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ChrisH1994
Copper Contributor
Sep 23, 2019

Android Fully Managed - Backup & Restore

With the requirement to factory reset mobile devices to enroll into Android enterprise (Fully managed), it is becoming increasingly more apparent that a solution to backup data on pre-factory reset devices and then restore said data onto the post-factory reset devices is needed. At the moment it appears that all restore functionality is disabled in the android fully managed solution.

 

We would have previously used Samsung's smart switch application, which is now blocked.

 

An example: -
- User currently has a legacy managed device, loaded with photos, messages and configurations.

- In order to migrate to Android fully managed, user needs to factory reset phone.

- User wants to migrate all data onto the newly managed device post factory reset, however all restore functionality is disabled in a fully managed device.

 

This case example is stopping us from progressing forward with Android fully managed.

 

Any ideas/workarounds would be greatly appreciated? - We have been trialing Samsung cloud but have found this to be relatively unreliable.

 

Thanks in advance!

  • JeroenDijkman's avatar
    JeroenDijkman
    Copper Contributor

    ChrisH1994 Mobiletech 

    We have been able to use the Samsung Cloud app to do the backup and restore on the Android Fully Managed devices. We did the following:

     

    • Create and add a Samsung account on the device
    • When the account is added you should be able to sign in to the Samsung cloud app.
    • Within the app you can configure the backup and restore
    • Within the settings of the app you need to tick a box to make the icon visible

    We use this for now as workaround until the integrated backup and restore becomes available.

     

    regards,

     

    Jeroen Dijkman

    • MichaelOliv's avatar
      MichaelOliv
      Iron Contributor

      Hi JeroenDijkman ,

       

      When you run the configuration of devices in fully manage, did you keep Samsung  oem apps (calendar, gallery...) please ? Because we don't (the default in Intune) and I can't find Samsung Cloud. I can add a Samsung account on accounts but I don't have Samsung cloud in menu.

  • Mobiletech's avatar
    Mobiletech
    Copper Contributor

    ChrisH1994

     

    Also replying to register my interest in this topic. 

    DId anyone find a solution yet - even one that required a USb connection to the PC?  

  • Thijs Lecomte's avatar
    Thijs Lecomte
    Bronze Contributor

    ChrisH1994 I understand your point and I don't think there is a current solution for this. For photos I can recommend the Onedrive app? That might be an option?

    • Mobiletech's avatar
      Mobiletech
      Copper Contributor

      am looking for something for txt (sms) messages and call history.  Do you know if onedrive supports this ? 

      Thijs Lecomte 

      • Thijs Lecomte's avatar
        Thijs Lecomte
        Bronze Contributor

        Mobiletech 

        No Onedrive doesn't support this.

        You have two options:

        - Make sure that everything is backed up on an app specific level - calls/texts => SIM card, pictures => Onedrive

        - Backup the entire phone

         

        I am more a fan of the first one, as restoring an Intune enrolled phone might cause issues.

  • Kvikku_1508's avatar
    Kvikku_1508
    Copper Contributor
    Commenting to show support of this idea. This is something that just needs to be implemented.

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