It is important to make backups of our personal files and data on our phone. In case your device is ever replaced, lost or damaged, you can restore the backup file. There are mainly three different ways to back up data and files saved on your Xiaomi & Redmi mobile phones. MIUI system has the built-in Backup app on your phone you can use to do a backup and restore. You can also sync data from your Xiaomi or Redmi phone to Mi cloud service. Other the these two backup solutions, you can export and back up your files and data from phone to computer.
Choose Xiaomi Redmi backup methods
Before you get started, you need to know the difference between the above three backup methods and choose the one that’s best for you. Mi Cloud stores your backups in Xiaomi cloud servers and it offers 5GB space for free. You have to pay to get more storage space. With Mi Cloud backup service, you can create and access backups from anywhere with Wi-Fi. Local backups to your phone’s storage or computer will store your backups on your phone or computer. The storage depends on your phone or computer’s available space. You can create offline backups without Wi-Fi or internet connection. Mi Cloud backups and Mi built-in backup on the phone include nearly all data and settings stored on your device. They have their own drawbacks. Sync, backup and resore speed is really a serious problem with cloud backups. Also Mi Cloud comes with only 5GB free space which is far from enough. Even your local storage, both internal and external,is not enough for full backups to be saved on the phone. Local backups on Xiaomi or Redmi phone is also not safe. In case of phone loss, system or hardware failure, you lost the backups. Mi Cloud backup and local backup on Mi phones are good for partial backups of only certain file and data types. They are not good options for media files. The photos and videos are the biggest space hogs on our phones, at the same time they are the most important data we want to backup. For heavy files backup, we strongly recommend local backup to your computer than remote backup to cloud server or local backups on the phone.
How to backup Xiaomi Redmi phone with Mi Cloud?
First of all, connect your Xiaomi or Redmi phone to a fast and stable Wi-fi network. Then go to Settings >> Mi Account. Create a Mi account and sign in here if not yet. Tap Mi Cloud, select items you want to sync or backup. Finally tap Sync now button and stay connected to your Wi-Fi network until the syncing process completes.
How to backup Xiaomi Redmi phone with the Backup app?
Xiaomi has the built-in Backup app on your phone for easy backup and restore. Go to Settings >> Additional settings >> Backup & reset >> Local backups. Tap on the Back up button. Optionally choose to include or exclude settings, apps, app data, files and documents in the backup file. Finally tap the Back up button again to create a local backup of your information and data on Mi phone and save it on the internal storage. The generated backup files/folders are saved in MIUI/Backup/AllBackup/ folder on your Xiaomi or Redmi phone. You can have them copied over to your computer via USB or other wireless transfer methods, such as this mobile phone and PC wireless transfer solution.
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