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• If your device can't read content on the memory card, you may need to format the card. Note that all content on the card gets erased when you format it. If you are sharing a device with multiple users, you must log in as the owner, that is, the primary user, to be able to perform certain actions, such as transferring data to the memory card and formatting the memory card. 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 Internal shared storage, and then find and tap Cached data > OK. 4 If you have a memory card inserted, tap Storage > Internal shared 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 Managing Files Using a Computer on the 36 page. 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 device. This method is especially recommended if you are updating your device software to a newer Android version. The Xperia™ Backup & restore application is recommended for backing up data before you do a factory data reset. With this application you can back up data to an online account, an SD card or to an external USB storage device that you have connected to your device using a USB Host adapter: With the Google Backup & restore application, you can back up data to a Google server. 38 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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If your device can't read content on the memory card, you may need to format the card.
Note that all content on the card gets erased when you format it.
If you are sharing a device with multiple users, you must log in as the owner, that is, the
primary user, to be able to perform certain actions, such as transferring data to the memory
card and formatting the memory card.
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
Internal shared storage
, and then
find
and tap
Cached data
>
OK
.
4
If you have a memory card inserted, tap
Storage
>
Internal shared 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
Managing Files Using a Computer
on the 36 page.
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 device. This method is especially recommended if you are updating your device
software to a newer Android version.
The Xperia™ Backup & restore application is recommended for backing up data before
you do a factory data reset. With this application you can back up data to an online
account, an SD card or to an external USB storage device that you have connected to
your device using a USB Host adapter:
With the Google Backup & restore application, you can back up data to a Google server.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.