[Swlug] alternative to google account

[Alice Mitchell]

On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 20:23 +0000, bascule via Swlug wrote:
> i've just received brother in laws old phone, way better than mine!
> but not having a google account and running lineageos, transferring
> some stuff 
> is a pain.
> is there an alternative to goggle account that can store locally on
> my server, 
> i thought nextcloud might but that only seems to have specific apps
> for sms 
> and files.
> on my phone i have notes app, an app for fuel economy etc. 
> i'd like to be able to back up all that stuff to a local account and
> then just 
> restore it on a new phone.
> is this a thing?

You could put the phones into developer mode, connect a usb cable and
use 'adb backup' i think that should work.

-Alice