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    From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 08, 2026 13:11:12
    On 2026-06-07 14:32, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    ...

    One of these days I'm going to do a backup of my phone, and I'll post in this thread what I find.

    I think it is the FTP server in Cx File Explorer in Android and
    Filezilla on the computer (Linux in my case)

    (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details? id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer)


    The thing is, only two things are of interest to me in the backup: photos/videos, and WhatsApp. The rest, I can just reinstall. Ok, SMSs too.

    I just did a backup using Cx File Explorer in the phone and Filezilla on
    the computer.

    /2025-07-18-test ³ 56170M³Jan 1 1970 /2026-06-08-cx-ftp ³ 28062M³Jun 8 12:22

    As you can see, the "test" tree copied many more things. The difference
    is in the Android/data/* directory, many things are missing. Today I saw
    a bunch of messages on filezilla that it could not list this directory
    or that:

    Command: CWD /device/Android/data
    Response: 250 CWD OK
    Command: CWD rtve.tablet.android
    Response: 550 CWD to the invalid path
    Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
    Status: Retrieving directory listing of "/device/Android/data/rtve.tablet.android"...
    Command: CWD /device/Android/data
    Response: 250 CWD OK
    Command: CWD rtve.tablet.android
    Response: 550 CWD to the invalid path
    Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing



    So, there is a method out there that I used to create that
    "2025-07-18-test" backup that copied all that, but I don't remember what
    it was, my notes do not say. I have a guess what it would be, but I can
    not test it till I reboot the machine.


    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 08, 2026 21:33:35
    On 2026-06-08 13:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-06-07 14:32, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    ...


    So, there is a method out there that I used to create that "2025-07-18- test" backup that copied all that, but I don't remember what it was, my notes do not say. I have a guess what it would be, but I can not test it till I reboot the machine.

    Found it, my guess was right. It has been my default method for years,
    so that is why I did not write it down.

    It uses Linux. I connect the phone to the computer via USB cable, then
    tap on the phone to share all files (not just photos). Then on the
    computer I open the phone using Thunar (a file browser for XFCE).

    Then I open in a terminal Midnight Commander (mc), and navigate to:

    /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=motorola_moto_g52_redacted/Almacenamiento
    interno compartido

    and copy the tree wherever I want.

    It runs at about 10..12 MB/s


    I assume that you can do the same using KDE/Plasma (Dolphin) but the
    details change.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)