coldblade2000

How do you actually back up and save your photos and media off of your Android phone?

https://beehaw.org/post/523730

How do you actually back up and save your photos and media off of your Android phone? - Beehaw

I’ve mostly just relied on Google Photos, and I really like its features. However, I have always been deathly afraid of losing access to my Google photos account and losing all of those, so I need a better way to actually back up my photos. Right now all I do is do a Google Takeout every so often, but that’s inefficient as hell. How do you do it? How do you backup or sync your photos with a PC/local server?

Jun 13, 2023 at 3:04amWeb
Show threadSaintPaulJun 13, 2023
Look into getting a USB-C flash drive and transfer the photos to that. You can find a 128gb drive for $15.
Show threadTwinTurboJun 13, 2023
USB flash drives are not reliable for long-term storage. Please make sure you have another backup if you keep your photos on one.
Show threadmeat_glueJun 13, 2023
I recently set up an immich server.
Show threadnoneabove1182Jun 15, 2023
Another +1 for immich, set it up a week ago and have been in love, minor growing pains but already making serious progress
Show threadmusaorucJun 13, 2023
I use syncthing. Once setup its really nice.
Show threadAnEilifintChorcraJun 13, 2023

Syncthing, super easy to set up and use on android and linux. It works with everything, not just photos.

To access files stored on my home server from my phone, I use Material Files with sftp set up

Show threadCrabhandsJun 13, 2023
Just gonna chime in and agree with this guy. Syncthing is great! I use it with Android and Windows for my photos and password manager.
Show threadperezosoJun 13, 2023
Google 1. I should really do a manual back up as well but I get lazy.
Show threadevoJun 13, 2023
immich is really promising. Works well for the basic stuff (and quickly adding features) but it's still early days.
Show threadMoTheAmazingJun 13, 2023
I just use Google Photos.
Show threadMoonrise2473Jun 13, 2023
Syncthing-fork /sdcard so I don't need to worry about losing my phone. Saved me when my nexus 5x suddenly boot looped
Show threadnickiam2Jun 14, 2023
+1 for synching-fork. I have mine sync to my server and every week run rclone copy to B2 using the rclone encryption. 3-2-1
Show threadspookedbyroachesJun 17, 2023
Why the forked one and not the main branch?
Show threadMoonrise2473Jun 17, 2023
It's much better. For example, if you say "sync only while charging", you can open the app while you're on battery, to check status or settings, instead on main it just kicks you out "you're not charging"
Show threadLandrin201Jun 14, 2023
I use Microsoft cloud to do this. I'm also worried about losing access, but I haven't got the money to set a server up with enough storage to save all my backups long term.
Show threadConfettiJun 14, 2023
You can keep using google photos as your cloud backup. Locally with a cable, I use a 1 tb external hard drive for all my backup needs (photos,videos and other files) and then I have a copy of that same drive's contents on a different 1tb hard drive as a sort of backup backup drive all encrypted via veracrypt. I just remember to copy over my original photos every week or so. It should be noted that I'm not taking hundreds of photos a day though. Storage is pretty cheap nowadays if you opt for spinning mechanical hard drives and pair them with a case and its a pretty good, local backup method imo.
Show threadjetsetdoritoJun 16, 2023

I really miss when Google let you sync your Photos collection to a PC with the Google drive client. There's third party sync tools now but Google's API limits them to the "High quality" versions instead of original

Right now I'm just using Onedrive, might setup Immich soon

Show threadxonigoJun 14, 2023

I use syncthing to sync my camera folder on my pixel 6a phone with a folder on my NAS.

Then I have an old moto x with pixel experience rom (the rom has unlimited Google photos backup) and syncthing. This phone turns on once a day at night with a smartplug - the folder on my NAS syncs with a folder on phone. The phone backs up the photos to Google photos at full quality.

I'm still mad that Google took away the photo backup for pixel phones. But this seems to work for now

Show threadturbineBMWJun 15, 2023
Same! I overuse Syncthing lol. I've got my photos syncing plus going bidirectional with my screenshots and documents directory and it's so convenient and streamlined. I've got a 1TB in my laptop so it hasn't been an issue and it's nice to know between 2 devices with photos saved offline and Google Photos I'm not sweating.