> a new iPhone that works perfectly and contains all my data and, for all practical purposes, is exactly as if my old one never broke. That is a very compellin

> a new iPhone that works perfectly and contains all my data and, for all practical purposes, is exactly as if my old one never broke. That is a very compelling convenience that all (phone) OS-es should strive for. I try out different phones and operating systems, but syncing the data and settings via a self-hosted device are not convenient yet. `adb backup` will give me an archive but it's a deprecated command and so far I've never been able to restore data with it. A system like NixOS is getting the applications in exactly the same version and configuration, but the same rigor is not there for the associated data. Ideally, I'd be able to run a plug-and-play server at home, link it to my phone and have it take backups without ever being visible until there's a problem with running the backups. Then, when the phone needs to be replaced, link it the new phone and continue where the old one left off, including all contacts and contact history.