Accounts Settings
When you set up accounts on your phone, such as your Google or Samsung accounts, and your email or social networking accounts, you can synchronize account information between your phone and the account. Types of information you can synchronize include contacts, pictures, videos, and other types of files.
You can also set up options for backing up information from your phone to the cloud, and back up or reset your device.
Add an Account
Add an account to your phone to share information between your phone and the account.
1.From home, tap 
Apps > 
Settings > ACCOUNTS tab.
2.Tap Add account, and then choose a type of account.
3.Follow the prompts to enter your account credentials and complete the account set up.
Backup Options
Set up a backup account on your phone to save information from your phone to the account.
1.From home, tap 
Apps > 
Settings > ACCOUNTS tab.
2.Tap an option to configure backup features:
Cloud: Configure options for synchronizing and backing up information.
•Tap Add Samsung account to sign in to your Samsung account, or create a new Samsung account. You can sync contacts, calendar events, memos, and Internet shortcuts. You can back up Logs, SMS and MMS messages, and current wallpaper settings.
•Tap Link Dropbox account to sign in to your Dropbox account, or set up a new account, to sync pictures, videos and documents.
Backup and reset: Configure options for backing up data from your phone to a Google Account.
•Back up my data: Tap the checkbox to turn on automatic backup to a Google Account, and then set up an account for the backups.
•Backup account: When Back up my data is turned on, set up a Google Account for backups. You can set up a new Google Account, or sign in to an existing account.
•Automatic restore: When Back up my data is turned on, you can also turn on Automatic restore to automatically restore settings and other information from the backup when you reinstall an app.
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