How to Restore Android Phone from Google Backup

In this digital world, mobile phones are playing an important role in everyone's life. We use mobile phones for calling; other than this, we also use them to store our files and other data, such as photos, music, videos, documents, etc.

But we know that life is full of uncertainty anything could have happened to our phones. It may go lost, stolen, or damaged, which could be happened to many people. And it became a big problem when we talked about the data that people lost. However, cloud data storage service protects data from accidental loss, corruption, and deletion.

One such cloud storage service is a Google Drive service, which lets you store your phone's data as a backup. Android devices are excellent Google Drive integration that allows backup of Android devices' data and protects them from any unexpected loss. Once you backup your phone data to Google Backup, you can easily restore them on your phone when needed.

In this guide, you will know how to restore your Android phone from Google backup and how you could backup your Android phone's data there.

Why the need comes to backup your Android phone's data

In the above brief introduction, you understand the importance of backing up Android phone data over Google drive. The data and documents you store on your phone are always important. These files and data may include photos, videos, documents, and other important information. The situations in which you need to backup your Android phone are:

• When the phone goes accidental damage, and you lose your data, the backup keeps your data safe and secure so that you can retrieve them in the future.
• Sometimes your phone gets accidentally lost or stolen. You will lose all the data stored in your phone that could be important for you in such situations. If you have backed up your files and other data, you can recover them if something happens like this.
• People mostly access their devices by connecting to the internet, increasing the likelihood of virus attacks and causing data loss. Backup helps to restore any data loss and recover damaged files.
• Sometimes connecting a phone to the computer using a USB cable shows the file but doesn't allow opening it.
• Sometimes, you may accidentally delete some data you never want to lose while using the phone. This time you will realize the importance of having a data backup of your Android device. Backing up of data helps you to recover any such accidentally deleted data.

How to Restore Android Phone from Google Backup

One of the easy ways to restore your phone is using Google backup. Google backup uses the service of Google drive to backup your data over Google's cloud storage. Once you have backed up your data over your Google account, you can easily restore them on your Android device whenever you want. Google's backup service is the easiest way to backup and restores data for Android users. However, you need to backup your phone's data first to restore them later.

How you could backup your Android phone's data to Google Drive

Before you know to restore data from Google backup (or Google Drive), you must know the steps to backup an Android phone. To backup your Android phone's data on Google drive, you have to sync your data to Google drive regularly. The process is very easy as you can turn on the auto-sync option of Google drive, and it will automatically sync the data for you.

To enable the backup feature of your Android phone, follow the below-given steps.

Method 1:

Android native Google cloud backup features allow storing settings, apps, SMS messages, and your call history over Google drive. Following are the steps you have to follow on your Android phone:

1. Open your Android smartphone's "Settings" app and tap on the Google option.
   
2. Tap on the "Backup" option.
   
3. Enable the "Backup by Google One" toggle button.
4. You can also tap on the "Google Account data" for specific data backup, such as calendar, contacts, keep notes, etc.
5. Go back to the main "Backup" page and tap on the "Back up now" button to automatically backup your phone.
   

Method 2:

There are alternate phone settings that also allow backup of your Android device. Remember that the actual location of Setting menu options may vary based on the phone model and OS version you are using.

1. Open the "Settings" app on your Android device, scroll down to "Additional settings," and then tap on the "Back up and reset" option. You will see this option within the "Settings" page on some devices.
   
2. On the "Back up and reset" screen, you will see the option "Back up my data" which you need to enable.
3. On the same page, you have to ensure that your Backup content is linked with your Google account (Gmail id).
4. Finally, enable the "Automatic restore" feature that helps you automatically restore backed-up data and settings when you reinstall apps.
   

Now you have successfully enabled your Android backup over Google service. All your system settings and app data will automatically be backed to Google drive.

Whenever you switch to a new phone and start setup it up from the beginning with your same Google account, the device will notify you to restore your backup data (settings, app, etc.).

How to Restore Android from Google Backup

After backing up your Android phone's data to Google Backup (drive), you will be able to restore any lost or deleted data into your phone when you want. Google cloud storage allows users to store whatever data they want, including calendars, contacts, apps, documents, photos, and lots more.

When you reinstall any app that you have backed up, its settings or other backup data automatically get restored. Restoring apps is straightforward in Android devices running on Lollipop and above version. Users can restore their backed-up data on the brand new phone and even on devices after a factory reset.

1. When you buy a brand new Android phone, turn it on and tap on the "Arrow" icon at the center of the screen.
   
2. Select your "System Language," tap on the "Next," and connect to the Wi-Fi connection if you have and enter its password.
   
3. Accept the privacy policy and proceed with "Accept and Continue". If it asks that you can quickly copy your current setup to your phone, tap on the No thanks radio button and press "Next" at the bottom.
   
4. Enter your Google account credential and tap on the Next button again on the next screen.
   
5. Sign in to your Android phone with your Gmail account, checkmark the box as per your needs, and tap on the Next button.
6. Again "Accept" the policy and proceed by tapping Accept. You will see the Google services page, tick the checkbox as per your need, and tap "Next" to proceed.
   
7. Select the "Not now" radio button and tap "Next" to continue if it asks for another email.
   
8. Choose the device from which you want to restore your data or app on your Android phone. Tap on the "Restore" button to restore them.
   

Third-party application to Restore Android phone from Google Backup:

Using UltData for Android

The above-discussed method works perfectly for Android users, but there are some still better and more efficient ways to restore your Android phone from Google backup. An "UltData for Android" is a software tool that facilitates the restoration of data from Google backup in an excellent way.

The "UltData for Android" is a PC software that lets users selectively download their Google drive backup data, preview their data before restoring it, and download and export it to their computer. Using this tool, users can restore data such as contacts, messages, call history, and calendars.

Follow the below-given steps to restore your Android phone from Google backup using "Tenorshare UltData for Android":

1. Download and install the UltData software tool on your PC and launch it.
2. Select the "Recover Google Drive Data" option from its home screen interface.
   
3. Enter your Google account credential for login and click on the "Sign in" button.
   
4. Select the contents you want to recover and click on the "Start" button.
   
5. Now, choose the data content you want to recover to your phone and click on the "Recover" button.
   

All the selected data will recover on your computer, and later on, you can transfer these data to your Android device.

Using DroidKit

DroidKit PC software tool allows you to preview selected data before backup and restore them to your Android phone.

1. Install the setup of the DroidKit tool on your computer and open it.
2. Under the "Extract Needed Data" panel, select "From Google Account".
   
3. Sign in with your Google account, locate your data backup and click "Next".
   
4. You can view what data contents you can restore using DroidKit. Here we selected messages, call logs, and Wi-Fi data. Now click on the "Start" button to continue.
   
5. Preview and select the data you want to restore and click on the "To Device" or "To PC" according to your requirement.
   

Using Wondershare TunesGo

TunesGo by Wondershare is an excellent software tool that facilitates the backup and restoration of Android phone data. It allows data to back up, such as music, pictures, documents, apps, and other useful information on your device.

You can backup and restore your phone's contents to your phone in very few clicks; here are the steps you have to follow:

To backup Android phone via TunesGo

1. Download and install the setup of the Wondershare TunesGo tool on your PC and launch it.
2. Connect your Android device to the computer using a USB cable.
   
3. Click on the "Toolbox" section at the upper-right of the application screen.
4. Select "Backup Device" from various available options to back up the phone's data.
   
5. Select the contents you want to backup and click on "Backup".
   

To restore Android phone via TunesGo.

1. Go to the Toolbox section and select the "Restore Device" option.
   
2. Select the backup files you earlier backed up and click the "Next" button.
   
3. Choose the contents data you want to restore, such as contacts, music, photos, messages, call logs, apps, etc., and click on the "Restore" button.