How to Backup Apps on Android before Factory Reset

How to Backup Apps on Android before Factory Reset

Oops! Is your android smart phone malfunctioning? You think the way out is to factory reset the phone so you can get rid of the problem.

However, you do not want to lose any of your precious apps and you are figuring out the best way to back them up before undergoing the factory reset.

Be assured that you are in the right place. This article will provide you step by step ways of carrying this out.

What is Factory Reset?

Factory reset is used to clear an entire phone and revert it to how it was when it first came out of the assembling line.

Problems such as incorrect settings, glitches, bugs, viruses, software problems etc. would be wiped out.

Apart from other information you would like to back up like photos, videos, music etc. this article focuses on apps, the way you back up your apps is quite different from how you do the others.

To back up android apps before factory reset, the following can be done:

1) Let Google back up your Apps

Google’s android offers the ability to back up any data on your device whether it be apps, photos, music, videos etc. To enable it:

1. Go to Settings, Personal, Backup and reset; then choose Backup my data and Automatic restore.

2. Then go to Settings, Personal, Accounts & Sync, and choose your Google account.

3. Select all of the option boxes listed, to ensure that all available data is synced.

Restoring data varies by device and android version. It is difficult to restore a backup from an advanced android version onto a device running a lower version.

For your specific android device’s settings. Check with your manufacturer site, to confirm the particular android version.

Also, you can back up your apps using GOOGLE DRIVE

This is how it works:

Google Drive is an app built by Google Inc. to save up information up to about 5G through its online servers.

It is absolutely free, all you need to do is to go to Google Play store on your device, search for Google Drive and download it.

Once installed, you can save up your apps there and they can be retrieved after the factory reset.
Note: this will use up data from your data plan if you’re not connected to WiFi (wireless Internet).

It is always recommended that if you can use a wireless Internet then use it! It’s usually cheaper and faster.

2. The use of your SD Card

If you have a memory card, it is another safe way to back up your apps, just follow through this process to get it done:

1. Scroll to your home page, the main screen when you turn on your phone (tap the home key, it’s one of the 4 physical buttons at the bottom underneath the phones display, usually looks like a house)

2. Tap on your menu key, (it’s one of the four buttons too, usually on the far left.)

3. Tap settings, (once you tap on the menu key, the phone should show a few options on its screen, one of those options is settings, select settings.)

4. Scroll to and select Storage

5. Look for an option that says “Mount SD card” or “Unmount SD card”. If the phone is reading a memory card then it will say “Unmount SD card”. The device is basically saying “I see an SD card in me, do you want me to unmount it so you can take it out without having to power me off first?”

If it shows “mount”, then the phone is not reading a memory card and it will probably be grayed out, not even letting you click it.

The above process establishes that your memory card is active; the next step is to back up your apps on them.

6. Goto your file explorer on your device, e.g. ES file explorer or the native file explorer, select the apps you want to back up and move them to your SD card.

After doing that, ensure you remove the SD card from your device before the factory reset.

After the factory reset you can always retrieve your apps from the SD card.

Conclusion

If you need to backup your favorite apps before carrying out factory reset, the tips shared in this post will help you to successfully do it.

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