Tips for backup important data at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 when we want to reformat or safe important data. This is 7 inches tablet using WSVGA with 1024×600 resolutions. It have several model : Z170MG, Z170C, Z170CG, Z171CG. This tablet run with fast performance using 64 bit Intel Atom Quad Core processor. The camera also suitable for capture daily activity using 5 megapixel / 2 megapixel back main camera, if we want to use video conference using chatting applications like Skype or sometime similar with that, then front camera 0.3 megapixel is good enough to work, but maybe insufficient for selfie photography. After we have many important files and photos at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG), we should backup that data for prepare bad situation like tablet lost or corrupt.
BACKUP Procedure for ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
Login With Google Account to Backup Contact or Phone Book at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
Almost all of us will have many contact or phonebook data at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) which are very important. We have to backup all important data at safety location. One important thing when we use Android that we can synchronize our contact data to Google account, what we have to do is make sure our phone already sign in with our personal Google account.
After login to Gmail/Google account, the tablet by default will automatically synchronize or backup our data to Google cloud server, so we will have 2 phonebooks storage, one is at our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) and the other one at https://contacts.google.com. Please check that address to make sure all data already backup at Google server.
Bellow are the steps to check that our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) already backup:
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Open MenuSetting > Account > Google, make sure your Gmail account already setup
- If you need to add Google / Gmail account, then clickAdd account
- Please see at your account, and make sure theSync is ON
How to Backup Phone Book or Contact at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) Manually to SDCard Memory?
Beside having backup at Google could for our contact, we can also backup or export our contact or phonebook at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) using Export menu at Contacts menu.
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Open applications:Contacts
- Choose all contact to backup:Contacts > Menu > Manage contacts
- ChooseMenu > Import / Export
- ChooseExport to storage
- The filename of exported file will be show to tell us where the exported file is
- Finish backup contact ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) to memory card
How to Backup Picture/Photo ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) ?
Photo also important to backup because with good camera quality at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG), we will have many important pictures for special moment. There are some options to backup our media like Photo/pictures and videos to several location, hard-reset.org tips for easier step is backup our media to external microSD memory card. But for this step we need to prepare our MicroSD card first and insert it into memory card slot at our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG).
Backup or Copy to External Memory Card:
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Open Home Screen
- Find and runFile Manage
- ChooseMenu > Internal storage
- ChooseMenuagain
- ChooseCopy(or move, but better use copy to reduce the missing files)
- ChooseMenu > MicroSD
- Choose the new folder that we want to copy that files
- ChoosePaste
- Please make sure manually at microSD forder that all files already copied
Backup or Copy at Computer:
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Connect ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) with computer using USB data cable
- Make sure computer can connect to ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) memory card (otherwise, try to slide down the notifications area from ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG), choose to connect USB as media)
- If the computer already can read ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) data, then use computer File Explorer to open the DCIM folder at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG), copy all folders or files to specific location at our computer
- If everything finish, please try to open all images from our computer to make sure all data already backup or export or copy without problem
Restore Procedure for ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
Restore Back Backup Contact From Google Account at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
If we reformat or hard reset ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG), all data will be removed or wiped, so we need to restore back all contact to ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG). This is how to restore:
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Go to MenuSetting > Account > Google
- Addour Google or Gmail account
- In the first time, we can forceSync contactto restore Contacts from Google server to our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Make sure Sync is on for keep synchronize our contact to Google cloud server
Restore Back Backup Contact From SD Card / MicroSD to ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- Turn on ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG)
- ChooseContacts
- ChooseMenufromContacts > Manage Contacts.
- ChooseImport / Export > Import from storage
- Choose the place that we can save our contact
- ChooseImport vCard file
How to Backup and Restore Applications at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 (Z170MG / Z170C / Z170CG / Z171CG) before doing Hard Reset or Reformat ?
After using several months, we will have some installed applications at our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0, the problem at Android is when we do hard reset or master format, all data and installed applications will be remove or wipe. After finish doing hard reset we will need to re-setup again our ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 and install all applications one by one.
Although this is not always happen, but sometime Google cloud backup will automatically restore our installed applications, but Google said that they not warranty all applications at the same Google account username will be restore to Android. Therefore, we have to use some tools to make sure this applications can back again normally, especially data and setting inside the applications.
We can use Asus official applications to backup and restore installed applications at ASUS ZENPAD C 7.0 using Asus Backup applications from Google Play Store, this is free applications from Asus. Please remember, this applications will not backup any data inside our internal memory or external memory, please use steps above to backup data inside memory. This applications only backup installed applications and data also all Asus factory default applications setting like ZenUI Launcher, ZenUI Do it Later, ZenUI Contacts and ZenUI Messaging to external memory microSD.
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