Fedora & Android

[poma]

On 08.01.2015 01:19, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 01:11 +0100, poma wrote:
>> On 08.01.2015 00:13, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 15:48 -0600, John Morris wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 12:46 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My bad, I had misspelled it. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> No, I did it.
>>>>
>>>>> However my phone is a Nexus 5 so it doesn't look like this will work for
>>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> If you have a Nexus device you don't need anything special, they are all
>>>> developer friendly.  Kinda the point of the Nexus brand.  The standard
>>>> documented Android tools should just work.
>>>
>>> I presume you mean stuff on the Android devel website. I haven't looked
>>> there as I'm just a user of Android. All the backup apps I've seen need
>>> to root the phone to do a full backup. And rooting the phone seems to
>>> mean restoring it to factory settings. Instructions for doing this
>>> remind you to do a backup before proceeding ... er ...
>>>
>>
>> You write as if you have not read what is written in this very thread.
>> Your conclusions are nothing but delight.
> 
> So glad to have provided you with amusement.
> 
> poc
> 

Luke Skywalker, modern Android device does not need to be rooted, USB debug mode & initial USB connection are sufficient.