[Discuss] Syncing Android phones directly

[MBR]

I've been backing my info up and storing it outside of the phone without 
going through any server at all.  There are a variety of applications 
that will back up various types of info to the phone's filesystem.  I 
found one in Google's Play Store called "Super Backup" that will back up 
any or all of: Apps, SMS, Contacts, Call Logs, Calendars, Bookmarks.  
Once you've got the data in files on the phone, plug the phone in to 
your computer with a USB cable so the phone's filesystem appears as a 
local filesystem, and copy the files.

Admittedly this isn't the same as synching with an application on the 
computer, but at least my data is archived on my own computer without 
having been transmitted through Google's or anyone else's.

Another Android tool I've found very useful is File Manager from Rhythm 
Software.  It gives an "ls -l"-like listing and doesn't waste huge 
amounts of screen real-estate like other file managers I've tried.

    Mark Rosenthal
    mbr at arlsoft.com

On 6/30/2013 6:56 PM, David Kramer wrote:
> the one thing I wish I had more real-world information on is
> how people sync the contacts/calendar/notes/etc from their phone to
> SOMETHING.  That something may end up being Outlook under Windows, but
> of course something under Linux would be better.  Whatever I do, though,
> I don't want the data going through Google servers, or to leave my
> intranet at all.
>