Protect Against Harmful Apps - Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite User Manual

Apps : Manage your apps
Back up to Google
You can automatically back up the following items to your
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Apps and app data
• Call history
• Contacts
• Phone settings (including Wi-Fi passwords and permissions)
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Photos and videos (synced to
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SMS text messages (if using
Not all apps back up data automatically. Check with the app developer.
To automatically back up to Google Drive:
1. Go to Settings > System.
2. Touch Backup.
3.
Turn Back up to Google Drive on
4. If you have multiple Google accounts, touch Account to select an account.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions.
To back up other files that aren't automatically backed up, like attachments or downloads:
1.
Open the Drive app.
2. Touch +.
3. Touch Upload, then choose the files or folder to upload.

Protect against harmful apps

Scan phone for harmful apps
Google Play Protect
apps, to check for potentially harmful apps (malware).
If Google Play Protect finds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so that you can
uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > My apps & games.
3. Do any of the following:
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To see the results of latest scan, on the UPDATES, look at the message next to
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To rescan your phone, touch
your Google Photos
Messages)
.
helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your apps, including sideloaded
.
Google account:
library, not to Google Drive)
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