How To Backup the OnePlus 6

Nik Read more August 9, 2018

When using a device so powerful, you’d expect it to provide you with a possibility to back up all your precious data, contacts, apps, etc. There are a few ways for you to do so, depending on what type of backup you need. Let’s start off with the basics.

The Simple Backup

In case you didn’t know, each and every Android smartphone has this feature. It only takes a few simple steps and you can easily perform a backup without the need for anything else.

Go to your phone settings, and over there head down to the options filed under “System”.
You will see the third option from the top titled “Backup & Reset”. Once you get there, make sure you check both available options – the one that says “Backup my data” and the other one that says “Automatic restore”.
When you get that right, go back to settings and now choose the “Accounts & Sync” option. Once you’re there, choose your Google account and make sure you have all the option boxes checked.

There you go, all your data backed up safely.

Backup with Additional Software

Backing up your OnePlus 6 with additional software and/or apps may seem like a bit of a chore, but in most cases you have much more manual controls over what you’re doing and you can customize the whole process precisely, in accordance to your needs and preferences.

Even though there are numerous options out there, we recommend the most popular and commonly used one – Syncios Android Manager. It can be downloaded for free and it provides you with countless useful features, and backup is obviously among them.

After you’ve downloaded the software, install it on your computer.
Start the program and connect your OnePlus 6 to your computer. It should recognize the mobile phone device instantly, but if that’s not the case, make sure you try again and select the USB debugging tool on your phone.
Over here you have much more options than on the simple backup method above. You can back up and restore all sorts of data, such as your app data, contacts, and, perhaps music.
Simply choose the type of data that you want to work on and then hit the backup button.

This is the simplest solution to backing up any data on your phone while having complete control over the process. The only downside to this option is that you simply can’t do it without a desktop or laptop computer.

Conclusion

Backing up and restoring all sorts of data on your OnePlus 6, as you can rely on the phone’s own options, is only limited by the amount of space and controls. On the other hand, using computer software isn’t the most convenient but offers much more control and as much disk space as your PC’s hard drive has available.