I have just been looking at a thread in which @Png was guiding a member as to how to extract data from an old mobile 'phone that was prone to crashing. Of course, most users back-up their precious data from their handset into the cloud. However, there is another method :-
How to Back Up and Sync Your Android Phone Directly to an External Hard Drive (howtogeek.com)
https://www.howtogeek.com/back-up-and-sync-android-phone-to-external-hard-drive/
If the data on your handset is precious, I would suggest that both one or more cloud backups and one or more physical backups might be prudent.
