v0.5.0

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu — take the file matching your Ubuntu version:

# Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.5.0-ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb

# Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.5.0-ubuntu26.04_amd64.deb

They are not interchangeable. The app renders its interface in the
system's WebKit, which is tied to that release's GLib, so each
package is built inside the release it is for. Installing the wrong
one is refused at install time rather than left to fail on launch.

Both install udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Already on 0.3.0 or older on Ubuntu? Those builds cannot start
on Ubuntu newer than the machine that built them, so the in-app
updater cannot rescue them — the app has to run to offer the
update. Install the file above by hand this once; from then on
updates match your release automatically.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• fix(site): take the checksum from the API, not a request browsers block by @thisisankit27 in #43
• feat(brand): give the app an icon that says what it does by @thisisankit27 in #45

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

v0.4.0

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu — take the file matching your Ubuntu version:

# Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.4.0-ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb

# Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.4.0-ubuntu26.04_amd64.deb

They are not interchangeable. The app renders its interface in the
system's WebKit, which is tied to that release's GLib, so each
package is built inside the release it is for. Installing the wrong
one is refused at install time rather than left to fail on launch.

Both install udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Already on 0.3.0 or older on Ubuntu? Those builds cannot start
on Ubuntu newer than the machine that built them, so the in-app
updater cannot rescue them — the app has to run to offer the
update. Install the file above by hand this once; from then on
updates match your release automatically.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• fix(deb): build one package per Ubuntu release, and launch what CI builds by @thisisankit27 in #37
• feat(site): a download page that explains what happens next by @thisisankit27 in #39
• fix(release): stop GitHub renaming the .deb out from under every lookup by @thisisankit27 in #41

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

v0.3.0

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu / Debian — download the .deb and:

sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.3.0_amd64.deb

This installs udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• feat(ui): redesign the app to match the landing page by @thisisankit27 in #35

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu / Debian — download the .deb and:

sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.2.0_amd64.deb

This installs udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• feat(updater): detect a new release and offer it by @thisisankit27 in #30
• feat(updater): download, verify and install a new version by @thisisankit27 in #31
• fix(ci): make a release dry run exercise the release job by @thisisankit27 in #33

Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.2.0

v0.1.2

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu / Debian — download the .deb and:

sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.1.2_amd64.deb

This installs udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• fix(adb): stop a console window flashing for every adb call on Windows by @thisisankit27 in #25
• fix(adb): decode adb output as UTF-8 on every platform by @thisisankit27 in #27

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.1.2

v0.1.1

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu / Debian — download the .deb and:

sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.1.1_amd64.deb

This installs udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends. On Windows, if it is missing the app offers to
download Google's official platform-tools for you on first run.

Note that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver on
Windows before adb can see them — Google's driver covers only
Pixel and Nexus devices.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• fix(adb): platform-aware guidance and the platform-tools download that was never built by @thisisankit27 in #17
• fix(site): download buttons download, instead of opening GitHub by @thisisankit27 in #19
• fix(version): stamp the release tag into the build by @thisisankit27 in #22

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

v0.1.0

Install

Windows — download the .exe and run it.
Windows will show "Windows protected your PC" because the
installer is not code-signed. Click More info → Run anyway.

Ubuntu / Debian — download the .deb and:

sudo apt install ./android-backup-manager_0.1.0_amd64.deb

This installs udev rules so adb can reach your phone without
sudo. Replug the phone afterwards.

Requirements

adb must be available. On Ubuntu the package pulls it in via
Recommends; on Windows install Google's platform-tools, and note
that many phones need their manufacturer's USB driver.

Everything runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

What's Changed

• fix(backup): restore last discovery when navigating from the sidebar by @thisisankit27 in #4
• feat(ui): classic desktop design system, app shell and page refactor by @thisisankit27 in #5
• feat(backup): virtualized installer-style file selection tree by @thisisankit27 in #6
• feat(desktop): run as a desktop app in a native window by @thisisankit27 in #10
• build(packaging): bundle the desktop app with PyInstaller by @thisisankit27 in #11
• build(packaging): Windows installer, Ubuntu .deb and release pipeline by @thisisankit27 in #12
• feat(site): product landing page by @thisisankit27 in #14
• fix(ci): unbreak the Windows and Linux release builds by @thisisankit27 in #15

New Contributors

• @thisisankit27 made their first contribution in #4

Full Changelog: https://github.com/thisisankit27/android-backup-manager/commits/v0.1.0