Backing Up Htc 10 - HTC 10 User Manual

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Backing up HTC 10

Automatically back up HTC 10 to Google Drive so you can restore content such as app data and
settings after a factory reset or when restoring your data on another HTC phone.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Backup & reset.
2. Tap Backup up my data.
3. Tap the On/Off switch to turn it on, and then press
4. Make sure Automatic restore is turned on.
This allows an app's data and settings to be restored when you reinstall the app on HTC 10.
To select a backup account other than your primary Google Account, tap Backup account and
then select another Google Account. You can also tap Add account to add a new Google Account
for your backup.
What types of data can be backed up?
On phones running Android 8, these are the items that can be backed up using your Google Account:
Home screen Wallpaper
App list § Apps installed through Google Play Store.
§ App screen's grid size, sort order, and app folders you created in Custom view.
App data and § SMS text messages.
settings
§ Call history.
§ Google Calendar
§ Data that's synced to your Google Account such as Google contacts and calendar
events.
§ Data in HTC apps, such as contacts in the People app that you saved on the
phone, Clock and Weather city list, and email accounts in the Mail app.
§ Data and settings in third-party apps you installed, depending on whether these
apps allow this.
Device Ringtones, Wi-Fi networks and their passwords, and certain device settings.
settings
Auto Backup periodically backs up your phone to a private folder in Google Drive. It occurs every 24
hours when the phone is idle, charging, and connected to a Wi-Fi network.
Backup data will not count towards your Google Drive storage quota. Large files or files that app
developers have chosen to exclude from the service will not be backed up.
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