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N900 is not recognizable on any of my devices (windows 10,7, xp) What can I do? (1)
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Originally Posted by nodevel
Not sure how big is your backup
Code:
[root@Jolla nemo]# du -sm /home/nemo/.vault/ 1742 /home/nemo/.vault
and how you are transferring it,
it went into src.ins/home/nemo/.vault
but what about trying to compress it just like Jolla does it when you have microSD attached?
First
and thenCode:$ tar -zcvf Backup.tar.gz /home/nemo/.vault
on the other device.Code:tar -zxvf Backup.tar.gz
What's there to see? I couldn't find anything that would justify the attitude. Yet I'm trying to help you even though you didn't even ask for it.
btw...
earlier today, about 2 or 3 device resets ago i installed mc
Code:
pkcon local-install mc-4.8.10-1.armv7hl.rpm
not sure what that darn reset does except losing the user's data and going back to version 1, but it doesn't seem very thorough at it
thanks for the help, btw
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Originally Posted by veeall
.vault is not a subdirectory of .local
Yes, though it is possible to zip the .local folder and transfer it using mtp protocol or over wifi using sshfs, ie the geeks way. Or copy it to a sdcard.
I've always backed up .local because it is how i do on a computer, no need to rely on specialized and limited gui.
both are in /home/nemo
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I read somewhere that currently there is no support for SD cards with multiple partitions, or at least only the first partition is used. Maybe that's what you're having problems with?
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2015-01-18
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Originally Posted by nthn
with version "1" and 1.0.2.5 the SD card wasn't even mounted, indeed
I read somewhere that currently there is no support for SD cards with multiple partitions, or at least only the first partition is used. Maybe that's what you're having problems with?
anything >= 1.0.7.16 all the partitions (vFAT and ext2) get mounted
it doesn't seem to know what to do with the two (extended) swap partitions however, but well, only needed it on N900, right?
Edit:
Code:
swapon /dev/mmcblk1p6
just need to know which is the default swap partition and all set
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Originally Posted by misterc
If you do own a microSD card, then what about the official way:
i have a 64GB µSDXC on which i have two ext2 partition (src and src.ins)
it went into src.ins/home/nemo/.vault
- Open Settings/Backup and create backup on device 1
- Choose 'Copy to memory card' from the pulldown menu
- Put the memory card in the device 2
- Open Settings/Backup and choose 'Restore from memory card' from the pulldown menu
That doesn't work? Or is that option not yet available on your system version?
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Originally Posted by nodevel
nice
If you do own a microSD card, then what about the official way:
- Open Settings/Backup and create backup on device 1
- Choose 'Copy to memory card' from the pulldown menu
- Put the memory card in the device 2
- Open Settings/Backup and choose 'Restore from memory card' from the pulldown menu
That doesn't work? Or is that option not yet available on your system version?
pity it doesn't work
had to provide a (vFAT) card with a single partition
so far, so good
1st troublesome point: from 1.7GB on the source device the backup is now 2.0GB
with interests?
2nd (and most annoying) hardly anything gets restored
calls & messages and that's it
seen that it's a secondary device on which the calls & SMSes are few and far between, i don't really care
(primary is now a NOKIA Lumia 1020)
the rest?
nada
i stroke thru my initial post today even though it's only for the honourable mention
as usual with Jolla, it doesn't work
unlike alright
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Originally Posted by misterc
That's quite weird, considering my compressed backup (using the same official way) is under 30MB. But I don't backup photos this way, because I find copying them using sftp easier.
1st troublesome point: from 1.7GB on the source device the backup is now 2.0GB
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Originally Posted by nodevel
the Jolla backup.tar is not compressed, thus (at least) 1:1 the original data (1742MBs in my case)
That's quite weird, considering my compressed backup (using the same official way) is under 30MB. But I don't backup photos this way, because I find copying them using sftp easier.
i meanwhile discovered that Jolla doesn't only transfer the last backup (as one might expect) but all of them
however that works, as there is only one .vault dir (which is 1742MBs)
yet another unlike thing, i guess
i have the NOKIA Lumia 1020 for the photos thus yet another thing i don't need the Jolla for
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Originally Posted by misterc
I see. Therefore I have < 30MB uncompressed
the Jolla backup.tar is not compressed, thus (at least) 1:1 the original data (1742MBs in my case)
Originally Posted by misterc
I love complaining without actually knowing how it works.
i meanwhile discovered that Jolla doesn't only transfer the last backup (as one might expect) but all of them
however that works, as there is only one .vault dir (which is 1742MBs)
yet another unlike thing, i guess
The backup system in Jolla (The Vault) is based on git, therefore you can have 50 backups, but the files have just one copy per version.
Let's illustrate on photos:
If you make one backup in April, another in August (taking pictures in the meanwhile) and a third one in December (again, lots of pictures in between), then the size of the three backups combined will be the same as the size of the last (December) backup.
Of course, it is up to you how many backups you want to preserve (you can delete the rest), but complaining that Jolla saves all backups is beyond my understanding.
I'd call it smart, if anything.
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I have transferred backups this way before Jolla enabled the easy transfer through microSD.