HTC One max User Guide - Page 136

Switching from your previous online storage to Google Drive, Backing up your data locally

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136 Sync, backup, and reset Switching from your previous online storage to Google Drive After you've restored a saved backup from your Dropbox storage to HTC One max, remember to change your backup storage and use Google Drive from now on. 1. Go to Settings, and then tap Backup & reset. 2. Tap > Select storage service. 3. Select Google Drive, and then tap OK. 4. Sign in to your Google Account, if you haven't done so. Backing up your data locally If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages on HTC One max, here are some tips on how to export or import your data. Backing up your contacts 1. Open the People app. 2. On the People tab, tap > Manage contacts. 3. Tap Import/Export contacts > Export to phone storage or Export to SD card. 4. Select an account or type of contacts to export. 5. To help protect your data, tap Yes, and then set a password for this backup. Be sure to remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing contacts. If you don't need a password, tap No. 6. Tap OK. Restoring contacts 1. On the People tab, tap > Manage contacts. 2. Tap Import/Export contacts > Import from phone storage or Import from SD card. 3. If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported contacts. 4. If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then tap OK. 5. Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap OK.

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Switching from your previous online storage to Google Drive
After you've restored a saved backup from your Dropbox storage to
HTC One max, remember to change your backup storage and use Google
Drive from now on.
1.
Go to Settings, and then tap
Backup & reset
.
2.
Tap
>
Select storage service
.
3.
Select
Google Drive
, and then tap
OK
.
4.
Sign in to your Google Account, if you haven't done so.
Backing up your data locally
If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages
on HTC One max, here are some tips on how to export or import your data.
Backing up your contacts
1.
Open the People app.
2.
On the People tab, tap
>
Manage contacts
.
3.
Tap
Import/Export contacts
>
Export to phone storage
or
Export to SD card
.
4.
Select an account or type of contacts to export.
5.
To help protect your data, tap
Yes
, and then set a password for this backup. Be
sure to remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing
contacts.
If you don't need a password, tap
No
.
6.
Tap
OK
.
Restoring contacts
1.
On the People tab, tap
>
Manage contacts
.
2.
Tap
Import/Export contacts
>
Import from phone storage
or
Import from SD
card
.
3.
If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported
contacts.
4.
If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import,
and then tap
OK
.
5.
Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap
OK
.
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Sync, backup, and reset