Backing Up And Restoring Content - Sony Xperia L1 User Manual

To View the Memory Status
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory.
To View the Amount of Free and Used RAM
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory.
3 Tap , then tap Advanced > Memory.
To Clear the Cache Memory for All Applications
1 From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory.
3
Tap , then tap Advanced > Storage, then find and tap Cached data > OK. If you
have a memory card inserted, select Internal shared storage after tapping
Storage.
When you clear the cache memory, you don't lose any important information or settings.
To Transfer Media Files to the Memory Card
1
Make sure you have a memory card inserted in your device.
2
From your Home screen, tap
3 Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory > Transfer data.
4
Mark the files that you want to transfer to the memory card.
5 Tap Transfer.
To Stop Applications and Services from Running
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Apps.
3 Select an application or service, and then tap FORCE STOP > OK.
To format the memory card
1 From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory.
3
Tap , tap Advanced > Storage > SD Card > , and then tap Storage settings >
Format > Erase & format.
All content on the memory card gets erased when you format it. Make sure you first make
backups of all data you want to save. To back up your content, you can copy it to a computer.
For more information, see
Smart Cleaner
Using Smart cleaner, you can improve device performance by automatically optimizing
storage and memory depending on the frequency of app use.
To Enable or Disable Smart Cleaner
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Storage & memory.
3 Tap the slider beside Smart cleaner.
You can also modify, copy or delete files manually if you go to Settings > Storage & memory >
> Advanced > Storage > Explore

Backing Up and Restoring Content

Generally, you should not save photos, videos, and other personal content solely on the
internal memory of your device. If your device is damaged, lost or stolen, the data stored
on its internal memory may be impossible to recover. It is recommended to use the
Xperia Companion software to make backups which save your data safely to an external
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