You can back up content, data, and settings from your Android device to your Google Account so that you can restore them to this or another device if necessary.
Recovery options vary by device and Android version. For example, you cannot restore data from a device with a later version of Android to a device with an earlier version.
Backing up data and settings
Before starting work, you can transfer all data from your old Android device to your INOI smartphone using your Google account, the smartphone itself will offer you to restore data during the first turn on. To do this, you need to add an account for backup on your old device. Go to settings and select Recovery and reset . Activate item Data backup . At the same time, do not forget to make sure that you are connected to your Google account - the corresponding e-mail should be displayed a little lower in the line Reservation Account »
There are different types of backups.
If backups are uploaded to Google, they are encrypted using your Google Account password. To encrypt some data, a PIN code, pattern, or screen lock password for this device is also used.
The following data is copied to Google Drive:
- Google Contacts data
- events and settings on Google Calendar
- Wi-Fi networks and their passwords
- wallpaper
- Gmail settings
- applications
- display settings (screen brightness and sleep mode)
- language settings and input methods
- date and time
- Settings and data for non-Google applications (depending on the application).
Note. Automatic backup may not work in all applications. Contact the developer for the necessary information.
Backing up content
Photos and videos
You can set up automatic backup of photos and videos to the service " Google Photos ".
Photos and videos that were captured on a mobile device or stored on it can be uploaded to the library Google Photos .
Startup Benefits
- Backup - photos and videos will be saved to the library Google Photos .
- Confidentiality - photos and videos downloaded from your device are available only to you until you decide to share them.
- Synchronization - all changes you make appear on all synchronized devices. For example, if you edited and saved a photo on your phone, it will look the same on photos.google.com .
How to enable or disable autoload and synchronization
- Open the app " Google Photos "
on an Android device.
- Log in to your account. Google .
- At the top of the screen, click on the menu icon.
.
- Click "Settings"> Auto Backup & Sync .
- Enable or disable startup and sync.
- If you run out of storage space, scroll down the page and click Turn off autoload .
Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Changing startup settings will affect all applications that use this feature, such as Google drive .
- Uninstall application " Google Photos "from the device will not disable the startup and synchronization. To disable the function, follow the instructions above.
How to change startup settings
- To select a Google account into which photos and videos will be uploaded, in the "Account for startup" section, click on the name of the account.
- To resize uploaded photos and videos, click Photo size .
- To configure autoload of photos and videos from folders, click Selected Folders and select the ones you need.
- If you want to upload photos on a mobile network without waiting for a connection to a Wi-Fi network, in the "Use mobile Internet" section, select the switch Photo or Video to the on position. Please be aware that your mobile service provider may charge an additional fee.
- To upload photos and videos when roaming, in the "When to download" section, select the switch Roaming in the "On" position.
How to check download status
- Open the app " Google Photos "
- Log in to your account Google.
- Нажмите "Photo"
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- At the top of the screen you will see the status of uploading photos and videos.
Files and folders
You can manually upload files and folders to Google drive.
How to upload files and folders to Google drive
You can upload items to Google drive, view and edit them, and share them. Please note that uploaded files take up space on your Google drive (even if they are added to another user's folder).
Google drive supports the following file types:
- documents
- Images
- audio
- video.
Upload files
- On your Android device, open the " Google drive ".
- Tap the Add icon
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- Select Download .
- Select The required files.
- Uploaded objects will appear in the My Drive folder. If necessary, they can be moved.
Convert documents to Google format
You can enable the automatic conversion of Microsoft Word files and other documents to the Google format.
Note. Settings Google drive can only be changed on the computer.
Data and settings recovery
When you add a Google account to your device, all the data previously reserved for this account is downloaded there.
To restore an account from a backup after resetting, follow the instructions on the device’s screen.
Important! It is not possible to recover data from a device with a later version of Android on a device with an earlier version
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