HTC One M8 - Manual (Page 132)

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your backup and to continue setting
up your phone.
6. Slide open the Notifications panel to check if there's any notification to finish
setting up your phone.
Free apps from Google Play will be restored in the background, and you can track the
progress via a notification in the status bar.
The Apps and Home screen shortcuts will be reorganized as in your backup after all of
your apps have been installed. You may continue using your phone while apps are
being restored.
You can also open the HTC Backup app, and then tap Restore from backup. Just
make sure that you've already signed in to the same account that you used to back
up your phone before.
Restoring a backup will overwrite the current data and settings on HTC One.
Switching from your previous online storage to Google Drive
After you've restored a saved backup from your Dropbox storage to HTC One,
remember to change your backup storage and use Google Drive from now on.
1. Open the HTC Backup app.
2. Tap Change backup settings.
3. Tap > Select storage service.
4. Select Google Drive, and then tap OK.
5. Sign in to your Google Account, if you haven't done so.
Backing up your data locally
If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages
on HTC One, here are some tips on how to export or import your data.
Backing up your contacts
1. Open the People app.
2. On the People 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.
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