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Backup and Restoration Back Up Data to a USB Storage Device If you are running out of storage space on your Phone or you want to back up your important data to an external storage device, you can connect your device to a USB storage device with a USB OTG cable and back up your data to the storage device. USB storage devices which are compatible with your device include USB flash drives, card readers, and devices that have been equipped with a microSD card. 1 Open Backup and select Back up. 2 Select USB storage to back up your data, then touch Next. 3 Select the data you want to back up and touch Back up. You can then touch Select all in the bottom right corner to back up all data, or select individual data files for backup. After your selection, the system automatically calculates the capacity required for the backup. 4 On the Set password screen, follow the onscreen instructions to set password for data security. If you select Skip to skip the password setting, Wi-Fi and financial app data will not be backed up. You can view your backup files in the Huawei\Backup folder by going to Files > Local. 114

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Back Up Data to a USB Storage Device
If you are running out of storage space on your Phone or you want to back up your important data to
an external storage device, you can connect your device to a USB storage device with a USB OTG
cable and back up your data to the storage device. USB storage devices which are compatible with
your device include USB flash drives, card readers, and devices that have been equipped with a micro-
SD card.
1
Open
Backup
and select
Back up
.
2
Select
USB storage
to back up your data, then touch
Next
.
3
Select the data you want to back up and touch
Back up
. You can then touch
Select all
in the
bottom right corner to back up all data, or select individual data files for backup. After your
selection, the system automatically calculates the capacity required for the backup.
4
On the
Set password
screen, follow the onscreen instructions to set password for data security. If
you select
Skip
to skip the password setting, Wi-Fi and financial app data will not be backed up.
You can view your backup files in the
Huawei\Backup
folder by going to
Files
>
Local
.
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