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For questions concerning the backup made to Google servers (which you are asked for on device initialization: "Do you want to backup your data to Google?")

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A year ago, my phone was stolen and I had very important messages saved in my WhatsApp backup. I still have the IMEI of the stolen phone and the exact date of the backup, but the backup has already ...
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I am using a Samsung A33. I have backup turned on in Google Photos (V7.11) and it has duly created a backup of all my photos on Google Drive. I recently deleted a large number of unwanted photo files ...
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I was at 99% of my Google drive storage the other day, so I went into my Google storage and deleted an Android phone backup for an old phone stored on Google storage, that took up about 3gb, with my ...
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I use Syncthing and restic to back up photos, so I don't need or want to use Google Backup. When I open Google Photos, it periodically prompts me to turn on backup. If I say "no", the prompt ...
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How do I back up my Google Keep data? Is there a way I can download everything in one single large .tar.gz tarball or other contiguousing and compression format? Thanks.
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Let's say you've installed an app, but you realize it is no longer available in the Google Play store. Is there a way to back the app up in Google Drive (so, that, if your phone breaks down and you ...
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My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S9. When my WhatsApp is regularly backed up to my Google Drive, the old one is deleted. I want to keep a copy of the old one, that was backed up to Google Drive. How can I ...
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My Samsung Galaxy S7 (with Android 8.0) is dead. I need to buy a new phone now and recover all my data from the automatic google backup. I wrote numerous notes to the default Memo app (which produces ...
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I am looking for a way to sync a folder that contains files created by an app, where the app doesn't have backup capabilities. I want the folder to be synced either with Google Drive, or, better, with ...
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So there is a WhatsApp group in which only I am present and hence I use the group to store my passwords by sending them in the group as chats. I then backup those chats using the WhatsApp end-to-end ...
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I am trying to restore data from a Pixel 3a cloud backup to a Galaxy S22. Both are running Android 12 with the May security update. When I go to restore, it says, "This backup is from a device ...
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Each time I restore my apps using my Google account I find out that some apps were just left out; the apps were no longer available on the Google Play Store. How can I confirm that all apps installed ...
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Context I recently got a new Android phone. (OnePlus Nord N200 5G for reference.) On my old phone (LG V30+) I utilized the "Backup" in the Settings. On my new phone, I was asked if I wanted ...
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I broke my phone (Android 10). I have a new phone (Android 11). I tried to restore data from Google cloud backup, but it asks for the unlock pattern of the old phone. I know the pattern, however, I ...
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I'm following the tips, that are on a WhatsApp website, on what to do when upgrading phone. I'm moving from Samsung S7 to Asus Zenfone 8. Asus provides app for that, but WhatsApp is notably missing ...
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