How to Backup Contacts, Photos, Videos, Apps, Music, Messages, or Other Miscellaneous Files

Objective

• To back up contacts, photos, videos, apps, music, messages, or other miscellaneous files

Environment

• All Republic Wireless phones

Procedure

Back up Contacts

• Confirm that your contacts are synced to your Google account by using a computer to visit contacts.google.com
• Any contacts showing on this page will be the contacts that are synced to your Google account.
• Be sure that you're using the same Google account as the phone when logged onto Google's site using your computer.
• For instructions on how to import/export contacts, see
  • How to Import Contacts via .VCF File
  • How to Export Contacts via .VCF File

Back up Photos and Videos

• Confirm that your photos are synced to your Google account by using a computer to visit photos.google.com
• Be sure that you're using the same Google account as the phone when logged onto Google's site using your computer.
• For step by step instructions, see How to Back up Photos with Google Photos

Back up Messages (SMS/MMS and voicemail messages)

If your phone is running Android 8.0 Oreo or higher, you may have the option to back up text messages with Messages by Google.  For the instructions, please see How to Back up Text Messages with Messages by Google.  If your phone is running Android 7.1 Nougat or below, then there currently isn't a way to move SMS and MMS to your computer or SD card. However, there are third-party apps in the Google Play Store that may be able to backup and restore your messages. 

For saving voicemail on phones running Republic Wireless app version 3.19 or higher see How to Save a Voicemail Message.

Back up Miscellaneous Files

• Google Drive
  Backup files, folders, images, audio, and video to Google Drive.
• Move Files to or from Your Computer and Phone 
  Move files, pictures, music, and more to or from your computer. (Motorola Phones)
• Android Backup Service
  You can backup and restore your phone settings such as wallpaper, WiFi passwords, app settings, etc using Google's Backup and Restore.
• Samsung Account Backup (for the Samsung Galaxy J3, S6, S7, and S7 edge phones)
  Samsung phones have access to use Samsung accounts to backup information from your phone. Please see How do I back up data using my Samsung account for additional information.