Backing up files on a TECNO phone is very important if you don’t want to lose important information when you lose or change your phone. These files include your contacts, photos, videos, music, messages bearing very sensitive information, and documents.
The need to back these files up cannot be quantified, because when lost, they may not be retrieved again. This is true for photos, and videos, recording memorable moments, etc. When the data is lost, it brings a deep sense of loss and regret.
You can make a TECNO backup in the following ways:
Backing upTECNO files to your SD card.
- First, insert your SD card on your phone and wait for it to get detected on your phone.
- Go to the settings app on your phone, and then select the 'system' option and 'back up and restore' respectively
- You will be taken to a page where at the top, it is written, data on one side, and applications on the other. The backup process will begin once you get to the page. To backup contacts, photos, videos, messages, calendar, music, and more, just select the “ personal data”. After that, edit the folder name and tap on “Ok” to finish the backup process. If you want to backup apps, just select the “ applications” in this step.
Backing up files on TECNO to Google Drive
Files that can be backed up to Google Drive include apps and apps data, photos and videos, call history, contacts, device settings, SMS.
To transfer your files to Google drive:
- Go to settings.
- Tap on Google ( services and preferences) and tap 'back up'. Or tap on 'system' and click on 'backup'.
- Either action will take you to the same page.
- Tap the 'Back up to Google Drive'
- You will be asked to select a Google account that will be used for back up.
- Select the Google account you wish to use, and you will be taken back to the backup page.
- You will see the backup button. Select it and follow the instructions that will come up. This will be a list of files you would want to back up to the drive.
- Select the files you want to back up.
- Turn on your data or Wi-Fi to enable the backup process.
Note: Please note that any account selected for back up on Google drive has a memory capacity of 15G. If you need more space on Google drive, you may need to buy more space from Google.
For the photos and videos, you can backup them to the google photos by turning on “ Google Photos” following the above steps. But please note the free space storage for Google photos is 15G, you need to pay more space for more space.
Make a TECNO backup to your PC using a USB cable.
The files you can back up include your photos, music, videos, word documents, pictures, compressed files, PDF files, and text files.
For the Windows PC
- Switch on your PC or laptop.
- Unlock your phone, and connect it to the PC or laptop using the USB cable.
- On your phone, tap the 'charging this device via USB' notification.
- Under the options for 'Use USB for', select 'file transfer'.
- A file transfer window will open on your computer. Use it to drag files.
- When you are done, eject your phone, by right-clicking on the phone icon, and click on eject.
- When done ejecting your phone from the computer, unplug the USB cable.
The procedures above are for computers or PC's that use Windows as their operating system.
For computers that use Mac:
- You need to install the 'Android file transfer app' on your computer before files can be transferred to your computer.
- Open the app after you have installed it. This will prompt it to open automatically whenever you connect your phone via USB cable to the computer.
- Unlock your phone.
- Connect your phone with a USB cable to the computer.
- Select the 'file transfer option' from the USB notification prompt that will come up on your phone.
- An Android file transfer window will open on your computer screen.
- Use it to drag files selected from your phone to the computer.
- When you are done, eject your phone, and unplug.
