⚠️ Backup Your Phone!!⚠️

[Pianodude58]

Cloud Backup

Nowadays, your smartphone is much more than a communication device. You can take pictures, create videos, store essential data, play games, use it as a GPS device, etc. However, despite the importance of smartphone data, many users fail to protect it adequately.

Not backing up your Samsung can lead to permanent data loss due to accidental deletion, device compromise, or theft. On the other hand, regular, continuous backups ensure you can restore data following various data loss scenarios.

Why Samsung Phone Backup is Important?

Although your Android phone offers many convenient features, proper device backup requires you to go the extra mile. Choosing to skip backup can expose your personal and app data to various data loss threats, such as accidental deletion, hardware failure, software bugs, system crashes, cyberattacks, natural disasters, physical device damage, theft, etc.

How to Backup Samsung phone Data to Samsung Cloud

In addition to syncing your smartphone data with the Samsung Cloud, you can back up data from your Samsung device to said Cloud. To do so, you must first sign in to your Samsung account and then follow the steps below:

•Open Settings -> Accounts and backup.

• Tap Samsung Cloud -> Back up data.

• Check the items you want to back up and tap Back up.

• Tap Done.

Enable Automated Backups 

To enable automated backups to the Samsung Cloud, follow the steps below. (keep in mind, the backup cycle occurs once every 24 hours; for it to complete, your phone must be connected to Wi-Fi and charged, and the screen must have stayed off for at least one hour)

• Open Settings -> Accounts and backup.
• Tap Samsung Cloud.
• Select More options (the three vertical dots) -> Settings.
• Select Sync and auto backup settings -> Auto back up.
• Choose what files to back up automatically to the Samsung Cloud.

You can back up the following data types to the Samsung Cloud: Apps, Calendar, Call Logs, Contacts, Clock: Alarms, Documents, Home Screen, Messages, Music, Phone, Settings, Voice Recorder.

The Best Strategy: A Multi-Layered Approach

Combine cloud (for automatic, off-site security) with local backups (Smart Switch/PC/Thumb Drive) for complete peace of mind, ensuring you have both convenient synchronization and a robust, offline recovery option. 

[Pianodude58]

Please start a new post if you have an unrelated issue. BTW Smart Switch is a system app and cannot be uninstalled, but can be disabled.

[nullandvoid]

Why did your fiancé have access to your device and account passwords?  I hope you are not sharing accounts.  If he won't remove them voluntarily, you will have to create new accounts, buy a new device and get your own phone plan.   Only the originator of parental controls can remove them. Smart Switch is part of the Samsung's OneUI and it is on your phone anyway.  He would have to have access to your device and account to use it.  If he's copying your phone contents via Smart Switch, both devices have to be logged into the same Samsung account.  Sever yourself immediately.

Get rid of the fiancé in either case, it's a giant red flag that he did it in the first place and the abuse will only get worse - and it *is* abuse.  Never give anyone, regardless of how much you think you can trust them, access to your accounts, passwords or devices.

However, you should  have made your own post instead of hijacking an unrelated one.  Delete your comment and create a new post, you will get more eyes and more help.