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Main problem being you don't have access to the file structure on an iphone. So you can't simply drop a backed up folder in there like you can on Android. You
by officeplant 6y ago
Main problem being you don't have access to the file structure on an iphone. So you can't simply drop a backed up folder in there like you can on Android. You are stuck needing the previous device.
- leokennis 6y agoSince iOS 12 or so, iPhone has a built in files app. Every app can integrate with that. So when I create a file (let’s say chat backup) in app A, I can put it in the files app. Then in app B (or app A on a new phone) I can easily open that file from the same files app.
- tinus_hn 6y agoEven before that every app got a documents folder that was shared between the app and iTunes
- pgalvin 6y agoiOS has had a Files app for years, locally. You could easily export an encrypted .zip from Signal and save it locally, just like how Signal on Android saves it to your internal storage. For some reason, the Signal devs won’t even acknowledge this possibility and continue to say “we can’t enable iCloud backup” - which is fair enough, but nobody is asking for that and they’re simply putting their fingers in their ears.
- thekyle 6y agoBuy why can't they enable iCloud backup? What's so bad about uploading an encrypted blob to the cloud.