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Backup and restore application, Formatting the memory card, Clearing the application memory

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This can prevent damaging the memory card or losing data stored on the memory card. To unmount the memory card 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Storage > Unmount SD card. Formatting the memory card You can format the memory card in your device, for example, to free up memory. This means that you erase all data on the card. All content on the memory card gets erased when you format it. Make sure you make backups of everything you want to save before formatting the memory card. To back up your content, you can copy it to your computer. For more information, refer to the chapter Connecting your device to a computer on page 91. To format the memory card 1 Drag the status bar downwards, then tap . 2 Find and tap Storage > Erase SD card. 3 To confirm, tap Erase SD card > Erase everything Clearing the application memory You may sometimes need to clear the memory for an application. This might happen if, for example, the application memory becomes full, or you want to clear scores for a game. You might also want to delete incoming email, text and multimedia messages in some applications. To clear the memory for an application 1 Drag the status bar downwards, then tap . 2 Find and tap Apps. 3 Tap the application for which you want to clear the memory. 4 Tap Clear cache. It is not possible to clear the memory for some applications. Backup and restore application Use the Backup and restore application to make backups of content to a memory card or a USB storage device. Such backups can be used to restore your content and some settings in cases where your data gets lost or deleted. Types of content you can back up Use the Backup and restore application to back up the following types of data: • Bookmarks • Call log • Contacts • Applications downloaded from Google Play™ • Multimedia messages • System settings (such as alarms, ringer volume, and language settings) • Text messages You may incur additional data transmission charges when you restore applications from Google Play™. Preparing to use the Backup and restore application Before backing up your content, you can select the backup destination and the types of data that you want to back up. 113 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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This can prevent damaging the memory card or losing data stored on the memory
card.
To unmount the memory card
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Storage
>
Unmount SD card
.
Formatting the memory card
You can format the memory card in your device, for example, to free up memory.
This means that you erase all data on the card.
All content on the memory card gets erased when you format it. Make sure you make backups
of everything you want to save before formatting the memory card. To back up your content,
you can copy it to your computer. For more information, refer to the chapter
Connecting your
device to a computer
on page 91.
To format the memory card
1
Drag the status bar downwards, then tap
.
2
Find and tap
Storage
>
Erase SD card
.
3
To confirm, tap
Erase SD card
>
Erase everything
Clearing the application memory
You may sometimes need to clear the memory for an application. This might happen
if, for example, the application memory becomes full, or you want to clear scores for
a game. You might also want to delete incoming email, text and multimedia
messages in some applications.
To clear the memory for an application
1
Drag the status bar downwards, then tap
.
2
Find and tap
Apps
.
3
Tap the application for which you want to clear the memory.
4
Tap
Clear cache
.
It is not possible to clear the memory for some applications.
Backup and restore application
Use the Backup and restore application to make backups of content to a memory
card or a USB storage device. Such backups can be used to restore your content
and some settings in cases where your data gets lost or deleted.
Types of content you can back up
Use the Backup and restore application to back up the following types of data:
•
Bookmarks
•
Call log
•
Contacts
•
Applications downloaded from Google Play™
•
Multimedia messages
•
System settings (such as alarms, ringer volume, and language settings)
•
Text messages
You may incur additional data transmission charges when you restore applications from
Google Play™.
Preparing to use the Backup and restore application
Before backing up your content, you can select the backup destination and the types
of data that you want to back up.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.