How to Backup Samsung Galaxy S5 To PC

Got a Samsung Galaxy S5 recently and want to save the important phone data to computer as backup? If the answer is yes continue reading! You might be getting troubles if you lose important data that saved on your phone, such as contacts, photos and email. The best way to get away from the troubles is that you need to backup all the data on your computer or hard-disk. You can use many third party software available today but we recommend MobileTrans, which allows you to backup all the contents in the Samsung Galaxy S5 quickly. So in this article we will be talking about How to Backup Samsung Galaxy S5 to PC using MobileTrans.

Before learning How to Backup Samsung Galaxy S5, we should learn about EFS (Encrypting File System).

What is EFS?

EFS is a system directory that contains device specific essential information such as its IMEI, wireless device MAC address, baseband version, product code, system ID and NV data. In case the EFS directory is corrupted or lost, your phone or tablet is sure to lose its IMEI number and wireless and network connectivity. You might ask how and why does the EFS data on your device might be lost or get corrupted? The answer is pretty simple and the reason might be a daring activity on your part. Sometimes flashing a custom Kernel (as reported by some users) and in most cases installing a custom ROM is responsible of the EFS data loss.

HOW TO BACKUP SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 TO PC

Step 1: Connect your Samsung Galaxy S5 to your computer (for Windows)

Install MobileTrans in your computer and launch it. Get to the user interface and connect your mobile phone to the computer via USB cable. Select the “Back up Your Phone” option in the Home Page.

Step 2: Start to backup Samsung Galaxy S5 to PC

Then you’re in the Backup panel. You can freely backup your important data to your computer, such as contacts, music, video, photos, some app, etc. Just tick off the items you want to back up, and click “Start copy” button to begin the Galaxy S4 backup.

If you want restore phone from the saved backup, go to the homepage while your phone is connected to the compute., Then get the “Restore Your Backups ” and select a backup file format in the drop down list. After you locate the saved backup file that you want to restore to the phone, click “Start Copy” to transfer the data from the backup file to the target phone.