Samsung Galaxy S6 Back-up for your phone

[Golfdriver97]

Re: Back-up for your phone

Besides personal files that would be a shame to lose, we run 2 businesses that absolutely, positively cannot have files lost. No excuses. I don't - I can't, I won't - depend on Apple or Google alone to do that.

And that is a very good reason not to depend on them completely. I wish companies would disclose where their servers are located. I would love to have a complete set on one coast and another set on the other.

 

[Crashdamage]

Re: Back-up for your phone

I'd rather server locations were kept secret so lunatics don't try to blow 'em up.

But I absolutely hear ya regarding the need for diverse locations. That's exactly why all our stuff in the cloud is spread over 4 Google Drives, a Dropbox, then synced to a master Google Drive, and then everything syncs to a Linux box and a Windows box.

That's about as diverse and foolproof as I can make it without buying a few server farms.

Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Re: Back-up for your phone

I'd rather server locations were kept secret so lunatics don't try to blow 'em up.

True, but they could also say just Texas as opposed to 123 Main Street, Fort Worth. But anywhooo...

 

[TenshiNo]

Re: Back-up for your phone

I know this doesn't really fall under the category of "backing up your phone" but people (including the OP) were talking about not carrying around their music anymore and the fees involved in huge amount of cloud storage for their music library. If you're looking for a solution to that problem, check out Plex.

https://plex.tv/

You can set it up on a home PC, point it to any folders that contain music or video files you want to be able to access on the go, and you've got your own personal Spotify/Netflx that contains whatever media files *you* want it to contain. It does cost $5/month to be able to stream remotely, but that's a pretty minor cost considering the convenience. Setup is easy, and the Android app is well done.

Like I said, doesn't really help you back up important files on your device, but could solve a problem if you're looking for a way to access a large media library on a device without an SD card (assuming you have good reception and the data to spare).

For actual data backup, I recommend going with one of the paid backup services, like DropBox. I pay $10 for 1tB of cloud storage, and you'd be surprised how long it will take you to fill that up (assuming you're not trying to store music or movies). There are even cheaper options out there, too, including Google Drive.