How to back up my data

Sometimes, it’s necessary to back up your data so you can use it on another device or for future needs (for example, if something happens to your device, you’ll be able to restore all your data from the backup file).

Backup file contains the next information:

  • your categories and words
  • all images, examples, and transcriptions
  • learning progress
  • statistics related to app’s usage

In our app, you can restore data in two ways:

Create a backup into an LXB file

For doing that, you need to go to the App Settings -> Backup/Restore -> Make a backup.

You need to select a folder on your device and grant write permission so the app can save the backup file there.

Back up your data by synchronizing with Google Drive

You can synchronize all your data with Google Drive. All data will be stored in a hidden section of Google Drive. The first time, you’ll need to set up a connection with Google Drive. After that, you can update the data on Drive by selecting the “Synchronization” option from the sliding menu.

First Synchronization

If you don’t have any previous synchronized data on Google Drive, the app just simple upload the data.

If you have data on Google Drive, the app will present you with the following two options:

  1. Data on Google Drive is actual
  2. Data on Google Drive is obsolete

You can use “Data on Google Drive is actual” if you are performing the first synchronization on a second device, or if you have updated data on Google Drive and want to download it to a recently installed app.

You can use “Data on Google Drive is obsolete” if the data in your app is up-to-date, and the data on Google Drive is outdated.

Recovery data after wrong synchronization

If something goes wrong after synchronization, you can restore your data from before the last synchronization. You can find out how to do that on this page.