Sony Xperia SP - Backup and restore application

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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.

To select the backup destination

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Tap Back up.

4

Tap the bar under Where to store data.

5

Select the destination to which you want to back up your content.

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To select the data types to back up

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Tap Back up.

4

Select the data types that you want to back up.

To back up content

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Tap Back up, then tap Back up now.

4

Enter a password for the backup, then tap OK.

Restoring backed up content using the Backup and restore

application

When you restore backed up content, you must select a backup record to restore

from. If you have backed up content several times, you may have several backup

records. After you select a backup record, you can then select which types of data to

restore.

To restore content from a backup record

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Tap Restore.

4

Select the record that you want to restore from, then tap Restore now.

5

Enter the password for the backup record, then tap OK.

Remember that any changes you make to your data and settings after you create a backup will

get deleted during a restore procedure.

Managing backup records

You can delete or rename records of the backups that you make using the Backup &

restore function.

To rename a backup record

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Press , then tap Manage backup records.

4

Select the backup record that you want to rename.

5

Tap .

6

Enter a new name and tap Rename.

To delete backup records

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Back up & restore.

3

Press , then tap Manage backup records.

4

Select the backup record that you want to delete, or tap if you want to delete

all records.

5

Tap > Delete.