From 5b3bb38c1b40950c216f16d9ca5cee8e4ace4b04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ravenschade Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 23:00:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a0061ec..a21a1ed 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,18 @@ -# borgbackup_on_android -project to make borgbackup run on Android +# borgbackup on android +This project provides build scripts to compile borgbackup (https://github.com/borgbackup/borg) and its dependencies on Android. It uses termux (https://termux.com/) as a lightweight environment. + +Yoou don't root permission on your phone to use it. However without root permissions the access to data of other apps or system data is not possible, but you can still access your photos, videos,... + +If you have root permission on your device, you can use tsu (https://github.com/cswl/tsu) to conveniently gain root permissions in termux and backup you complete device. + +Tested so far is: + +- creation of repositories +- backup to repositories on the device +- backup up to remote repositories via ssh + +Tested on devices: +- Huawei Nexus6p with stock Android 7.1.2 (angler, aarch64) +- Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with Lineage 14.1 (n7100, armv7l) + +Feedback on tests with other devices and android versions is very welcome.