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by jayelbe 1983 days ago
It's actually pretty straightforward to do backup and recover with Signal:

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Ba...
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j7ake 1983 days ago
It's straightforward, but relative to whatsapp it is a huge hassle.

Imagine you lost/broken phone and bought a replacement. Whatsapp would be able to restore all your history while in Signal you are out of luck.

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Y-bar 1983 days ago
Apple support has occasionally asked me to reset my phone due to some iCloud issue. How do I back up my data and restore it after that without buying a second iOS iPhone?
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chupchap 1983 days ago
Yes I have done it, but my wife saw me do it and said there is no way she would go through all those steps.
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