What happens to your apps if your phone breaks? Phones have become an essential part in our daily interactions with banks, social networks, entertainment, and what not. Losing or breaking a phone has never been more nervewrecking. Especially with apps that use local only storage with limited or no means of backup. Backing up data on Android is becoming harder, even for advanced users.
A decade ago, there were still viable options available for power users. Apps like Titanium Backup come to mind. But Android is being locked down tighter every year, because of financial regulations and trusted computing requirements. This mindset of turning phones into walled gardens where even a power user shall have no access is trickling down to forks such as LineageOS as well.
Modern versions of LineageOS, 18.1 as of the moment of writing, do no longer provide a practical way for applications to gain root. Backup applications such as Titanium Backup no longer work. T