Taking back-up of your data seems to be very complicated and hard. Right! But we gonna make this very simple for every android user that is just few steps away. Every beginner can try this out by following the methods included in this guide.
The involvement of smartphones has a massive affect on our daily life. If we talk about its positive side, you will find the smartphone more convenient. Likewise, the daily routine important data is being stored on our smartphones storage. It might be the important mails, personal files containing images, videos, audios and messages etc.
It is good that all the data is stored on the small portable device that we kept in our pocket. But on the other side, it is also being surrounded by the risk of being lost.
- What if your smartphone get lost or damage.
- What will you do then? How will you recover all the data?
- Have you got the copy of the data?
The answer to this is:
It can only be recovered, if you do have backed up your data somewhere, then you will be able to recover your data from that stored point.
So, the question is what are the different methods to successfully back up of your important?
Let’s get started with the different methods of Back-up data in detail.
How To Backup Data on Android Devices
There are different methods to back-up data that are explained below in detail. Follow this to the end and adapt the method that suits you the best.
Method 1: Backup Data Using Computer or Laptop
- Step 1: Grab the original cable of your smartphone.
- Step 2: Connect your smartphone to a computer.
- Step 3: Once, you connect it, you will see the notification on your smartphone.
- Step 4: Just tap on the “transfer files” and you are good to go.
- Step 5: Now, start the copy/pasting process and transfer all the important data to your PC.
The best and the most reliable software for transferring files and other purposes is the PC suite software. Where you could be able to do all your required task in just a matter of clicks.
Method 2: Backup Data Using Different Cloud Services
There are many cloud service out there, but the most easily accessible and reliable so far is the Google Driver. I would personally recommend the Google drive as one of the best cloud storage available out there. Let’s find out how to sync your data to Google drive easily.
Step 1: Tap on the “Settings” on your smartphone.
Step 2: Once, you get into the settings, tap on the “Accounts”.
Step 3: Now, tap on “Add Accounts” and select “Google” from the list of options.
Step 4: After that, type in your Google email address that you want your data to sync with.
Step 5: Select the data you want to take a backup of it.
Step 6: Finally, press the “Sync Now” button to start the backup process.
Method 3: Backup Data Using ADB & Fastboot Commands
Step 1: Tap on the “Settings” on your smartphone.
Step 2: Go to About Phone -> Build Number. Tap on the Build number several times until you see the message pop-ups “Developer option has been enabled”.
Step 3: Now, access the developer option by going to settings->Developer option.
Step 4: Once, you are in developer option, now locate the “USB Debugging” option.
Step 5: Enable the “USB Debugging” option.
Step 6: Now, connect your phone to a computer.
Step 7: After that, you will receive a USB debugging prompt message on your phone. Tap on “Allow”.
Step 8: Download, extract, and install the ADB & Fastboot setup on your computer.
Step 9: Now, right click anywhere in the same folder while holding the shift key and open the “Command prompt” or ” power shell” windows.
Step 10: To take a backup of your data, type the following command:
adb backup -all
Step 11: Type the alternative command, if you want to take a backup of your data on the SD card.
adb backup -shared
Step 12: After that, you would have to provide an encryption password.
Step 13: Finally, tap on the “Backup my data” and the process will start.
There are some third party apps too, that could be utilized to take a complete backup of your data. These apps could provide you will multiple options to take a backup of your data. The most popular one’s among them are as follow:
- My Backup Pro
- Super Backup & Restore
- App Backup & Restore
