How to Transfer Data Between Android Phone and Computer

If you are an Apple user, you can connect your phone to iTunes on your computer to back it up, and even if your phone is damaged or lost, you can extract data from the backup. But if you are using an Android phone, how to safely and quickly transfer a large amount of data in the phone to the computer as a backup? And how to transfer data from computer to Android phone easily? If you have the above needs, it is recommended to use this third-party data transfer software, Android Data Transfer. This is a good assistant that can help Android users to transfer data between mobile phone and computer without limitation.

Whether you need to backup all photos and videos from Android phone to computer, or import specific data from computer to phone, Android Data Transfer can be done easily. Before transferring data, you can preview and select the data you need to move, which facilitates data management.

There are no complicated operating procedures, just simple steps, so even a novice can complete it. After running Android Data Transfer program on the computer, you only need to follow the prompts to complete the data transfer. Now, let's try it together.

Steps to Transfer Data Between Android Phone and PC

Step 1. Link Android to pc

Download, install the Android data transfer program on your computer and finish the setup process, launch it. Using a usb cable to link your Android phone to computer, a pop-up will display on your phone screen, unlock Android and press "Trust", then you can enable usb debugging your Android phone, the software will detect your Android phone and show it on the software, you can see some phone info on the windows.

• 1. For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter "Settings" < Click "Applications" < Click "Development" < Check "USB debugging"
• 2. For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"
• 3. For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < Click "About Phone" < Tap "Build number" for several times until getting a note "You are under developer mode" < Back to "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"

Step 2. Choose data to transfer

You can see many data type on left sidebar, including photos, videos, music, text messages, contacts and others, tap one data type you want and you will see related category in the middle of the software, tap one category and view data in detail on the right, you can press them one by one to view them, choose data you want and click "Export" > "Export to PC", choose a target folder to save all data to compute for use. To import data to Android phone, you can click "Add" > "Add Files" or "Add Folder", choose data to import them to Android phone.

To transfer data to computer for backup, you also can use the mobile transfer program to sync Android data to PC for free, the Mobile Transfer tool can help you to back up your Android phone, or restore backup to your Android, erase data from Android, transfer data from phone to phone, you can move photos, videos, contacts, music, text messages, call logs and more.

Step 1. Run the Mobile transfer software on your computer after you install it, then choose the feature of "Back Up Your Phone". Connect your Android phone to it, the software will detect your phone and show it on "Target" position.

Step 2. Mark all data you want in the middle of the software, you can tick documents, audios, contacts and more, then click "Start" button to sync data to PC for free.

To restore backup back to Android phone, you can switch to "Restore From Backups" features, choose MobileTrans backup, choose the backup you make and click "Start Transfer" button to sync it back to Android phone.

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