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Actually iOS can transfer message history to a new iPhone https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages#ios_restore http
by gdmka 6y ago
Actually iOS can transfer message history to a new iPhone
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages#ios_restore https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Ba...
Not having a backup is seen as a disadvantage by many but i literally feel it's for the best. There's plenty of scenarios when parties benefit from it.
- Y-bar 6y agoPurchasing a new phone is only a small subset of the scenarios where a backup is useful, for example, in the last two years Apple support has requested that I reset my phone and reinstall iOS twice. Having to buy a second phone to temporarily store my data is not a viable alternative. Or losing your phone. Or accidentally breaking it. Or having it stolen. A backup protects my data in these situations where a transfer utility does not. Backups disabled by default would be a sensible approach, but is very much being childish not to let users access their own data.
- gdmka 6y agoThere were mentions of multi-device coming later on Twitter. While it's not the desired backup feature but a mean to duplicate data at least and backup with Android.