Google's Android mobile operating system powers numerous smartphones on carriers such as Verizon and AT&T, but as with any phone, you may have to back up its contents over time. If you have to reset or return your phone, you will want to save its contents onto a secondary computer --- otherwise you won't be able to access that content again. Fortunately, Android's integrated functionality makes it easy to back up your phone's contents.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy Instructions
things you'll need:Phone USB cable
 

1.The USB end of your phone's cable will look like this.
 Jupiterimages/PhotOS.com/Getty Images Connect your phone to a computer using the USB connection cable. The smaller end of the cable will fit into the phone's connection port, while the USB end will go into the computer.

2.Wait for the "Connect to PC" dialog box to appear on your phone.

3.Select "Disk Drive" and press "Done."

4.Wait several seconds before opening up "My Computer." Here, your phone's memory card and internal memory will be displayed as accessible storage locations.

5.Open up new windows for both storage locations. On the storage card and internal memory, use your mouse to highlight all of the files you want to back up.

6.Use your mouse to drag those files onto your computer's desktop. This will cue up a file transfer progress bar --- once the bar disappears from your desktop, the files will be backed up from your Android phone.