Swift Backup Updates

Full changelog v3.6.1 Backup format and Encryption changes - 7z is now the default archive format used for backups - AES-256 encryption is now enforced for all backups except wallpapers - New 'Encryption password strategy' option in Settings: You can now optionally add your own passphrase to the password generating process in Swift Backup and it will use this password in addition to the already used parameters to create the final encryption password. Proper support for SD Cards & USB drives (Rooted devices) - Swift Backup now uses root access (if needed) to create its folder at the root path of external storages. - Since the folder is on the root of the external storages, your backups are now safe even after Swift Backup is uninstalled. Run schedules using shell command Swift Backup now supports a minimal implementation for running schedules at your convenience via a shell command. You can run this command in a terminal emulator or use it in automation apps like Tasker, Macrodroid, etc. Command: am start -n org.swiftapps.swiftbackup/.shortcuts.ShortcutsActivity -e "cmd" "-s [schedule_id1] [schedule_id2]" Breakdown of the above command: am start -n org.swiftapps.swiftbackup/.shortcuts.ShortcutsActivity This just starts the activity that handles the command. '-n' is very important! -e "cmd" "-s [schedule_id1] [schedule_id2]" This is the extra (-e) called 'cmd' (short for command) that is passed to the activity. -s takes one or more ids of the schedules to run separated by a whitespace. Make sure you do NOT add the squared brackets '[' or ']' in the final command. How to get the schedule_id? These ids can be obtained by long clicking the title of the respective schedule which will copy the id to clipboard. Other changes - Apps: Added more flexible batch actions for labels: Set labels, Add to existing labels, Clear labels - Apps: Increased maximum labels limit from 20 to 100 - Apps: Increased maximum blacklist apps limit from 50 to 100 - Cloud: Added support for SMB servers - Cloud: Added support for Mega & Box cloud services - WiFi: Proper support for restoring hidden WiFi networks on Android 12 - Other small fixes and performance optimizations

Google Play release v3.6.1 Note: This is essentially a re-upload of v3.6.0 released earlier today with removed high compression level options for app data backups as they were causing out-of-memory crashes on devices with 4GB or lesser RAM. ⏩ Release highlights - Faster backup/restore with enforced AES-256 encryption - Proper support for SD Cards & USB drives - New cloud services support: Mega, Box, SMB - Ability to run schedules via shell command Full changelog in the next message.

v3.6.0_Beta4: Download WARNING Backups taken with v3.6.x releases CANNOT be restored with older versions of the app. Backups taken with previous versions are compatible. Changelog - Cloud: Two-factor authentication support for Mega.nz and fixed a couple of crashes reported by Mega users. - Cloud: [Test mode¹] Added SFTP support. Please test and provide feedback. - Fixed a crash when performing backup/restore on Android 6-7 - Other fixes ¹ Activate Test mode from Swift Backup Settings > About > Tap ‘Version’ 7 times.

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v3.6.0_Beta3: Download WARNING Backups taken with v3.6.x releases CANNOT be restored with older versions of the app. Backups taken with previous versions are compatible. Mega.nz support Initial support for Mega.nz cloud storage. Please provide feedback if you plan to try it out. Note that the APK size has almost doubled due to addition of Mega.nz SDK. Experimental: Run schedules using shell command Swift Backup now supports a minimal implementation for running schedules at your convenience via a shell command. You can run this command in a terminal emulator or use it in automation apps like Tasker, Macrodroid, etc. Command: am start -n org.swiftapps.swiftbackup/.shortcuts.ShortcutsActivity -e "cmd" "-s [schedule_id1] [schedule_id2]" Breakdown of the above command: am start -n org.swiftapps.swiftbackup/.shortcuts.ShortcutsActivity This just starts the activity that handles the command. '-n' is very important! -e "cmd" "-s [schedule_id1] [schedule_id2]" This is the extra (-e) called 'cmd' (short for command) that is passed to the activity. -s takes one or more ids of the schedules to run separated by a whitespace. Please don't use squared brackets '[' or ']' in the command you run. How to get the schedule_id? These ids can be obtained by long clicking the title of the respective schedule which will copy the id to the clipboard. Other changes - Cloud: Fixed an issue with SMB where custom port wasn't used - WiFi: Proper support for restoring hidden WiFi networks on Android 12 - Fixed crashes during backup/restore when device model id contains a slash - Many small fixes and performance optimizations

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v3.6.0_Beta2 WARNING - Update ASAP if you are on the previous beta (v3.6.0_Beta1) as this update fixes a critical bug that could render all your backups corrupt when switching from Internal Storage to SD Card or USB drive. - Backups taken with v3.6.x releases CANNOT be restored with older versions of the app. Backups taken with previous versions are compatible. Changelog - Storage: Fixed a critical issue mentioned in the 'Warning' above - Storage: Improved detection for USB drives on older Android versions - Apps: Minor optimizations for improving backup speeds - Cloud: Added support for Box cloud service: www.box.com - Cloud: Fixed a couple of bugs with SMB - Cloud: Improved WebDAV URL validation for self-hosted nextcloud/owncloud servers

v3.6.0_Beta1: Reuploaded with a minor fix related to Messages/Call logs backups not showing up the conversations. Full changelog: https://t.me/swiftbackupupdates/90

v3.6.0_Beta1 Changelog WARNING Backups taken with this beta CANNOT be restored with versions below v3.6.x. Backups taken with previous versions are compatible. Backup format and Encryption changes - 7z is now the default archive format used for backups - Added compression level options for app data backups - AES-256 encryption is enforced by default for all backups except wallpapers. Other encryption method options have been removed. - Added 'Encryption password strategy' options in Settings. You can now optionally add your own passphrase to the password generating process in Swift Backup and it will use this password in addition to the already used parameters to create the final encryption password. Proper support for USB OTG and SD Cards (Rooted devices) - On devices where USB flash drives and SD Cards are not accessible, Swift Backup can now use root access to create its folder at the root of such storages similar to how it does on the device's internal storage. - This feature should work across all Android versions (6-12) supported by Swift Backup. - Due to the new location of backups, they are now safe even after Swift Backup is uninstalled. Other changes - Apps: Added more flexible batch actions for labels: Set labels, Add to existing labels, Clear labels - Apps: Increased maximum labels limit from 20 to 100 - Apps: Increased maximum blacklist apps limit from 50 to 100 - Cloud: Added SMB support - Other minor changes and fixes

v3.5.3 (Google Play release) - Apps: Improved checks for Split APK changes during backup - Apps: Fixed an issue where apps got hidden from system settings when disabled with SB - Cloud: Fixed broken validation for non-http URLs - Cloud: Fixed some OneDrive sign-in issues experienced by Chinese users - Other minor fixes

v3.5.2 (Google Play release) - Cloud: Fixed an issue when using WebDAV with services like Koofr

v3.5.1 (Google Play release) - Fixed a crash occurring on Android 12 DP3 during app backup/restore - Cloud: Fixed some minor issues with WebDAV connections and added support for using ipv6 in url - Schedule: Fixed an app filtering issue for app schedules - Schedule: Fixed cloud service not initializing during schedule run in some cases - Other minor fixes