I’m currently running Lineage OS 15.1 but I’m having some trouble and I will maybe change back to Fairphone OS.
Last weeks, I have download several Lineage OS from https://download.lineage.microg.org/FP2/
I boot on TWRP and I successfully install the image without format data partition.
After flashing, I retreived all my stuff and I was happy.
My question is the following : can I install last Fairphone OS with the same process without lost all my stuff (apps, setting…) ?
No. Switching to a different OS will delete all user data, so you’ll have to do a backup.
Switching from Lineage OS to FP OS means switching from Android 8 to Android 7, but even without that LOS and FP OS are too different.
Switching from LOS to LOS+microg is another story.
Thanks for your anwsers !
I’m a linux user and I wonder why technically we can’t have under android ALL apps settings securised on a separate “/home” partition.
A system change should not disturb main apps settings IMHO
I’m a linux user and have over the years experienced multiple instances where settings folders (on /home) needed to be deleted in order to get the desktop environment to start properly after major upgrades. With upgrades I run the risk, but switching distros I make a copy of /home/user/Documents, but remove everything else as keeping it too often causes headaches later on.