Using Htc Backup - HTC Desire 820 User Manual

104 Sync, backup, and reset
Files Manually copy and paste files by connecting HTC Desire 820 to your
computer as a disk drive.
Other data ƒ If you added new words to your personal dictionary in the onscreen
keyboard, back up the dictionary to the storage card or save it as an
email attachment.
ƒ Check the other apps to see if they support exporting data to the
storage.

Using HTC Backup

Save the time and frustration of re-creating your personalized HTC Desire 820
experience when you do a factory reset or buy another phone.
On HTC Desire 820, 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 HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular
Apps and settings
Backing up HTC Desire 820 to Google Drive
Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your phone over Wi-Fi.
Turn it on by selecting Back up phone daily while doing the on-device setup. If you
didn't do so, use the HTC Backup app.
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. Open the HTC Backup app.
2. Tap Turn on automatic backup.
3. Make sure Back up phone daily is selected, and then tap Next.
4. Sign in with your Google Account, HTC Account, or Facebook account.
5. On the Cloud storage screen, tap the Google Drive option, and then tap OK.
6. If prompted, sign in to your Google Account to access your Google Drive.
7. 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.
Restoring your backup to HTC Desire 820 from Google Drive
These include your feed sources in HTC BlinkFeed, widgets,
wallpaper, Home screen layout, and ringtones.
email and social network accounts, such as Exchange Ac-
tiveSync, Outlook.com, and POP/IMAP.
These include your contacts stored on HTC Desire 820, text
messages, call history, web bookmarks, personal dictionary,
Wi-Fi networks, free apps you've installed, grid size and
sort order on the Apps screen, and more.