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Ingo104
New member | Level 2
12 months ago

Complete Backup Samsung s21 in Dropbox

Hey Community,
I'm new with Dropbox and have a lottle Problem. I want to use it to make a complete Backup ofy old Smartphone (Samsung s21) so I can all Data to my new Phone... Because the Samsung App smart Switch doesn't Work for it.

Ia it poasible with Dropbox and how can I do it? Videos and Fotos are the moat important Part, because the amount of Files an Data is very big!

When I try to use Dropbox there ia No way for a complete Backup of my old Phone Like for example by icloud for iPhones.
I Just can choose every Foto or Video by Hand - but there are THOUSANDS!!!

there must be a way?!?
Please Help me 😀

Kind regards

Ingo

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    Ingo104 wrote:
    I want to use it to make a complete Backup ofy old Smartphone (Samsung s21) so I can all Data to my new Phone...

    Dropbox doesn't do that. You can use the Camera Uploads feature to automatically upload photos and videos from your gallery, but it can't do a complete backup of your phone.

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