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To Back up Your Data Using a Computer
1 Be sure that the PC Companion application is installed on the PC or the Sony
Bridge for Mac application is installed on the Apple
®
Mac
®
computer.
2 Connect your device to the computer using a USB cable.
3 Computer: Open the PC Companion application or the Sony Bridge for Mac
application.
4 Click Start to start the
Backup & Restore application.
5 Tap Backup, then follow the on-screen instructions to back up data from your
device.
To restore your data using a computer
1 Make sure that the PC Companion application is installed on the PC or the
Sony Bridge for Mac application is installed on the Apple
®
Mac
®
computer.
2 Connect your device to the computer using a USB cable.
3 Computer: Open the PC Companion application or the Sony Bridge for Mac
application.
4 Click Start to start the
Backup & Restore application.
5 Select a backup file from the backup records, then tap Restore and follow the
on-screen instructions to restore data to your device.
Backing Up Data with the Backup & Restore Application
Using the Backup & Restore application, you can make an online backup or a local
backup of data. For example, you can back up data manually or turn on the
automatic backup function to save data periodically.
The Backup & Restore application is recommended for backing up data before you
do a factory data reset. With this application you can back up the following types of
data to an online account, an SD card, or an external USB storage device that you
have connected to your device using a USB host adapter:
• Bookmarks
• Contacts and call logs
• Conversations
• Calendar data
To Back Up Content to an Online Account
1 From your Homescreen, tap
.
2 Find and tap Backup & Restore.
3 If prompted, tap Back up online, then tap I agree and follow the on-screen
instructions to sign in to your Google™ account.
4 To enable the automatic backup function, drag the slider beside Automatic
backup to the right.
5 To enable the manual backup function, tap Manual backup.
6 Under Where to store files, tap Online account, then follow the on-screen
instructions to sign in to your Google™ account.
7 Select the types of data to back up, then tap OK.
To Set Up the Automatic Backup Function
1 If you are backing up content to a USB storage device, make sure the storage
device is connected to your device using a USB host adapter. If you are
backing up to an SD card, make sure the SD card is properly inserted in your
device.
2 From your Homescreen, tap
.
3 Find and tap Backup & Restore.
4 If prompted, tap Back up locally.
5 To enable the automatic backup function, drag the slider beside Automatic
backup to the right.
6 Tap Automatic backup again, then select a backup frequency, where to save
backup files, the time to back up, and the types of data to back up.
7 To save your settings, tap
.
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