Backing Up Made Easy: Samsung Phone to External Hard Drive

[@ScienceNotFaith]

Great video. One thing to also do is make sure the USB port is set up to allow transferring of files. If not, you won't see the HD or USB Stick as options. Settings >> Developer options >> Default USB Configuration >> Transferring files (selected).

[@thehendyimage]

Just enabled on my phone. Brilliant, thanks.

[@lelandbarreiro5185]

My galaxy fold 3 doesn't have developer settings 😢

[@kodai_fa5]

That was a fantastic tip. Thank you so much for that!

[@naomiwebber4382]

1. Go to settings 2. Click About phone 3. Then Software information 4. See build number click it repeatedly 5. Developer mode activated ​@lelandbarreiro5185

[@DoubleD91]

Go to settings, find about phone, software ​info, then tap Build number like 10 times and it will unlock developer settings. @lelandbarreiro5185

[@peeknsneak69]

I can't wait to back up all my items on my phone, Thank you so much. I've been frustrated with all the other videos that got me nowhere!

[@georgecook7830]

... and just the same as always, Samsung thinks they know what every user wants and goes ahead just changing all settings to rearrange things to how they want it. Absolutely stuffed-up all my photo and song folders that I had meticulously organised in a specifc order, just like Microsoft - "We know what you want!". Wrong you only think you know.

[@riita89]

Thank you!! I was plugging my hard drive and phone into my laptop separately and getting loads of error messages. I saved a lot of time.

[@gicyu812]

Best description on the internet. Thank you!

[@Madhulika1]

Very nicely explained. Thank you. What if my external drive has space and is still giving the message to format or replace. What is that mean?

[@myoldmate]

Finally. An instructive video, simply yet perfectly explained so that unsavvy folks get it. Also, this way is much better and safer than using the cloud because you're in control. Why rely on any tech giant to save/protect your stuff when you can do it yourself. ?

[@DaveQuail]

Great video, Sam. Thank you! One important point I'd like to add is that the external drive must be formatted using Exfat. If the drive is using the NTFS file system, Android smartphones won't recognize it. 🙂

[@monicacheah356]

Yes. Then what should I do?

[@DaveQuail]

@@monicacheah356 Then proceed as per Sam's tutorial 👍🏻

[@cmyrcgcwvtc9937]

Hi Sam. What a wonderful easy-to-understand video! We dinosaurs need all the help we can get !!

I do not have the adapter and have tried using my laptop and external drive. I have done it before, but it's not working at the moment.

[@rebeccaclock3858]

Just tried it and it worked!!!! I have usb c to c cable so that made it easier too. I used to try to back up to our Mac with no avail or lots of issue. This is literally life saving and time saving!!! Thank you so much for sharing

[@growgrowing]

Thanks!

[@theSunKid-c1m]

After searching for a long time, I was so VERY glad to find these easy-to-follow instructions. Suggestion: Finish by showing how to remove the USB drive Safely. Even though I do it safely on my computers, I was unfamiliar with the phone and messed up. 😞

[@rtingdds]

what happens if your back is too large with all the accumulated photos and video, how do you restore back to the new phone that doesn't have enough memory? can you select not backing up all the photos and videos stored?

[@Madhulika1]

Hello, very informative and to the point. Thank you! I do have a question though, how to transfer google photos from my samsung to the external hard drive?

[@Jitzer2]

This I really need to know. And is there a way to do it so that it does more than 500 photos at a time?

[@jackiepaulino5808]

What external drive did u purchase?

[@citizenoftheearth6]

Thank you! I needed a simple video like this.

[@hankconley2569]

Transfer data from phone to a sd card ?

[@finleyjames3571]

When I attempt to back up my phone to the gard drive, it asks about encryption of the data and that I can only access the info when logging in to my Samsung account. Any idea how to stop the encryption?

[@asd67lkj]

My question also. Had trouble trying to change password on a very old Samsung account.

[@AmericanGirl24]

Very disappointed, had the same problem, what a waste of money 🤦‍♀️

[@hybridangel3403]

Can I do this when upgrading my phone

[@mcmspecialties]

Thank you for such a great tutorial. I am so tired of trying to understand some of the instructors.

[@frankpeck1448]

Hello Sam...Have you had any experience with the SanDisk SSD? After purchasing mine last summer, I've read many people have had serious issues with this particular device. I haven't used mine yet, so that's why I'm concerned about this. Thank you, and greetings from Northern Kentucky, USA.

[@SamCambetis]

Hi Frank, I have only used SanDisk USB drives before which have always worked for me. I haven't had any experience with their SSDs though. If you're backing up really important things that you can't live without, I would always recommend having backups of it on multiple devices. For example have it backed up on a Hard drive(or multiple hard drives for redundancy), stored in the cloud (like Google drive or Google photos) and or on your PC. This way if your hard drive fails for some reason, you have another copy.

[@frankpeck1448]

@@SamCambetis Thank you for your time, Young Lady... Have an awesome week! I'll be checking your other videos soon.⚘️

[@lisam5939]

Thanks for making such a great easy to follow tutorial!

[@paulgardner9786]

Thank you for speaking clearly and at a pace I could understand.

[@dimswick]

1:51 im curious ssd can read/write up to more 100mb/s but the time temaing to long for 22gb need 1hour ??

[@georgiejr69]

Great video. Does it backup and restore the Secure folder?

[@aaronrdaniels]

1:02-1:27 for short answer if you are confident in reading the options & details on your own.

[@Mama-db4cy]

Thank you so much! I was about to give up before I found this video.

[@gma_reads]

Great instructions! Thank you!

[@ianstory5537]

Very well presented. Nice normal talk and easy to follow.

[@MorningCoffeeDaily]

My phone isn't recognizing external back up storage . It's a Canvio Toshiba 2.5...

[@artgarcia110]

Same here. Hdd halted the transfer .I'm suppose to reformat hdd , back to Google or KZbin to figure that out.

[@toandiloya585]

Happened to me as well 😔

[@chriizzzyy2400]

​@@toandiloya585what did u do?

[@Fearless-1]

Multiple full system backups to the same external hard drive will overwrite the existing folder or create sequentially named new folders? When restoring to a new replacment phone, if multiple folders exist, the source folder will be the newest one the fon selects (or will the user choose the folder).

[@gpcrawford8353]

Will it back up a micro sad card in the phone? Found out it will and you can back up to a larger capacity one and have extra space to use . Galaxy phones are very easy and have the software built in.

[@jackbaier7849]

Thanks for making such a great easy to follow tutorial! Very nicely explained. Thank you

[@growgrowing]

Excellently Explained 😊

[@adunifullvideos]

My Toshiba Canvio Advance shows up on my files but says that this is a read only because it is formed on NTFS. When I go to my files and then USB at the three dots it does not give me the option to reformat. It only says unmount.

[@chriizzzyy2400]

hello what did u do? I have the same scenario

[@kelsbuddy]

5:15 - when i try to format the hard drive, it doesn’t show the format option, only unmount option is there😭 help😭

[@TheFloridaPappy]

Once the data is backed up to the drive, is it in a format that can be accessed by a computer?

[@SamCambetis]

Yep, you should be able to open most files on a computer, like your photos, documents, music and videos. There may be some system files that will only work on your phone but everything else should open fine on a computer.

[@lionintu]

She said it's encrypted. Have you attempted to decrypt? She doesn't show that the video

[@lionintu]

​@@SamCambetiskey word. "Should"

[@399bear4]

I am terrible at doing these things, and you made it easy for me. Can't thank you enough :) :)

[@Trials-and-Tribulations]

Very cool thankyou. Question can this work when changing sim card from one carrier to a new one. Cause I want keep my phone but switch to new sim card keep same phone number too?

[@tommbobo4443]

Excellent 👍🏾 video which I followed to the letter. I copied all my phone files to my external hard drive. I then proceeded to factory reset and reset my phone because I was having problems with it. How do I restore my contacts from the back I have on the external drive please. I have copied all the backup back to the phone but the contacts still seem to be missing. Any tips would be very much appreciated. Many thanks indeed

[@2KITTIES-CLRR]

Will this method work if you want to make a DVD on a portable DVD burner ? I know there will be different things to press, but can I make personal use DVDs from my android phone, having only it for internet connection ? Thanks for your help. 😉

[@LAP1050]

Watched your video and subscribed 👍 Thank you

[@SamCambetis]

Thanks for the sub!

[@LAP1050]

@@SamCambetis Just ordered 2 SAMSUNG 128GB Type-C™ USB Flash Drives, one for each of my phones 📱 and will be backing up tomorrow… This comes about because last week a friend dropped his iPhone into a street drain and he went into the drain to recover it. Quite the story, best of all the phone works fine, just a funny scent to it👃😒 Cheers from Lou - Miami 🇺🇸

[@asd67lkj]

Thank you. I have a Samsung A22, and your backup did not seem to be encrypted? Is this normal. Other similar videos advise the backup will be encrypted?

[@TMQ1981]

Can you back up select single files. Say a single large movie you filmed that day but not every video file in your phones memory ?

[@ketchcat]

Is this copying to the hard drive or transferring ie no photos left on the phone all on the hard drive?

[@roxyp0197]

Thank you sooo much. I was trying to transfer to my computer first then to phone. It was not working. A+ to this video!!!!!

[@ignatiussilveira4257]

We welcome tutorial videos like 👍 these. Talented teacher 👏

[@markferguson8075]

you can buy a cable with usb-c one end and usb-a other end, no adaptors needed, all Aussie PC shops will have them for under $20.

[@lydiawedia]

Thank you that was so easy to follow, however it doesn’t work for me. After only few second, the message popup : can’t back up your data. There’s a problem with your external usb storage device. Try formatting or replace it. Im using a brand new the toshiba portable .please advise on how to format the device. Thank you.

[@keiththompson2289]

When I do this, it never sees the connected hard drives. Even though there is an external hard drive and thumb drive connected to my computer.

[@tjm5740]

I'm facing the same problem. Did you ever find a solution?

[@Mckeise]

If doing this on a PC, even with all this enabled, I've found it sometimes takes a few minutes for the PC to recognize the device and install any needed drivers. Type "services" in your taskbar's search box, click the Services app, and ensure PNp is enabled (Plug and Play) right click it, hit: Automatic, then Start, Apply and OK. Re plug your phone-in and your PC should find it set up for your device. It will automatically find, download and install drivers for YOUR computer to work with YOUR phone.

[@woodlandbiker]

Can you save specific video from your phone to an external hard drive or can you only move all your photos/videos together ?

[@thehappyfarmer3887]

my phone forces smart switch how do i get around that?

[@knm2007]

What does the adapter really do? I'm trying to upload pictures onto this one external hard drive from an android and am wondering why a regular USBC cord won't work. I want to make sure it's the adapter and not the hard drive itself before I buy a different one (I have the Inateck FEUN3NS-1).

[@fluffylambut]

Well done. Useful. What IS the file format needed on the drive? Is it the same as the format required to backup Windows data? Merci!

[@richardgarcia1293]

Hi, I will be on vacation soon, and would like save my videos and photos from an micro sd card onto a seagate 5tb hdd. Is that possible to do from an S23U phone. I will not have a computer with me, just my phone.

[@chillipeppers8194]

Can I back it up onto a WD My Passport for Mac ?? Samsung phone

[@ignatiussilveira4257]

Good teaching. Very well explained. Amazing clarity of speech & video.Very nice presentation. 👌

[@patrickp6679]

Thanks for a great video! Especially for the error statement at the end, which I got. 5 Stars!

[@ashleafollows6166]

If I transfer my images and videos onto my flash drive/hard drive can I then delete them off my actual phone to free up storage??

[@MoeTechhh]

i have an ssd but i can connect it to my laptop so i want an app on my laptop to choose what to transfer to the ssd

[@attila_kosa]

It detects my Samsung external drive as an "SD CARD" for some weird reason? And when I click to backup, after 5 minutes it stops the process for some reason. Thoughts?

[@toandiloya585]

How would I transfer the Samsung Notes from Android to external device? Thank you.

[@iamtaijie]

Very informative video, thank you!

[@6199lov]

thank you for the nice video very good sharing, may i know how to format my external hard drive western digital because it is read only NTFS help please if someone know how to transfer photo and video from samsung phone to external hard drive thank you

[@richardjulian9263]

My phone doesn't give us the format option when trying to format the external storage. The only choice from the 3 dots is "unmount"...?

[@melfaraj4633]

If I backup all data will I be able to down load all my Android Apps, not just files like photos, into my new phone rather than install them manually from there App Store

[@MichaelSmittySmithScottsdaleAz]

One thing I'm trying to do is keep the order of my photos because some of them are in groups that are not in albums. I tried doing this through my computer and it reorganized the photos

[@mrkeopele]

my samsung s7 doesn't have "external storage transfer" in settings! what do i do?

[@donaldfoster7102]

Hi, Have you done a video -- how to restore to Samsung s8 phone from ex hdd ?? Your video " Backing up made easy - Samsung Phone to Ex hdd is fantastic

[@therabbitwhisperer4538]

Wow lifesaver

[@gem2148]

Won't the hdd cause damage to the phone or it's battery?

[@eunoia3822]

so helpful thank you!

[@thehendyimage]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@roxyp0197]

Ok Upon my back I had an issue the files are coming over as with a file type including an underscore after jpg. So for example it looks like this 20150814_234140.jpg_. What do I do to prevent this from happening or how do I fix it without doing high tech programming (that I googled and it is above me) ?

[@roxyp0197]

Ok let me answer my own question. If this happens to you, UPDATE the application first. This solved my problem.

[@kenny2624]

Awesome job you're very slow about it and understand everything you said if we have to go back and we can do it again which I probably sure I'm sure I will but well done well done thank you so much I really was very helpful

[@snagbrock]

Can I delete from my phone after I have backed up

[@severtone263]

Great vid! Thank you

[@monnieoneday]

Thank you so much for this 😭

[@rahemfcc1298]

Very informative 👍👍👍

[@gpcrawford8353]

An exemplar video superb.

[@hankconley2569]

Transfer data from phone to a sd card !

[@Hull6-f5h]

I can't find restore to external storage. Instead can only see sdd back up

[@DavidD6969]

Thanks great video

[@knightwing4972]

Thanks really Informative & Helpful for backing up Files

[@robedwardsmusic]

Thank you so much!!!

[@spursdynasty7378]

Got it finally, had to format my Seagate hard drive

[@lpgoog]

Telling me there's a problem with my external storage after 7%. My Seagate seems to work fine plugged into PC when backing up files

[@realistic2023]

Thank you

[@michealguillen8496]

Thank you Sam I looking forward to back up old samsung Note 20 because battery life is weak and needs to replace new I know this better than usb drive vs extita Ssd ir hard drive thank for help👍👍👍🔋l

[@glenndower2513]

Do I need a Samsung account? And if so, why?

[@marydoesthings]

Life Saver!

[@iZacq]

Setting/General/Reset - Cloud or External We has 30days of Free Back Up Even 1TB phone can be backed up for FREE

[@frankculaga5169]

Is that an Australian accent?

[@joeys.7437]

Unfortunate my new Galaxy s23 ultra charging port does not work. COMPLETE GARBAGE!!! How in the hell do you (SAMSUNG) fuk something so important to the phone up!!??

[@JS-nh3lu]

You never even said which phone ur using or if it works with all phones or just that one. You also didnt mention which external hd ur using. Links outdated. Everything u actually explained is painfully obvious. Worthless video.

[@Nezello]

DO THIS more than once so you have multiple backups to choose from!! Samsung and Google can lose your data OR continually backup corrupt files that they fucked up via the backup/restore resulting in missing or duplicate montage of data. You migjht even want to TURN OFF the BS auto backing up from both Samsung and Google.