How to Back Up Your OPPO Phone

Learning how to back up your phone is a useful tool to ensure the safety of important data. Data backup means creating a copy of the data on your system that you use for recovery in case your original data is lost or corrupted. You can also use backup to recover copies of older files if you have deleted them from your system. Data backup is the practice of copying data from a primary to a secondary location, to protect it in case of a disaster, accident or malicious action. 

Reminders before backing up files

• Know the different backup methods and choose the best one for you.

• Keep your backup plan up to date.

• Don't turn off or restart your phone during the backup process.

• Best to use a network connection when doing the backup process. Wi-Fi network is preferred.

Local OPPO backup

Local backup helps to back up Personal Data(Contacts, Messages, etc.), System Data (System Settings, Clock, Weather Info, etc.), and Applications (Applications and Application Data).

1. Use the built-in Backup Tool

For ColorOS 15 and above: Go to [Settings] >[System & update] > [Back up & reset] > [Back up & migrate] > choose [Local backup] > [New backup] and select the data you want to back up, then tap [Start].

For ColorOS 5.0 to ColorOS 14: Go to [Settings] > [Additional settings]/[System settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & restore] > choose [Local backup] > [New backup] and select the data you want to back up, then tap [Start].

2. Back up to Google

For ColorOS 15 and above: Go to [Settings] >[System & update] > [Back up & reset] > [Google accounts]＞[Back up now],You can back up your app data, Wi-Fi data, and other settings to the Google server. Loss of the phone, factory reset will not affect the data on the server, you can set automatic backup or manual backup in the third-party service.

For ColorOS 5.0 to ColorOS 14: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] and enable [Back up my data]/ [Backup by Google One]. 

3. Connect your phone to a computer to create a backup on it 

This is a common way to back up all your data. Don't disconnect your phone during the backup process. See How to Connect OPPO Phone to PC to Transfer Files.

Connect your OPPO phone to your computer, tap [USB Debugging] > [File Transfer]. Go to [Computer] > [OPPO Model code] > [Internal storage] or [SD Card] if you have backed up data in external storage to copy the “Backup(s)” files to your computer and copy it to your phone when you need to restore your data. Backups will be erased when you flash the phone, wipe data, or reset the OPPO smartphone to factory settings.

DCIM folder contains your photos and screenshots. Pictures downloaded from APPs are saved in [Pictures/Photo].

Movies, music and pictures folders contain your videos, audio, and pictures respectively.

4. OPPO Backup Clone Phone

Through Clone Phone, you can quickly transfer all data (photo, contacts, apps, etc.) from an OPPO smartphone to another OPPO phone as a data backup. For More Details you can see How to Transfer Data from an Old Phone with OPPO Clone Phone

* This APP is pre-installed on OPPO phones with the system version of ColorOS 3.0 or later, or copy https://i.clonephone.coloros.com/download to your phone's browser to download the app. 

Third-party APPs

You can use secured and trusted third-party APPs for data backup. But OPPO does not recommend you to backup or transfer data via third-party APPs, for they may be conflicted with the OPPO system, leak personal information, or cause other safety problems.

 

* Pictures, settings, and paths might differ from those of your phone, but that does not affect the description in this article.