Since the days the Android has become the part of our lives, the usage and integration of the smartphones in our lives has increased. These day smartphones are coming with a lot or memory on board and support to greater amounts like 128GB and 256GB. There are even phones that support the memory expandability up to 2TB. This elevated the need of backup apps before factory reset, because a factory reset would wipe off the data in a blink.
The following are list of best backup apps for Android that are seen on Google Play.
1. App Backup & Restore
Our phones would be installed with a lot of apps that we don’t even count. We may not remember all those app names to install later after the factory reset. This application creates the backup of all installed apps to the external SD card and allows you to restore the same.
Tip: Remove the memory card while doing a factory reset.
2. Super Backup : SMS & Contacts
Super backup stores your backup data on to the external SD card, Google Drive and Gmail. You can backup your contacts, SMSs, bookmarks, calender entries. Set your default backup folder on to external SD card or move the entire backup folder to SD card.
Tip: As Android Marshmallow doesn’t allow to restore bookmarks from 3rd party applications, you may not get the bookmarks restored with this app.
3. Easy Backup & Restore
This app, as the name suggests, is the easiest backup application for android. This application offers more options to save the backup. You can save the backup to external SD card, Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox, OnceDrive and Box. Along with contacts, SMS, MMS, calender entries, bookmarks, call logs, apps, this application also saves dictionary entries that we have saved while typing.
4. CM Backup – Safe,Cloud,Speedy
CM backup is the most loved backup and restore application for android users. Rated 4.7/5, CM Backup rules the backup and restore operations on 100 million android devices. This app features, Contacts backup & restore (Avatars, birthdays etc.), Messages backup & restore (SMS, MMS, text messages and Hangouts), Call logs backup & restore (Phone only), Photos backup & restore, Web Browser Bookmarks backup & restore, Calendars backup & restore, Alarms backup & restore, Dictionary backup & restore (Input methods)
5. G Cloud Backup
G Cloud Backup helps you backup your contacts, photos, videos and calender entries from phone to phone irrespective of its operating system. Files backed up using this application can be restored on to any other device with this application installed.
6. SMS Backup & Restore
Any important message lost could be a loss for you. SMS Backup & Restore is a dedicated app that backsup all the messages and call logs from the android phone and restores them after factory reset. This app hae the aerage rating of 4.5/5 with 50,000,000 installations so far.
7. Titanium Backup
Titanium Backup backs up the data, apps and market links on to the SD card. But, you need to have your phone rooted for this. This application is the top backup root app with a lot of options available.
Tip: Don’t risk to root your phone unless it is needed at most.
These backup apps are chosen based on their rating about their functionalities. These will give you better features and options to secure your data.