[Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

[Derek Atkins]

Shirley Márquez Dúlcey <mark at buttery.org> writes:

> On 7/19/2012 12:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>>
>> Oh - This is definitely *not* a full system backup.  I can copy anything in
>> the filesystem (and without root, just anything within the sdcard).  If I
>> lost or replaced my phone, I would have all the stuff I care about the most
>> (photos, music, etc), but I would still need to figure out what apps to
>> install, what accounts to connect, and what settings I wanted...
>
> One of the nice things about the Amazon Appstore is that it has a full
> record of all the apps you have bought including free ones. It would
> be nice if the Google Play store had the same kind of record. At least
> then you would have a central place to see what apps you have
> installed in the past and might want to install again.

Google Play does.  Go into Settings -> My Apps, and then slide the
screen right-to-left from "Installed" to "All".

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-derek

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