HOW TO Backup ANY Smartphone?

Backup your computer, or at least should know that. But what about your Smartphone? They carry a large amount of personal data and the subject of life or death situation everyday. Here's how to make a backup copy:

You should not use a Smartphone for more than a few weeks to collect a number of surprising things, text messages and phone numbers as well as personal settings and photo libraries. And as your laptop or desktop computer, a significant proportion of these things is whether or not to know what you want to keep. And telephone back-up copy of the data file that is not only capable of consciously maintaining a daily basis, such as contacts, photos and information releases, such as copies of it to the store. How many times of old chat text message, you need to dig through? An amount has not been received for the restoration of calling back to the list? In many ways, your Smartphone is more closely linked to your identity from your computer. Therefore, the person: return. You will feel better.

By platform:
iPhone
 
If you have an iPhone, if you already have a good chance to sit down with anger through your backup routine. Update iTunes iPhone backup, sync, every time a consumer to make life easier, and safetly to ensure a clean itself. But! Fully automated system, like most, is to climb back to the mysterious type. This is just a sort ... happen, and it is unclear what savings you get, how to safely and effectively.
What not to complete the equivalent of a backup. In other words, not only the entire device, a mirror image of the image, all the useful bits out, so you can restore your iPhone, if you had been thinking of a backup. This includes, among other things, access app settings and data (the App purchases, but not including attachments), contacts, call history, email, SMS and video art and photography. In other words, almost everything. Backups are made automatically, and some is simply to restore access to your iPhone, hold down Alt on its icon in iTunes, and select "Restore from Backup".

Crucially, that is to say, "Restore" is the summary page by selecting a different device: the device has returned to the factory clean image will erase all your data. What we are trying to do is not here! (In fact, it is back!) Try to do this, you will be asked to backup, what should be a red flag.

iTunes stores its files and directories in a semi-cryptic archived files, so if you want to, well, a good backup system up close, that is, an external HDD or online storage solution, can be found here, and the Apple support page for the topic:

On a Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

On Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

On Windows Vista: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
 
A backup to iTunes, just copy the folder back to default, and recovery, labeled by date, as required, or when the possibility of creating a capital "R" Restored iPhone or iPod Touch wiped.

Android

Google Android is a transparent backup and synchronization behavior, perhaps a bug in the web because so much depends on the services, and it must be admitted, is not it? The cloud is help! Freakin 'Google, we all are! This is the future! (The logic of the end, this is the Chrome OS ethos. In any case), partly cloudy in the cheerleading is well intended, and can be put to good use. Gmail and GCal are always safe, and your contacts will be able to add your Google, it will be determined, must be stored not only on the SIM or Phone contacts with Google contacts. To do this:

1. Open your Contacts list
2. Press the Menu button
3. Select Import
4. Tick the "Google Contacts" box

But for anyone who want to back up more than their Google services, this is not really based on the information you want. To do this, you will be able to go to a third party. Android, there are plenty of backup applications, but most of them are paid, either immediately or after a trial period for free. I just invented the best free (ish) to the solution, the names of all of its Android Market, can be found by searching.

Android applications are Backup is divided into two types: "All-in an" application to synchronize the data file, and track applications. Unfortunately, that AiO applications tend to be paid so much for free downloads. Download these three applications: Backup and restore SMS, Call Logs Backup and Restore, and APN Backup & Restore. Each data back to your microSD card (/ sdcard in the / * * APPNAME BackupRestore /) to facilitate the recovery of the other phone. Through these applications is obvious, since they are not only three buttons: Backup, Restore and Delete.
Archive about: Astro File Manager with the rest of the gap. This is a free file browser in your heart is, therefore, hidden in all kinds of backup applications, the menu button and then click on "Tools". Select "Application Manager / Backup" and can go back to your SD card with your application. To restore, just install this unit in the same apartment, the old SD card inserted, the "Application Manager / Backup screen" again and "Supported Apps" tab. Astro also has a solid file browser, you will be able to move by hand, such as photos and videos to your microSD card, which can be the default data store.

No! Mechanic sprites a bit easier to do the same thing, but some phones (Hero and Droid, especially in a game) on the mistakes I hear a little bit. However, it is free, so it may be worth a try.

Finally, if you root your phone, Root User Backup supports almost everything, and is free of charge. Catch this? There is no need to be rooted in the telephone or otherwise, does not work. Which is a shame and a great excuse to root your phone.

Palm Pre/Pixi
Android-based cloud backup system where no one really does not feel remotely adjusting for all the really very good: Backup to automatically, every day, and your user account online. It covers only the basics, i. For example, a list of applications stored on the server side, but the data itself, but it is not allowed, are stored in the browser, but not the shape of the data or web passwords. Media is not supported at all List here. The decision is a bit hackish, but works fine most of the data. , PreCentral Quick Sync Toy, backup, or "Microsoft" toy PC, or a bit obvious changes, with ChronoSync for Mac:

1. Plug in the Pre and select USB Drive.
2. Download SyncToy and install.
3. Click SyncToy on your desktop to run SyncToy for the first time.
4. Click Create New Folder Pair. For the Left Folder, Browse to the Pre's Drive (maybe E: or F:)
5. For the right folder browse to your documents folder and create a new subdirectory such as PreBackup and select it.
6. Choose to Synchronize and name your folder pair something easy to remember like PreBackup.
7. Click Run.

What we do here is basically the Pre, a little bit of internal memory backup. Unfortunately, it does not back up some settings and application data, so the image does not guarantee the restoration of lost data, only the media, music and more.

The online backup, archiving and natural Palm itself as Gmail and Flickr services, only the really important things are not guaranteed to be up for discussion related to the application specific data and SMS.

Windows Mobile

Microsoft has always offered some kind of backup box, as well as the release of version 6.5, there are several options. Utility security kernel, of course, is Windows Mobile Device Center, or XP, ActiveSync known. A couple of these applications on your device is relatively simple, and gives shelter to the majority of the data, you can archive, contacts, appointments and internal media.

In XP, download and install ActiveSync, and, at the same time you have on your phone, ActiveSync App home, this should be encouraged to open it. Set up a pairing relationship, select the data file you want, and you're good to go.

Vista also need to download Windows Mobile Device Center and you will be able to do the same thing, Windows 7, you may be prompted to install Windows Mobile Device Center, as soon as WinMo phone is switched on.

Now, you are not using a computer, Windows assumes that, or do not want to bother with PC synchronization. ActiveSync with more than two free options, and you do not have an external machine.
If you want to make a backup of your phone or computer service without a cloud-based, PIM Backup. This instrument feels and looks kind of old, but what is important. And what is it? Total:

[By default]: contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, photos, videos, text messages, songs, browser favorites and documents between your phone and your My Phone web account.

Restoring from MyPhone is just a matter of logging into your Live account from within the app. You get 200MB of free storage, after which you've got to pay. Still: pretty fantastic, especially if you set it up to do scheduled backups.
If you want to back up your phone's data without a PC or a cloud-based service, there's PIM Backup. This utility feels and looks kind of ancient, but it's great at what it does. And what does it do? Everything:

- backup/restore appointments
- backup/restore call logs
- backup/restore contacts
- backup/restore messages (SMS, Mails, ...) NEW !!!
- backup/restore speed dials
- backup/restore tasks
- backup/restore custom files

Best of all, keep a backup of the files in a single mobile phone can be restored using the same application. The procedure is dead simple: Download PIM Cab file on your device, install it, open the data you want to go back and check list. Reset itself to the specific interface, select "Restore" in the application drop-down menu instead of "Back Up". In the spirit of security, PIM backup to backup files can be any type of external memory. PIM allows you to specify where to save files, you must select your microSD card if you want to go up to any media. If not, transfer the file to a computer or external storage device will be able to. (Unfortunately, the easiest way, perhaps this is not the ActiveSync or Mobile Device Center, the most WinMo phones as Internet Explorer allow you to browse the root storage.)

BlackBerry

RIM has made life easy for BlackBerry users, who can back up their entire devices using BlackBerry Desktop.
"Backup" section, select "Options", where the encryption and data type (data encryption security, but if you want to make sure to select the parameters you can set the "Make backup copies of all data on the application of a unit."

"Back Up" and click on the file, select the destination directory. This is a file, so it is easy for an external hard disk, USB stick or put in secure storage on microSD card.

That's right! For further instructions, including specific guidance for recovery are available here.

Symbian

This brand and Symbian device you're using the shell security options can be changed by. Ovi Suite will do. This is an automated suite of backup, but only one PC and a Nokia mobile phone is working. It is used to create a synchronization relationship easy, just install the package and the USB device, including Nokia, and follow the instructions on the wizard and synchronize contacts, calendar and media maintenance support.

Symbian, Nokia, Samsung, people do not listen, you can use free Symbian application, called The Symbian Tool. This really pull a copy of the image on your Symbian phone, that phone will be able to restore this town to do a little bit of backup in a moment. Or less are not hard to make an essential tool for selective backup Sync. More details here.

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