Here’s a guide on how Samsung cloud works. Read on to find out how to set up your Samsung cloud drive, backup your files on Samsung cloud and restore your files as well.
Samsung cloud has become the go to cloud storage for many people. It has a bigger capacity than many of the other cloud storage providers and is a great choice for most users.
But like with any other cloud storage, it can be a bit confusing to use. In this blog, we will see how the Samsung cloud works and how easy it is to use.
How Samsung Cloud Works
What is Samsung cloud?
Samsung Cloud is a cloud-based storage service. Its name is a bit misleading as it doesn't actually store files, it only provides access to files.
Samsung Cloud is an application that helps you store and access your data in your Samsung devices.
You can access your files, contacts, calendars and more on any of your Samsung devices.
Samsung Cloud also has a backup service that automatically backs up your most important photos and videos.
You can also sync your files between your devices so that you can view and edit them from any device.
Users can also access all the files in their Samsung Cloud account from the web interface.
Setting up Samsung Cloud Drive
You can set up your Samsung Cloud for two things:
- Backing up your smartphone's data, photos, contacts or other files
- Storing your own data in the Cloud for future access.
- Go to the App Store and download the ‘Samsung Cloud’ app.
- The app will ask you to sign in. If you already have a Samsung account, you can sign in with it.
If not, you’ll be redirected to a sign-up page on Samsung website. In order to set up your Samsung Cloud Drive, create an account on Samsung’s website.
You will be required to enter an email address, password and a user name.
Once you enter the information, press next and you will be directed to a page where the next step will be displayed.
You will need to enter a verification code first, then your mobile number and a code will be sent to your mobile number.
- Once you are signed into your Samsung account, you can create a new folder which will be available to you from a desktop version of Cloud app.
- The Android app will automatically download the folder and you can immediately start uploading files to your new cloud drive.
How to backup your data with Samsung Cloud Drive
Samsung Cloud is a great tool to back-up your important data and access it from anywhere. Here are the steps for backup and restore data:
- Install Samsung Cloud on your computer.
- Create an account on Samsung Cloud and log in.
- Go to your local folder where you want to save your data. Right click on it and select 'Sync with Samsung Cloud'.
- Now sign in to your Samsung Cloud account on your Galaxy S3. You will see three options {Photos, Videos and Music}.
- Select any one you want and click 'Ok'.
- Wait for a while and your data will be synced to Samsung Cloud.
- On your computer, go to the folder you selected and you will find your data.
How to Restore your data back to another device using Samsung Cloud.
Samsung Cloud, you can backup almost everything that is important to you.
Even if you lose your phone and buy another one, you can use your Samsung account to restore your data from Samsung Cloud.
You can easily access the features of Samsung Cloud on your Samsung smartphone. Here is how you can restore your data back to another device using Samsung Cloud:
1. Launch the Google Play app on your phone
2. Tap the menu button
3. Tap My Apps
4. Tap Samsung Cloud
5. Tap Restore (under the Cloud Services tab)
6. Select the device to receive the data from
7. Tap Restore at the bottom of the screen
8. Tap Download Data
9. Tap Continue
10. Tap Restore
11. Review your selections, tap Restore again
What is the easiest way to transfer data to Samsung Cloud Drive?
It's actually very easy to transfer data to Samsung Cloud Drive.
- You will first have to sign up for Samsung Cloud Drive account. This can be done at https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/samsung-cloud-drive.
- If you already have a Samsung loud drive account then just go to: https://www.samsungcloudsolution.com/ and log in.
- Once you are signed in to Samsung Cloud Drive, you can upload data by visiting the 'My Files' folder.
- Select the files or folders you want to transfer to the Samsung cloud drive
- Hit share
- In the share menu that pop up, select Samsung cloud drive
- You can select where you to save the files within the Samsung cloud drive
- Hit ‘Done’ to save
Another simple way of transferring data to Samsung cloud drive is:
- Go to the Cloud Drive desktop app
- Drag and drop the file(s) you want to share to the opened window.
- You can also share the file(s) with just one tap on your mobile device.
How is Samsung Cloud Drive different?
While there are similarities between Samsung Cloud Drive and other cloud services, there are also some major differences. Samsung Cloud Drive is free, has twice the amount of free storage space, and better security.
With 10GB of free storage, Samsung Cloud Drive is a great way to back up your photos, videos and other files.
This much storage space is twice as much as what Dropbox and iCloud offer. You can store thousands of photos and videos in Samsung Cloud Drive, which is more than enough space for most people.
Samsung Cloud Drive offers a secure online locker for your files. While there have been some reports of security issues with Dropbox, data stored in Samsung Cloud Drive is always secure.
How is Samsung Cloud Drive better than other Cloud Services?
Google has its own cloud service; Apple has iCloud; and then there’s Dropbox too and Samsung is here with its cloud storage service too. The main question is, how is Samsung Cloud Drive better than others?
Samsung Cloud Drive is a superb cloud service. It has several great features that set it apart or the likes of Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive.
Samsung Cloud Drive offers more free storage space than any other cloud storage service. And the best part is that it offers 5GB completely free.
That’s more than DropBox and iCloud combined and even more than Google Drive, which offers only 5GB free with a relatively steep monthly fee.
Actually, Samsung Cloud Drive is based on the Dropbox model but with a few key differences. The most notable one is that it's completely free for the first 2GB. This means you don't have to spend money to start using it.
The biggest advantage that Samsung Cloud Drive has to Dropbox is that it allows users to sync entire music libraries from their computer to the cloud.
This means that you can access your music files from any device that can run the Samsung Music App, rather than having to upload them from multiple devices.
When it comes to sharing files, Samsung Cloud Drive lets you share any file type with anyone.
This is a huge benefit over Dropbox which only allows you to share pictures and videos. If you have the option, you should use Samsung Cloud Drive to share your files.
Does Samsung Cloud automatically backup photos?
Samsung Cloud automatically backs up your photos.
Whenever you take a photo, it will be automatically backed up to your personal cloud storage.
You can also go to Cloud > Back up photos to manually back up your photos.
Do you pay for Samsung Cloud?
Samsung Cloud is free for all the devices. You can even use it for the other Samsung devices. It’s one of the best cloud storage services out there.
In our opinion, it beats its competitors like Apple, Google Drive and Dropbox.
It offers 5GB free space free of charge. It’s pretty good considering that a number of cloud service providers offer free space as low as 2GB. It’s a free service but if you experience slow performance or downtime, you can upgrade your account for $0.50 for each extra gigabyte.
Even though the pricing is minimal, you can end up paying more than $10 per month.
What's the difference between Samsung Cloud and OneDrive?
While both Samsung Cloud and OneDrive are cloud storage solutions, there are a few differences between the two that set them apart.
OneDrive is integrated into Windows and syncs all your files across your devices, but Samsung Cloud is only available for Samsung mobile devices.
However, Samsung Cloud accounts come with 15 GB of free storage, whereas OneDrive only gives you 5 GB for free.