The past few days I have been getting calls regarding people's phones not working right. The number one worry - I need my pictures. The way a phone's internal storage works, if the phone will not come on, there is not much of a way to recover your pictures if they are not on an SD Card. Which leaves the question of how do I keep from loosing my pictures if my phone quits working? The answer - cloud storage.
Some people are dead shot against cloud storage. They worry about their pictures and personal life being stored in a mass cloud of billions of pictures and are afraid that someone will hack in, and single them out. But me, I would just rather keep all my pictures and videos safe. And if they really wanted to get them that badly, I am sure there would be easier ways to hack your data.
Backing up your data on an Android device is so easy, and it only takes just a few minutes. My preferred cloud storage is OneDrive, a product from Microsoft.
- Download the OneDrive app from the Play Store.
- Once downloaded and installed, run the app.
- When opening the app for the first time, it will ask you to create a Microsoft account or to sign in. If you already have a Microsoft account, just sign in. If you do not, you will need to create one.
- After signing in or creating an account, you will get the below screen - simply press okay.
OneDrive for Android requesting to setup automatic uploads of images - After pressing okay, your pictures and videos will automatically start uploading to the cloud if you are on WiFi.
Originally posted at https://moreabout.tech/automatically-backup-pictures-on-android-with-onedrive/