Seedvault vs scan.lol

Seedvault

A backup application for the Android Open Source Project. (by seedvault-app)

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scan.lol

A website to quickly scan a qr code without installing an app (by TimDaub)

Qr Code QRcode Scanner

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Seedvault		scan.lol
	Project
54	Mentions	7
1,129	Stars	5
2.6%	Growth	-
8.9	Activity	0.0
4 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Kotlin	Language	HTML
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Seedvault

Posts with mentions or reviews of Seedvault. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-15.

Better Adb-Shell
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Apr 2024

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
SeedVaultBackup crashes / does not work
2 projects | /r/CalyxOS | 12 Jul 2023

You can get support specific to Seedvault on Matrix, or via the Discussions or Issues pages.
I ditched Google and installed the privacy-focused GrapheneOS on my Pixel
5 projects | /r/privacy | 27 Mar 2023

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
'No suitable backups found at given location. This is most likely due to a wrong recovery code or a storage error' one SeedVault restore
1 project | /r/LineageOS | 8 Feb 2023

https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/wiki/FAQ and you could look in the Issues, etc.
please check comprehension and fill in gaps re: rooting device
1 project | /r/CalyxOS | 5 Feb 2023
Any way to backup to commercial cloud (e.g. google drive, dropbox, aws glacier, b2 backblaze)
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 15 Jan 2023

For the innterested ones after me https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault
Seedvault Backup Error notification
1 project | /r/LineageOS | 11 Dec 2022

You may want to thumbs up https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/416
OAndBackupX vs Migrate vs SeedVault vs LinuxAndroidBackup?
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 4 Nov 2022

SeedVault
Would it be possible to switch from an old calyx device to a new one, keeping data?
1 project | /r/CalyxOS | 22 Oct 2022
I want to degoogle by using GrapheneOS, but I have questions/concerns about functionality. Ease my mind and teach me?
4 projects | /r/degoogle | 21 Sep 2022

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

scan.lol

Posts with mentions or reviews of scan.lol. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-29.

Bring back menus QR codes are terrible
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jun 2021

Hey so in any case if someonw or you yourself is struggling to understand how to scan a qr code on their phone, always point them to my mini tiny product called https://scan.lol
Show HN: Simple QR Code Scanner
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Feb 2021
Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Feb 2021

HEY THIS IS THE PERFECT MOMENT TO PLUG MY SUPER MINI PROJECT: https://scan.lol
Excuse my caps!
Show HN: I built a tiny product: scan.lol
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2021

Hi! Op here.
Source code: https://github.com/TimDaub/scan.lol
Let me know if you have questions/feedback.
Malware on My Android Phone
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2021

Where does https://github.com/TimDaub/scan.lol/blob/master/qr-scanner-w... come from then?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Seedvault and scan.lol you can also consider the following projects:

Magisk - The Magic Mask for Android

greenpass-covid19-qrcode-decoder - An easy tool for decoding Green Pass Covid-19 QrCode

Neo-Backup - backup manager for android

WeScan - Document Scanning Made Easy for iOS

syncthing-android - Wrapper of syncthing for Android.

App Manager - A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android

calyxos

BinaryEye - Yet another barcode scanner for Android

hardened_malloc - Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.

Secure-QR-Reader - Privacy Focused and Secure QR Reader

ZXing - ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android