Regular/Scheduled Backup of the SD Card

andyrubin · Feb 27, 2011

Just would like to hear about how others backup the content of the SD card, which in my case, primarily photos and videos.

I'm thinking of connecting the phone as a mass storage device to the PC and use SyncToy to move the files from the phone to PC.

Heard that SugarSync can do this and probably one of these Dropbox apps can do as well. But with the growing size and collection I'm afraid 2GB may not suffice for long.

Do you have a more efficient, automatic and preferably free method...?

pool_shark · Feb 27, 2011

Mine is backed up to my PC.
Anytime I add music or pics I copy the new files to the PC over wifi.

joggy · Feb 27, 2011

andyrubin said:
Do you have a more efficient, automatic and preferably free method...?

While not free, isyncr with the wifi addon will automatically back up photos, videos and mp3s over wifi:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr.WiFi

Another benefit of this combo is that it will sync itunes playlist to the phone.

I find it to be the best no hassle solution for me.

To back up my entire SD card though, I just drag 'n drop a weekly backup onto my PC manually.

alostpacket · Feb 27, 2011

And just when you thought Andy Rubin would have a few extra servers laying around his office at Google...

/sorry, you've probably heard that joke 1000 times too many

andyrubin · Feb 28, 2011

<joke>Well... Sometimes we screw up as well... Uhh... We just lost the emails of thousands of Gmail users...</joke>

(G) · Feb 28, 2011

I just plug 'er in to the computer once a week and do a full backup. I keep 3 previous weeks' backups just in case.

andyrubin · Mar 1, 2011

Just gave Dropin a try. No go. Keeps force closing.

Couldn't find another Dropbox app that's free.

Tried SugarSync. Has a built-in feature to upload photos. No video through.

Can setup a manual sync of /dcim but lots of temp files there. Also cannot set sync only with wifi.

alostpacket · Mar 1, 2011

I've always liked SyncToy, simple but effective. The only thing wrong with it is that it cant seem to handle very long path names.

andyrubin · Mar 6, 2011

If you have a local network share at home (e.g. NAS), you may like to give Sweet Home! (Sweet Home! - Android app on AppBrain) a try.

andyrubin · Mar 12, 2011

Trying out DropSpace (DropSpace - Android app on AppBrain). Just sync /dcim although it includes lots of thumbnails and caches.

It's a folder syncer. Can choose to run as service and sync only via wifi. Runs at pre-determined intervals (e.g. 1-hour, 2-hour...).

Use Dropbox's API according to the app, doesn't store username and password by itself.

andyrubin · Apr 28, 2011

The latest SugarSync update allows you to sync only on Wi-fi network...

New Android App Reinvents Mobile Photo Backup

Still no video backup through...

Regular/Scheduled Backup of the SD Card

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