As high-tech and advanced as all our modern mobile devices are, there's no way of getting around basic user errors. Luckily, the makers of your mobile devices kept such errors in mind. That is why we ...

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SMS Backup and Restore is still one of the best for backing up Android text messages—and in this guide, I'll also walk you ...

This story first appeared in Advisorator, Jared’s weekly tech advice newsletter. Sign up for Jared’s Sign up to get free tech tips every Tuesday. What happens to your contacts if you lose your phone ...

iCloud offers an easy way to back up your data on your iPhone. Apple provides 5 GB of free iCloud storage, which can fill up quickly when you back up your photos, videos, and app data. Depending on ...

The Android Settings app is preparing to add a new “Contacts storage” page. This page lets you choose which online account you want your contacts to be saved to. Alternatively, you can disable contact ...

A core part of moving phones is taking your contacts with you. Before Google was backing up contacts, the only contacts to follow you to a new phone were whatever you could store on your SIM. Today, a ...

It’s kind of a pain to back up the numbers in your phone even for people who know how, so imagine how your mother feels. Now you can skip the Google search to see if your phone’s compatible with your ...

So, believe it or not, I still have my main iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.1 (though I have another iPhone 4 on 5.0.1 used for development). I want to move it to 5.0.1 as well, but realized that I have some ...