HTC One User Manual page 111

111 Sync, backup, and reset
Backing up your data locally
If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages on HTC One,
here are some tips on how to export or import your data.
Backing up your contacts
1. Open the Contacts app.
2. On the Contacts tab, tap
3. Tap Import/Export contacts > Export to phone storage.
4. Select an account or type of contacts to export.
5. To help protect your data, tap Yes, and then set a password for this backup. Be sure to
remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing contacts.
If you don't need a password, tap No.
6. Tap OK.
Restoring contacts
1. On the Contacts tab, tap
2. Tap Import/Export contacts > Import from phone storage.
3. If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported contacts.
4. If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then tap
OK.
5. Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap OK.
Backing up your text messages
Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage. You can easily restore
backed up text messages after you've deleted them from your message list.
1. Open the Messages app.
2. Tap > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up > Back up SMS.
3. To help protect your data, set a password for your backup. Be sure to remember this
password. You'll need to enter it again when restoring messages.
If you don't need a password, select Do not password protect this backup.
4. Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap OK.
Backing up text messages by email
You need to set up your email account in the Mail app.
1. Open the Messages app.
2. Tap > Back up/Restore SMS.
> Manage contacts.
> Manage contacts.