A method for uploading mobile device data to cloud storage, the method comprising: determining, by a mobile device of a user, whether to backup data associated with the mobile device to the cloud storage; and in response to determining to backup the data associated with the mobile device, automatically performing operations for generating a plurality of single files for a plurality of third-party applications hosted by the mobile device, wherein for each third-party application of the plurality of third-party applications hosted by the mobile device, a set of performed operations comprises: identifying, by the mobile device, data associated with a respective third-party application stored on the mobile device, wherein the data associated with the respective third-party application includes binary data and metadata, aggregating, by the mobile device, the binary data and the metadata of the respective third-party application into a single file of the respective third-party application; and transmitting the single file of the respective third-party application to an upload server in the cloud storage, wherein the binary data of the respective third-party application is to be separated from the metadata of the respective third-party application and stored at a first cloud storage location of the cloud storage having a storage address, and wherein the metadata of the respective third-party application is to be updated with an appended storage address of the first cloud storage location and stored in a second cloud storage location of the cloud storage that is different from the first cloud storage location. determining, by a mobile device of a user, whether to backup data associated with the mobile device to the cloud storage; and in response to determining to backup the data associated with the mobile device, automatically performing operations for generating a plurality of single files for a plurality of third-party applications hosted by the mobile device, wherein for each third-party application of the plurality of third-party applications hosted by the mobile device, a set of performed operations comprises: identifying, by the mobile device, data associated with a respective third-party application stored on the mobile device, wherein the data associated with the respective third-party application includes binary data and metadata, aggregating, by the mobile device, the binary data and the metadata of the respective third-party application into a single file of the respective third-party application; and transmitting the single file of the respective third-party application to an upload server in the cloud storage, wherein the binary data of the respective third-party application is to be separated from the metadata of the respective third-party application and stored at a first cloud storage location of the cloud storage having a storage address, and wherein the metadata of the respective third-party application is to be updated with an appended storage address of the first cloud storage location and stored in a second cloud storage location of the cloud storage that is different from the first cloud storage location. identifying, by the mobile device, data associated with a respective third-party application stored on the mobile device, wherein the data associated with the respective third-party application includes binary data and metadata, aggregating, by the mobile device, the binary data and the metadata of the respective third-party application into a single file of the respective third-party application; and transmitting the single file of the respective third-party application to an upload server in the cloud storage, wherein the binary data of the respective third-party application is to be separated from the metadata of the respective third-party application and stored at a first cloud storage location of the cloud storage having a storage address, and wherein the metadata of the respective third-party application is to be updated with an appended storage address of the first cloud storage location and stored in a second cloud storage location of the cloud storage that is different from the first cloud storage location.