Total Commander

Hello,

I got a tablet and would like to transfer my settings for TC Android from my Xiaomi phone to my new tablet. Both devices have Android 11.

How can I go about it?

I didn't see an export/import settings command in TC.

2brahman
See: viewtopic.php?p=369798#p369798

Super! Thank you.

Of course it would be nice to have this export/import settings feature built in.

Maybe Christian would be so kind to consider this for a future release. (Pretty please)

I totally agree, "export/import settings" should be a standard function to ease migration to a new device or for backups.
Please consider to implement, thank you.

Normally when you setup a new phone or tablet, you will be asked whether you want to install previously used apps. This also copies the settings of these apps.

ghisler(Author) wrote: ↑2022-07-19, 06:41 UTC Normally when you setup a new phone or tablet, you will be asked whether you want to install previously used apps. This also copies the settings of these apps.

Not on a de-googled phone. (LineageOS without GApps, LineageOS for microG, /e/OS and maybe others)

2ghisler(Author)

Normally when you setup a new phone or tablet, you will be asked whether you want to install previously used apps

This often only works within the same brand of phone - and it often don't recreate the settings of those apps.

You can use a tool like Helium backup, or backup your settings as follows:

1. Change via home folder - system main directory to the following folder:
/data/data/com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander

This is possible without root rights!

2. Back up the "shared_prevs" and "files" directories, e.g. to a subfolder of /storage/emulated/0

Restore:
1. As above
2. Copy back the "shared_prevs" and "files" directories
3. Important: Quit Total Commander via the task manager (Android tasks) and restart it,
otherwise it will overwrite the restored data when exiting!

Does this method also include the settings/connections for SFTP Plugin?

Helium Backup will also backup the settings of all plugins. Copying the folder will only backup the data of Total Commander itself.