Back Up App Data:

  1. Launch “Settings” and access “Cloud and account
  2. Tap “Backup & Restore
  3. Enable “Back up my data” to back up app data, settings, and Wi-Fi passwords to your backup account
  4. Enable “Automatic restore” to allow data to be automatically restored the next time you sign in with the backup account or when reinstalling apps

Back Up Contacts:

  1. Launch “Contacts
  2. Go to “Cloud and account” > “Accounts
  3. Select the desired backup account and enable “Contacts
  4. Tap “Menu” > “Sync Now

Back Up Contacts to SD Storage:

  1. Open “Contacts” and tap “Menu
  2. Go to “Settings
  3. Switch to “All contacts” if necessary
  4. Tap “Import/Export” > “Export to SD
  5. Tap “OK” to confirm

Back Up Media Files to Phone Storage:

  1. Launch “My Files
  2. Access “Internal storage
  3. Tap “Menu” > “Share
  4. Select the desired contacts and tap “Share” again
  5. Select the desired backup location

Back Up Media Files on a Windows PC:

  1. Connect the Android device to the PC via USB
  2. On the phone, enable “Media device” / “File Transfer” at the prompt or from the Notification area
  3. Open the File Explorer on the computer
  4. Navigate to the media files on the phone storage
  5. Transfer the files to the desired backup location on the PC
  6. Once done, eject the phone storage and safely disconnect the phone from the USB cord



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