Alcatel 995S manual Privacy, General sync settings, Manage accounts

11.7.1General sync settings

Background data

Mark the checkbox to permit applications to synchronize data in the background, whether or not you are actively working in them. Unmarking this setting can save battery power and lowers (but does not eliminate) data use.

Auto-sync

Mark the checkbox to permit applications to synchronize data on their own schedule. If you unmark this setting, you must touch an account in the list on this screen, press Menu key and touch Sync now to synchronize data for that account.

Synchronizing data automatically is disabled if Background data is unchecked. In that case, the Auto-synccheckbox is dimmed.

11.7.2Manage accounts

The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts you’ve added to the phone. If you touch an account in this screen, its account screen opens.

This screen contains different options, depending on the kind of account. For Google Accounts, it lists the kinds of data you can synchronize to the phone, with checkboxes so you can turn synchronizing on and off for each kind. You can also press Menu key and touch Sync now to synchronize data. Touch Remove account to remove the account along with all its data (contacts, mail, settings, and so on).

11.8Privacy

You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information.

Back up my data

Mark the checkbox to back up your phone’s settings and other application data to Google Servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, the settings and data you’ve backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you mark this option, a wide variety of settings and data are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, 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. If you unmark this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google Servers.

Automatic restore

Mark the checkbox to restore your backed up settings or other data when you reinstall an application.

Factory data reset

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. You can also mark the Erase SD card checkbox to erase all the data on your microSD card, such as music or photos. If you reset the phone in this way, you’re prompted to re-enter the same kind of information as when you first started Android.

When you are unable to power on your phone, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Hold down Volume up key and press Power key at same time until the screen lights up.

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