How to Restore OPPO Phone Files from Computer Backup
Making a backup on your smartphone device is a smart practice that can help avoid losing data. You have multiple options for backing up your information, such as using the device's built-in backup feature, Google backup, or backing up via a computer. By saving your phone's data on your computer, you can easily restore it on your OPPO device later. To find out how to perform a computer backup, keep reading below.
Note: Check your ColorOS version in [Settings] > [About Phone] / [About Device].
How to Restore Files with Computer Backup
If you've backed up all your files from your OPPO phone to a computer, you can restore your data from that backup.
Transfer the backup file back from the computer to phone storage.
1. On the new phone, enable the USB debugging.
2. Connect the new phone to your computer with a USB cable.
3. On your phone, choose [Transfer Files] when prompted to āUse USB Toā.
4. Locate the [Backup] folder you transferred earlier on the computer. Right-click and copy the [Backup] folder from the computer.
5. Paste the Backup folder to the [Internal shared storage] folder of the phone.
6. Locate other folders like Photos, Movies, and Music (if you have transferred them) on the computer and move them back to the [Internal shared storage] folder of the phone.
7. Once copied back to the phone storage, you can see the Backup folder in the [File Manager] / [Files] > [Phone Storage] / [All Files] > [Backup].
Proceed to restore the backup on your phone.
For ColorOS 13 and above: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & migrate] > [Local backup] > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore, then tap [Start] to restore. Tap [Done].
For ColorOS 12 to ColorOS 12.1: Go to [Settings] > [System settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & migrate] > [Local backup] > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore, then tap [Start] to restore. Tap [Done].
For ColorOS 11 to 11.3: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & restore] > [Local backup] > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore > tap [Start] to restore. Tap [Exit].
For ColorOS 7.0 and above. Go to [Settings] > [Additional settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & restore]. Under BACKUP RECORDS > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore > tap [Start] to restore. Tap [Done].
For ColorOS 5.0 to ColorOS 6.1. Go to [Settings] > [Additional settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Back up & restore]. Under BACKUP RECORDS > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore > tap [Start Restoring] to restore. Tap [Done].
For ColorOS 3.2. Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Local backup] > [Restore Backup] > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore > tap [Start restoring] to restore. Tap [Done].
For ColorOS 3.0 and ColorOS 3.1. Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Local backup] > tap the latest backup and select the data you want to restore > tap [Start restoring] to restore. Tap [Done].
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