NFC unsuited to "duplicating" your tablet [LWN.net]

NFC unsuited to "duplicating" your tablet

Posted Nov 21, 2012 12:02 UTC (Wed) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: NFC unsuited to "duplicating" your tablet by tialaramex
Parent article: Android 4.2, tablets, and related thoughts

The 'adb' tool already provides image backup/restore functionality. You need to unlock your Nexus first of course.

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NFC unsuited to "duplicating" your tablet

Posted Nov 21, 2012 14:25 UTC (Wed) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] (1 responses)

Image backup+restore probably won't work when the new tablet isn't exactly the same model as the old one. Besides, this idea should work without the help of a 3rd device.
IMHO using NFC (or display+scan a QR code) to setup a data channel should be rather trivial. Then blast the actual data across with WiFi. The heavy lifting (i.e. extract and restore state) can be done with Titanium Backup which you should use anyway.

Any takers?

NFC unsuited to "duplicating" your tablet

Posted Nov 21, 2012 17:24 UTC (Wed) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

True, though you can backup your apps separately from the system at least. So it at least a partial solution.