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Sync, backup, and reset
Using HTC Backup
Save the time and frustration of re-creating your personalized HTC Desire 601
experience when you do a factory reset or buy another phone. On HTC Desire 601,
use HTC Backup to do a daily backup to the cloud so you can easily restore your
content and settings next time.
HTC Backup uses your Google Drive or Dropbox storage to keep your content and
settings. It can back up and restore the following:
Personalization
settings
Accounts and
passwords
Apps and settings
Backing up HTC Desire 601 to Google Drive
Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your phone over Wi-Fi. You can turn it
on by selecting Back up phone daily over Wi-Fi while doing the on-device setup, or
enable it in Settings.
Depending on the amount of content, doing a manual backup through data
connection may incur additional data costs and take a long time. Using a Wi-Fi
connection is recommended.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Backup & reset.
2. Tap Backup account.
3. Tap HTC Account.
4. Sign in with your Google Account, HTC Account, or Facebook
5. On the Cloud storage screen, tap the Google Drive option that has your Google
Account name under it, and then tap OK.
6. If you used your HTC Account or Facebook account, sign in to your Google
Account to access your Google Drive.
7. When prompted, tap OK to allow HTC Backup to access your Google Drive.
8. To do a daily backup, make sure the Automatic backup switch is on. You can
also tap Back up now to manually back up your phone anytime.
You'll see the most recent backup date and time under Backup history.
These include your feed sources in HTC BlinkFeed, widgets,
wallpaper, Home screen layout, and ringtones.
HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular
email and social network accounts, including Exchange
ActiveSync, Outlook.com, Flickr
These include your contacts stored on HTC Desire 601, text
messages, web bookmarks, personal dictionary, Wi-Fi
networks, apps you've installed, grid size and sort order on
the All Apps screen, and more.
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, LinkedIn
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