User Guide

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you can restore your data if you reinstall an application. If you uncheck this option, you stop
backing up your data to your account, and any existing backups are deleted from Google
servers.
1. Press > and touch Settings > Privacy.
2. Select the Back up my data check box.
Automatic Restore
Check the Automatic restore option to restore your settings and other data when you install an
application, or if you installed and used an application previously on this phone or on another
phone where you signed in with the same Google Account and were backing up your settings.
1. Press > and touch Settings > Privacy.
2. Select the Automatic restore check box.
Factory Data Reset
Your device’s Privacy menu includes the Factory Data Reset option. This option lets you reset
your device to the original factory settings, which erases all data from the device’s internal
storage, including:
● Your Google account
● All other email and social networking accounts
● System and application data and settings
● Downloaded applications
Important: Before resetting your device, back up important data. See Back Up My Data and
Synchronize Contacts.
To reset your device:
1. Press > and touch Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset. Read the Factory
Data Reset information.
2. Touch Reset phone.
3. Touch Erase everything. Your device will power down and reset itself, which may take
up to 10 minutes.
Once the device has reset, it will run through the Hands Free Activation and update processes
again.