Transferring Content From An Android Phone - HTC Desire 820 User Manual

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14 Phone setup and transfer
Depending on the amount of content, restoring your backup to your phone
through your data connection may incur additional data costs and take a long
time. Using a Wi-Fi® connection is recommended.
1. When you're asked whether you have a Google® Account, sign in to your
account.
2. Use your mobile data or Wi-Fi connection to connect your phone to the Internet.
3. If you used your Google login credentials as your HTC Account and your backup
is in Google Drive, tap Sign in with Google.
If not, tap Remind me later, go to the Transfer or restore screen, and select Restore
from HTC Backup.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your backup and to continue setting
up your phone.
5. Slide open the Notifications panel to check if there's any notification to finish
setting up your phone.
Free apps from Google Play™ will be restored in the background, and you can track
the progress via a notification in the status bar. To restore paid apps, you need to
download and install them from Google Play.
Your apps will appear on the Apps screen as they are installed. The Apps and Home
screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of your apps have been
installed. You may continue using HTC Desire 820 while apps are being restored.

Transferring content from an Android phone

On your old Android phone, download the HTC Transfer Tool and use it to transfer
your content to your new HTC phone.
The types of locally stored content on your old phone that the tool can transfer
include contacts, messages, calendar events, web bookmarks, music, photos, and
videos. Some settings can also be transferred.
ƒ You need Android version 2.2 or later to use the HTC Transfer Tool on your
old phone.
ƒ If your old phone has Android version 2.1 or an earlier version, you need to
use Bluetooth® transfer. For details, see
phone through
1. If you're setting up your new HTC phone for the first time, select Get content
from old phone.
Or go to Settings, and then tap Get content from another phone.
2. Choose whether to transfer from an old HTC Android phone or other Android
phone.
3. Tap Full transfer, and then tap Next.
4. Follow the steps shown on your new phone to download the HTC Transfer Tool
from Google Play to your old phone, install it, and open the tool.
5. When you see a PIN on your old phone, make sure the same PIN also appears on
Bluetooth.
Transferring contacts from your old

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