User Guide

Using HTC Backup
Save the time and frustration of restoring your content when you do a factory reset or
you lose, damage, or buy another phone. On HTC One, use HTC Backup to do a
regular backup to the cloud so you can easily restore your content next time.
HTC Backup uses your Dropbox storage to keep your content. The types of content
that it can back up and restore include the following:
Home screen
settings
These include your Home screen feed settings, widgets, and
Home screen layout.
Accounts and
passwords
Except for some accounts (such as Facebook
®
and Google), HTC
Backup can store the login credentials of the email and social
network accounts that you've set up on your phone.
Apps and
settings
These include your web bookmarks, personal dictionary (of the
keyboard), Wi‑Fi networks, settings in the TV app (such as
favorites and reminders), apps you've installed, and over 150
other settings.
Backing up HTC One
Turn on HTC Backup to do a daily backup of your content over Wi‑Fi. You can turn it
on by selecting Back up phone daily while doing the on-device setup, or enable it in
Settings.
Turning on HTC Backup will disable backup of settings to Google servers.
1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap Backup & reset.
3. Tap the Backup On/Off switch.
4. Choose HTC Account as your backup account, and sign in to your account.
§ You can sign in with your HTC Account or Facebook account.
§ If you're already signed into your Google Account, tap it to change your backup
account to your HTC Account.
5. Sign in to Dropbox, if you haven't done so.
Once your phone has finished backing up, you'll see the last backup date and time
under Backup history.
To manually start a backup, tap Back up now under Backup history.
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