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12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone
12.8.1 Backing Up My Data
You can use your Google account to back up your mobile phone’s settings to Google servers. If
you replace your mobile phone, the settings you have backed up will be transferred to the new
mobile phone the first time you sign in to your Google account.
1. On the
Settings
screen, touch
Privacy
.
2. Select the
Back up my data
check box.
12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data
If you reset your phone to the settings that were configured at the factory, all of your personal data
stored on the phone, including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your
system and application settings, and any applications you have downloaded will be erased.
Resetting the phone does not erase any system software updates you have downloaded or any
files on your microSD card, such as music clips or photos.
1. On the
Settings
screen, touch
Privacy
>
Factory data reset
.
2. When prompted, touch
Reset phone
, and then touch
Erase everything
. The mobile phone
resets the settings to the original factory settings, and then restarts.
