Backing up your data locally, Backing up your contacts, Restoring contacts – HTC One M9 User Manual

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Files

Manually copy and paste files by connecting HTC One M9 to your computer as a disk
drive.

Other data Check other apps to see if they support exporting data to the phone storage or storage

card.

Backing up your data locally

If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages on HTC One M9,
here are some tips on how to export or import your data.

Backing up your contacts

1. From the Home screen, tap

, and then find and tap Contacts.

2. On the Contacts tab, tap > Manage contacts.

3. Tap Import/Export contacts > Export to phone storage or Export to SD card.

4. Select an account or type of contacts to export.

5. To help protect your data, tap Yes, and then set a password for this backup. Be sure to

remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing contacts.

If you don't need a password, tap No.

6. Tap OK.

Restoring contacts

1. On the Contacts tab, tap > Manage contacts.

2. Tap Import/Export contacts > Import from phone storage or Import from SD card.

3. If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported contacts.

4. If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then tap

OK.

5. Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap OK.

Backing up your text messages

Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage. You can easily restore
backed up text messages after you've deleted them from your message list.

Text messages in the secure box and blocked messages will not be backed up. To include such
messages to your backup, move them first to the general message box.

1. From the Home screen, tap

, and then find and tap Messages.

2. Tap > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up > Back up SMS.

3. To help protect your data, set a password for your backup. Be sure to remember this

password. You'll need to enter it again when restoring messages.

If you don't need a password, select Do not password protect this backup.

4. Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap OK.

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