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
