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Practical suggestions about backing up a phone

I was leaning over my aquarium to get a net when the phone that was in my shirt pocket...yah, you guessed. It worked for a couple more minutes after I took it out and dried it. In that couple of minutes I was able to download an app and back up stuff to the memory card...I am not sure yet if it was set up to back up the data or not..i will have to wait. I put the phone in my dehydrator, hoping that it would mitigate any damage that the water did, and will take it to a shop as soon as possible.
I have a new phone now. I do not want to do a complete restore of the old phone. I would like to set up my own system of folders and change settings in each app (if allowed) to store files where I want them to be. Still, I seldom have to do this and would welcome any input you have about efficient and secure ways to set up a new android phone. It is a xiaomi Note11 Pro. I have friends who have this and have not had any issues, so I thought I would try one out.

Restoring chats from a phone backup made by TWRP

This procedure can be used when Whatsapp is installed on a new phone or when an old phone had been reset and no new chats had been created since the backup used. The phone Huawei must be rooted. Restoring chats from SD card failed. Copy the backup made by TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) on SD card to PC. It contains a file:
data.ext4.win000
that can be opened by WinRAR. Navigate to folder:
data.ext4.win000\data\data\com.whatsapp\databases
and extract it using WinRAR on PC.
This folder contains among many others the message db (msgstore.db) file in clear, not encrypted format. Using AirDroid or MyPhoneExplorer copy this folder to the SD card.
After installing WhatsApp the complete folder must be copied to the database location on the phone using a root explorer, e.g. Solid Explorer, overwriting the present "databases" folder:
/data/data/com.whatsapp
Now, Whatsapp will show only the chats from the backup.

Deep Links and Instant Apps

Hi all,

I am attempting to implement deep links within my Instant App, and keep running into issues that seem to be coming from something to do with the base application. Currently, the error I'm receiving from the Play Console states:
You should have at least one active installed app APK that mapped to site 'example.site.com' through a web intent-filter.
I do have an intent-filters set up in both the instant app and in the full base app. The intent-filters in the base application look like this:
Code:
<intent-filter>
                <data
                    android:scheme="http"
                    android:host="example.site.com"
                    android:pathPattern="/test/app/" />
            </intent-filter>
            <intent-filter>
                <data
                    android:scheme="https"
                    android:host="example.site.com"
                    android:pathPattern="/test/app/" />
            </intent-filter>

And the intent-filters in the instant app module's manifest look like this:
Code:
<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:scheme="https"
                    android:host="example.site.com"
                    android:pathPattern="/test/app/" />
                <data
                    android:scheme="http"
                    android:host="example.site.com"
                    android:pathPattern="/test/app/" />
            </intent-filter>

With the instant app manifest also containing a default url, set up within the activity tag.

I'm not sure what I am missing here. I have set up the intent filters as I've seen elsewhere on the web, in Google's documentation, and in other forum posts where I've seen people encountering issues with this process. I've also hosted the assetlinks.json file in the .well-known directory on my domain, and verified that it is correct and accessible using Google's verification API. Does anyone know what the issue causing this error may be? Thanks!

Help What is this app???

Given the number of different message apps there are in the Play Store you will be lucky if anyone can answer this (search the Play Store for "message", "messages" or "messenger" and see how many results you get - and that's before we consider apps like Skype that aren't primarily message apps but can receive messages too). All I can tell you for sure is that it's not one of the better-known message apps, and that unless someone who uses the exact same app sees this it's unlikely you'll get a definite answer.

To be honest, your best bet if you really want to know is probably to ask them.

build.Gradle Project file problem

So im up to step3 of Firebase setup.. paste code onto Project-level build.gradle (/build.gradle).. but the file doesnt have Dependancies or Repositorie on the file..

Here is a copy of my build.Gradle Project file..

Code:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
plugins {
    id 'com.android.application' version '7.1.0' apply false
    id 'com.android.library' version '7.1.0' apply false
    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version '1.6.10' apply false

}


task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

...so where do i paste the file from Firebase? everywhere i paste it, it wont syn. Or have i not set up the program correctly? im using Kotlin


Just so you talented people know .. ive just started Progaming.. today. So if you could explain what im doing wrong and explain your code it would help me learn from my mistakes.. having dyslexia is tough enough lol. Im trying to build a communication app for my son who has mental helath issues.

Thanks for any help

About 3 years ago I added "Wyatt" to my Google Android dictionary, and 3 phone later

That is a very good question.
Are you still using G-Board (yuck)?

This is just more proof of Google keeping track of every keystroke.

Maybe using a firewall to block internet access of the keyboard (once again, it seems that this should not be necessary- but, you know- Google) clearing the data of the keyboard, and seeing if that works?

Or just start using a different keyboard that does not send your keystrokes to anywhere else.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod/

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/rkr.tinykeyboard.inputmethod

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vlath.keyboard/

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