| Back Up with an External Storage Device |
Back Up with a USB Storage Device
In case of insufficient storage space on your device, you can back up large files and any data on a USB storage device, such as a USB flash drive or card reader.
- Connect your device to a USB storage device via a USB OTG cable.
- On the External storage screen of your device, touch USB storage.
- Touch BACK UP, select the data you want to back up, then touch Back up.
Follow the onscreen instructions to set the password and password hint. The data will be encrypted and backed up. The password will be required if you want to restore your data backup.
To reset the password, go to the USB storage backup screen, then
> Reset password.
The new password is only valid for backups created thereafter.
Restore Your Data from a USB Storage Device
Connect your device to a USB storage device via a USB OTG cable.
On the External storage screen of your device, touch USB storage.
Select the backup you want to restore from the RESTORE FROM BACKUP list.
Select the data you want to restore, touch Restore, and enter the password as prompted.
Back Up with a NAS Device
You can back up your important data on a network-attached storage (NAS) device, also known as a private cloud storage server. The NAS device provides shared folders for data backup.
On the External storage screen of your device, touch Shared folder.
On your device, scan for available NAS devices using your Wi-Fi network, then touch an applicable one to access and add its shared folders.
Touch BACK UP, select the data you want to back up, then touch Back up.
Follow the onscreen instructions to set the password and password hint. The data will be encrypted and backed up. The password will be required if you want to restore your data backup.
To reset the password, go to the Shared folder backup screen, then
> Reset password.
The new password is only valid for backups created thereafter.
Restore Your Data from an NAS Device
On the External storage screen of your device, touch Shared folder.
On your device, scan for available NAS devices using your Wi-Fi network, then touch an applicable one to access and add its shared folders.
Select the backup you want to restore from the RESTORE FROM BACKUP list.
Select the data you want to restore, touch Restore, and enter the password as prompted.