Back up your smartphone and transfer data to a new Android phone or iPhone it is not always an easy and painless operation. On the contrary, sometimes we can run into difficulties that make us even hate the new smartphone purchased. Don't panic though, there are proven methods to save all your data and move it to a new device without wasting too much time and without relying on special technical knowledge.
How to backup your smartphone?
First good practice is always back up your old smartphone to make sure that no matter what happens, our data will not be permanently lost. Whether you have a smartphone with an Android operating system, or an iPhone, the procedure is simple in both cases.
IPhone Backup: How To Do It?
Su iOS you have available two very quick methods.
The first requires connecting the iPhone to your PC, after which you will have to boot iTunes and press the appropriate button, choosing your PC as the data saving destination.
The second method instead exploits iCloud, and in that case it is started even without connecting the smartphone to the PC. It is essential to have enough space available to save the file, otherwise iPhone will warn you and stop the operation.
Backup to iCloud / PC allows you to generate a file that will be able to clone all the contents and settings of your current iPhone to a new model, without any other additional action.
The backup can also be performed on other platforms such as Google Drive, but the contents of the device will be divided (for example between Google Photo, Google Calendar and Google Contacts) and subsequently they will have to be imported separately. Furthermore, that backup will not provide you with the other files (such as applications) present on the iPhone.
Android backup: how to do it?
From your smartphone Android backing up is just as easy. In fact, in the settings of your phone it is present the appropriate item with a link to Google Drive. Those who do not have a recent backup made automatically, can start it instantly, preferably under a wifi network. The location of the backup menu varies depending on the manufacturer and the UI version.
If you prefer to do it on a PC, know that practically every manufacturer (Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, etc.) has dedicated software to backup ready to help you. Here are a few:
- Samsung
- LG
- Xiaomi
- Sony
- Huawei
