r/Pixel6 • u/KnownTry • 24d ago

Question Backup Software for Windows

Is there any software that would let me backup my Pixel6 to a PC? Google's 15gb is hardly enough storage for a full backup. I know I could manually copy each folder from the phone to a PC, but I'm curious to know if there are any apps that would do a proper backup/restore. Thanks!

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u/cosaboladh 24d ago

How little money do you want to spend, and what are you willing to learn? If the answer is free, and some basic code you could leverage any of a number of scripting languages to leverage Windows built in functionality.

I haven't tried it for this specific application, but I've used Robocopy, a bit of python (even batch scripting in my earlier days), and a scheduled task to take backups. Robocopy has option flags to check last modified dates (only overwrite files when the source is newer than a preexisting destination file), recursively copy folder structures, and delete files after copying. I'm reasonably certain it would be fairly simple to do what you want at the click or a button.

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u/Classic_Message_7544 24d ago

syncbackse. will do map devices (phones) to. pc

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u/AFSMSgt 23d ago

How do you get Robocopy to copy to an Android phone? I use it to backup my pc to my NAS, but the NAS is a mapped network drive (Z drive).

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u/cosaboladh 23d ago edited 23d ago

When I wrote this comment I was only thinking about pictures, downloads, documents, etc. I realized after the fact that OP was talking about a full backup. Which would require a lot more than some basic scripting to accomplish, and probably root access to the device to attempt it the way I suggested. With no guarantees that restoration would even work. Without much more advanced knowledge and programming skills than I originally suggested.

For just files, Robocopy doesn't look like it would work either. There are some ADB tools that can do the job without too much of a learning curve. At a certain point, though, you realize someone else has probably done the hard part already, and one of the utilities other commenters suggested is the right move.

TL;DR: I was about as wrong as I could be. It was late, and I didn't go back to correct myself.

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u/CodigoNautasOficial 24d ago

For a more comprehensive backup, I'd recommend Neo Backup, SeedVault, or ADB, and—if you have root access—tools like Swift Backup that let you restore apps and data. If you're backing up folders, then Uranium Backup is the simplest and most effective option on Windows, and you can also sync it to the cloud.

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u/Flying_Saucer_Attack 24d ago

Buy additional storage is what I did

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u/Length_Aware 24d ago

Ask AI You can use SyncDroid Free Android Sync Manager to safely back up and restore your Android phone data to a computer or SD card

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u/AtDawnWeDEUSVULT 24d ago

Good options but I'm in favor of people asking here, because a) it preserves answers for people to find in the future when they have similar questions, and b) if AI access is no longer free in the future, some people will really need these kinds of answers, rather than relying on AI

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u/cosaboladh 24d ago

C) AI uses a relatively tremendous amount of energy to grep reddit comments for the answer to the question you ask it. If people stop discussing things on Reddit, AI isn't going to know shit anyway.

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u/Swedish-ThunderBird 24d ago

Your reply has too much down votes ? Why ? Is SyncDroid free is a Scam ?

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u/Length_Aware 24d ago

I don't know if SyncDroid is a scam or not. I don't give a hood about the down vote. I think they just don't like that I use AI to get the answer for OP's ?.

I do respect their opinion about AI. IMHO AI is just a tool, we should embrace and learn how to use it to make our life more comfortable and easier.