Your Phone Interface 63Back up and Restore Data on Your PhoneAccidents can happen – so set your phone to back up your settings, such as your start screen layout, andother stuff to your Microsoft account.You need a Microsoft account to back up your phone.1. On the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > backup.2. If asked, sign in to your Microsoft account.3. Select what to back up and how. You can set your phone to automatically back up your app list,settings, and text messages. To automatically back up your future videos or best-quality photos toOneDrive, you need a Wi-Fi connection.Tip: You don’t need to back up your contacts and calendar events separately. Your phone automaticallybacks them up and keeps them in sync with your Microsoft account.If some of your downloaded apps are not included in the backup, you can re-download them from Store,as long as the app is available. Store remembers the apps you’ve bought, so you don’t need to pay forthem again. Data transmission costs may apply. For more info, contact your network service provider.To back up other content, such as music, connect your phone to your computer, and follow theinstructions on the computer screen. You have 2 options: either sync content between your phone andcomputer using the Windows Phone app for desktop, or drag and drop content from your phone to yourcomputer in the file manager, such as Windows Explorer.Back up the photos you’ve taken earlier to OneDrive■ Tap Photos > , select the photos or albums you want to upload, tap > OneDrive, selectwhere you want to upload the photos, and tap .To check the photos you’ve backed up, log in to your OneDrive account on any device and check thefolder to which you saved the photos.Restore backed up data■ You can restore your backed up data after resetting or updating your phone software, or whensetting up a new phone. Sign in to your Microsoft account, and follow the instructions shown onyour phone. To reset your phone, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, andtap ALL SETTINGS > about > reset your phone. Resetting restores the factory settings, anderases all your personal content, but you can restore your backed up data after signing in to yourMicrosoft account.Check and Increase Available Memory on Your PhoneUse the storage sense app to check how much memory you have available.1. Tap storage sense.2. Tap phone. To check the details of your memory card, tap SD card.
