Google Backup and Restore on Android

Backing up information to your Google Account with Google One is free and keeps all your files safe! We just have to make sure we are doing all of this properly. In this video I go through step by step on everything you need to know to make sure your info is being properly saved and ready to move to a new phone at any time.

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[SteveKing]

Thank you so much! Smart Switch has been giving me problems for a while now but you've fixed that. Thanks again!!!

[boubacarbah]

Thank you very Much ! you saved the day!!!! After the data backup, I couldn't find the restore option. Samsung instructions were wrong.... So helpful, thank you, thank you

[BilalKhan-rmqk]

Wow, wow, wow. You don't know how much this video helped me. I was able to see the bakup in my google drive, but there was no option to restore. And then i watched this video. Thanks alot for sharing this type of video.

[sonukunnath]

Thank you so much! The Samsung Switch is a useless app and they have removed the "restore" option under google in the settings. You saved the day by giving this alternate method. Once again, thank you.

[JustWalterWhiteAsAHamburger]

how do you know if you need more space or not because when i backed up the information he amount of storage used stayed the same?

[primavera]

I only clicked to know how to restore, but you didn't mention where we can start with that, you just showed a screen 🤦🏻‍♂️

[brandibrown]

Oh my goodness i love your I been struggling for

[amyn]

Will this restore old text messages that I need to pull off my old phone if I do the restore function? Thanks

[LetsGBrandonFJB]

After all these years I forgot how to restore . Usually I upgrade every year so I just transfer from one phone to another so I totally forgot how to restore thank you for this video

[jeffrey]

My phone google was maxed out and it stopped backing up since June and my whatsapp stop backing up since February then my phone screen broke so now I've made some space the automatic backup would not work. Is there a way to push google to backup from the webpage?
The phone is on and connected to the internet but the screen is blank.

[muhammadsaim]

Can we use this method after factory reset 2nd time, will the previous backups functioning??

[nihofanclayart]

I have an over full Note 8 & recently got a refurb Note20Ultra, but couldn't do full wireless xfer with smart witch because (I was told) the note 8 is too full & 2) because my wireless is provided by my apt. Bldg so it prevents data sharing? (I can't wireless print return ups la bels from Amz for example because of this problem withwireless). Someone helped me & was able to xfer photos to new Note but said I'd have to manually add all my apps. Once I'd done the main ones, I moved the sim card & my phone service worked & my contact list was there but all my txt messages are missing & I need them. I have a Gmail account & a paid subscription for Google storage (200gb, 82% full), will above method work for me? I need to be able to use my new phone asap as old is so full I'm having trouble using my photo/gallery features & I use those daily. I'm worried as I've already taken a bunch of new photos with my new phone & I don't want to lose them. Will this "restore" wipe out anything I already have on my new phone, such as photos, new msgs, & new apps? (I've added some new apps I didn't have room for on my old note 8 for example, too.).

Have questions concerning "undocking" 1 - wasn't clear where you jumped over to when you "undocked" flash drive before unplugging, it appeared it wasn't part of the Google process (which doesn't make sense, if they let u choose to back up to a flash drive then unlocking when done should be part of their steps shouldn't it?) 2) when I moved my Sim card, the mocro xd storage card I had in my old note 8 came out in tray with it. Nothing came up on my phone saying I had to do any unlocking procedure. I put it with Sim card into new phone and when I went to device care to check my storage on new phone it wasn't showing a storage card in my new phone. Did I do something wrong and if so can it be fixed? Or did I just lose all the photos on that memory card? Doesn't make sense to me that notices don't comeuppance if we're not supposed to do something? I've changed phone costs and put new dim cards in my phone before and never "undocked" storage card b4 when opening phone to put new card in & never had a problem so I'm not sure what to do. It does appear tho, that I have to put sim and memory card back on old phone so I can at least send out & receive mtxt messages until I'm able to figure out how to xfer this to new phone so your help would be greatly appreciated. Seems my situation Us a bit more complex than what's addressed in your videos & not something as common. We don't have any tech people in our apt. Bldg that know anything about usage of our free bldg wide wireless so I don't know where to turn for help. I'm not very tech savvy as you've probably already figured out so thanks in advance for any help you're willing to give. FYI Watched your smart switch vid 1st & it was easy to follow, just shame won't work for me! (Won't even connect the 2 despite doing everything right, like they don't even see each other?). Don't know if this helps at all, but when I accidentally hit the cast button in my audible app, I see a list of neighbors devices & when I've hit one by mistake, I can no longer hear my audio book. I bet some neighbor us wondering why their TV show all of a sudden is interrupted & they start hearing a narrator from my latest Sci fi novel til I figure it out & get it turned off!!😅)
Anyway, this in advance for your help!

[YasinArafat-ywco]

My google account doesn't show the page of "copy apps data and restore " while signing in 😢. What can i do now 😞

[jerome]

Can you please explain why didn't you choose the most recent back? Thanks

[honeychickever]

First time seeing your video. Very helpful information!

[myren]

I have a pixel 8 and had to do a reset. I didnt get any option for cant use old device ended up manually doing everything

[SizakeleAlbertina-woqj]

How can i restore some of my stuff because they are only on Google account i need my pictures and apps

[_urizu]

Thank you bro so much I appreciate your content alot!

[dsd-downshiftdave]

I have notes on my phone
Does this get backed up

[bnbb]

Is anyone else experiencing a restore issue of Google One not completely restoring call logs or home screen folder layout to the new device?

I'm going from Motorola Stylus 5G (2023) to Samsung Galaxy A25 and I've tried multiple times via Google One and Samsung Switch, but it's still not working.

Could someone please shed some light on this for me?

It's very frustrating having to recreate folders and missing 4 months of call history. 😖