How to transfer data from Android to Android
Educational Program Android / / December 19, 2019
Contacts, messages, bookmarks, photos, music, files - anything you can copy.
The names of the settings are for the pure Android. The third-party firmware, such as MIUI, Flyme, OxygenOS, look for something similar.
Step 1. Prepare for transferring data
Make sure that both your smartphone charged. Connect the old to the Wi-Fi. Otherwise the risk to spend a lot of mobile data traffic.
Surely your old smartphone is already tied to a Google account. If you are not sure, go to "Settings» → «Accounts" and find there your.
If the account is not present, you can add it. Click the "Add account" at the bottom of the screen and select Google. Enter the password to your phone, if necessary, and follow the instructions on the screen.
Step 2. Synchronize your data with an old smartphone Account
In the old smartphone, open the "Settings» → «Accounts" and then there is your Google Account. Click on it.
Make sure that on the contrary all the necessary data types are ticks. If they are somewhere there, put down.
Click "More» → «Synchronize». Wait until the process is complete.
Step 3. Make a backup copy of your old smartphone data with your Google account
Typically, backup included in Android by default, but not always. So make sure that all information - contacts, calendar, mail, settings, application data - safely stored in your Google Account.
Open on an old smart phone "Settings» → «System» → «Advanced settings» → «Backup». Make sure that the "Download Google Drive" is activated, and in the "Account" Set the desired address. Then click "Start Backup» → «Continue».
Will start the backup process. It saves the data on your «Google Drive." This operation may take, especially if you use your smartphone for a long time and it has accumulated a lot of data.
When the process is complete, you can postpone old smartphone.
By the way, to get to the backup panel can not only from the phone settings, but also «Google Drive." To do this, open the app and click on the icon with three horizontal lines at the top left. Then, go to "Settings» → «Backup and reset." After that, everything is identical.
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Step 4. Restore data to a new smartphone
If the new smartphone is not activated
Turn on your new smartphone and follow the setup wizard. Choose your language and region, and connect to the Web.
The wizard will offer to transfer to a new smartphone your data. Click "Next" and select "Copy of cloud storage."
Enter your username and password from your Google account and accept the license agreement.
Select the desired backup from the list and, if necessary, enter the password from the old smartphone. Specify exactly what you need to migrate, and click "Restore".
Continue to follow the wizard's instructions. Recovery will run in the background.
When the setting of the new smartphone is complete, wait 10 minutes: Android install all applications from your old machine.
If your new smartphone is activated
Let's say, your smartphone is already included. For example, a consultant at the store showed you his work. In this case, there are two options.
Option 1
Open the "Settings» → «System» → «Advanced settings» → «Reset». If the item "Advanced Settings" is not, select "Reset" on the menu "System".
Select "Delete All Data» → «Reset phone". Wait for the device to reboot.
Now perform all the items from the previous instructions from the wizard.
option 2
If you do not want anything to drop, open the "Settings» → «Accounts" (or "Users and Accounts" or "synchronization"). Click the "Add account" in the bottom of the screen. Select the type of Google Account.
Enter the password to your phone, if necessary, and follow the instructions on the screen. You will need to enter your email address and your Google account password.
In the "Settings» → «Accounts", select the Google account. Click on it.
Make sure that on the contrary all the necessary data types are ticks. If they are somewhere there, put down.
Click "More» → «Synchronize». Wait for Synchronization closure. So you will transfer to a new smartphone contacts, mail, calendar, but not the application.
To copy them, open the Google Play and click on the icon with three horizontal lines at the top left. Open the "My Apps & Games."
Click on the tab "Library" and set your applications manually.
Step 5. Move to a new smartphone photo and video
The easiest way to do this with the «Google Photos" application. Run it on the old phone. Go to "Settings» → «Back up & sync" and make sure the option is enabled. Then wait for a while until the download is complete.
Now all your photos and shot video will be uploaded to the cloud, and you can view them on your new smartphone through «Google Photos."
If you do not mind that images will be stored in a compressed (but still enough quality) form, for storing them do not even need to pay: you will be given an unlimited amount of cloud. Otherwise, you have to buy a subscription to the service.
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Step 6. Copy music and other files
If you have a lot of things stored in the memory of an old smartphone (for example, a collection of music in MP3 or some documents), all of this can be transferred manually, via the USB-cable.
Connect your old smartphone USB-cable to your computer. Select the "File Transfer" and copy everything you need. Then disconnect your old smartphone.
Connect a new phone and transfer to it all of your data via the "Explorer" or the Finder.
In some cases, the computer may not immediately recognize a connected smartphone. Especially this sin Mac, which is connected to the old Android. To cope with this problem, read our leadership.
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