Learn how to backup and restore data on Your Samsung Galaxy Alpha. Keep your personal information, app data, and settings safe on your device. You can back up your sensitive information to a backup account and access it later.
Using a Google account
- Tap Settings on the Apps screen.
- Tap Backup and Reset and tick Back up my data.
- Tap Backup account and select an account as the backup account.
Note: To restore data, you must sign in to your Google account via the setup wizard. You can launch and open the setup wizard by performing a factory data reset on the device. If you do not sign in to your Google account via the setup wizard, you cannot restore the backup data.
Using a Samsung account
- On the Apps screen, tap Settings > Accounts > Add account > Samsung account, and then sign in to your Samsung account.
- Tap Settings on the Apps screen.
- Tap Cloud > Backup, tick the items to back up, and then tap Back up now > Back up.
Note: To restore data, open the Apps screen, tap Settings > Cloud > Restore, select the items, and then tap Restore now.
