Back Up Your Phone Photos!

Back Up Your Phone Photos!
I hate to think what could have happened if a phone failed after 2000 miles, if I hadn't been backing them up the whole way!

Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan

Campsite Photo Backup and Recharge
I carry external batteries like this to charge phones and other USB devices wherever I am. To protect my PC data, I back up my hard drives (having lost 7 hard drives in recent years). For my vehicle I carry a roadside assistance plan to get my vehicle towed when it breaks down. But what if your phone fails? The most common cause of failure is dropping it in water, which I've done. I'd rather upgrade to the latest model than carry an insurance plan on the phone itself, but when traveling I don't stop to sync the data enough, or even just back up photos, so how can you avoid losing data?

On my September road trip, SanDisk offered me their new Wireless Memory Stick to use with my 2 phones: the old iPhone 5S I still had on a 2-year contract and an LG G4 that I use for photos. Fortunately I didn't lose a phone on this trip, but when my SUV suffered a catastrophic failure, that underscored the fact that you just never know what's going to go next!

The Wireless Stick worked like a charm on both my IOS and Android devices, both selective transfers of new photos from my 64GB iPhone and an automated Gallery Backup from the LG G4, which as you can see on the display in this photo, was 99% full, thanks in part to its high resolution images. In this photo I'm just topping off the Sandisk Wireless Stick (on top) using a battery I carry to charge USB devices. The Stick already had on it all of the new LG G4 images that I had taken, thanks to the Gallery Backup I had selected. It seemed too easy, almost too good to be true, but whenever I checked, it was up to date with the latest images. It's a whole lot more convenient than driving to a Starbucks to clear memory cards from my DSLR onto my laptop PC, to ensure that it can complete before the batteries die! (My 17" laptop uses a lot of power.)

It's nice that the Wireless Stick also works like a traditional USB stick so you can transfer files directly to a PC. But when the vehicle that you've been using for power across much of your trip fails, it's nice that your phone photo backup is current, one less thing to worry about with what little power may be left on your devices! I ran into exactly that situation when my SUV failed in the middle of nowhere, halfway between Grand Teton National Park and Salt Lake City: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/?p=90322

When I returned from the trip and was able to replace my old iPhone 5S with an iPhone 6S+, I immediately tested that with the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick as well. It comes in 16, 32, 64 & 128 GB sizes and SanDisk has provided a coupon for 30% off the 64GB size: https://goo.gl/1HRPrF

I'll have to see what else it can do. I know that you can stream music and videos stored on it to up to 3 devices at once.

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