I accidentally wiped my phone and didn't have a backup — don't make the same mistakes I did
It’s also worth mentioning that at this point, I did not have any kind of backup system in place. Like an idiot, everything ...
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Why your external hard drive isn’t a real backup (And what you should do instead)
While external disks are helpful for additional storage, they aren't reliable, being a full-fledged single backup solution. I learned this the hard way after literally losing year ...