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Maybe somebody's asked this already but how come, in this day and age, there isn't a way to snapshot your entire phone into some sort of encrypted blob for storage in a location of your choice? You could wipe your phone and setup a throwaway profile with some basic apps before traveling, and then restore the snapshot once safely through customs.
Border issues aside, it would be very handy to be able to snapshot a phone like that anyway...
What you're talking about is basically an encrypted backup. Seedvault does exactly that, it's included in many custom ROMs, including GrapheneOS.
Seedvault doesn't backup apps whose developer chooses not to let you back them up. It doesn't backup the encrypted keystore or the tee. It misses a lot, because Android fundamentally puts developers above users.
O rly? I will look into this, thanks!