EXCELLENT video, just the tech solution I've been looking for. Question: if I perform another backup, say a month later to the SAME USB-C Flash Drive, is the previous backup completely overwritten OR are only the newest files ("deltas") added to the existing backup? Thanks, F1
@Nezello Watching others' youtube videos, it appears a different 3rd alternative occurs. Multiple backups to the same thumb drive (or any external drive) are saved in a newly named folder(s). So, when restoring from a device that has multiple backups already saved on it, you would then have a choice of which data folder to restore from.
My new iPhone 15 stopped working in only two months due to major fault in the phone. I lost all everything. Please let me know how to back up on iPhone 15.
My A54 would not see the USB 128Gb. I had to plug into PC with Win11. Change the USB size to 4GB only. Then plug the USB into Android A54. Go to Storage and the USB could be formated to FAT32 with 128GB using Android. It works.
I find this funny. I just got a new S23 Ultra replacing my Note10+ and need to backup everything from the past 5 yrs from the Note. I have sooo much crap on it that I didn’t want to clutter my new phone with 😅 Thanks for a super helpful video!
Another thing you can do is dump the entire contents of your old phone like photos, videos on a computer, and copy over the rest of the stuff on to the new one, I usually do this.
Hi i have a question, when you back up everything, are the Files (example: files, documents, installer files,compressed file, folders) in "My Files" or "File Manager" app saved? Or only the videos and photos? Thx
Yes! absolutely, you can delete them off your phone after taking a backup they will be safe on the USB drive. BUT, if you are taking a backup just to free up space on your phone, then I'd recommend copying the photos and videos from your phone to a computer and then deleting them off your phone, that way you can view them whenever you want.
Hiii I'm from your sub & appreciate the your videos . And Have Question can you store your important phone datas in flash drive and keep the flash drive with you for 2 or 3 or 4 years, i mean if the phone stolen & backup without viruses came in it (summary: how to keep your flash drive away from viruses) And thank you for your hard work
Hi, I am an old folk & not very tech savvy. Can u explain how do we regularly back up the content of the phone. Do we use the same USB & plug it into the phone in the same way we do it the 1st time? Then does that mean that what was transferred to the USB the 1st time gets override & the new content now takes over. So if we have deleted some phones from the phone to clear up storage, when we backup the phone with the USB the 2nd time , Will we then lose some of the contents that were originally transferred or backed up into the USB previously but is now not on the phone storage? Please advise. Thank you.
I am trying to USB backup a Samsung in preparation for rooting. How am I supposed to do this if I need account credentials. The "phone" has no service provider, I brought it from Target-- only use is as a personal wifi device (do things like browse RU-vid, check email, listen to playlists). The only access codes I have are my Gmail password and the lock screen code i'm just backing it up in case rooting goes wrong and I need to restore the phone.
Worked well to back up Samsung to flash drive. I also uploaded flash drive to PC. Charlie's video states you have to sign on to Samsung to decrypt to see files but I could not figure out a way to do this since Samsung app is only on my phone and not on my PC. Any suggestions?
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Probably Charlie couldn't see your question among several notifications he may get. And I see the question was asked a while ago and you probably figured it by now. But if you haven't, yes it should work the same way as instructed in the video.
hi, thanks so much for this super helpful video! can i ask if all messages & media files of whatsapp business will be backup as well? assuming I'm not using google drive but am storing whatsapp messages on the local storage of my phone... thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏
I saw it also allowed something to happen with WhatsApp. I assume once WhatsApp databases have been copied, that it probably wont work until you remove the phone sim from original phone and then insert into the 2nd phone?
Can you do updates to the orig backup, or do you have to do another complete backup going forward? Then you probably need to delete old backups to have enough room for future ones.
Thanks! this is really useful. I am going to buy a flash drive to back up my Samsung s20+ as it is starting to get screen issues which are worrying me. This video is reassuring as it shows how easy it is to do. Thanks again!
This is what I'm trying to do now is backup. But what if I'm having problems with Samsung acct?! Everytime I try to sign in i get denied. I think its bc I'm using Google's password manager. Everything is all messed up. Please help me!!!!!
Not a savvy user. How can I check to see what Samsung account I used on the phone before I encrypt the data? I found out how to change the passsword.. thank you
Hey, i backed up my phone on samsung cloud. Happend my phone dropped snd stoped working. Restored data to tablet but i got only app new installed but i need to relog everywhere. What is the point of cloud back up if i dont have complete data,what to do?
it doesn't backup everything, there are certain file types it doesn't include, also if you look at the number of photos and videos and also their sizes, you'll see it only backs up some of the photos and videos. Same with Smart Switch PC
I have s10e and have a flash drive that has a regular USB on 1 side and smaller on the other side but it's not small enough. I watched these videos and 1 said to get the usb c to usb otg adapter. I did and it still doesn't work. It fits loosely. What kind of adapter do I need?
I'm getting a new phone after 5 or 7 years with my note 8. I want to start with as clean a slate I can. By getting rid of new phone bloatware and cherry picking what to transfer from my old phone. This seems to be the way to go. I can basically archive everything on the old phone and not have to enter the items I want to transfer piece by piece. I have some older phones to archive if possible this way.
I would suggest using Samsung's own smart switch app, its similar to this backup app, but it will let you transfer everything or selected items in real-time wirelessly (no usb needed)
There is an on-device backup option, but I have never got it to work successfully, I always back everything up to google drive, you can encrypt it if you'd like.
Does it transfer all the individual ringtone and specific notifications for all your contacts too? Smart switch didn't and it's a pain to all setup again.
What if I get a message that says not enough available storage to create a backup file? I cleared some data and then the amount of data that needed to be cleared increased after I cleared some. HELP!!!
Is it necessary to have a samsung account? Because the backup app can be downloaded from the google play store! and It is usually already installed on the phone. At the same time, it's on a USB stick, can't we create a password code to access our data?
This is a Samsung only feature, you can take a backup on Samsung and restore it on the same or another Samsung smartphone! Similarly OnePlus will have its own backup feature.
all i want to do is move media clips from my phone that i don't want to delete but want to keep & move them onto a usb device to free up space, can you recommend a SSD flash drive and adapter to use?
WhatsApp too? You should show us this bit. I lost 8 years of WhatsApp media. Now I am praying that the 1GB encrypted WhatsApp database still exists on my old phone and where to find it....
WhatsApp's app policy doesn't allow the transferring of chat data over USB or through Samsung smart switch, the only way of getting chats over to a new phone is through Google Drive or a manual backup method in the WhatsApp app itself, other than that there is no way to backup Whatsapp chats. The encrypted chat data will will be on your old phone, sign in with the same number and all your old chats will be there.
Hi there. Will this backup work on all the files from my old Samsung phone (both internal storage contents + micro sd card storage contents) and transfer them to a newer Samsung phone (with internal storage only)? Your kind advice would be appreciated 😊👍
Yes it will, I've transferred a backup from my old S9+ to a newer S23 Ultra without any issues. Contents of the SD card will be saved to the internal memory of the new phone.
What is the cause of Samsung screen failures (lines, green screen of death) when the phone screen itself or the phone has no suffered any physical damage? I've heard it has to to with firmware corruption, but is there any way to resolve it when a factory reset cannot be completed (because that process is also corrupted)? Can S series by flashed if Samsung Knox is present and the fuse has been tripped? I want to install a custom OS like Graphene, but my S10E is Qualcomm version and can no longer boot phone to enable developer options.
Both, my Note 10+ and the S10+ have the 'green screen of death' and it happened randomly, it had nothing to do with the firmware update, it just happened on its own. I guess it is some sort of component-level failure like an SMD capacitor or the flex cable going bad. As for custom firmware, I generally avoid flashing it.
You can actually check how much storage is in use by going into battery and device care in the settings, just subtract whatever is used up in 'System' I would still say just grab yourself a 256gig drive, they aren't as expensive as they used to be.
The data is encryped, so it cant be opened on a computer, but if you want to look at your photos or videos on the Macbook, then you will have to copy them to the usb drive using the file manager on the phone.
This an awesome video. The first one I clicked on, on the subject. I was looking up a way I could making a physical backup of mainly my videos as I use my phone as my video camera for my RU-vid channel.
Thank you!! But if you want to take a backup of only your videos, then try using the built-in file manager to transfer the videos to a USB drive, its easier and also readable on a PC/TV/Media Player.
Hello! & BIG THANK YOU! I'm getting a new phone & finally trying out an iPhone 13 to see what all the fuss is about and quiet my curiosity. We'll see how it goes Lol A huge anxiety I've had is backing up my photos/videos mostly because I haven't updated the os & am somehow running my Samsung Galaxy S7 on the 7.0 version😰! I knoww. I know lol. My phone is on it's last breath & I've been pushing my luck. I've had a fear of trying to update the os now because it may not work & I'll lose the contents stored on my phone or something Weird will happen. Thanks to you & your video, I know what to do now. Your instructions are great & your warm tone of voice, along with your positive encouraging energy has calmed & reassured me. I can do this! It's gonna be Ok. lol Anyhow, Thanks again I was really stressed out! I appreciate all of your help 😄 ❤🤓
