x^2 congruencies

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I have $ \mathsf x^2 \equiv 1 mod 15 $ They first i thought was, why don't we check which x are congruent to 1? So i replace x with numbers from 0 to 14; after that, i see that

$ \mathsf 1^2 \equiv 1 (15) $

$ \mathsf 4^2 \equiv 1 (15) $

$ \mathsf 11^2 \equiv 1 (15) $

$ \mathsf 14^2 \equiv 1 (15) $

But then i don't know how to proceed. I need to have 4 cases where:

$ \mathsf x \equiv 1 (5) $

$ \mathsf x \equiv 1 (3) $

(in sistem)

$ \mathsf x \equiv 1 (5) $

$ \mathsf x \equiv -1 (3) $

(in sistem)

$ \mathsf x \equiv -1 (5) $

$ \mathsf x \equiv 1 (3) $

(in system)

$ \mathsf x \equiv -1 (5) $

$ \mathsf x \equiv -1 (3) $

in sistem

I'd really like an overall explanation of the whole procedure tho, would be helpful!