In Android, data is stored in a similar way as on a computer. They are stored in folders in the form of files, that is, it is very similar to the familiar system of organizing data on personal computers.

This makes it quite easy to transfer files from Android to computer, in other words, effortlessly transfer or copy files from a smartphone or tablet to a computer, either using the Internet or without it.

Below we will talk about how to transfer files from Android to a computer or vice versa without the Internet.

If you have a Mac, then you will need to install a special program to transfer data from Android. I describe the situation using the example of a Windows computer.

If the Android device is turned off, then in this state it will NOT be possible to transfer files to the computer.

First find Charger from your smartphone (device) on Android.

How to connect Android to computer

The “Pictures” window will open (Fig. 8), in which we will see the “Screenshots” folder (“Screenshots”, that is, screenshots of the Android screen that were taken on it).

Rice. 8 In Explorer, find the folder with screenshots located on Android

Thus, we are slowly getting closer to the place in Android’s memory where it stores all the screenshots.

After double-clicking on the “Screenshots” folder, we will see a screenshot of the Android screen taken after connecting the Android to the computer.

Rice. 9 In Explorer we see the name of the screenshot that was taken on the Android screen

The screenshot name is created automatically by Android - it is “Screenshot_2016-04-10-17-43-36” (Fig. 9). Given name means that the screenshot was created in Android on April 10, 2016 at 17 hours 43 minutes 36 seconds. In this way, it is possible to identify and distinguish from each other the numerous screenshots that can be created in Android.

Let’s drag this file “Screenshot_2016-04-10-17-43-36”, for example, to the PC desktop into the folder “ new folder"(Fig. 10). To do this, you need to make 2 windows on the computer screen:

• one window with the Android folder,
• the second window is with a folder on the computer.

Then you need to grab the file with the left mouse button and drag it from the Android window to the window on the computer, and then release it left button mice.

Rice. 10 Using Explorer, move the file from Android to a folder on your computer

And thus, this file from Android will be copied from Android memory to the computer desktop into a folder named “New Folder” (Fig. 11):

Rice. 11 The file was moved from Android to the computer in a New folder

That's it, the problem is solved, the file from Android is transferred to the computer. Now this file is on the PC, whereas a moment ago it was still in Android and seemed inaccessible to us on the computer.

The data of interest, which may need to be transferred from Android to a computer, may be located not only in the “Pictures” folder of Android, but also in other Android folders (Fig. 7).

What folders from Android can be seen on the computer?

For example, on Android you can see the following folders:

Rice. 12 List of folders that can be on Android

• The “Pictures” folder on Android stores screenshots,
• the “DCIM” folder can store photos and videos taken using Android,
• in the “Download” folder - all files that were downloaded to Android, for example, from the Internet,
• in the “Movis” folder - films and clips for viewing on Android,
• in the “Music” folder - files to listen to on Android, for example, favorite music,
• Also, the data we are interested in can be stored in other Android folders.

You need to search for files on Android and find them for later transfer to folders personal computer by simply copying (or dragging) from one folder (from the Android folder) to another folder (to the computer folder).

Thus, transferring data from Android to PC turns into a normal and familiar procedure of copying data from one folder to another folder.

How to delete files on Android

After transferring (copying) data from Android to a PC, you can (but not necessarily!) delete this data from Android’s memory. After all, as a rule, there is not so much in portable gadgets free space in mind. And if we transferred the data from Android to the PC (of course, before deleting it would be a good idea to check to make sure that the data was actually transferred to the PC), then this data can be deleted from the Android folders.

Deleting files and folders from Android is done in the same way as deleting folders or files on a PC: click right click mouse over the folder or file icon, and select “Delete” from the menu (Fig. 13).

Rice. 13 Deleting a file from Android

It is important to remember that if deleted files and folders on your PC are first transferred to the Recycle Bin, from where they can be restored if something happens, then

deleted folders and files from Android are deleted from it immediately and completely, bypassing the Recycle Bin, without the possibility of restoring them.

That is, errors due to accidental deletion necessary files It is impossible to fix it from Android, as it could be done on a personal computer.

You should not copy or delete Android system data to avoid damaging it. software and not disrupt its operation.

You can only copy and delete files created by the Android user, be it data from the Internet, photos and videos of the Android user, screenshots and other personal data. But, I repeat, under no circumstances should this be done with system files and Android folders so as not to damage it.

How to disconnect Android from computer

And finally, you can disconnect Android from your PC as follows:

• first disconnect the connector of the wire connecting the Android and the PC from the Android,
• and only then disconnect the connector from the USB port of the personal computer.

You only need to disconnect the wire when the data is no longer transferred (copied) from Android to PC. Disconnecting the wire while data is being transferred may cause damage file system PC or Android.

How to transfer files from computer to Android

Transferring data back from a computer to Android is done in the same way as described above.

Just choose transferred files you need on your computer, and then you need to copy (drag and drop) them into Android folders. That is, this system transfer works in both directions.

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When purchasing a new mobile device, the question arises of how to transfer your personal information from the previous device to the purchased one? And while it’s quite easy to move files with video and music, some other data, such as contacts, can be quite problematic to quickly copy. But in reality, everything is not so difficult, you just need to take a series of actions.

1. First, you need to back up your information. To do this, go to the settings menu, select “personal”, and then “backup and reset”, after checking that the archiving and automatic recovery activated, because with the help of the first of them a copy is created in the account, and the second saves all the parameters upon reboot.



2. Secondly, you need to log into your Google account from a new device, for which in the settings we find the “accounts and synchronization” item, click on the “add account” option and enter your username and password. As soon as you log in to the service, all parameters saved in the settings, as well as Google contacts, events from Calendar, letters from Gmail and some other data will be copied to the new device.







3. Thirdly, transferring contacts from the phone book is also not too difficult. Go to the Contacts application, find the “menu” item, and then select the “import/export” sub-item. Next you need to move necessary information to a memory card, and then, inserting it into a smartphone or tablet, copy the data to the appropriate application. If there is no memory card, then you need to connect the old gadget to the PC as a USB storage device and carry out a similar procedure for importing and exporting contacts.





4. Fourth, re-download applications purchased from the company Google store. These programs will be available for re-downloading for free, since all purchases are tied to the account and not to specific device. You can find the items you need by going to this store and finding the “my applications” folder. Please note that programs downloaded for free are not saved there.

At this point, the process of copying information can be considered complete and the new device can be used comfortably.

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In this article I will talk about how to properly save all data from an Android device (phone or tablet) in order to restore this data after flashing it or on a new device.

By important data I mean: contacts, SMS, photos and videos, and, to some extent, applications.

How to save Android device data

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Saving information from your phone from the Universal Diary application

How to save contacts on Android:

One of the advantages of the Android operating system is that all contacts are linked to a Google account by default and stored in the cloud. That is, as soon as you enter your Google account information on a new device (or a reflashed one), all your contacts will immediately download and be available.

Just in case, let's make sure that your contacts are actually synced with Google cloud. To do this, go to your mail via the web at https://mail.google.com/

1. Enter your Google account username and password.

2. At the top right, click the "All applications" button:

3. In the list of applications that appears, select "Contacts".

4. In a new window you will see all your contacts. If they are not there, go to the settings of your Android device and enable synchronization for your Google account (All apps -> Settings -> Accounts -> Google).

Be careful! If your contacts are not in Google and you do not enable synchronization, you will lose all contacts when you reset your settings!

How to save SMS on Android:

Unfortunately, the built-in application for saving SMS in Android system no, but there is great alternative - SMS application Backup & Restore. Install it from official store Google applications and run (it's free):

Open the application, click the "Make backup" button, leave all the default values ​​and click OK:

The program saved all SMS and call data in special files in internal memory. To be safe, we will copy these files to your computer along with photos and videos. More on this later.

How to save photos and videos from an Android device:

1. Connect your phone to a computer or laptop with via USB cord, the phone must be unlocked.

2. Now on your computer, go to Explorer (My Computer, This Computer), you will see the connected device:

3. Log into this device and copy the following folders and files to your computer from there:

• The entire DCIM folder contains your photos and videos;
• The Download folder in its entirety, these are the files you downloaded from the Internet;
• The SMSBackupRestore folder, in this folder you previously saved data about all SMS and calls;

This is where I will finish the instructions. If you need to save data specific application please, and I'll tell you how. Universal instructions Unfortunately, there are no applications for saving data.

The instructions were not very detailed in some places, if you need clarification, just do it.

When you change your smartphone, you will certainly want to move your contacts, data, and apps to your new device. In addition, when transferring data, you can also save the location of the home screen icons, background image and much more on new smartphone. Data can also be transferred from Android smartphone ov on iPhone and vice versa. In this article we will look at how to transfer data from one device to another.

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This revolutionary software can be used on more than 3000 smartphones under Android control, Windows, IOS.

Transfer contacts

Contacts are the most important thing you will want to transfer to your new device. Fortunately, times have changed and you can avoid the painstaking process and do it manually. Smartphones today make transferring contacts easier by syncing with the cloud. We will look at this process as well.

Synchronization with Google account

The easiest way to keep your contacts across all your devices is to sync with your Google account. If you previously saved your contacts to your Google account, you can simply sign in and transfer them to your new smartphone. Just come in Settings > Account > Google and turn on contact synchronization. Your contact details will be transmitted immediately.

By the way, if you don't have Google account, you can create a new one account on your smartphone. You can also do this on your computer and then log in from your smartphone with the appropriate account details.

Syncing via Google has its advantages. You can use Google account on almost all platforms including Windows phones, iOS and PC. Windows control, Linux or Mac OS.

Transfer contacts from Android to iPhone

Once your contacts are synced to your Google account, it's very easy to transfer them to your iPhone or iPad. Just go to Nsettings, and there you will find the option to add another account to your Mail, Contacts, Calendar , there Google is one of the options. Sync your Google account and after a while your Google contacts should be visible in your address book.

Your Google account will appear as Gmail. Here you can set which parts of your Google account should be transferred to the iPhone.

Move to iOS

Apple released Move app to iOS in Play Store. Install the application on your Android smartphone and launch the application. On your new iPhone (or iPad), you can now start importing data. Move to IOS transfers contacts, SMS messages, photos, videos, email accounts. Since the transfer occurs using a specially created WLAN networks and is protected by a PIN code, the transfer occurs quickly.

Export contacts via SD cards

If syncing using a Google account is not an option for you while your old and new smartphone have an SD card slot, you can transfer contacts using a memory card. To do this, first export your contact details to your SD card using old smartphone. Then take out the SD card from the old device and insert it into the new device. Now go to your address book and select the option to import from the menu. Just follow the instructions and the contacts will be transferred automatically.

Using a SIM card

Transferring your contacts using a SIM card is quite simple. You need to insert the SIM card into the new device and mark the contacts that you want to export to that device.

Non-SIM export is no longer offered in the phone app for Android 5.0 and newer systems. However, importing is still possible without any problems. Therefore, the following pictures are from old version Android.

Transferring SMS messages

You can transfer old SMS to Android smartphone. Free app SMS Backup & Restore allows you to do just that. Your messages are saved in XML format file and can then be transferred directly to a new smartphone via Bluetooth. Alternatively, the backup file can be sent by email or to the cloud, where it can be downloaded.

The backup app must also be installed on your new Android smartphone. When the application starts, it will automatically detect the presented file and restore SMS messages.

Attention: when importing, the application does not pay attention to SMS that already exist.

SMS transfer from Android to iPhone is not supported. This way you will only be able to backup SMS messages and read the SMS Backup & Restore XML file on your computer. By at least, you will be able to save the data this way.

Transferring photos

The simplest solution for backing up photos from Android smartphones is to make an automatic backup to the cloud. Applications like Dropbox, Google Drive, or Google+ offer automatic synchronization when the smartphone is connected to wireless network. This way, photos can simply be downloaded from the cloud to your new Android device as needed.

If both smartphones have a MicroSD card slot, you can also back up your images to the SD card and restore them to the new device. And, of course, there is also the option of transferring via PC: just connect your smartphone, copy the folder of pictures to the PC and transfer them from there to your new Android smartphone.

Let's see how to save all that valuable data for transfer between different smartphone operating systems, as well as from an old mobile phone to a smartphone. We'll also look at some apps that will make this process much easier.

Use: Backup Applications

Of course, the easiest way is to transfer data from your phone to another using an application specifically designed for this. However, we will keep in mind that we will not find programs transferring data from regular phone to your smartphone, so you can only use them to switch from one smartphone to another.

In general, these applications will allow us to backup your data (contacts, photos, SMS, etc.) and even some configurations (for example, on the home screen, for example.

Let's first look at the universal service IDrive, which serves both PC and Mac, Android, iOS and Windows Phone. With IDrive you can back up your contacts, photos, videos and calendars to a cloud service. Of course, it is sometimes paid, but we can use 5 GB for free free space, which is basically enough for you.

When switching from an Android phone to an iPhone this can be done very simply. You can transfer your contact details, message history, photos and videos, browser bookmarks, email accounts and calendars in an automatic way. The feature is available on Google Play absolutely free.

Applications to switch from Android phone to iPhone

If, however, we want to switch from one Android smartphone to another Android smartphone, then there are several applications for this, including MyBackup Pro. This app supports your apps, photos, contacts, call history, browser bookmarks, SMS, MMS, calendar, system settings, home screens (including position combinations), alarms, dictionary, playlists and more.

You can download the MyBackup application from this link

We can choose to have a copy saved in memory MicroSD cards phone or cloud service Dropbox, so it will be very easy to recover this data in your new phone. Exists free version with limited features so we can try before we buy it. It is available at the link in Google Play.

As we say, we can't always use these apps, so let's see how to transfer some important data to our new phone without using this type of apps.

How to transfer data from a simple mobile phone

If you are still using "classic" mobile phone, you don't have to worry about making rapid progress in modern world: You will still be able to transfer all your contacts and data.

First of all, make a backup. Let's start with photos, videos and music. Although the process varies depending on the phone, we must connect the phone using USB to the computer.

When connected (you may need a program or even some drivers for your computer to identify your phone, you will find them on the manufacturer's website) a folder will appear on your computer with multimedia files from our old phone.

If we do not have a cable, then we can transfer data from using Bluetooth, although it will be much slower because we have to transfer the files individually.

After the media, we will make a copy address book. We check whether we have contacts saved in the phone or on the SIM card. Usually, you need to search Settings, find an option called "Memory in use" or something similar, where we will check where your contacts are stored.

If you select phone memory, then copy them to SIM: Contacts> Options> Copy contact. Select "Copy to" SIM " and make a copy. If, however, everything is stored on the SIM then skip this step.

Now we will transfer our data to the new smartphone. For contacts, simply insert the SIM and copy them again to the memory of the new phone, we recommend doing this because: firstly, we will be more comfortable working with in the future phone book Secondly, we can record much more data for each contact (address, email, notes, contact photo, etc.).

In addition, we can synchronize these contacts with our own (Android or Windows system) and store constant updates in the cloud, which will contribute to more fast transfer data to another device. For multimedia data, we can simply connect the smartphone to the computer and copy the folders from the old mobile phone.

Transfer data from one smartphone to another

Let's say we already have a smartphone, and now we need to transfer everything to another smartphone. Here the process is simpler, but also requires several steps. If the new smartphone and the old one have the same operating system it will be much easier.

All mobile OS have functions for synchronizing contacts, messages, calls and photos. Typically, when we create our own account (with Google or Apple), all this data will be stored in the cloud, so on a new smartphone we can simply enter our account details and download all the necessary information.

Transfer data from Android device to iOS

On your phone, make sure your data is synced with Google. Turn on new iPhone. Go to Settings>Accounts, Mail, Contacts>Add account>You select the Gmail account that you had on your Android and the active data you want to sync.

In addition, it remains possible to do this using a computer:

On your Android phone you need to go to Contacts > Advanced > Settings > Import/Export Contacts.

This will create a file with the extension .vcf, which we must transfer to the new iPhone and open it there.

If you have a new iPhone, you should sign up for iCloud (if you haven't already). Click on the Contacts icon and in the lower left corner, find the gear icon (Settings), where we need to select "Import business card"You need to find the .vcf file on your iPhone and all your contacts will be copied to your Apple device.

If we want to synchronize the calendar, then we have two ways:

Option 1: Download Google app Calendar

Go to the App Store and download the Google Calendar app

Download the Google Calendar app

Sign in with your Google account. When the session starts, all your data will be synchronized with your computer.

Option 2: Calendar Google sync from iPhone, Calendar application.

Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.

Go to Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Google.

Enter your email address and click Next.

Enter your password.

And that's it, now your email, contacts and calendar are synchronized directly from your Google account. If you just want to sync your calendar, then disable other services.

Transferring other data (music, photos) is easier. You need to copy the selected Android folders devices. After that, in your account iTunes entries automatically add them to the program. Then all you have to do is connect your iPhone to iTunes and select content to download.

Transferring data from iOS devices on Android

We also found several ways. The easiest to use is through a Google account on your iPhone, which will sync data stored in the cloud with our new Phone: Settings > Mail > Contacts and Calendar > and add your Gmail account.

Again, we select the data you want to sync, although we recommend selecting: Email, contacts, calendars and notes.

You can also use the above-mentioned .vcf file and transfer it to your computer from the phone’s internal memory, and from there to our new Android device using Bluetooth or using a computer.

In terms of time, the process is similar:

ICloud will sign in with Apple ID

You need to log into the calendar and select the "Public Calendar" option. Now copy the link.

The Apple or Gmail website has all the information and programs you'll need.

Transfer data from iOS and Android Windows Phone devices

Let's start again with contacts. For both cases, we should not find problems because Windows Phone recognizes both accounts from Google, both for sharing and for any other services such as Facebook. We just have to add an account in our new phone.

Certainly, Google contacts slightly different from the ones you find on Windows Phone.

To see them we go to Contacts in the list of applications, click on View contacts with phone numbers and disable hide contacts without phone numbers.

For photos, it's better to use onedrive Android and then sync them to your new WP. Another option is to transfer everything using a computer.

To transfer applications from Android to Windows Phone It's handy to use AppComparison, which lets us know which apps you have installed on your phone and which are also available on Windows Phone.

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How to transfer application data

Programs such as Facebook, Twitter or many games create a copy of our profile on their servers, and when reinstallation on your new device you just need to enter your account details and all our data is loaded into new phone. Other programs like Whatsapp use Dropbox account for storage backup copies or, if this is not possible, then everything is saved in the device's memory.

In addition, in case of changing the phone (that is, if we move from one Android to another Android, for example), the option " Backup and recovery." You can automatically download applications installed in settings, as well as others Personal settings, such as passwords, etc.

With these recommendations, you can safely transition to your new smartphone, with all your contacts, calendar data, multimedia files, and many of your programs. This way, changing your phone won't be so dramatic and you won't have to worry about losing some of the data on your old device.