Backing Up And Restoring Data; Performing A Data Reset - Samsung SM-J500F User Manual

Basics

Backing up and restoring data

Keep your personal information, app data, and settings safe on your device. You can back
up your sensitive information to a backup account and access it later. You must sign in to
your Google or Samsung account to back up or restore data. Refer to Samsung account and
Accounts for more information.
Using a Samsung account
On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Backup and reset → Back up my data for the Samsung
account, tap the switches next to the items you want to back up to activate them, and then
tap BACK UP NOW.
To set the device to automatically back up data, tap the Auto back up switch to activate it.
To restore data using a Samsung account, tap Restore. Current data will be deleted from the
device to restore the selected items.
Using a Google account
On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Backup and reset → Back up my data for the Google
account, and then tap the switch to activate it. Tap Backup account and select an account as
the backup account.
To restore data using a Google account, tap the Automatic restore switch to activate it. When
you reinstall apps, backed up settings and data will be restored.

Performing a data reset

Delete all settings and data on the device. Before performing a factory data reset, ensure you
back up all important data stored on the device. Refer to Backing up and restoring data for
more information.
On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Backup and reset → Factory data reset → RESET
DEVICE → ERASE EVERYTHING. The device automatically restarts.
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