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Backup
Backup is one of the major advantages of your HP webOS Account. You create an HP webOS Account when you set up your smartphone.
What is an HP webOS Account?
When you create an HP webOS Account during setup of your smartphone, you gain access to the many advantages of having an HP webOS Account, including automatic, daily backup of your data.
Your HP webOS Account gives you the following benefits:
HP webOS Account: Your HP webOS Account is automatically created for you on your smartphone. In this account you can store Contacts and Calendar info that you don't store in online accounts like Google or Exchange.
NOTE You cannot access the info in your HP webOS Account anywhere but on your smartphone. View, add to and edit the info in your HP webOS Account on your smartphone.
Automatic, daily backup to a secure server: Info stored in your HP webOS Account is automatically, daily backed up to a secure server.
Your smartphone backs up the contacts, calendar events, tasks and memos that are in your HP webOS Account, as well as system settings and applications you downloaded to your smartphone. If you ever need to erase the info from your smartphone, you can restore all your
Backup does not affect information stored in online accounts like Google. Information stored in online accounts is synchronised by the online provider at regular intervals. Information stored in Exchange is synchronised by your company's Exchange server.
IMPORTANT Backup does not back up files stored on your smartphone's USB drive.
You can turn off automatic backup, and you can also perform a manual backup.
Remote erase of a lost or stolen smartphone: If your smartphone is lost or stolen, open the web browser on your computer, sign in to your HP webOS Account on hpwebos.com/account and do a remote erase of the info on the smartphone.
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