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Where are my smartphone backup data stored?

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Melinos Posted messages 52 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
BmV Posted messages 43707 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello, Android smartphone (Samsung). The backup feature is enabled.

From my PC --> my Google account --> my storage space.

I find an item named Device backup (21MB). What is it? How can I view the contents of this item?

There is also an item Other that takes up 1.2GB. I would like to access it to decide whether to keep it or not.

Thank you for your help and recommendations.

Regards

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    Clarckos Posted messages 10071 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   935
     

    Hello everyone.

    @Melinos StatusMember, if you’re still there, you should check where you activate/deactivate the backup (native phone feature or installed app), if you can change the destination of these files to be backed up (after creating a dedicated directory for this), so you could find it more easily next time.

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  2. Didi64_549 Posted messages 2852 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Hello,

    thank you for the solution provided here on this forum as you help many in this case.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25005 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 181
       

      Hello,

      It is indeed incorrect.

      The Others folder contains, as its name indicates, everything that cannot be classified into the other categories, essentially cache data from apps (which can be very heavy if there are many, if they are resource-intensive like games, or more or less by nature for videos) but not all app data and no app itself, so certainly not a backup of the phone which is not necessarily easy to perform... except on Samsung where you just need to make a Smart Switch copy to a computer.

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      1. Didi64_549 Posted messages 2852 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   > brucine Posted messages 25005 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hi again,

        It's true that it's a catch-all folder and it contains backups, hence the personal data are stored elsewhere.

        Afterwards, perhaps you, Melinos, found what you were looking for there.

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      2. BmV Posted messages 43707 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 964 > Didi64_549 Posted messages 2852 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Thank you for avoiding calling the administration to intervene in the wrong direction on an unresolved matter!

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