Backing Up Contacts And Messages - HTC U11 User Manual

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Backing up contacts and messages

If you want to separately back up contacts and text messages on HTC U11, here are some tips on how
to export or import them.
Backing up your contacts
1. From the Home screen, tap
2. On the People tab, tap
3. Tap Import/Export contacts Export to phone storage or Export to SD card.
4. Select an account or type of contacts to export.
5. To help protect your data, tap Yes, and then set a password for this backup. Be sure to
remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing contacts.
If you don't need a password, tap No.
6. Tap OK.
Restoring contacts
1. On the People tab, tap
2. Tap Import/Export contacts Import from phone storage or Import from SD card.
3. If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported contacts.
4. If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then tap
OK.
5. Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap OK.
Backing up your text messages
Keep important text messages by backing them up so you can restore them to the HTC Messages
app, if needed. The Messages app backs up either to the phone storage or to your storage card if you
have one inserted.
Text messages in the secure box and blocked messages will not be backed up. To include such
messages to your backup, move them first to the general message box.
1. From the Home screen, tap
2. Tap Back up/Restore SMS Back up Back up SMS.
3. To help protect your data, set a password for your backup. Be sure to remember this
password. You'll need to enter it again when restoring messages.
If you don't need a password, select Do not password protect this backup.
4. Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap OK.
, and then find and tap People.
Manage contacts.
Manage contacts.
, and then find and tap Messages.