Last edited by yuvimessi on 2016/10/27 22:00
Phones are getting better at automatically backing up data, but unfortunately there’s always the possibility that you’ll lose your phone or drop it in water and lose everything.
And backups are indispensable. Whether it's a backup of your Android smartphone, your photo albums or your laptop PC, backups come in at just the right moment to save the day. There is nothing worse than losing everything on your phone or computer and realizing you never backed anything up.
And as Asus Backup is no longer supported on Android Marshmallow, so we have to take our device backup using any third party Application to do the same.
Whether it be through Google, a third-party app, or your computer, here’s how to properly back up all your phone’s data.
Using Google For Backup
Backing up most of your data is actually pretty easy with Google, and it has gotten far easier over the past few years. Unfortunately there isn’t yet a one-stop backup method for Android phones through Google, but there are ways to back up different types of data. Keep in mind, however, that these options don’t cover things like SMS. Here’s how to back up your data with Google.
Photos and Videos
If you’re not already using Google Photos, you should be. The service automatically backs up every photo and video you take to the cloud, so you’ll never have to manually back up your media ever again. If the Photos app isn’t already on your phone, you can download it here. Once it’s installed, you’ll need to make sure Photos is set to automatically back up your files. Here’s how to do that:
- Open the Google Photos app
- In the menu, head to Settings
- Tap ‘Back up & sync’
- Make sure the switch is turned on
The best part about Google Photos is that, that you can upload as many files as you’d like for free. Photos and videos will have a maximum upload quality of 1080p for the free storage option, which should be good enough for most people. If you’d like to keep the original quality of your photos, you can, but it will count against your Google Drive storage. Here’s how to check your Google Photos upload quality:
- Open the Google Photos app
- In the menu, head to Settings
- Tap ‘Back up & sync’
- Tap ‘Upload size’
- Choose the option you’d like
Of course, you probably have more than just photos and videos on your phone. Here are a few ways you can back up the other files:
Other Files
Google Drive lets you store your other files in the cloud, which means they’ll be accessible from any connected device. To manually upload folders and files,
follow these instructions:
- Download the Google Drive app, if you don’t have it already
- In the app, press on the ‘+’ button
- Press ‘Upload’
- Select the file(s) you’d like to back up
- That’s it!
Using 3rd Party Apps For Backup
Unrooted Phone
There are a ton of great apps out there for backing up your data, and one of the easiest to use is
Easy Backup & Restore. As the name implies, Easy Backup & Restore aims to be simple. It backups applications and the usual assortment of other stuff including MMS, calendar, and user dictionaries. You also have the option of backing up directly to your device, to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.com, and OneDrive if you use cloud storage.
- Download and open the app
- When asked if you’d like to create a backup, tap ‘Yes’
- Select the items you’d like to include in your backup
- Select the location where you’d like the backup to save
- Type in a name for your backup
- Wait for the app to back up your data
- Tap ‘OK’
And that’s all there is to it.
Rooted Phones
While most people won’t need to root their phones to backup what they need to, rooting your phone can help you back up a few more things. By rooting your phone, just about everything on your phone can be restored, including things like app settings, system data, and even Wi-Fi passwords. One of the most used apps for backing up a rooted phone is Titanium Backup. While Titanium Backup certainly looks a little outdated, it’s a very powerful app indeed. Here’s how to back up your files using Titanium Backup:
- Download and open the app
- Tap the menu button in the top-right corner and select ‘batch actions’
- Select everything you want to back up
- If this is the first time you’re backing up your device, you’ll at least want to select ‘backup all user apps’ and ‘backup all system data’
- You can also choost to back up the files to Dropbox or Google Drive, which you may want to do in case you lose your phone
- You can also opt to create a recovery compatible .zip backup file
- This ensures that even if your phone’s system files become corrupt or something else happens that prevents you from being able to boot up your phone, you’ll be able to restore your phone from the backup
Backing Up To Your Computer
If all of this sounds way too complicated, simply connect your Android phone to your PC with a USB cable, open a Windows Explorer window and navigate to your phone. Here you will see a bunch of folders including photos, videos, music and documents.
Just go into each folder and copy/paste the stuff you want to save onto your computer for safekeeping. This is a pretty handy thing to do even if you have other backup solutions at hand, because there's no such thing as too many backups. But if you want to retrieve it at a later date then you'll need to get back on your PC.
Still, there are several other tools for Windows and Mac, which can help you backup, or manage your Android device more easily.
Some of them are :
MobiKin Assistant for Android (Windows Version)
MobiKin Assistant for Android (Mac Version)
Wondershare MobileGo
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