How to backup directly to network?

[huyz]

I made the mistake of buying the 8GB Nexus 4. It's incredibly hard to back up since each backup requires 2-3 GB of free space.

The solution, barring buying a new device, would be to have a backup that goes directly to the network. Some potential solutions off the top of my head:

• Flash an NFS/SMB-supporting kernel; hack onandroid to mount (if need be) and backup to those remotely-mounted directories
• Hack onandroid to somehow use nc or ssh to write out files.

I'm not familiar with the onandroid script so I don't know how feasible any of this is. I also don't know if I have time to hack any of this. I'm just wondering what's possible. Any ideas or suggestions?

Or you can consider this an enhancement request :)

[ameer1234567890]

You can use OBackup which has the capabilities to backup to clod services as well as FTP. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pommedeterresautee.twoborange3

[huyz]

@ameer1234567890 I use OBackup but it doesn't solve that problem. OBackup does an onandroid backup first, thus requiring the 2-3 GB of space. Only then does it backup to the cloud.

Hence why I wrote "backup directly to the network". And hence why I suggested SMB.

[huyz]

@ameer1234567890 Any other suggestions?

[ameer1234567890]

For that you need a network location mounted on device. Then you can use manual storage location like this:

onandroid -s /mnt/network_location
OR
onandroid --storage /mnt/network/location