It’s always better to back up your files before you need to, but there are some things you can do if you’re in a pinch. It’s always better to back up your files before you need to, but there are some ...

Your Android phone is full of important data, including photos, videos, contacts, messages, and apps. If you lose your phone or it breaks, you could lose all of this data. That's why it's important to ...

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The Android Settings app is preparing to add a new “Contacts storage” page. This page lets you choose which online account you want your contacts to be saved to. Alternatively, you can disable contact ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

We have a huge amount of data across various apps and services on our Android phones. This can include everything from device settings, call history, contacts, and messages to documents, files ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

As high-tech and advanced as all our modern mobile devices are, there's no way of getting around basic user errors. Luckily, the makers of your mobile devices kept such errors in mind. That is why we ...

With most of our data tucked away in the cloud, transferring bits of this information into a new phone has also simplified over the years. You no longer need to sit tight while your computer moves ...

Cell phones keep getting sleeker and smaller, which means they are also getting easier to lose or misplace. For instance, Motorola's latest model, the SLVR, is so thin and light, you'd hardly notice ...

I've been in a particularly "back everything up for the sake of it" mood lately, and the latest target of my fixation is messages. It's been several generations of Android flagships since I archived ...