HTC Desire 510 User Manual page 188

Files. Manually copy and paste files by connecting your phone to your computer as a disk
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drive. You can also upload files to online storage and services.
Other data. If you added new words to your personal dictionary in the onscreen keyboard,
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back up the dictionary to the storage or save it as an email attachment. See Enter Text with
Word Prediction on the HTC Sense Keyboard. Check the other apps to see if they support
exporting data to the storage.
Note: If you're backing up data to the storage, don't choose to erase the storage when you do a
factory reset.
Use HTC Backup
Save the time and frustration of restoring your content when you do a factory reset or you lose,
damage, or buy another phone. On your phone, use HTC Backup to do a regular backup to the
cloud so you can easily restore your content next time.
On your phone, 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. These include your feed sources in HTC BlinkFeed, widgets,
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wallpaper, Home screen layout, and ringtones.
Accounts and passwords. HTC Backup stores the login credentials for many popular email
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and social network accounts, including Exchange ActiveSync, Outlook.com, and POP/IMAP.
Apps and settings. These include your contacts stored on your phone, text messages, web
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bookmarks, personal dictionary, Wi-Fi networks, free apps you've installed, grid size and sort
order on the Apps screen, and more. The backup can also include TV remotes and viewing
preferences.
Backup Your Phone to Google Drive
Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your content 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.
Note: 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. With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch
2. Touch Backup account.
3. Touch HTC Account.
4. Sign in with your Google Account, HTC Account, or Facebook account.
5. On the Cloud storage screen, touch the Google Drive option that has your Google Account name
under it, and then touch OK.
Settings
> Backup & reset.
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