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You can reduce the pain level if you plan to do a periodic update. Every major update (like 4.4.4 to 5.0.n) should be immediately followed by a Factory Data Reset. Nova Launcher Prime allows you to save your settings and restore them, after a Factory Data Reset. Tasker allows you to do the same thing.

So ... transition to using Nova Launcher Prime and Tasker and when it comes time to do the upgrade/Factory Data Reset it is a little unpleasant but not a very big deal.

(This of course assumes you are not into gaming using games that don't allow backup/restore of your progress.)

... Thom
 
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