Imagine a day in your life without your smartphone. Scary, right? Well, let us consider another contingency that is as scary as losing your phone. Imagine a brand new phone in your hand. A phone without any of your files or preferred apps on it. While you, technically speaking, have your phone in hand, this is not going to be any better than not having the phone at all.

The modern smartphone is no longer just a device to make phone calls. It has become a personal computing device that we carry with ourselves at all times. In such a scenario, you need to take steps to ensure you don’t spend a long time setting up your replacement phone. Ideally, the process should be automated so that the new phone can be setup just like your previous smartphone with a single touch on your phone’s screen.

One option is to take regular backups on a computer or to the cloud. This will help you transfer all your files to the new phone in a jiffy. A high-speed connection should help you download files from the cloud and setup your phone without any hassles.

Backing up your data on your computer, a USB drive, or a hard dish is the right option for you if you don’t want your data to be uploaded online. Of course, it will be your responsibility to keep the hard drive or computer safe at all times.

However, this method of backing up your data is not going to work for apps. You have the option of relying on the Google App recovery process built into Playstore. This option won’t work perfectly if you have downloaded apps from places other than the official Google Playstore where most people download apps.

Further, you may not find this option the most convenient one. For example, the in-app features and options may not be saved. This means you will have to spend time customizing each installed app to ensure you have the same experience that you used to enjoy before switching to a new phone.

This is why you should consider an app that performs a comprehensive app recovery for your phone including the in-app customizations. With this option in hand, you will simply have to setup the app and your new phone will end up customized and modified just like your old device.

Getting this sorted is important because a day without your phone can be devastating for your career, especially if you were to lose your phone or were forced to use a new phone just before an important presentation or project deadline at work.