How To Backup And Restore – Samsung Galaxy Tab S

Jul 19, 2014

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Learn how to backup and restore on your Samsung Galaxy Tab S. 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 General > 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 > General > Accounts > Add account > Samsung account, and then sign in to your Samsung account.
Tap Settings on the Apps screen.
Tap General > 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 > General > Cloud > Restore, select the items, and then tap Restore now.

Note

This guide will work on all Samsung Galaxy Tab S’s; including Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5.

Tags:

Android, Backup, Galaxy, Galaxy Tab S, Restore, Samsung

Amarnath Natarajan

I am a freelance programmer and tech enthusiast. In my spare time, I contribute to this website.

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