Please help with data trasnfer Nexus5x>Pixel2

Smrtka

Smrtka

Smrtka

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Hello,

Sooo I got the pixel 2 the day it was released, I plug my nexus 5x to it with the hopes of copying data and it doesn't work. I got super angry and not touch the phones for a month and a half. Contacted google and nothing the suggested work. I bite the bullet and with lot of anger in me I set up the phone as new.

Long story short I am angry at myself on spending money for this phone because I need the data from my old phone. Mainly SMS and whatsapp chat.
I tried copying the encrypted db from whatsapp to my pc to restore on the new phone but I cannot copy it.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/20887921/
I was trying to follow this article.
The PC comes up with error Error Copying File or folder : Unspecified Error.
The article suggests SD card but nexus doesn't have such things.

I would also like to transfer my SMS.

Things I would like to avoid: 3rd party apps, Syncing my whatsapp to google drive (looses its encryption)

Any ideas please ?
 
Smrtka said:
Things I would like to avoid: 3rd party apps, Syncing my whatsapp to google drive (looses its encryption)
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You're stuck then, for Android unfortunately there's not really any native way.

There was an SMS backup and restore app I used but I can't find it any more. I've moved onto Pulse SMS which syncs my texts across multiple devices but I'm sure that's not the sort of app you're after.

I came across the same error with WhatsApp as well, I tried zipping the folder (using Solid Explorer) and sending it directly from phone to phone, but the folder size was massive so I didn't bother with that and used the Google Drive backup to restore it. You could give that a try and see if that works?
 
The issue is that you loose the encryption whwn syncing to Google drive. It even says it on the WhatsApp backup that when you save the backup on drive it becomes non encrypted....
 
Can I ask why the loss of encryption is an issue? Your data will be unencrypted on drive for a matter of 10 minutes at most. I'm assuming your Google account password is complex & unique as you appear to be a security conscious person (which is no bad thing).

You can try adb backup? ADB being an official Android developer tool and the backups can be encrypted and are stored only locally on the machine that issues the ADB command.

Edit: If you're backing up encrypted data, I believe the password you provide adb for the encrypted backup has to be the same one used to encrypt the phone in the first place.
 
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Its a combination of loosing encryption and Whatsapp having access to my google drive. It asks for permissions to modify dolferts on your google drive and so on. Now thats understandable for whatsapp to to crate folders I would just like to avoid it.
The adb backup doesn't touch whatsapp.
 
Smrtka said:
Its a combination of loosing encryption and Whatsapp having access to my google drive. It asks for permissions to modify dolferts on your google drive and so on. Now thats understandable for whatsapp to to crate folders I would just like to avoid it.
The adb backup doesn't touch whatsapp.
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Ahhh I forgot not all apps allow adb backup in their manifests. You're going to have to renege on one of your stipulations unfortunately - you can always delete the backup after and revoke the permissions WhatsApp has to your Google Drive.
 
Done, and thanks for the revoke permissions, I wouldn't think of that.
Now just the sms, but maybe I can just write down the stuff i need...hmm
 
You could try Helium, it's developed by a very respected developer called Koushik Dutta. There's a free version that allows you to backup only via SD card or computer (the app starts and FTP server which you connect to via your browser, then start the backup via the UI in the browser). So this should work for you because it doesn't involve any cloud in between, unfortunately it's a 3rd party app solution but it can certainly be trusted.

Helium is just a fancy interface and actually uses adb backup. You'll need the PC component to enable the adb bridge, but this also comes packaged as a Chrome browser application. Only issue is it was last updated a year ago, no idea if it supports the latest Android version (just mentions it supports N).
 
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