Full Guide to Restore Android Phone

Part 1: Restore Android Phone from Google Backup

In this section, we’ll show you how to restore your Android phone using Google Backup. Google Backup saves your important files to your Gmail account and Google Drive. To restore, ensure your files are backed up, then follow these simple steps to retrieve data from your Google Backup.

Step 1. Open Notification Panel

At the first step, you need to open Notification panel by touching and sliding down the top of the screen of your Android phone.

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Step 2. Tap on Setting

Now you have to tap on the Settings icon on the display in the step.

Step 3. Scroll down

After tapping on Settings, you are going to scroll down in this step to find the ‘Backup and Reset’ button.

Step 4. Tap on Backup and Reset

As find the ‘ Backup and Reset’ button, you have to click on it so that you can proceed ahead.

Step 5. Check on the Boxes

Now you must see a new screen with some boxes on it as shown in the image below. You have to check on ‘Automatic Restore’ button. This click will make the data restore automatically on the phone. This way you can always restore your android phone from Google backup just in few steps.

Part 2: Restore Android Phone After Factory Reset

In this section, we’ll guide you on restoring your Android phone after a factory reset. A factory reset is often necessary when your phone is slow, malfunctioning, or infected with a virus. To restore your phone to its previous state, it’s crucial to back up your data first. We’ll show you how to back up and restore using Dr.Fone.

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Step 1. Launch Dr.Fone on your PC

First of all, you have to download the Dr.Fone application and launch it on your computer. Please note that there must be any other such backup application running at the moment.

Step 2. Connect your Phone to the PC

After selecting ‘Backup & Restore’ among all the functions, you need to connect your Android phone to the PC using a USB cable in this step. It will automatically detect your phone.

Step 3. Click on Backup and Select File Type

Once Dr.Fone detected your phone, you are needed to click on ‘Backup’ button and then select what data type you want to backup to your pc. Please note that your phone needed to be rooted for this method.

Step 4. Click on Backup Again

After you finish selecting the file type, you have to click on ‘Backup’ again so that the actual process starts. This time the Backup button is at bottom as you see in the given screenshot.

Step 5. Wait for Some Moment

You are instructed to wait for some time as the process is time taking depending on the file size.

Step 6. View the backup

As the backup process is complete, you can view the backup files in this step. You have to click on ‘View the backup” to view them.

Step 7. View the content

Now you can view the content by clicking on ‘View’

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Step 8. Click on Restore

To restore data from a backup file you already did, you need to click on ‘Restore’ and target the older backup file on your computer. You may have backed up the file either on this Android phone or else.

Step 9. Choose Data for Restore

In this step, you need to choose the data you want to restore. You can easily see the selection option on the left side. After selecting, you have to click on ‘Restore to Device’ to initiate the process.

Step 10. Complete the process

It may take some time to restore the files. Once it is done, Dr.Fone will notify you.

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Part 3: Restore Android Phone to Previous State

In this section, we’ll explain how to restore your Android phone to its original state using a factory reset. However, it’s essential to back up your files beforehand for later restoration. Follow these simple steps to restore your Android phone.

Step 1. Go to Settings

The first step tells you to go to Settings on your phone and tap on it. Either you find the Settings on the screen of your phone, or you tap and scroll the top of the screen to open Notification panel to get the settings as in the image below.

Step 2. Scroll down to Backup & Reset

After getting into Settings window, you have to scroll down and find the ‘Backup & Reset’ button. As you get it, just click on it.

Step 3. Tap on Factory Data Reset

Now you have to click on ‘Factory Data Reset’ on the window as shown in the screenshot.

Step 4. Click on Reset Device

You need to click on ‘Reset Phone’ in this step after reading the information on the screen.

Step 5. Tap on Erase Everything.

This is the final step, and you have to tap on the button’ Erase everything’. After that, the phone will be reset to its previous state. You can restore the backed up files now on it and enjoy.

Conclusion

In conclusion, restoring your Android phone is essential to ensure that your important data, such as contacts, settings, and files, are not lost in case of device issues. By the three methods outlined in this article, you can easily restore your Android phone and regain access to your essential information.

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