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Personal Settings
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Backup and Reset
Your phone’s
Backup and reset
menu lets you back up your phone’s data and settings to Google
servers before resetting your phone to the original factory settings. The Factory data reset erases all data
from the phone’s application storage, including:
● Your Samsung account
● Your Google Account
● All other email and social networking accounts
● System and application data and settings
● Downloaded applications
Backup and Reset Overview
The following options are available in the Back up and reset menu:
Backup and Reset Option
Description
Open Smart Switch
Transfer content from your old device to this device.
Back up my data
Enable backup for application data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings
to your Samsung account.
Restore
When reinstalling an application, backed up settings and data will be
restored from your Samsung account.
Back up my data
Enable backup for application data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings
to your Google Account.
Backup account
Select the Google Account used to back up data.
Automatic restore
When reinstalling an application, backed up settings and data will be
restored from your Google Account.
Auto restart
Optimize your device by restarting it automatically at set times. The
device only restarts if it is not in use and battery power is more than 30%.
Reset settings
Reset your device to its factory default settings, resetting everything
except the security, language, and account settings. Personal data is not
affected.
Reset network settings
Reset Wi-Fi, Mobile data, and Bluetooth settings with Reset network
settings.
Factory data reset
Reset all settings and delete all data on phone.