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verified publisher icon mrrfv

Why do you delete the companion app as part of creating a backup?

Open mmroden opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

Device info

Manufacturer: Google Android version: 14 Custom ROM/rooted? GrapheneOS Model: Pixel 9 Pro

System info

Available disk space: 100+gb Operating system: MacOS 13.6

Describe the issue below. The companion app is automatically deleted as part of the backup procedure. Why? I would like to have it present so I can just keep backing things up.

mmroden avatar Sep 20 '24 02:09 mmroden

The app is removed after it's no longer needed for various reasons, like ensuring the correct version will always be used as well as to avoid unnecessarily polluting the backup archive.

I would like to have it present so I can just keep backing things up.

The companion app is nothing more than a helper for the main script running on your computer. It's designed to be installed and used on-demand. You can't start a whole backup through it.

mrrfv avatar Sep 20 '24 21:09 mrrfv