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Chapter 13 : Preferences
NOTE
If you want to erase data on your smartphone while you are still in
possession of the smartphone—for example, before you give it to someone
else—don't do a remote erase. Instead, do a partial or full erase of the
smartphone itself (see
Erase data and reset your smartphone
).
Access to system updates:
Automatic system and software updates are
sent to your smartphone.
Updating of HP webOS Account settings:
To change your HP webOS
Account information after you set it up, see
Update your HP webOS
Account settings
. To see the email address you used when you set up your
HP webOS Account, open Device Info (see
View system information
).
What information is backed up?
All data backed up to your HP webOS Account is encrypted, and only
you, the account owner, can access your data. Data in your HP webOS
Account can be viewed, added to or edited only on your smartphone.
IMPORTANT
In the event that your smartphone is lost or stolen, you can go to
your HP webOS Account on
hpwebos.com/account
and erase the data on your
smartphone.
The following table lists info that is and is not backed up to your HP
webOS Account:
Table 1. Backup details
Application
Backed up
Not backed up
Accounts
Usernames for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Entries (contacts, events,
messages and so on) in
online accounts
Passwords for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Amazon MP3
(if available
on your
smartphone)
Nothing is backed up.
You
can copy files from the
AmazonMP3 folder on
your smartphone to your
computer while the
smartphone is in USB
Drive mode (see
Copy
files between your
smartphone and your
computer
).
App Catalog
When you sign in to your
HP webOS Account after
your smartphone is
erased, apps you
downloaded from App
Catalog are downloaded
again.
App settings and data
stored in the app.
Applications from sources
other than App Catalog.
Backup
Backup setting is on by
default.
Bluetooth
Nothing is backed up.
Calendar
Events in your HP webOS
Account.
Usernames for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Preferences (see
Customise Calendar
).
Events in online accounts.
Passwords for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Table 1. Backup details
Application
Backed up
Not backed up
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