There are a few reasons that you\u2019d need to restore your Android device. Some reasons are good, like you finally got the phone you were given an IOU for over the holidays, and some are bad, like your old phone had just broken. For this week\u2019s tip, we\u2019ll assume it is the first reason, as we go over how you can easily prepare your phone data for migration.<\/p>\n
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Even if you aren\u2019t planning on replacing your phone soon, it may make sense to pay attention here, as this process will also make it easier to restore your data to a new phone if needed. Either way, this process is much easier if you make some proactive preparations on your current phone.<\/p>\n
The first step is to make sure that your current phone has the backup service running. It can be found in your Settings<\/strong>, under System<\/strong>. Tap the Backup<\/strong> option, and check to see that the option to Back up to Google Drive<\/strong> is selected. If it isn\u2019t, do so.<\/p>\n Now you have a copy of your current phone\u2019s configuration to restore from, which you can do from the initial configuration of your new device. If you were using the Google Now or Pixel Launcher, even your backgrounds, icons, and folder structure is saved.<\/p>\n During setup, hit the Let\u2019s Go<\/strong> button that appears at the welcome screen. Tap Copy your data<\/strong>, and connect to Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n Now, you\u2019ll be presented with your restoration options. Since we just went over how to save a backup in the cloud, let go with the option to use A backup from the cloud<\/strong>. You\u2019ll be prompted to sign into your Google account, and to agree to Google\u2019s Terms of Service.<\/p>\n From the list of backup options, select the correct one. You can easily hit Restore<\/strong> to recover all of your previous device\u2019s settings and data, and can select which apps to reinstall via Apps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As your data is pulled over, you will be guided through the rest of the setup process.<\/p>\n Voila! Your new phone is now equipped with your selected tools and settings, ready for you to jump right back in. For more handy tips, make sure you subscribe to our blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are a few reasons that you\u2019d need to restore your Android device. Some reasons are good, like you finally got the phone you were given an IOU for over the holidays, and some are bad, like your old phone had just broken. For this week\u2019s tip, we\u2019ll assume it is the first reason, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[154,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}