HTC One X User Manual page 105

105 Sync, backup, and reset
Using HTC Backup
Save the time and frustration of re-creating your personalized HTC One X/One X+
experience when you do a factory reset or you lose, damage, or buy another phone.
On HTC One X/One X+, 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 Dropbox storage to keep your content and settings. It can
back up and restore the following:
Home screen These include your categories and headlines in HTC BlinkFeed,
settings widgets, and Home screen layout.
Accounts and HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email
passwords and social network accounts, including Exchange ActiveSync,
Microsoft Hotmail
Apps and settings These include your web bookmarks, personal dictionary, Wi‑Fi
networks, apps you've installed, grid size and sort order in the All
apps view, and over 150 other settings.
Backing up HTC One X/One X+
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 while doing the on-device setup, or enable it in
Settings.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Backup & reset.
2. Tap Backup account.
3. Choose HTC Account as your backup account, and sign in to your account.
§ You can sign in with your HTC Account or Facebook
§ If you're already signed into your Google Account, tap it to change your backup
account to your HTC Account.
4. Sign in to Dropbox, if you haven't done so.
Tap Turn on to have your photos and videos uploaded to Dropbox as you
capture them.
5. 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.
Depending on the amount of content, doing a manual backup may incur additional
data costs and take a long time. Using a Wi‑Fi connection is recommended.
You'll see the most recent backup date and time under Backup history.
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