Android

The goal of this wiki page is to gather information on smartphones which provides the most amount of freedom, or with which it is easier to attain such freedom: rooting, modding, ability to flash the ROM, etc.

As far as we are aware, no smartphone producers sell any of their products with the option to have a rooted device, or with an unlocked bootloader.

Flashing the ROM

In order to be able to flash a cellphone's ROM, consider the following technical issues:
- Is the device's bootloader locked?
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In this page, we are going to focus on a backup strategy that does not rely on a 3rd party service (uploading your data on the "cloud"). We aim to achieve: full backup, full security, and full control.

Help us develop and complete this page.

What to backup

/data/media/0/

ssh and rsync

Install a SSH server (sshd) on your cellphone, and from your computer, use rsync to backup the application data directory (/data/media/0/).