Google Will Auto-Delete Android Backups If Users Don't Use Their Phones for 2 Weeks

[Elixer]

This is pretty dumb.

If you sent out your phone for repair, and they had to wipe it, there is no way to get your data back.

Thanks google!

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/6305834

More about this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/6zvhe2/psa_google_will_delete_your_android_backup_if_you/

 

[Crono]

Help article clarifies that it will delete the backup in 2 months if you don't use your phone for 2 weeks, which sounds reasonable enough for the "normal" user (not so much if you have multiple devices, or keep some in storage).

But you should never rely on "the cloud" precisely because companies like Google will make decisions like this, especially for free services, and they aren't the best at communicating these decisions to the public.

 

[Rifter]

IMO if you dont keep local copies of your data you deserve whatever happens.

 

[Oyeve]

Meh, I have dozens of Android phones that are off for months at a time. I'm sure I'm wasting many gigs of cloud data. I back up locally anyway.

 

[tommo123]

IMO if you dont keep local copies of your data you deserve whatever happens.

does android have an option to copy apps and data to PC? in totality? keeping a backup locally would be useless if that device is lost no? local in this case being the phone.

 

[Rifter]

does android have an option to copy apps and data to PC? in totality? keeping a backup locally would be useless if that device is lost no? local in this case being the phone.

You can do this if rooted ive done it, make a total image of the OS and app data and back it up on PC. Not sure if unrooted ive never tried, but i would imagine this requires root access on the phone. Although i think the samsung software can do this on unrooted samsung devices.

 

[sweenish]

So, 2 MONTHS, like Crono said.

And, you just have to use AN android device in that span of time that is signed into your account. The policy isn't nearly as bad as OP is making it out to be.

Still not great, there should be an option to migrate the backup to your Google Drive where it will count against your quota.

 

[tommo123]

You can do this if rooted ive done it, make a total image of the OS and app data and back it up on PC. Not sure if unrooted ive never tried, but i would imagine this requires root access on the phone. Although i think the samsung software can do this on unrooted samsung devices.

i used cwm when i rooted but not aware of anything that works on every app without root. helium doesn't work on everything and i don't trust google to backup everything after finding an error saying the app data backup was "disabled by your administrator".

plus using samsungs would be iffy if your next phone wasn't a samsung no? google needs to do one of these things.

 

[rh71]

nvm