Backups are not exciting, but they matter when a phone is broken, lost, or replaced.

Without a backup, you may lose:

• photos
• notes
• contacts
• settings
• some app data

What to do:

• learn whether your phone is backing up automatically
• check that the backup account is one you still control
• do not wait until after the phone is gone to think about this

This lesson is part of Smartphone Basics from Lumoset Foundation, Fort Wayne, Indiana – free, always, with no account and no catch.