Backup and Restore Samsung Galaxy S8

4 Parts:

Back Up Galaxy S8 to Samsung Cloud

Back Up Samsung S8 to a Google Account

Back Up S8 to a PC

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Smartphones get put through their paces on pretty much a daily basis. They get tossed around, dropped, left places, and take quite a bit of abuse over the course of their lives. Even in a heavy-duty case, smartphones can still be subjected to a fair bit of punishment. That's why regularly backing up your mobile device should be a priority, especially if your entire life is on it. The Samsung Galaxy S8 makes backing up restoring painless and straightforward. Users can backup up their Galaxy S8 with a Samsung account, a Google account, and also to a computer (PC or Mac).

It's not just damaging or losing the device we need to worry about, sometimes a bad app or tweaking mistake can have us performing a factory reset. If this situation presents itself, having a recent backup of your mobile device is extremely useful. Let's face it; nobody wants to go back and manually add all their contacts, bookmarks, apps and preferences. That's why being familiar with backing up the device is unquestionably essential. Even if you're lucky and your phone never really sees any severe damage, a backup is still handy for when you change devices.

In the following tutorial, we'll go through the steps on how to backup a Galaxy S8 with a Samsung account, Google account, and by copying files/folders to a PC. For this article, we used a Samsung Galaxy S8 running Android Nougat.

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   On the home screen, swipe up to access the app drawer.

   

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   From the app drawer, tap "Settings".

   

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   On the SETTINGS screen, tap "Cloud and accounts".

   

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   From CLOUD AND ACCOUNTS, tap "Samsung Cloud".

   

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   On the Samsung Cloud intro screen, tap "START".

   

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   While on Samsung CLOUD, tap "Backup settings".

   

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   On the BACKUP SETTINGS screen, toggle the switch the next to the apps you wish to backup, then tap "BACK UP NOW"

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   You can also select "AUTO BACKUP", which will automatically backup the data for each app selected below.

   

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   To restore your data, navigate to the Samsung CLOUD screen, and tap "Restore".

   

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   On the RESTORE screen, first select the appropriate device by tapping the drop-down arrow under the "SELECT DEVICE" section.

   

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    Once you've selected the correct device, toggle the switches next to the apps you want to be restored, then tap "RESTORE NOW".

    

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    If you back up your data often, you may want to delete older backups

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    From the Samsung CLOUD screen, tap "Manage cloud storage".

    

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    From MANAGE CLOUD STORAGE, tap "Device data".

    

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    On the DEVICE DATA screen, tap "Delete" in the upper right corner

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    Next, select the backup by placing a checkmark next to it, then tap "DELETE" once again.

    

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    If you need to edit your Samsung account at any time, navigate to the CLOUD AND ACCOUNTS screen, then tap "My Profile"

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    Once on your profile screen, tap edit next to the section that needs to be updated.

    

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1. 1
   From the home screen, swipe upwards to access your app tray.

   

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   Once inside the app tray, tap the "Settings" shortcut.

   

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   While on the SETTINGS screen, tap "Cloud and accounts".

   

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   Here on CLOUD AND ACCOUNTS, tap "Backup and restore".

   

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   On the BACKUP AND RESTORE screen, toggle the switch next to "Backup my data" (under Google ACCOUNT).

   

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   To set a Google account to back up with, tap "Backup account"

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   When the pop-up box appears, tap the account you want to use, or tap "Add account".

   

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   Finally, to ensure that your device gets backed up automatically, toggle the switch next to "Automatic restore".

   

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   Connect your device to your computer using the appropriate USB cable

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   Once connected, swipe down from the top edge of the screen to access the notification panel.

   

   Tap the Android System notification, then select "Transfer media files" or "Transfer images".
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