It is essential to back up all your data present on your smartphones to some cloud storage on your PC or any 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. So it’s better to back up an Android phone.
If you are used to changing phones, having full knowledge of how to back up an Android phone is essential. You can easily back up and restore all your data on your new phone. A phone is a combination of hardware and software. These are the things that can malfunction and stop working anytime. You might have to send your phone 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. So before anything unfortunate happens to your phone, it’s perfect to have a backup of all your data.
Backup Android Phone Complete guide:
This guide will cover almost every method to back up an Android phone. In addition, you can back up data on your PC, your cloud, or any external storage.
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, sync your Gmail/Google account.
- Goto Settings -> System -> Backup
- Ensure your Google account is associated and logged in 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 offers new features that allow you to back up even more stuff like WIFI passwords, game progress, and phone settings. To get it on another device, log in with your Google account and get all your property there.
Pictures Backup:
Although the method mentioned above also backs up your pictures, another tool is helpful and easy to use to back up all your images, no matter how many 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. And it gives you 15 GB for free. Previously, you could upload unlimited images to your Google Cloud storage if you wanted to save low-resolution pictures. You have to enable Sync after you connect your account with the Google Photos app, and every photo will be synced on the cloud, and you will never lose a picture again.
To enable automatic backup to Google Photos:
- Open the Settings in the Photos app
- Tap on your picture at 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 Backup on PC.
You can also save all your data on your PC using the Helium app from 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.
- See this guide to Backup 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; it has a step-by-step guide.
- A comprehensive guide on how to back up a complete Android device on a PC using Android SDK.
That’s all. Suppose you have questions regarding the guide above on how to back up an Android phone. Feel free to ask in the comments. You can also drop feedback in the comments. You can seek help by contacting us using the Contact Us form or commenting below. Finally, if you have any queries regarding your phone, let us know in the comments. We will try our best to sort it out.
