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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Look into Syncthing if you have a home server - very easy phone backups that cost nothing.

[–] SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Don't even need home server, regular PC with a disk will do. Just fireup syncthing on both devices and voila. Can set syncthing to start on pc

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

Yep, absolutely.

Although when doing so, that would make your regular PC a server. Doesn't stop it continuing to be a regular PC as well.

[–] dragonlobster@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Ya but wouldn't I need to open up ports or host a VPN ? Otherwise my phone won't backup unless I'm at home

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

You need a way to connect to your home server from the internet, yes. You can do it easily using cloudflare tunnels or using one of the many vpn systems for your phone.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 6 hours ago

According to the website it uses UPnP. So it might still work.