What are the Backup Methods to Restore Data on OPPO Phone
Protecting your data is essential for maintaining access to important files such as photos, documents, and videos stored on your OPPO phone. Whether due to accidental deletion, device malfunction, or system updates, data loss can happen unexpectedly. To minimize this risk, it’s important to regularly back up your device. OPPO offers several convenient backup and restore options—ranging from local backups to cloud-based solutions—to help ensure your data remains secure. This article explores the different methods you can use to safely back up and recover your information when needed.
Backup methods to restore data
There are various methods to back up data on OPPO smartphones. Select the corresponding restoration method according to the way you make a backup:
Restore your OPPO smartphone from a local backup
1. Before you start, ensure you have copied and saved the data on the OPPO smartphone via Local backup. Follow the steps below per the ColorOS version of your OPPO phone.
For ColorOS 5.0 to ColorOS 14 and above: 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].
For ColorOS 3.0 and below: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Back up and reset] > [Local backup] > [Create New Backup] and select the data to be backed up and get started.
2. Select data to be restored, including Applications (Applications and Application Data), Personal Data (Contacts, Messages, and more), and System Data (System Settings, Clock, Weather, Desktop, Black list of Contacts, Bookmark of Browser, Calendar, and more). Then, start the restoration.
Note:
DO NOT turn off or restart your phone during the restoration process, otherwise, data may be damaged or lost.
After restoration succeeds, you can delete the no longer needed backups.
Restore your OPPO smartphone via computer
If your backup files are stored on external storage such as an SD card, removable hard drive, etc., copy these files to your OPPO smartphone to complete data restoration.
Restore Contacts and SMS on OPPO phone from HeyTap Cloud
If you have backed up your Contacts, SMS, Photos, WLAN, recordings, Browser, and Private safe to HeyTap Cloud, you can restore them after signing in to your HeyTap account.
Note:
Backup and restore with HeyTap Cloud requires a network connection. The contacts backup feature was not provided by ColorOS 13
You can use HeyTap Cloud in the device which is sold in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Cambodia. For devices That are sold in other regions, HeyTap Cloud is not available.
Transfer your data with Clone Phone
If you have switched to a new OPPO phone, you can transfer your data from your old phone to your new phone through Clone Phone.
Restore your contacts and messages from Google Drive
If you have previously backed up your data to your Google account, you can restore the data for that Google Account to another phone.
* Pictures, settings, and paths might differ from those of your phone, but these won't affect the description in this article.