Always read reviews and dont get excited about buying a new tech item just because they advertise for it to be the greatest thing made by man, be patient and wait for it to be used by people and you’ll see what its up to.
If you copy a string of information you will of course get everything copied it will not leave anything behind. After that its up to you to implement it on your new box, that aint necessary just paste it and your good to go. 😉
I didn't get excited about buying this at all lol. Wanted something to replace my WDTV Live for NAS Streaming. A friend had one and told me about it and he was happy with it. Never even heard of this company or their products until then. Specs seemed to meet my requirements. But again, something as basic as a back up and restore function really should not be treated as an afterthought. This isn't too much to ask at all considering it was released in August.
As for copying information, it's not as straightforward as you make it out to be. For example, you can't simply copy everything over from an Android phone and expect all the information to be 'cloned'. There are certain areas and files that you cannot access unless the device is rooted etc. My query in this case applied to ALL files, settings & etc. Specifically the MyTVOnline2 Portal login info and whether or not there are any hidden or inaccessible files that only a firmware implemented backup function would capture. Anyway, I'll figure it out.....