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Backup and reset
Backup and reset
Backing up data, media, and apps to your storage card
Back up data such as contacts, messages, calendar events, and bookmarks as well as photos and
music to your storage card. You can also back up third-party apps that you installed if you want to
easily reinstall them from your storage card next time.
1. Open the Backup and Restore app.
2. In the Backup tab, tap Personal data.
3. Choose the types of data and media that you want.
§ Tap
next to the Contact option. Clear the check boxes next to the mobile operator
name if you don't want to include SIM contacts in the backup.
§ If you have existing text and multimedia messages on your phone, tap
Message option, and then choose whether to back up both types of messages.
4. Tap Backup to SD card.
5. When you're prompted for a folder name, use the default name to base it on the date and time
of backup, or enter a name that you want. Each data and media type will be stored in separate
subfolders under the created folder on your storage card.
6. After backup has finished, tap OK.
7. Tap Application, choose the apps that you want, and then tap Backup to SD card.
Restoring data, media, and apps from your storage card
You can choose which data and media types and which apps you want to restore to your phone.
1. Open the Backup and Restore app.
2. Tap the Restore tab.
3. Under Personal data backup history, tap the date or folder name you want to restore from.
4. Choose the types of data and media you want to copy from your storage card, and then tap
Restore OK OK.
Using Android Backup Service
Starting from Android 6.0, use the Android Backup Service to back up your HTC phone to
Google Drive
™
.
This service can back up and restore the following:
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