It is essential to back up all the data on your smartphone to a cloud storage service on your PC or an external hard drive. You can lose a phone or it can get stolen, but the last thing you want is to lose all your pictures, videos, contacts, and messages. These days, phones have some extraordinary memories of the time before any accident. Therefore, it’s better to back up an Android phone to the cloud on a PC. So if your phone is lost or stolen, at least you can recover its contents.
If you’re accustomed to changing phones, having a complete understanding of how to back up an Android phone is essential. You can easily back up and restore all your data on your new phone. The hardware or the software can malfunction and stop working at any time. You may need to send your phone in for repair or to claim a warranty. Most of the time, all the data inside the phone is wiped when you try to fix it. Before anything unfortunate happens to your phone, it’s a good idea to have a backup of all your data.
Backup Android Phone: A Complete Guide:
This guide covers nearly every method for backing up an Android phone, regardless of the manufacturer, including Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Nothing Phone, HTC, Nokia, and OPPO. Additionally, you can back up data on your PC, in the cloud, or on any external storage device.
Google Backup and Restore:
Android users can now quickly back up all their data on Google Cloud, also known as Google Drive, including Contacts, Gmail, Photos, and app data. You can sync the data with your Google account and access it from whichever device you like. To back up and sync all your data, ensure your Gmail/Google account is synced.
- Goto Settings -> System -> Backup
- Ensure your Google account is associated, and Backup is set to where you want to save the data.
- Here, you will see an option to Backup now.
- There, you can also select the applications whose data you want to back up.
Android 6.0 and above offer new features that allow you to back up even more items, such as Wi-Fi passwords, game progress, and phone settings. To get it on another device, log in with your Google account and get all your property there.
Google Photos Backup:
Although the method mentioned above also backs up your pictures, another tool is helpful and easy to use for backing up all your images, regardless of the number of photos you have on your phone.
Use the Google Photos App and sync it with your Google account. It can save full-resolution pictures on cloud storage. It also provides 15 GB of storage space for free. Previously, you could upload unlimited images to your Google Cloud storage if you wanted to save low-resolution pictures. You must enable Sync after connecting your account to the Google Photos app, and every photo will be synced to the backup cloud, ensuring you never lose a picture again.
To enable automatic backup to Google Photos:
- Open the Settings -> Backup in the Photos app
- Tap on your picture in the top right corner.
- Tap on Backup, and connect your Google account.
- Here, you can also select the apps or folders associated with each app you want to back up, such as WhatsApp or Telegram pictures.
All your pictures and videos will be saved on Google Photos.
Complete Phone Backup on PC.
You can also save all your data on your PC using the Helium app, available on the Google Play Store. Other apps can perform a complete backup of your phone on your PC. However, other apps have limitations, like requiring root access or the free versions not backing up all your data. See the link below, where I have performed a backup on my PC using this app.
- See this step-by-step guide on how to back up an Android device on a PC. Refer to this guide for backing up Samsung Galaxy Devices.
Backup Complete Device using Android SDK
Don’t trust any cloud service or app if you have several devices and a large amount of data. Then, you can back up your device using the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). It does not require rooting your phone. See the link below for a step-by-step guide.
- A comprehensive guide on how to back up a complete Android device on a PC using the Android SDK.
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