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144 Chapter 13 : Preferences
NOTE If you want to erase data on your device while you are still in possession
of the device—for example, before you give it to someone else—don’t do a
remote erase. Instead, do a partial or full erase of the device itself (see Erase
data and reset your device).
Access to system updates: Automatic system and software updates are
sent to your device.
Updating of HP webOS Account settings: To change your HP webOS
Account information after you set it up, see Update your HP webOS
Account settings. To see the email address you used when you set up your
HP webOS Account, open Device Info (see View system information).
What information is backed up?
All data backed up to your HP webOS Account is encrypted, and only
you, the profile owner, can access your data. Data in your HP webOS
Account can be viewed, added to, or edited only on your device.
IMPORTANT In the event that your device is lost or stolen, you can go to your
HP webOS Account on hpwebos.com/account and from there erase the data
on your device.
The following table lists info that is and is not backed up to your HP
webOS Account:
Table 1. Backup details
Application Backed up Not backed up
Accounts Usernames for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Entries (contacts, events,
messages, and so on) in
online accounts
Passwords for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Adobe
Reader
Nothing is backed up.
Keep a copy of these files
on your computer (see
Copy files between your
device and your
computer).
Amazon
Kindle
If you downloaded the
Amazon Kindle app from
HP webOS App Catalog,
when you sign in to your
HP webOS Account after
your device is erased, the
app is downloaded again.
App
Catalog
See entry for HP App
Catalog.
Backup Backup setting is on by
default.
Bluetooth Nothing is backed up.
Calendar Events in your HP webOS
Account.
Usernames for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Preferences (see Customize
Calendar).
Events in online accounts.
Passwords for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Contacts Contacts in your HP
webOS Account.
Usernames for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Favorites.
Preferences (see Customize
Contacts).
Contacts in online
accounts.
Passwords for online
accounts that sync, like
Google.
Linking relationships
between contacts.
Table 1. Backup details
Application Backed up Not backed up