ARTICLE SUMMARY

If you have replaced your old Android phone with a new model, you may want to transfer all files or some specific files from your old device to the new one.

Although you can always use the file manager to transfer your files, it is not an efficient way to accomplish this task when you are moving all the data from one device to another.

Luckily, your Android device provides you with a feature to backup all device data. When you set up a new device, you can use the backup from the old device and restore it to your new device. This way you will instantly have all the content from your old phone on your new phone.

If you don't know how it all works, the following guide will take you step by step to see how to backup your Android data.

1. Backup and Restore Android Data via Settings

Some Android phone manufacturers offer their users the possibility of making an Android backup of their data and applications. However, this method only works with devices from the same manufacturer.

So, to restore Android data backup via settings, you need to save this backup to PC first and then copy it back to the new Android phone. Backup via settings can back up photos, music, contacts, text messages, apps, videos, as well as call history.

Here's how to back up your Android data via Settings:

2. Backup and Restore Android Data with AnyDroid

Most Android backups tend to be several gigabytes in size, which requires a very high-speed internet connection to be able to create and restore a backup to your Android device.

There is an offline method that allows you to create a local backup of your device on your computer. You can then restore it to your new phone and your new phone will have all the data from your old device.

Thanks to the powerful Android data manager AnyDroid you can make this local backup and then restore it. It allows users to create and restore backups to their Android phones. AnyDroid can transfer all types of data including contacts, messages, call history, apps and all other file types.

It comes preloaded with many other features which are partially listed below:

It is highly recommended to use this offline method as it will save your bandwidth, easily create and restore backups to your phones. Download AnyDroid on your PC or Mac and here's how to backup Android and restore it to a new phone.

3. Backup Android Data with Google Drive

One of the ways to create Android backup and restore, is the method using Google Drive. You can also restore a Google Drive backup. If you don't already know, your Google account gives you a backup feature that allows you to store your device backups in the cloud.

When you get a new Android device, you can click restore option to restore Google Drive backup from your old phone to your new phone. Your new phone will then download the backup from Google and copy all of its contents to your new device.

Google Drive backup can back up data like contacts, music, photos, videos, and files. But it should be noted that you will only have 15 GB of free storage, so you will have to pay a subscription to have more storage space.

Here's how:

4. How to Restore Google Drive Android Backup

In order to restore Android backup to Google account, follow the steps below:

Conclusion

If you bought a brand new Android phone and you don't know how to recover your old data, the guide above should teach you how to create a backup of your old device and restore it to the new one. We hope it helps to ease your migration process. Try this powerful data manager called AnyDroid because it makes your job easier and it can backup and restore all types of Android data.

Please feel free to share this guide if you have successfully backed up and restored Android data.