The modernistic globe has grown a second encephalon and keeps it in their pocket. We accept and so much of ourselves and our lives on our phones that the thought of losing information technology and starting a new telephone empty can be alarming. It doesn't have to be, with simply a couple clicks.

Co-ordinate to DeviceAtlas, y'all get a new phone every eighteen months to 2 years on boilerplate. Nosotros probably spend virtually half dozen months of that just getting our phone dorsum to where we like it with our apps, contacts, and settings.

Two telephone changes and you've just wasted a year on tuning your phone. Let's come across how nosotros can cut that downwardly to minutes. The phone we're using today is a Samsung A5, merely it's pretty much the aforementioned for any Android phone.

Google'south Phone Backup

Brand sure you're doing this over a WiFi connection. If not, it could use a lot of your cellular information and peradventure a lot of money.

You'll also need a Google business relationship and a connection to your Google Bulldoze. If you don't, become become a Google business relationship now then proceed.

Detect and tap the Settings icon.

In one case in the Settings screen, detect and tap Google – Google Settings.

In Google Settings, tap on Backup.

In the Backup screen, cheque to make certain that your Google account is connected.

Now make sure the Support to Google Drive button is in the on position.

Finally, tap on the Dorsum up now button. You'll see a progress bar near the top of the screen.

There is no major notification that the backup is done. You'll be able to tell by the Back up at present push no longer being grayed out and the last backup times will say 0 minutes ago.

Restoring from Google Backup volition usually but be necessary if your phone is wiped, or you lot get a new phone.

  1. Log in to your Google account on the phone.
  2. Google will automatically restore your contacts, agenda, and other data.
  3. Open the Google app related to the data you backed upward, and you'll see it start to restore, or it may be already restored.
  4. Check your Google Contacts, Google Photos, Google Bulldoze and other Google apps just to make sure.

Samsung's Phone Backup

Samsung isn't the simply Android phone maker. Co-ordinate to AppBrain.com though, Samsung has around 45% market share in smartphones. So, there'southward almost a 50/50 chance your phone is a Samsung.

Again, make sure you lot're doing this over WiFi to avert cellular data charges, and you will need to have an business relationship with Samsung.

 Find and tap the Settings icon.

Once in the Settings screen, find and tap Cloud and Accounts.

In the Deject and Accounts screen, tap Samsung Cloud.

At present, whorl down to the Backup and Restore area of this screen. Tap Backup this phone.

You're on the Support Data screen now. Here yous tin can select what y'all want to support. Phone, Letters, Contacts, Agenda, Clock, Settings, Dwelling house Screen, Apps, Documents, Voice Recorder, and Music are your options.

NOTE: It volition only fill-in what is in the Samsung versions of those apps. For instance, bankroll up Music ways information technology will only backup what is in the Samsung Music app. It will non backup annihilation in your Spotify.

In one case you lot've made your selections, tap the Support button at the bottom of the screen. It will turn into a STOP button. Yous'll start to see the back up progress of the dissimilar selections y'all made, as well equally an overall percent of back up completed at the top of the screen. This will testify until it is completed. It could take several minutes.

Once your phone is backed upwardly, you tin can restore it from your Samsung account by doing the following

  1. Go to the Fill-in and Restore screen.
  2. Tap Restore data, and it will ask yous which device to restore.
  3. Select the device you want to restore.
  4. Select the data you would like restored.
  5. Tap the Restore push button to end the process.

All Backed Up

That'southward all there is to making sure your Android telephone is backed up to either Google or to Samsung's deject services. If you accept a different brand of Android phone, similar an LG, Huawei, or something else, they may besides have a cloud service and a backup process. Look around in the settings on your phone to see, or check the support pages for your phone'due south maker.