How to Take Full Backup of your Android Phone to PC

A backup is important not only for your smartphone data but also for other electronic devices. Taking backup of Android phone to a PC is easier than before, thanks to new apps and a lot of customization support.

Sure you can take backup to Google services, but a backup on smartphone stores almost all the media and personal data on a separate file. In this post, we have shared how you can take a backup of your Android Device to PC.

Backup Android Phone via Wi-Fi or USB

Almost all the latest android devices support Wi-Fi and USB backup options. If you’re really concerned about your media files such as photos or videos and want easy and fast transfer methods, use the USB backup option. It doesn’t require any third-party app and the process only takes some minutes.

• Go to your Android Settings > General > Developer option
• Tap it multiple times to enable developers mode
• Now select the option Android Debugging or USB debugging
• Open the notification panel and select “USB transfer“
• Tap on Transfer files option
• On your computer, a new window will appear in the File Explorer
• Select all the files/media and path for the backup files

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Backup Android Phone to a PC

Instead of Backing up your data to the cloud, you can use your computer as a backup selector. Luckily, every Android phone comes with an easy to the backup file transfer system. For MAC users, you have to download the Android File Transfer app. Here’s how you can take backup using Android File Transfer

• Plug your Android device with the Computer
• Use the USB cable that came with the phone (Type-C/Micro-USB)
• Open your phone notification and select “Android File Transfer”
• On Windows, Go to ‘My Computer’ and select your phone icon
• On Mac, open the Android File Transfer App
• Here select photos or videos that you want to select
• Copy/Paste in the right directory

Backup Android Phone using Third-party software

There are a lot of Windows/Mac-based programs that allows you to easily take a backup of all your data. Although the software selection process depends on your personal preference or budget (Yup! Some of them are paid!), they are very optimistic in terms of actual performance and features. For our guide, we are using Dr.Fone which lets you perform backup/restore of any android phone. Here’s how you can backup using this software.

• Download and Install the application on your PC
• Plug your device with the PC and follow the debugging process
• The software will automatically detect your device model and showcase specified points
• Once your software is up and running, a new window will pop-up which allows you to either take Backup or Restore of the connected phone
• Select Backup and Mark all the fields that you want to use as Backup
• When finished, select the Backup option and wait for the Process to finish

Other Helpful Android Backup Tools

Following are some of the free programs like Dr.Fone that allow you quick backup and restoration of Android Phone.

• Apower Manager: It can backup files on your SD card as well as your PC. Works on iOS devices too.
• ROM Manager: The app automatically takes backup of your device once you connect it with the PC.
• Syncios Android Backup Manager: The app allows you to take the backup of everything including contacts, messages, media, apps, and more.

Conclusion:

There are a lot of Android Applications available on Play Store but we couldn’t find anything solid to list it here. The aforementioned steps are the best way to take Android backup to PC. We recommend you take a weekly backup of your smartphone, you never know when an accident can happen. Have any question in mind, feel free to let us know!