VZ Backup is an Android app developed by Verizon Information Technologies LLC.

VZ Backup first became available on 15 Sep 2012. It is estimated that VZ Backup has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

VZ Backup 2.3.1.5 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's call log.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows an application to send SMS messages.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's call log data.

Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to write to external storage.