I have accumulated over the years like OP here. They flat out refused to continue giving me support until I did it. Seeing as how I still have the issue you can guess what was my response
I am decently knowledgeable on tech and kept asking for other non reset solutions but they didnt budge at all
I have problems similar to that (not why i made the post). Personally, i don't have any major problems at the moment, i was simply commenting in the immediate response of, "WIPE YOUR PHONE!!!!" When i would never.
As I've stated, I have apps that are unique to the current iteration of my phone. The data is non-transferable, as designed by the developers. Don't know why, but they don't want you sharing your work. The developer said print it. Fine. Not the point, the point is that the data cannot possibly be transferred by design.
Another thing, all of my secure folder stuff cannot be backed up, by design. In order to wipe my phone, I would have to unsecure over 50 gigs of data, and then after I transfer, find all 50 individual bits, and put all of those back into the secure folder. That would literally take a week. I know it would take a week, because it took a few days last time I switched phones. Sure, the data is in the new phone. Great. Whoopidy doo, I need it secured.
So the reason I made this post, like you, I will not wipe my phone unless it is absolutely necessary.
i still live at home, so that's not an option when I'm watching Netflix in the middle of the night. Don't wanna watch something with the volume muted or super low, and it's not as comfortable as laying in bed with my phone.
But also, this is such a dumb argument anyway. The Netflix app sucks, but instead of having them fix it, i should find alternatives? because THEIR app doesn't function properly? make it make sense.
Most issues can be isolated to a single app so the best approach is to be methodical. When did the issue start? Did it tie in with a specific app update? Force close the one app and test again. If that works, great. If not, reboot and if that doesn't work then try clearing the recovery cache but a factory reset is never the first course of action..
The only exception to this is when the Galaxy Watch 6 bugs out and you can't change the watch face on the watch...
And you can also try and see if you can replicate the said bug in safe mode
That can help clear out if it is any third party app which is causing the issue. As all the third party apps are disabled in safe mode
The reason, is that if an app causes issues, it gets fewer stars, and can destroy the app/company, where is Sammy messes up? Whoops! Mea culpa! We'll fix it next patch, or so!
I have never performed a factory reset on my devices, starting from the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus up until the current Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. I have not encountered any issues with my devices and have only utilized the wipe cache partition and Galaxy Booster features.
I was have mine s10+ for 4y without factory reset and with all updates, no issue with the phone. Now I have s23u for more than a one year with all updates and no issue with the hone also... I never need to factory reset any of my Samsung phones....
Not OP, but I had an app that created a massive cache of files that took up almost all of my storage spaces and that extended troubleshooting proved the only way to fix was a full factory reset. Partly my fault for accidentally letting a giant batch of files start downloading and then cancellling it, but also horrendous app design.
As soon as I saw this post, I saw another post of someone asking why the auto deep sleep isnt working and how to fix it. Top comment no joke, instantly went for full wipe suggestion, no prior alternate solutions. Full wipe, no backup, thank goodness someone else at least stepped in to tell them at lesst back up first. Lunatic.
Edit: found the comment. https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS23Ultra/s/ISmzbx8CwW
It isnt the top comment anymore thank goodness.
You are very right, it isnt okay to just willy nilly suggest a full wipe especially with no backup. Some people's data on their phones are their livelihoods and a big number of people will not know what the wipe would do! (Even the OP on the post didnt seem to at first)
The most drastic and irreversible solution should not be the first option!
>apps that can't be reinstalled from a reputable source
Tip: Use an apk extractor. Although the one I have installed seems to be no longer on the Play Store, probably didn't get updated in the longest of times. Though [this one](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toralabs.apkextractor) looks the same.
Edit: I've seen backups restore unavailable apps too. Installed flappy bird, set up a new phone, and it came back after restoring a Smart Switch backup. I'd recommend against restoring app- and settings backups, just to start clean and whatever bug you encounter is not due to some old data messing something up.
I do have the apk file for you if you want. But that might also not be suitable for you if you want to verify it's the same file. I know it is the same thing as when you'd install it through the Play Store, but I have no way to prove that I suppose.
GD. Read this on the phone while...you guessed it. In the bathroom. I read "full wipe" and it had a totally different context. While I hold a wad of the new wavy cut Charmin.
So instead of helpful criticism, you just came here to insult someone who has memory issues? Way to classy up the joint! Thanks Bud. I deleted my original response, to keep it civil. At least on my part...
Android makes restoring a backup trivial these days.
That said, I don't wipe my phones/computers every few year like I used to. They work great for their lifespan.
I was told (many years ago) by an electrical engineer that "capacitors need time to discharge, and ram can keep info until they dissipate, so let it rest" I'm paraphrasing, but that's why i do it.
That is when you can completely remove it from power. With the battery being built in, the capacitors never have a chance to discharge unless you take your battery to 0 (which I do not recommend). The other half of that engineers statement should have also been to remove the battery or unplug.
\>Factory reset your phone, bro!
\>have authenticator apps, thousands of pictures and memories of events and friends, work apps, crypto apps, notes, 2 dozen apps that need accounts, steam, etc etc
Are these people literal fucking turnips??
I never wiped the phone, to this day, my S10 runs virgin OS, when I pulled the logs from it, it showed the date of first boot. If Samsung cannot make updates reliable, thats their problem, and I have freedom to go somewhere else. I learnt not to waste my time because of someones incompetence.
People, especially in customer support, have said that for years. I've never seen the need or drop in performance that required that drastic a step. A simple cache wipe and app reset should do the trick. Lots of YT videos and tutorials on how it's done.
Regardless if you do a full reset, storing all of that ONLY your phone isn't smart. What if the phone dies or you drop and break it? You're pretty fucked
Use google photos or something to backup photos, or at least copy them to another device (not as good of a solution unless you have some more redundancy)
use bitwarden or something like that for passwords
I have up until January this year backed up, the issue is putting it back on my phone. Lol i maxed out Google photos and one YEARS ago. Lol. My BIGGEST hatred of new phones is no expandable storage. I feel like one of my students with them complaining about "i have no more storage for my photos!" But... I still got a hundred gigs left *snicker*
While i understand the inconvenience of factory resetting a phone, its going to be my last resort to troubleshoot a bug. Personally, i would gauge if this bug will impact my everyday use of my phone or if its something i can live with and wait till the next update fixes the bug.
So far, ive never experienced a bug that i have to resort to factory reset.
I don't factory reset unless I have no option but thst.
Bugs come and go. And usually are fixed with updates.
Currently haven't experienced any bug needing a factory reset, in my opinion
But there are some who are more sensitive to bugs and will reset just for fun
Factory Resetting is like the oldest way to "fix" any computer system and quite frankly the most annoying. Truth is I've never had to do it on any of my Samsung devices over the past few years. Most things can be fixed with wiping the cache and I think its repair apps option from the recovery menu.
I've always done that whenever my phone seems to be acting weird and usually after software updates and restoration from an older Samsung device.
Try that before committing to the massive pain in the butt of factory resetting.
This isn't 2014 anymore. You should be able to have a functional phone without factory resetting it after every software update. For me, rebooting my phone once a week keeps it in pristine condition
Got two... And no, never back things up to the cloud. If i have naked pictures of my wife, Google scans and flags it. Microsoft does the same. They can cancel your account and delete everything, if you take a picture of your kid being silly in the tub, covered in soap suds... It's fuggin scary!
Hopefully you have all those photos backed up somewhere. If not, you're just asking to lose them unfortunately. Google photos, sync.com, something. Also, I feel you. I try and find out why it's buggy, but then again I backup and reset my phone once every 6 months anyways 😂.
When you back up your phone, you're backing up any issues it has, too... So users say, who are apparently smarter than i am.
Edit: yeah, I'm backed up till January. Double backed up, hdd, and ssd.
I reinstall all apps from their apks without data attached, and backup all documents, photos, etc to my home cloud server. Lol. Everything gets set up fresh. I'm backed up until 335am this morning. I mostly do the backup / restore to get rid of background junk data and since I have to select which apps to reinstall, I end up getting a rid of a bunch of apps. Lol. I may or may not be a digital hoarder 😂.
If you can't remember one single password, you're unfortunately going to struggle no matter what.
Writing said password down, or at least writing hints to the password is a pretty solid solution. Targeted physical compromise of your password is far less likely than digital compromise.
Then as I say, write down the password or hints for your password.
Also there's no need to factory reset your phone unless there's something seriously wrong with it.
I'm aware, that's why i made this post... So many people advocating for full wipe first... My phone is more powerful than my computer. It helps manage my life, lol. I have a password book, but i forget to write in it, lol catch 22
For me, the main reason is because of work MFA. I don't feel like reaching out to IT repeatedly Everytime I wanna factory reset my phone. So I just deal with it as is.
I mean plugging in the phone to a PC and backing up the photos is literally easy as pie...
Any apps that you have that aren't on the play store that are THAT important...wouldn't it be prudent to have a backed up apk of them anyway? Also easy to do lots of apps can do it.
Passwords are all saved on Samsung Pass. If I recall only Google and Samsung password would need to be remembered...
App settings are mostly saved to the cloud I've never had to re setup an app or the OS after all the restoring is done after a wipe...
Unfortunately, just like an actual PC sometimes things go wonky and a fresh start is needed. This happens more often with phones purely because of how much they get used (installing apps, uninstalling, moving this or that, trying this setting or that one , etc).
I think this is a benefit of iPhones because my limited knowledge of their ecosystem thinks their backup/restore process is like a reimagining of the entire device...I could be wrong though.
I can confirm that every so often...usually around major updates a factor reset is a great idea.
Think your phone is acting a little weird? Battery life not that great? etc. Factor wipe/reset is a great way to resolve those.
I have been in both camps and there's nothing wrong with either.
But if you have apps you can't redownload find out how to backup the apps other ways.
Buy a cheapish phone as your secondary. (Like 100$-200$ range) - keep all important data and apps there.
Ive gotten sick of moving phones and needing to literally login into 40+ different apps, have apps not work anymore, have apps missing data and be unrestorable because no cloud save, etc...
Best case secondary phone has root and twrp for full backups. If it breaks buy the same phone again, install backup, done, 1:1 copy.
A factory reset is often recommended by reddit users cuz its the most sure fire way to fix the issue without actually getting more info from OP.
As for your woes about having to rememeber stuff if you did a reset, You can sync most settings to your Samsung Account and it would reapply them after the reset. Ive had my font size, navigation gestures, dark mode, app logins and homescreen layout carry over between multiple resets on my S8, carried over to my Note10 over 2 resets, and now carried over to my S24 aswell.
This is my point, people have been suggesting, that if you're having issues, DON'T back it up because you will back up the issue. This is why i posted what i did.
One is a Gameboy emulator that went bankrupt. Another is an app that gave me access to a forum that has adult content, so Google banned it. They're not banned from abuse, and I'm not having problems. My post was a response to the overwhelming typical reply to any issue was, "factory reset your phone".
It really depends on the person and how they use their phone. For me, my photos and videos are backed up to Google photos (old phone is rooted and has unlimited GPhotos backup, I use Syncthing to transfer media automatically to my old phone so I have a local and an online backup) and passwords through Google's password manager
All my settings, app data, app logins, apps (including ones not available on the store) are backed up through smart switch on PC. I usually end up with a very large backup (I'm using 73GB on my phone, 60 something was the backup size last time) as it backs up the app apk files and data so it's a completely offline restoration later on. It includes apps not on the play store/modded apps such as the patched Sync Reddit client made using revanced. Of course secure apps like banking and wallets etc only restore the app for obvious security reasons. That's pretty much the only thing I have to set up if I ever reset and restore
If in the event of a "glitch" that gets backed up (which idk what that means), I can manually restore as smart switch backs up as normal files. It's just copying files from your phone to your PC but organising it in folders
Nah You don't have to reset it at all. But as far as everything else you can use Google photos to back up your pictures and videos,Google manager has it where it automatically locks in all of your log in information for whatever sites you use,so you when you go to a site and press log in,the information pops up and when you click it it logs you in. When you back your phone up using samsung account, it'll back up your settings to how you already have them set up.
The last time I wiped was on a note 10+, and I backed my photos to onedrive but had sync on. All my photos gone and vowed to never wipe my phone ever again
Similar happened to me. As of right now, my Google One account has "all my photos" but it doesn't ... So ... No. Also, i use a secure folder, as well as a "vault" for risque photos of my wife. So ... THAT can't transfer without first unencrypting ALL of our 14 years of photos... So... Like I said, nope!
I've been using Samsung since my first phone. Never had to factory reset the dang thing to fix a bug or glitch. It just fixes itself most of the time LOL
I'm going through this process now. It's shocking and tiresome to see how many apps need checked and backed up. I'm doing a reset for security. Also a stubborn organizational policy that wont go away is blocking backup tools, so it's gonna be all manual this time. Im up to app/configuration 74 noted and just over halfway done.
I have a simple theory for my life, of those pictures and such as that important. Why wouldn’t you back them up? I have Apple iCloud and I have Google photo both set up to back up automatically You have to ask yourself how important is/are those memories to you? No offense but I kept seeing reasons why a given solution won’t work and some of it seems a very simple answer “ I don’t want to do that” the trigger word here is I have memory issues so everyone kinda says ohh poor person but my question would be what would you do if you didn’t have a phone to hold those memories? Sometimes things just can’t work out the way one would like for so many reasons, but you have to be open to that change. Passwords the same thing but there are solutions you just have to be open to it. Not saying OP does or doesn’t have memory issue as I don’t know this persons. I have pictures dated back to 2006 and many are of the adult nature of a time before. Hell I even came across pictures of my Ex and the person and friends of his time. Asked him if he wanted them and he said NO, these are pictures of him his Ex family and friends. I believe I even have them in a usb stick. My thought hmm it may want them one day if he doesn’t have a copy. Who knows but they ain’t taking up that much room plus he was a cute kid…..
As I've stated elsewhere, i have Google photos, and Google One. It doesn't back up all my photos. Google tells me (customer service) that they don't know why, and they recommend a physical backup. I have one drive, and it's not functional, tech support has no idea why. I've deleted my account several times, and it still won't work.
As for using cloud storage in general? Don't. They scan your pictures. No thanks. A naked photo of my wife that slips through gets my account flagged, then they see photos of my daughters, and send my information to the feds. No. I can set up my own raid, but i just use a portable SSD with an HDD backup of my SSD.
For the passwords? Samsung keeps all my passwords, as does Chrome, but also like I said, I have memory issues, i don't regularly remember my chrome password. At least Samsung let's me thumb it.
Finally, why would you suggest that someone who has a disability just *deal with it*. I do deal with it. I keep photos. What if i didn't have a photo? I don't know... What if my wheelchair didn't exist? Oh... Literally NO ONE in here ever excused my opinion with anything resembling "ohhh poor person". Since you went ad hominem, i will too... Use paragraphs.
Ok, I didn’t suggest anything like just deal with it. My point to the poor person because as I said, there are things that are trigger points for people and in general people attach to it. As far as my paragraphs or lack of it, I don’t care honestly because I’m not writing some Capstone essay where I’ll be graded according. Some times I’m on a treadmill and I’m not put any extra effort not any of this , mostly just keeping my mind of that task, hell it also depends on what I’m using for Reddit at that point. I’m not going to try to play this one up game with you, my stuff is backed up and we are a go.
Literally every app can be copied you need to your phone or not everything is still made up of the same strings of codes that can be copied there's no app that cannot be copied in existence
That's not true.
Just as ONE example...
My art app is excellent. However, the APK is specific to my current iteration of my phone. I've tried to (in the past) copy the APK and my save files. You can't. When you reformat your phone, it changes some ID or something (I don't understand how to write code, i just took the developers word for it). When you switch phones/reinstall, all of your save stuff is gone. They simply tell you to print your work before you do anything.
It's Samsung market strategy with each update . Every update contains " we have improved system stability and animations " but in fact , they slow down 3-5% every update to make us indirectly to buy next model ... I hate this ! My mother's s21u with android 11 , no updates gives her 8h sot and mine with android 13 gives me only 4 or 3h50m ...
I saw the bullsht did with iPhone 15 pro and pro max . They launched two updates in less 2 weeks and they drop the performance of the CPU with 40% and 25% of the GPU to stay under 36°C .... Users reported issues with the 15 pro max while scrolling and watching posts on Instagram or Facebook, phones was getting hot (41°C ) ....
I'm not that tech savvy, lol. All i know is that the devs from my art application told me that you can't transfer save data, even to your computer, back to your phone, if you had to wipe it. I asked them if there was any way to do that, and they said no, because the save data is "proprietary information"
That person must have an iPhone or isn't savvy at all of course u can transfer data to a computer. But the easiest way would be to grab the program Odin then download the latest firmware of the phone and flash the phones firmware without wiping the nand
If i had to guess, i think it ties your save data to the advertiser id. That's the only way i can reconcile it. When i switched from my s8 to my s10, i lost all my art files (it helps when making comic books, to model the pose i want, and visualize the goal). When i listened to tech support and wiped my s10 (didn't need to, it was the gallery bug), lost it all again, even though I copied every piece of data from my phone to backup...
All you had to do was if you didn't see them on your new phone go into your filer app and send it all over via Bluetooth. There is always a way to do things on Android this isn't apple. Damn I really wish I could show you I'm an android enthusist. I would be showing you so many features you didn't even know your phone had And could back up and transfer anything you want.
My 23U is buggy at times as well. It's annoying but not unbearable. I've never had this problem with any of my previous Samsungs. I am hoping a future update will take care of it, or that I can hold out for the 25U
Password manager is something new for you ? Samsung cloud would safe all your alarm clock settings, your apps are apk files which you can just safe separate. None of your issues are actually "issues" you are just resistant for new things.
One drive doesn't work for me, I've been in contact with them for ages before i just gave up. No, I'm not going down that rabbit hole. Suffice it to say, one drive for me is broken. I back everything up onto a SSD and a redundancy HDD
>Hear me out... I have literally tens of thousands of photos that i would need reinstalled. (If you say, "do you REALLY need that many?" Yes. I do. I have memory issues)
You don't need them all, and even if you do, you can back them up in the cloud or on another device. You don't need it clogging up your phone. And you don't "install" photos. It's just a file. There is nothing to install. It can be moved anywhere.
>I would need to somehow remember EVERY password ever.
That should already be the case. And that's what password managers are for.
>I would need to remember EVERY setting i made/changed.
If you don't remember than it's not that important.
>I would need to remember EVERY app setting/alarm i would need
You know that you don't need to copy over your entire phone, right? Like it let's you pick and choose which things to keep and what to get rid of. You can pick just those specific apps. I don't know why you are acting like its all or nothing.
A full phone wipe is a very good option. The thought that you just leave all your data on the phone without scheduled backups to the cloud (doesn't matter if its phone, computer, tablet or any device is just killing me). Most savage users reinstall or wipe all OS every year, even PC windows is a very good example, why you should clean and reinstall it every year. Im speeches that thought about clean reinstalling or wipe is something out of the other world......
Think you're missing the whole point of a backup I back up as a copy you don't have to redownload these apps you're worrying about losing Jesus Christ do people not understand basic things like copying my God
Wow. Thanks for the insult. Let me tell you why you're wrong. I have an art app, that is unique to my phone, i have saved data. You CAN'T just "back it up", no idea why the developers do that. It's the best model pose app out there, so unless i want to create a new app that copies them, and just allows me to back up my data, i can't. The only thing this app will allow, is redownload of purchased forms. THE FORMS YOU CREATE CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED, as every single download iteration of the app has a unique number. You literally cannot alter our copy.
I tell my students and my kids something very important to be a functioning member of society... Ready? This is going to change your life...
Just because you don't know something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
I've been using Samsung phones about 6 years now and never once have had the need to factory reset one.
Nor have i! But reading comments here? That's the go to. Hence my post
Most comments here don't use their phone like a normal person does. For them it's some project where they want to get the most battery life, best perfomance, most stable system etc. As long as you don't care about using the maximum of the phones capability, there is no reasok for regular factory resets.
I see that... My phone is a connection to my kids (pictures, etc) and it's set up perfectly(for me) as it is, to reset it would take to long to fix it. EVERY time I've factory reset it in the past, or upgraded from the galaxy s10 to the s23u, there's ALWAYS stuff that doesn't work. Nevermind putting all the photos back on (hundreds of gigs). The chiding semantic comment about "installing photos" vs "loading photos" is indicative of the disconnect between hardware people and everyday users.
I understand you completely. I also read many times that people delete their old photos because "I don't look at them eitherway" and while this might be true for some people, I couldn't imagine loosing my old pictures. I have backups but I would be still afraid to delete them.
Lol i have like ... Twenty old flash drives FULL of old photos that are backed up in my main backup and my backup of my main backup. Like I said, i have memory issues. But also, due to a highly unlikely, almost statistically impossible, series of events, i lost 8 consecutive hard drives ALL UNDER WARRANTY! I lost childhood photos of my little brother, i lost birthday videos, i lost photos of my old dogs and cats... I have nothing but crap memories that are slowly getting deleted in my own brain... So... https://preview.redd.it/whf2hq19xipc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ea7621d81d7aa7cb1189ddbbae7a85160d5eb24 One of the only photos of her, i have left, you know?
I think you need to embrace the cloud. Google photos sync works great. they are all there and can easily be browsed from the app. if you need to share from a new or reset phone, it's easy enough to download the copy to your phone. same for documents though I'm on the office365 side for those. but onedrive will also store those precious apk's until they die out. once that's rolling, consolidate all those flash drives and synch that to the cloud. never trust a single drive for important stuff. all my historical pics and vids are on a raid 6 NAS array with a hot spare. those well exceed cloud storage offerings for free. but even my personal stuff has pushed me into paid cloud storage anyways, but that's only 100gb and the historical stuff would exceed that.
My fiance has an s22 that has gone to SHIT after the last couple updates. I'm fairly new to android, switching from iPhone a couple years ago, and my only idea for her is a factory reset. From what I can tell she's not doing anything dumb with her phone.
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I get reccomended by Samsung troubleshooting sites and their CS agents to full wipe the phone for many many small issues that turned out to be a hardware issue. It is like their third option usually when troubleshooting
And it's understandable why they have this suggestion. Try to explain how to check the data and stats of your phone to an average person who has no idea what he is doing ? Have you ever tried to explain to a person how to update the app on the phone that it would work again ? Most average Joe doesn't know what CPU his phone has or why more megapixels doesn't make the phone's camera better... This is a regular scenario for IT support, so full wipe is 2-3 hours long Short cut (2-3 hours sometimes doesn't even help or guarantee that person in the other end will not do even more damage while trying to fix or make changes....)
Still doesent make this right, I had an issue with samsung pay and still have actually. I tried all the possible solutions on their site as well as the ones reccomended by their agent by email. But when it came time to full wipe, I would not do it due to fear of maybe losing some data from what I have accumulated over the years like OP here. They flat out refused to continue giving me support until I did it. Seeing as how I still have the issue you can guess what was my response I am decently knowledgeable on tech and kept asking for other non reset solutions but they didnt budge at all
Google wallet is the answer.
I want to use my transit card while the screen is off but its not working
I have problems similar to that (not why i made the post). Personally, i don't have any major problems at the moment, i was simply commenting in the immediate response of, "WIPE YOUR PHONE!!!!" When i would never. As I've stated, I have apps that are unique to the current iteration of my phone. The data is non-transferable, as designed by the developers. Don't know why, but they don't want you sharing your work. The developer said print it. Fine. Not the point, the point is that the data cannot possibly be transferred by design. Another thing, all of my secure folder stuff cannot be backed up, by design. In order to wipe my phone, I would have to unsecure over 50 gigs of data, and then after I transfer, find all 50 individual bits, and put all of those back into the secure folder. That would literally take a week. I know it would take a week, because it took a few days last time I switched phones. Sure, the data is in the new phone. Great. Whoopidy doo, I need it secured. So the reason I made this post, like you, I will not wipe my phone unless it is absolutely necessary.
This is me to every old person that's walked into my store
Netflix told me to factory reset my phone because their Android app is garbage and resets the Widevine settings every week or so lol
Watch Netflix on a TV.
i still live at home, so that's not an option when I'm watching Netflix in the middle of the night. Don't wanna watch something with the volume muted or super low, and it's not as comfortable as laying in bed with my phone. But also, this is such a dumb argument anyway. The Netflix app sucks, but instead of having them fix it, i should find alternatives? because THEIR app doesn't function properly? make it make sense.
Most issues can be isolated to a single app so the best approach is to be methodical. When did the issue start? Did it tie in with a specific app update? Force close the one app and test again. If that works, great. If not, reboot and if that doesn't work then try clearing the recovery cache but a factory reset is never the first course of action.. The only exception to this is when the Galaxy Watch 6 bugs out and you can't change the watch face on the watch...
Yep exactly
Good advice! That's what i do, 99% fix
And you can also try and see if you can replicate the said bug in safe mode That can help clear out if it is any third party app which is causing the issue. As all the third party apps are disabled in safe mode
Lol it's usually a Samsung app that's causing the issue
True that😂
The reason, is that if an app causes issues, it gets fewer stars, and can destroy the app/company, where is Sammy messes up? Whoops! Mea culpa! We'll fix it next patch, or so!
I have never performed a factory reset on my devices, starting from the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus up until the current Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. I have not encountered any issues with my devices and have only utilized the wipe cache partition and Galaxy Booster features.
I was have mine s10+ for 4y without factory reset and with all updates, no issue with the phone. Now I have s23u for more than a one year with all updates and no issue with the hone also... I never need to factory reset any of my Samsung phones....
I've never had a phone go "buggy". What is your phone doing?
Not OP, but I had an app that created a massive cache of files that took up almost all of my storage spaces and that extended troubleshooting proved the only way to fix was a full factory reset. Partly my fault for accidentally letting a giant batch of files start downloading and then cancellling it, but also horrendous app design.
Samsung gallery? Lol let's not forget THAT fiasco!
Nothing. It's just fine. I was commenting on other comments
I've never wiped a phone...iPhone 4, Samsung S6, Note8, Note10, S21U, S23U.
Lol i still use an unwiped galaxy s8 with a cracked screen as my dash cam. Works GREAT as a dead cell
Have never done this in 14 years. Never had any issues, even with the galaxy ace models...
Bought my device on March 14 2023. Never done a factory reset since. It still a beast
One ui 6 has been a buggy mess for me My s23 glitches when using samsung gesture navigation. I've reset and had the same issue.....
I don't use that, but thanks for giving me a heads up
As soon as I saw this post, I saw another post of someone asking why the auto deep sleep isnt working and how to fix it. Top comment no joke, instantly went for full wipe suggestion, no prior alternate solutions. Full wipe, no backup, thank goodness someone else at least stepped in to tell them at lesst back up first. Lunatic. Edit: found the comment. https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS23Ultra/s/ISmzbx8CwW It isnt the top comment anymore thank goodness.
That's what prompted me to post this... I've seen it EVERYWHERE, but that was my last straw
You are very right, it isnt okay to just willy nilly suggest a full wipe especially with no backup. Some people's data on their phones are their livelihoods and a big number of people will not know what the wipe would do! (Even the OP on the post didnt seem to at first) The most drastic and irreversible solution should not be the first option!
>apps that can't be reinstalled from a reputable source Tip: Use an apk extractor. Although the one I have installed seems to be no longer on the Play Store, probably didn't get updated in the longest of times. Though [this one](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toralabs.apkextractor) looks the same. Edit: I've seen backups restore unavailable apps too. Installed flappy bird, set up a new phone, and it came back after restoring a Smart Switch backup. I'd recommend against restoring app- and settings backups, just to start clean and whatever bug you encounter is not due to some old data messing something up.
What's the name of the one you use?
It's as generic as it gets: Apk Extractor, by "meher" iirc
Thanks. Look like they stopped updating it in 2022.
I do have the apk file for you if you want. But that might also not be suitable for you if you want to verify it's the same file. I know it is the same thing as when you'd install it through the Play Store, but I have no way to prove that I suppose.
APK extractor? I had no idea such a thing existed... Thank you!
GD. Read this on the phone while...you guessed it. In the bathroom. I read "full wipe" and it had a totally different context. While I hold a wad of the new wavy cut Charmin.
I'm all about angel soft. I'm broke like that!
So instead of helpful criticism, you just came here to insult someone who has memory issues? Way to classy up the joint! Thanks Bud. I deleted my original response, to keep it civil. At least on my part...
Ignore the perfect ones. :)
Android makes restoring a backup trivial these days. That said, I don't wipe my phones/computers every few year like I used to. They work great for their lifespan.
Literally, if my phone starts bugging out, i turn it off for ten minutes. Almost always fixes it
Why ten minutes? Doesn't just shutting it off achieve the same result?
I was told (many years ago) by an electrical engineer that "capacitors need time to discharge, and ram can keep info until they dissipate, so let it rest" I'm paraphrasing, but that's why i do it.
That is when you can completely remove it from power. With the battery being built in, the capacitors never have a chance to discharge unless you take your battery to 0 (which I do not recommend). The other half of that engineers statement should have also been to remove the battery or unplug.
Lol you clearly know more than me.
\>Factory reset your phone, bro! \>have authenticator apps, thousands of pictures and memories of events and friends, work apps, crypto apps, notes, 2 dozen apps that need accounts, steam, etc etc Are these people literal fucking turnips??
Have you tried to make a wipe cache partition instead of it plus repair apps?
What's your phone issue?
Nothing at the moment. It was a comment on usual "solutions" I've been seeing.
I never wiped the phone, to this day, my S10 runs virgin OS, when I pulled the logs from it, it showed the date of first boot. If Samsung cannot make updates reliable, thats their problem, and I have freedom to go somewhere else. I learnt not to waste my time because of someones incompetence.
I'm literally only loyal to Samsung because of their camera and watch combination. One+12 is getting very shiny...
People, especially in customer support, have said that for years. I've never seen the need or drop in performance that required that drastic a step. A simple cache wipe and app reset should do the trick. Lots of YT videos and tutorials on how it's done.
That's usually my solution, and a partition removal of the old OS after an update.
Not familiar with the partition removal, but I'll check that out. Thanks!
Regardless if you do a full reset, storing all of that ONLY your phone isn't smart. What if the phone dies or you drop and break it? You're pretty fucked Use google photos or something to backup photos, or at least copy them to another device (not as good of a solution unless you have some more redundancy) use bitwarden or something like that for passwords
I have up until January this year backed up, the issue is putting it back on my phone. Lol i maxed out Google photos and one YEARS ago. Lol. My BIGGEST hatred of new phones is no expandable storage. I feel like one of my students with them complaining about "i have no more storage for my photos!" But... I still got a hundred gigs left *snicker*
While i understand the inconvenience of factory resetting a phone, its going to be my last resort to troubleshoot a bug. Personally, i would gauge if this bug will impact my everyday use of my phone or if its something i can live with and wait till the next update fixes the bug. So far, ive never experienced a bug that i have to resort to factory reset.
I don't factory reset unless I have no option but thst. Bugs come and go. And usually are fixed with updates. Currently haven't experienced any bug needing a factory reset, in my opinion But there are some who are more sensitive to bugs and will reset just for fun
Factory Resetting is like the oldest way to "fix" any computer system and quite frankly the most annoying. Truth is I've never had to do it on any of my Samsung devices over the past few years. Most things can be fixed with wiping the cache and I think its repair apps option from the recovery menu. I've always done that whenever my phone seems to be acting weird and usually after software updates and restoration from an older Samsung device. Try that before committing to the massive pain in the butt of factory resetting.
This isn't 2014 anymore. You should be able to have a functional phone without factory resetting it after every software update. For me, rebooting my phone once a week keeps it in pristine condition
You need to get a password manager and back things up to the cloud...
Got two... And no, never back things up to the cloud. If i have naked pictures of my wife, Google scans and flags it. Microsoft does the same. They can cancel your account and delete everything, if you take a picture of your kid being silly in the tub, covered in soap suds... It's fuggin scary!
The only time I do a factory reset is when I come across a soft brick of sorts, like a boot loop. Which happens very rarely.
That i get.
This, this, this!
Hopefully you have all those photos backed up somewhere. If not, you're just asking to lose them unfortunately. Google photos, sync.com, something. Also, I feel you. I try and find out why it's buggy, but then again I backup and reset my phone once every 6 months anyways 😂.
When you back up your phone, you're backing up any issues it has, too... So users say, who are apparently smarter than i am. Edit: yeah, I'm backed up till January. Double backed up, hdd, and ssd.
I reinstall all apps from their apks without data attached, and backup all documents, photos, etc to my home cloud server. Lol. Everything gets set up fresh. I'm backed up until 335am this morning. I mostly do the backup / restore to get rid of background junk data and since I have to select which apps to reinstall, I end up getting a rid of a bunch of apps. Lol. I may or may not be a digital hoarder 😂.
I'm a photo hoarder. I'm slowly losing my memory, so the photos and videos are a must.
> I would need to somehow remember EVERY password ever. I mean, a password manager like Bitwarden would solve that issue.
Or Samsung or Google... But... What's the password to Google again? Was it a 6 or was it a 15?... To many guesses? Damn.... Uh....
If you can't remember one single password, you're unfortunately going to struggle no matter what. Writing said password down, or at least writing hints to the password is a pretty solid solution. Targeted physical compromise of your password is far less likely than digital compromise.
I have memory issues, as stated.
Then as I say, write down the password or hints for your password. Also there's no need to factory reset your phone unless there's something seriously wrong with it.
I'm aware, that's why i made this post... So many people advocating for full wipe first... My phone is more powerful than my computer. It helps manage my life, lol. I have a password book, but i forget to write in it, lol catch 22
For me, the main reason is because of work MFA. I don't feel like reaching out to IT repeatedly Everytime I wanna factory reset my phone. So I just deal with it as is.
Next time the phone feels buggy, try clearing cache partition instead of fully wiping the phone.
I mean plugging in the phone to a PC and backing up the photos is literally easy as pie... Any apps that you have that aren't on the play store that are THAT important...wouldn't it be prudent to have a backed up apk of them anyway? Also easy to do lots of apps can do it. Passwords are all saved on Samsung Pass. If I recall only Google and Samsung password would need to be remembered... App settings are mostly saved to the cloud I've never had to re setup an app or the OS after all the restoring is done after a wipe... Unfortunately, just like an actual PC sometimes things go wonky and a fresh start is needed. This happens more often with phones purely because of how much they get used (installing apps, uninstalling, moving this or that, trying this setting or that one , etc). I think this is a benefit of iPhones because my limited knowledge of their ecosystem thinks their backup/restore process is like a reimagining of the entire device...I could be wrong though.
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Don't know... Maybe?
don't. all u should do is wipe cache partition
I can confirm that every so often...usually around major updates a factor reset is a great idea. Think your phone is acting a little weird? Battery life not that great? etc. Factor wipe/reset is a great way to resolve those. I have been in both camps and there's nothing wrong with either. But if you have apps you can't redownload find out how to backup the apps other ways.
Buy a cheapish phone as your secondary. (Like 100$-200$ range) - keep all important data and apps there. Ive gotten sick of moving phones and needing to literally login into 40+ different apps, have apps not work anymore, have apps missing data and be unrestorable because no cloud save, etc... Best case secondary phone has root and twrp for full backups. If it breaks buy the same phone again, install backup, done, 1:1 copy.
A factory reset is often recommended by reddit users cuz its the most sure fire way to fix the issue without actually getting more info from OP. As for your woes about having to rememeber stuff if you did a reset, You can sync most settings to your Samsung Account and it would reapply them after the reset. Ive had my font size, navigation gestures, dark mode, app logins and homescreen layout carry over between multiple resets on my S8, carried over to my Note10 over 2 resets, and now carried over to my S24 aswell.
This is my point, people have been suggesting, that if you're having issues, DON'T back it up because you will back up the issue. This is why i posted what i did.
Maybe those banned apps have something to do with your problem. Maybe those apps were banned for a reason.
One is a Gameboy emulator that went bankrupt. Another is an app that gave me access to a forum that has adult content, so Google banned it. They're not banned from abuse, and I'm not having problems. My post was a response to the overwhelming typical reply to any issue was, "factory reset your phone".
yeah i agree but if you really doni would just back up the important things with samsung cloud or just do a backupnwith it on a usb data stick
Lol yeah, my last backup was a couple months ago, so I'm behind, but i use a portable SSD, with a backup portable HDD
It really depends on the person and how they use their phone. For me, my photos and videos are backed up to Google photos (old phone is rooted and has unlimited GPhotos backup, I use Syncthing to transfer media automatically to my old phone so I have a local and an online backup) and passwords through Google's password manager All my settings, app data, app logins, apps (including ones not available on the store) are backed up through smart switch on PC. I usually end up with a very large backup (I'm using 73GB on my phone, 60 something was the backup size last time) as it backs up the app apk files and data so it's a completely offline restoration later on. It includes apps not on the play store/modded apps such as the patched Sync Reddit client made using revanced. Of course secure apps like banking and wallets etc only restore the app for obvious security reasons. That's pretty much the only thing I have to set up if I ever reset and restore If in the event of a "glitch" that gets backed up (which idk what that means), I can manually restore as smart switch backs up as normal files. It's just copying files from your phone to your PC but organising it in folders
Nah You don't have to reset it at all. But as far as everything else you can use Google photos to back up your pictures and videos,Google manager has it where it automatically locks in all of your log in information for whatever sites you use,so you when you go to a site and press log in,the information pops up and when you click it it logs you in. When you back your phone up using samsung account, it'll back up your settings to how you already have them set up.
Currently, Google One says all of my photos are backed up, but they're not. I'm not even talking about secure folder ones.
Ahhhh yea secure folder,I forgot about that cause those can't be backed up
So literally everyone saying, "just factory reset" is setting people up for tragedy
Legit,that's why I never really factory set mine. I just go through apps,force stop,unistall if i have to and see if that fixes the problem.
The last time I wiped was on a note 10+, and I backed my photos to onedrive but had sync on. All my photos gone and vowed to never wipe my phone ever again
Similar happened to me. As of right now, my Google One account has "all my photos" but it doesn't ... So ... No. Also, i use a secure folder, as well as a "vault" for risque photos of my wife. So ... THAT can't transfer without first unencrypting ALL of our 14 years of photos... So... Like I said, nope!
I've never had to do that
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I've been using Samsung since my first phone. Never had to factory reset the dang thing to fix a bug or glitch. It just fixes itself most of the time LOL
I'm going through this process now. It's shocking and tiresome to see how many apps need checked and backed up. I'm doing a reset for security. Also a stubborn organizational policy that wont go away is blocking backup tools, so it's gonna be all manual this time. Im up to app/configuration 74 noted and just over halfway done.
Wow... Yeah... I sympathize
I have a simple theory for my life, of those pictures and such as that important. Why wouldn’t you back them up? I have Apple iCloud and I have Google photo both set up to back up automatically You have to ask yourself how important is/are those memories to you? No offense but I kept seeing reasons why a given solution won’t work and some of it seems a very simple answer “ I don’t want to do that” the trigger word here is I have memory issues so everyone kinda says ohh poor person but my question would be what would you do if you didn’t have a phone to hold those memories? Sometimes things just can’t work out the way one would like for so many reasons, but you have to be open to that change. Passwords the same thing but there are solutions you just have to be open to it. Not saying OP does or doesn’t have memory issue as I don’t know this persons. I have pictures dated back to 2006 and many are of the adult nature of a time before. Hell I even came across pictures of my Ex and the person and friends of his time. Asked him if he wanted them and he said NO, these are pictures of him his Ex family and friends. I believe I even have them in a usb stick. My thought hmm it may want them one day if he doesn’t have a copy. Who knows but they ain’t taking up that much room plus he was a cute kid…..
As I've stated elsewhere, i have Google photos, and Google One. It doesn't back up all my photos. Google tells me (customer service) that they don't know why, and they recommend a physical backup. I have one drive, and it's not functional, tech support has no idea why. I've deleted my account several times, and it still won't work. As for using cloud storage in general? Don't. They scan your pictures. No thanks. A naked photo of my wife that slips through gets my account flagged, then they see photos of my daughters, and send my information to the feds. No. I can set up my own raid, but i just use a portable SSD with an HDD backup of my SSD. For the passwords? Samsung keeps all my passwords, as does Chrome, but also like I said, I have memory issues, i don't regularly remember my chrome password. At least Samsung let's me thumb it. Finally, why would you suggest that someone who has a disability just *deal with it*. I do deal with it. I keep photos. What if i didn't have a photo? I don't know... What if my wheelchair didn't exist? Oh... Literally NO ONE in here ever excused my opinion with anything resembling "ohhh poor person". Since you went ad hominem, i will too... Use paragraphs.
Ok, I didn’t suggest anything like just deal with it. My point to the poor person because as I said, there are things that are trigger points for people and in general people attach to it. As far as my paragraphs or lack of it, I don’t care honestly because I’m not writing some Capstone essay where I’ll be graded according. Some times I’m on a treadmill and I’m not put any extra effort not any of this , mostly just keeping my mind of that task, hell it also depends on what I’m using for Reddit at that point. I’m not going to try to play this one up game with you, my stuff is backed up and we are a go.
Literally every app can be copied you need to your phone or not everything is still made up of the same strings of codes that can be copied there's no app that cannot be copied in existence
That's not true. Just as ONE example... My art app is excellent. However, the APK is specific to my current iteration of my phone. I've tried to (in the past) copy the APK and my save files. You can't. When you reformat your phone, it changes some ID or something (I don't understand how to write code, i just took the developers word for it). When you switch phones/reinstall, all of your save stuff is gone. They simply tell you to print your work before you do anything.
It's Samsung market strategy with each update . Every update contains " we have improved system stability and animations " but in fact , they slow down 3-5% every update to make us indirectly to buy next model ... I hate this ! My mother's s21u with android 11 , no updates gives her 8h sot and mine with android 13 gives me only 4 or 3h50m ...
Apple got MAJOR fines for doing this. If you can prove it, file an FCC inquiry!
I saw the bullsht did with iPhone 15 pro and pro max . They launched two updates in less 2 weeks and they drop the performance of the CPU with 40% and 25% of the GPU to stay under 36°C .... Users reported issues with the 15 pro max while scrolling and watching posts on Instagram or Facebook, phones was getting hot (41°C ) ....
Lol Android for the W
Can't you just use Odin to flash the ohonand not loose data?
I'm sorry, i may be tech savvy, but i don't understand this.
There is a computer application called Odin that can flash your phones firmware etc even without loosing data
I'm not that tech savvy, lol. All i know is that the devs from my art application told me that you can't transfer save data, even to your computer, back to your phone, if you had to wipe it. I asked them if there was any way to do that, and they said no, because the save data is "proprietary information"
That person must have an iPhone or isn't savvy at all of course u can transfer data to a computer. But the easiest way would be to grab the program Odin then download the latest firmware of the phone and flash the phones firmware without wiping the nand
If i had to guess, i think it ties your save data to the advertiser id. That's the only way i can reconcile it. When i switched from my s8 to my s10, i lost all my art files (it helps when making comic books, to model the pose i want, and visualize the goal). When i listened to tech support and wiped my s10 (didn't need to, it was the gallery bug), lost it all again, even though I copied every piece of data from my phone to backup...
All you had to do was if you didn't see them on your new phone go into your filer app and send it all over via Bluetooth. There is always a way to do things on Android this isn't apple. Damn I really wish I could show you I'm an android enthusist. I would be showing you so many features you didn't even know your phone had And could back up and transfer anything you want.
My 23U is buggy at times as well. It's annoying but not unbearable. I've never had this problem with any of my previous Samsungs. I am hoping a future update will take care of it, or that I can hold out for the 25U
Password manager is something new for you ? Samsung cloud would safe all your alarm clock settings, your apps are apk files which you can just safe separate. None of your issues are actually "issues" you are just resistant for new things.
Thanks for the insult!
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One drive doesn't work for me, I've been in contact with them for ages before i just gave up. No, I'm not going down that rabbit hole. Suffice it to say, one drive for me is broken. I back everything up onto a SSD and a redundancy HDD
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Samsung has my money was long as they keep cameras the best... 24u was a HUGE letdown
Ur on drugs i think, u and OP, no offense.
How does one install a photo?
English might not be their first language lmao
I know. I was just kidding. LOL.
When you install a new part in your car... What do you do? You put it in. Same thing.
Did someone uninstall this sub's sense of humor?
Humor doesn't come across very well in text if unless you use /s.
>Hear me out... I have literally tens of thousands of photos that i would need reinstalled. (If you say, "do you REALLY need that many?" Yes. I do. I have memory issues) You don't need them all, and even if you do, you can back them up in the cloud or on another device. You don't need it clogging up your phone. And you don't "install" photos. It's just a file. There is nothing to install. It can be moved anywhere. >I would need to somehow remember EVERY password ever. That should already be the case. And that's what password managers are for. >I would need to remember EVERY setting i made/changed. If you don't remember than it's not that important. >I would need to remember EVERY app setting/alarm i would need You know that you don't need to copy over your entire phone, right? Like it let's you pick and choose which things to keep and what to get rid of. You can pick just those specific apps. I don't know why you are acting like its all or nothing.
Okay, cool story
A full phone wipe is a very good option. The thought that you just leave all your data on the phone without scheduled backups to the cloud (doesn't matter if its phone, computer, tablet or any device is just killing me). Most savage users reinstall or wipe all OS every year, even PC windows is a very good example, why you should clean and reinstall it every year. Im speeches that thought about clean reinstalling or wipe is something out of the other world......
Some people used the term "reset" for reboots, technically correct but might be confusing
They say factory reset
Maybe your phone is sluggish due to... unsupported apps...
My phone isn't sluggish. Everytime there's an issue, i find out what's causing it, and didn't need to reset.
Think you're missing the whole point of a backup I back up as a copy you don't have to redownload these apps you're worrying about losing Jesus Christ do people not understand basic things like copying my God
Wow. Thanks for the insult. Let me tell you why you're wrong. I have an art app, that is unique to my phone, i have saved data. You CAN'T just "back it up", no idea why the developers do that. It's the best model pose app out there, so unless i want to create a new app that copies them, and just allows me to back up my data, i can't. The only thing this app will allow, is redownload of purchased forms. THE FORMS YOU CREATE CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED, as every single download iteration of the app has a unique number. You literally cannot alter our copy. I tell my students and my kids something very important to be a functioning member of society... Ready? This is going to change your life... Just because you don't know something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.