Backing up and restoring content – Sony XPeria XZ F8331 User Manual

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To transfer media files to the memory card

1

Make sure you have a memory card inserted into your device.

2

From your

Home screen, tap .

3

Find and tap

Settings > Storage & memory > Transfer data.

4

Mark the files that you want to transfer to the memory card.

5

Tap

Transfer.

To stop applications and services from running

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Apps.

3

Select an application or service, then tap

FORCE STOP > OK.

To format the memory card

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Storage & memory.

3

Tap , then tap

Advanced > Storage > SD Card > , then tap Settings > Format

>

Erase & format.

All content on the memory card gets erased when you format it. Make sure you first make

backups of all data that you want to save. To back up your content, you can copy it to a

computer. For more information, see

Managing files using a computer

on page 41.

Smart cleaner

Using

Smart cleaner you can improve device performance by automatically

optimising storage and memory depending on frequency of app use.

To enable or disable Smart cleaner

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Storage & memory.

3

Tap the slider beside

Smart cleaner.

You can also modify, copy or delete files manually if you go to

Settings > Storage & memory >

>

Advanced > Storage > Explore

Backing up and restoring content

Generally, you should not save photos, videos and other personal content solely on

the internal memory of your device. If your device is damaged, lost or stolen, the data

stored on its internal memory may be impossible to recover. It is recommended to

use the Xperia™ Companion software to make backups which save your data safely

to an external device. This method is especially recommended if you are updating

your device software to a newer Android version.
The Xperia™ Backup & restore application is recommended for backing up data

before you do a factory data reset. With this application you can back up data to an

online account, an SD card or to an external USB storage device that you have

connected to your device using a USB Host adapter:
With the Google Backup & restore application, you can back up data to a Google

server.

Backing up data to a computer

Use the Xperia™ Companion software to back up data from your device to a PC or
an Apple

®

Mac

®

computer. You can back up the following types of data:

Contacts and call logs

Text messages

Calendar

Settings

Media files such as music and videos

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