Back Up And Reset - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

Back Up and Reset

The Back up and reset settings allow you to back up your
data, back up accounts, automatically restore your phone,
and reset your phone settings to the factory settings.
From the Settings screen, touch
Back up and reset.
The following options display:
• Back up my data: By setting this option, the Google server will
back up all of your settings and data, such as application data,
Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings, to the Google server.
• Backup account: If you have enabled the Back up my data
option, then the Backup account option is available. Touch
Backup account and touch your Google Gmail account or
touch Add account to set your Google Gmail account to be
backed up to the Google server.
• Automatic restore: When you reinstall an application, all of
your backed up settings and data will be restored from the
Google server.
Factory Data Reset
From this menu you can reset your phone and sound settings
to the factory default settings.
1. From the Settings screen, touch
Accounts
2. Touch Factory data reset.
3. Touch Reset device, then follow the prompts to perform
Warning! Performing a Factory data reset erases all data from
Back up and reset.
The Factory data reset screen displays reset
information.
the reset.
your phone and internal SD card, including your
Google account, system and application data and
settings, and downloaded applications. It does not
erase current system software, bundled
applications, and external SD card files such as
music and photos.
Accounts
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