How to Backup & Restore Samsung Phone Data

Before rooting your Samsung Galaxy mobile phone,you may need to backup Samsung data to computer and avoiding data loss; Before upgrading your Samsung to new Android system,you must to transfer Samsung data to computer; After using your Samsung device for a long time, you may have the need to transfer files to other devices either to switch to another phone or store files safely, or just do the Samsung Galaxy data backup & transfer tool.

If you are using Samsung Galaxy mobile phone, you may find the useful tool – Samsung smart switch and Samsung Kies, through which you can easily transfer files. However, you should know that through the programs you can only transfer files between phones that are both made of Samsung brand while not between a Windows computer. Luckily, nowadays you can also try other programs such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Share it and Xender to transfer files between devices of different brands.

To make it more convenient to transfer Samsung Galaxy smart phone files with the highest quality, I recommend you try the program Phone Transfer for Windows (or Phone Transfer for Mac) to transfer Samsung data. The mobile phone transfer program works well with many Samsung devices including the latest devices of other brands. No matter whether you are experts or new-users, you can transfer data from Samsung phone to new iPhone, Android phone directly in just one click! In addition, you can even transfer software for both Windows and Mac to backup files.

In the following article, I will show you how to backup Samsung Galaxy files to computer and smart devices accordingly. The Phone Transfer can help you transfer contacts, text messages, photos, videos, call logs,ect from old Samsung to new Samsung Galaxy directly; backup and restore Samsung phone; erase all data from Samsung before selling or give it away.

You can now download the program on your computer and launch it now to make preparation.

Part 1: Transfer Samsung Phone Data to Computer for Backup

tep 1. Connect your phone to the computer

Connect your device to the computer. Run the module "Backup" after you open MobileTrans.

Step 2. Select file types and begin backup

After that, MobileTrans will load all supported file types. It supports different file types for iPhone and Android phones. Select the file types you want to back up and click on "Start".

Here is an example for iPhone's file types to backup:

This is the supported file types for Android phones:

Step 3. Backup completed

Keep your phone connected and back up will complete in a while. You can view what's backed up using Restore from the "MobileTrans backup file" on the "Restore" module.

Part 2: Transfer Data from Samsung Phone to New iPhone/Android Phone

Step 1. Open Phone Transfer feature

Step 2. Connect both phones to your computer

Make sure both your phones are connected with MobileTrans software. You can click the "Flip" button to switch the Source and Destination phones. Data will be transferred from Source phone to Destination phone. Here is an example of iOS and Android phone transfer:

Step 3. Select files types and Start transfer

◑ Select the file types you want to transfer and click on the "Start" button. It will start to transfer. Do not disconnect or remove the phone during transfer.

◑ Please tick the option "Clear data before copy" if you want to erase existing data on the destination phone.

It will complete the transfer after a few minutes. Look at the target phone and check if all selected files have transferred to the device.

Since the time to transfer files varies according to the size of your transferred files, please wait patiently. You can then check your files on other phone after the task.

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