Back Up App Data:

  1. Open “Settings”
  2. Go to the “General” tab
  3. Under “Phone Management”, tap “Backup & reset”
  4. Under “Google Backup”, tap “Back up my data”
  5. Enable “Back up my data”

Back Up Contacts on an LG Account:

  1. Open “Settings”
  2. If necessary, access “General”
  3. Tap “Backup & reset” under “Phone management”
  4. Tap “LG Backup” > “Backup & restore”
  5. Tap “Back up data” and select the SD card
  6. When prompted, log in with your LG account
  7. Select “Personal data” and deselect the other options
  8. Expand the “Personal data” folder and make sure “Contacts” is checked
  9. Tap “Start” > “Done”

Back Up Contacts to SD Card:

  1. Open “Settings”
  2. Access the “General” tab
  3. Under “Phone Management” tap “Backup & reset”
  4. Tap “LG Backup & restore” > “Backup data”
  5. Select “SD Card” and the items you want to back up
  6. Tap “Start”
  7. When prompted with “Backup complete”, tap “Done”

Back Up Media Files:

  1. Launch “Settings”
  2. Under “Phone Management” tap “Backup & reset”
  3. Tap “LG Backup”
  4. Go to “Backup & restore”
  5. Select “Media data” and deselect the other options
  6. Expand the “Media data” directory and select the desired files
  7. Tap “Start” > “Done”

Back Up Media Files on a Windows PC:

  1. Connect the LG Q6 to your PC via USB
  2. Enable “Media sync” / “File Transfer” when prompted or from the “Notification” area
  3. Open the File Explorer on the computer
  4. Locate and copy the desired media files (or backup files ending with the .sbf extension) on the phone storage
  5. Transfer the files in the desired backup location on the computer
  6. Once the transfer is done, eject the phone storage via system tray and safely disconnect the device from the USB port



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