How To Backup And Restore BlackBerry Data

BlackBerry is all about contacts such as (BBM Contacts, E-mails Addresses, Contact Number and more). BlackBerry backup for all contacts is needed which am going to share here and also how to restore it back to your BlackBerry device.

So BlackBerry users are to be ready in case anything happens and such can even be BlackBerry Software Upgrading and more and most BlackBerry users won't want that to happen to them and if you are reading this post that means you don't want it to happen to you, so let move on to the tutorial.

How To Backup BlackBerry Data

BlackBerry data includes BBM contacts, Phone numbers and more, everything important will be saved in this backup, how to create this BlackBerry backup you will need Blackberry Desktop Software which you can download from here.

 Once you have downloaded it and also installed it, follow this steps

 

Step 1

connect your phone to your Blackberry Desktop Manager, this can you done by connecting your phone with a USB  then select USB option on your BlackBerry device, after some seconds your desktop manager will start connect your device and when it done it will look like the image below.

 

Step 2

In the tap of Device on the desktop manager click on it then click on Backup option, then a pop box will pop up. just like the image below.

If you want your backup to be protected from other from using it, you can also Encrypt it by ticking the box and inserting a password just below the ticking box.

Note where saves your backup file which will be in a Blackberry folder in your documents folder, the Blackberry Backup file will be in .ipd format, the name of the backup will be the name of the device, pin and also the date of the backup to help you differentiate it from other backups you must have made earlier.

And you are done backing up your BlackBerry device!!!!

How To Restore Your Backup File To Your BlackBerry Device

Restore can only be done if you have the backup file which is in a .ipd format and also should be in the computer that you want to restore it with, so the backup file can be transferred from one computer to another, just keep your backup files save.

Restore can be carried out on a separate device, if you backup an old BlackBerry device and you have a new BlackBerry, you can restore it from that same backup file from the old BlackBerry device.

Step 1

As we know, connect your blackberry to your BlackBerry Desktop Manager

Step 2

Now, click on Device tab at the top left corner of the manager interface, the click on Restore, then a pop up will appear just like the image below.

As you can see, the manager will look for any backup format file .ipd as far as its in the computer, you can also locate it from where you kept it (that if you moved it from the default folder) but if you did not move it, then no need to browse it out from your computer.

There are also options below the browse tab which you can prefer when restoring, then click on Restore button below to finalize your restore decision.

It will then transfer all your old data back to your device or to your old device, without your contacts knowing your changed your device.

And when it finish transferring, unplug your Blackberry device and you are done !!! but first; it best you restart your phone to settled everything that you have transferred.

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