Back Up And Reset; Mobile Backup And Restore - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

1. From the main Settings page, tap Accounts tab.
2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap
Add account Samsung account.
3. If you have previously created a Samsung account, tap
Sign in.
– or –
If this is your first time, tap Create new account.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm your credentials via
email.
5. If prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to verify
your account via the provided email address.
Note: Without confirming your email address and following the
documented procedures, related applications will not
function properly since it is Samsung account that is
managing their username and password access.
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Back up and Reset

Location settings, backup configurations, or reset the phone
to erase all personal data.
From the Home screen, press
Settings
reset.

Mobile Backup and Restore

The device can be configured to back up your current
settings, application data and settings.
1. From the main Settings page, tap Accounts tab
Backup and reset.
2. Tap Back up my data to create a backup of your current
phone settings and applications.
3. Tap Backup account to assign the account being
backed up.
4. Tap Automatic restore to assist in the re-installation of
a previously installed application (including
preferences and data).
and then tap
(Accounts tab) Backup and