The advancement of the internet and related technologies has brought something wonderful: backing up data is easy and effortless. Well, you can still lose all your data on a bad day but that could be partly due to your carelessness. I mean, yes
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how to backup
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these days. If you still put all your eggs in one basket, you can’t blame the basket.
However, the backup process is only (usually) easy as far as files and documents are concerned. How about account settings and preferences on devices you own? Some of them are connected by accounts associated with those devices. For example, Apple id for Apple devices, Google id for Android devices, and Microsoft/Outlook id for Windows devices.
Today we’re going to talk about protecting the details on your Windows Phone 8 device so that if it goes wrong or gets stolen, you don’t have to worry about anything. The backup mechanism we are about to cover will help you restore things like phone settings, installed apps list, linked accounts, data, etc.
Hot Tip: If you’ve integrated your phone with SkyDrive, half of the data on your phone is backed up. If you haven’t already, do it right away.
Steps to enable backup on Windows Phone 8
You must have an Outlook.com account to be able to do this. And, if you own a Windows Phone, you probably have one too. Navigate to the application list, go to setting and click support. You will see three sections that provide backup options.
Tap on each one to open and configure the details. Starts with app list + settings and turn on the switch. Then you can tap backup now to make things happen.
Similarly, you can configure texting list. Besides, you can choose exactly what to back up and what you may not need.
Photos, videos, music and all other files rely heavily on SkyDrive or connect your phone to your computer and sync them.
Note: Your phone waits for Wi-Fi connection to be detected to back everything up. It does so immediately when it is connected to one. If that doesn’t happen in a week, it will use the mobile data connection.
Under each backup option you will see a high level navigation. Once you navigate there, you’ll see that you can delete the backup you’ve made (in case you want to start from scratch or link the details to another account).
Another way to start the backup operation is when you configure your phone for the first time. You just need to follow the instructions and connect your phone as shown in the image below.
Restore backup
What is more essential than knowing how to create a backup is knowing how to restore a backup. If you do not know the latter, knowledge of the former is useless. Fortunately, restoring your Windows Phone 8 to a previous backup is an easy move.
When you set up your phone, sign in to it with the same account you used to create the backup. Follow the instructions to restore and wait until the download is complete. That’s it!
Note: When you restore your phone, your app data won’t be available (apps will be available, though). Additionally, the Start Screen will return to its original defaults.
Conclusion
So, like other mobile platforms, WP8 also makes it easy to create and restore backups. If you have a backup configured, good and good. If you haven’t already, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and do it immediately. It will definitely help you on a bad day.
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Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
