Android and iOS: back up before changing phones
Check photos, contacts, application data, and sign-in access before you erase or trade in the device that still holds your originals.
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Private-data handling
Backups can concentrate sensitive information in one place. These guides pair recovery planning with deliberate scope, controlled access, and care around mail, contact details, credentials, and AI source material.
A practical way to read this collection.
3 guides, connected by one recovery question. Compare the methods, then choose a small test suited to your own information.
Preserve only material you are authorized to retain. Keep secret values out of ordinary manifests and repositories. Test on protected working copies, review who can reach the destination, and remove temporary copies when their purpose has ended.
Back up AI prompts, LLM artifacts, and workflows
Preserve prompt versions, model references, retrieval inputs, and evaluation cases without confusing credentials with service credits.
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Back up Gmail and contacts with usable exports
Save a mail archive you can read: preserve export context, check attachments, test contacts, and separate access from the original account.
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