How to Backup and Restore Your Android Phone or Tablet
There is a lot of important data and files stored on your Android phone or tablet - contacts, apps, photos, videos, messages and documents etc. Accidentally damaging your phone can obviously be heartbreaking, not only the problem of your phone breaking, but also the fear of losing everything on your Android device? You need to make sure to back up your information in case your phone ever fails. A backup of your phone or tablet comes in handy should you ever need to restore lost data. It is esay to recover your Android data from backup even if your phone is lost, stolen, or broken. If you still don't know how to backup and restore your Android phone or tablet, you can read this article to know the specific method.
How to Back Up Android Data Using Google Drive
Google Drive is one of the choices for backup, which comes pre-installed on all Android devices. With Google Drive, users can back up their data for free with 15GB of free cloud storage. Backing up your device to Google Drive requires a mobile network or WiFi connection.
1. Open the Google Drive app
On your Android Device, click the Drive Android app and then tap the triple bar icon in the upper left corner of the home screen.
2. Tap on the Backup and Reset Option
Click "Settings" to find a backup and reset option.
3. Click the "Back Up Now" button
You'll see a screen showing how much storage space you have left, the "Back Up Now" icon, and backup details. There should also be a toggle switch directly above the "Back Up Now" icon that says "Backed up by Google One". Toggle this switch to On.
Note: If your device has a large amount of data, the backup process may take a long time, so it is recommended that you use a WiFi network to complete the backup.
How to Transfer Android Data to Computer with Android Data Transfer
If you want a more secure and effective data transfer method that is not limited by the 15GB space, you can use a third-party tool such as Android Data Transfer app, to do a local backup on your Windows PC. Cloud backup involves storing files on a remote server accessed over the internet, while local backup refers to the process of storing files on your computer. Which option is better depends on your storage needs, both cloud backup and local backup can be effective ways to back up Android data.
Android Data Transfer is a professional tool for users to transfer data from Android phone/tablet to computer freely, including photos, videos, messages, files and more. Before transferring data, you can freely preview and select the data you need to backup. After the transfer is complete, the data can also be viewed and used on a computer without restrictions. When you need it, you can restore the data to your existing mobile phone no matter the data of the original mobile phone is accidentally deleted, the device is damaged, lost or other reasons.
Step 1. Run the software
Download, install the Android data transfer program on computer and run it, the software will require you to link your Android phone. Using a usb cable to connect your Android phone to computer, unlock your phone and press "Trust" to left Android trust this PC, then the software will detect your phone if you have enable usb debugging on your Android phone, else you will see a instruction to turn on usb debugging.
Step 2. Choose data to transfer
You can see many data type on top of the software, such as photos, videos, contacts, text messages, music and more, tap one data type and you will see related category in the middle of the software, press one category and view all related data one by one, mark all data you want and click "Export" > "Export to PC", choose a target folder to save all selected data to computer for use.
How to Restore Android Data
What needs to be reminded here is that if you need to recover the data of an Android phone without any backup, you can use the Android Data Recovery program to directly scan and find the deleted data. Android data recovery software is the professional recovery tool for Android phone to restore photos, videos, contacts, text messages, music, document, call logs and other files, it also can help you to backup and restore your Android data, fix your Android system and get it back to normal. To restore your Android data, the follow method can help you.
Step 1. Link Android phone
Run the Android data recovery software on your computer after you install it, connect your Android phone to same PC with a usb cable, the software will prompt you the steps to enable usb debugging, after you turn it on, the software will detect your phone and go to next steps.
Step 2. Choose data type to scan
On new interface, you need to mark all data type you want to scan, you can mark photos, videos, contacts, text messages, call logs, documents and more, after that, you can press "Next".
Step 3. Get authorized on Android
The software will install FoneGo app on your Android phone, you can enable "Install via USB" option in "Developer options", then you can click "Allow" when you see some request on phone screen, then click "I Have Authorized".
Step 4. Scan and choose data to restore
The software will spend some time to scan Android storage, all data type will list on left panel, after scanning, you can tap one data type and preview all data in detail on scan result, mark all data you want and click "Recover" button to get them back.
