Seedvault VS AuroraStore

if you use an AOSP based ROM, give Seedvault another look since they merged device2device-transfer in the beginning of the year https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/pull/562

You can get support specific to Seedvault on Matrix, or via the Discussions or Issues pages.

There's no way to do a direct image. You can try using seedvault to back up individual pieces of data though: https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault

https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/wiki/FAQ and you could look in the Issues, etc.

For the innterested ones after me https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault

You may want to thumbs up https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/416

SeedVault

There is Seedvault which allows to backup to a USB drive or cloud with end to end encryption.

so, disable this bloat and replace it with, AuroraStore. or not.

Aurora Store (version 4.3.4): An unofficial FOSS client to Google Play with an elegant design and privacy

Aurora Store (version 4.2.5): An open-source alternative to Google Play Store with privacy and modern design

Good option, yes! Maybe something like Aurora Store could also be used to spoof a different (x86) device? https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore

AuroraStore

Android devices could push something like https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore or even F-Droid to get a preinstalled store that's not completely evil.

For Linux devices, if you have a powerful enough phone (Pine64, can we please have a really beefy PinePhone?), you could bundle Waydroid + Aurora/F-Droid.

Go to this link and download AuroraStore_4.2.3.apk, an open source client that fetches files directly from the Play Store servers. Here is an FAQ for the project if you're worried about safety or breaking Google ToS. This method is safe but you can choose to create a new Google account for the login if you're not comfortable using your main account.