You’d be heartbroken if you lost all the data on your Android phone, right? Years of contacts, photos, documents, texts, and more are impossible or time-consuming to replace. Unfortunately, Android doesn’t include an easy one-tap backup option to protect everything on your phone. We’ll show you how to back up your Android device properly so you don’t lose anything precious. First: Back Up Android Settings to Google Drive Android does offer a simple toggle to back up some of your preferences, so we’ll start with that since it’s quick.