Privacy settings, Automatic restore, Back up my data

Privacy settings

You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information.

Back up my data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of you personal data is backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, Browser bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve installed, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. Some third-party applications may also take advantage of this feature, so you can restore your data if you reinstall an application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing up your data to your account, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers.

Automatic restore Check this option to restore your settings and other data when you install an application, if you installed and used it previously on this phone or on another phone, where you signed in with the same Google Account and were backing up your settings.

Factory data reset Opens a dialog where you can erase all of your personal data from internal phone storage, including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded applications. Resetting the phone does not erase any system software updates you’ve downloaded. Also includes a checkbox to erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone), which can contain files you’ve downloaded or copied there, such as music or photos. If you reset the phone in this way, the next time you turn on your phone you’re prompted to reenter the same kind of information as when you first started Android. See “Starting Android for the first time” on page 16.