[GH-ISSUE #950] How can I export containers to a new device? #846

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opened 2026-03-03 15:36:47 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

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Originally created by @GamerGuy95953 on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/LiveContainer/LiveContainer/issues/950

The title is mostly self-explanatory. I got a new iPhone and I wanted to export the containers from my old phone to the new phone, but I have tried and failed multiple times on different methods. Is there a working guide on how I can export containers to a new device, preserving the data on it?

Any help is really appreciated!

Originally created by @GamerGuy95953 on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/LiveContainer/LiveContainer/issues/950 The title is mostly self-explanatory. I got a new iPhone and I wanted to export the containers from my old phone to the new phone, but I have tried and failed multiple times on different methods. Is there a working guide on how I can export containers to a new device, preserving the data on it? Any help is really appreciated!

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@hugeBlack commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025):

If you backup and restore or use iOS's transfer to another iPhone feature then the transfer should be done automatically. Your data will appear as soon as you sideload LiveContainer again on your new phone with the same Apple ID that you used to sideload LiveContainer on your old phone.

However if you don't want to do this you may need to convert all apps to private apps and manually transfer all folders in Files app -> LiveContainer to your new iPhone. Do note that all keychains items will be lost if you transfer data in this way.

@hugeBlack commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025): If you backup and restore or use iOS's transfer to another iPhone feature then the transfer should be done automatically. Your data will appear as soon as you sideload LiveContainer again on your new phone **with the same Apple ID** that you used to sideload LiveContainer on your old phone. However if you don't want to do this you may need to convert all apps to private apps and manually transfer all folders in Files app -> LiveContainer to your new iPhone. Do note that all keychains items will be lost if you transfer data in this way.

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@GamerGuy95953 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025):

If you backup and restore or use iOS's transfer to another iPhone feature then the transfer should be done automatically. Your data will appear as soon as you sideload LiveContainer again on your new phone with the same Apple ID that you used to sideload LiveContainer on your old phone.

However if you don't want to do this you may need to convert all apps to private apps and manually transfer all folders in Files app -> LiveContainer to your new iPhone. Do note that all keychains items will be lost if you transfer data in this way.

Thank you, I've tried to do it the easy way by doing a transfer when setting up the new phone, but it would fail a couple of minutes in, even though the phones were literally touching each other. Literally a day wasted from that.

I am relatively new to LiveContainer. I don't see any options to convert all apps to private apps, and I'm unsure which files to transfer and where to place them on the new phone. I see options in data management where it says that it can move the shared app group to the private documents folder, but when I did that, I see a new folder called AppGroup, but there is nothing in it. Are you able to provide the full steps for exporting and importing?

@GamerGuy95953 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2025): > If you backup and restore or use iOS's transfer to another iPhone feature then the transfer should be done automatically. Your data will appear as soon as you sideload LiveContainer again on your new phone **with the same Apple ID** that you used to sideload LiveContainer on your old phone. > > However if you don't want to do this you may need to convert all apps to private apps and manually transfer all folders in Files app -> LiveContainer to your new iPhone. Do note that all keychains items will be lost if you transfer data in this way. Thank you, I've tried to do it the easy way by doing a transfer when setting up the new phone, but it would fail a couple of minutes in, even though the phones were literally touching each other. Literally a day wasted from that. I am relatively new to LiveContainer. I don't see any options to convert all apps to private apps, and I'm unsure which files to transfer and where to place them on the new phone. I see options in data management where it says that it can move the shared app group to the private documents folder, but when I did that, I see a new folder called AppGroup, but there is nothing in it. Are you able to provide the full steps for exporting and importing?

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@SAOMDVN commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025):

I just had a transfer. For some reasons only private apps get carried over and I lost all shared apps. So I am manually transferring the shared apps via copying them in Files. I just wonder if this is expected behaviour or something went wrong and there are dangling files from these shared app in my new phone's file system that are not used by anything

@SAOMDVN commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025): I just had a transfer. For some reasons only private apps get carried over and I lost all shared apps. So I am manually transferring the shared apps via copying them in Files. I just wonder if this is expected behaviour or something went wrong and there are dangling files from these shared app in my new phone's file system that are not used by anything

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@hugeBlack commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025):

@SAOMDVN If so it's probably you new LiveContainer install does not use the same app group as the old one does. Check if you signed LiveContainer correctly and check if the app group is the same between your old and new install in jitless diagnose.

And yes, it's highly likely that these shared apps take your phone's storage.

@hugeBlack commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025): @SAOMDVN If so it's probably you new LiveContainer install does not use the same app group as the old one does. Check if you signed LiveContainer correctly and check if the app group is the same between your old and new install in jitless diagnose. And yes, it's highly likely that these shared apps take your phone's storage.

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@SAOMDVN commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025):

The App Group ID matches exactly.

@SAOMDVN commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025): The App Group ID matches exactly.