Backing Up Your Phone: Keeping Your Contacts, Messages and Photos Safe

If your phone is lost, stolen or broken, a backup means you do not lose your contacts, messages and precious photos. This course explains what a backup is, how to switch on automatic backup on an iPhone (iCloud) and an Android phone (Google), how to check it is working, and how to get everything back on a new phone.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course gives general information for older people and their families, based on published help pages. Menus vary by device and software version. Tutwoo is not connected with Apple or Google.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.