How to Transfer Data from Android to Android

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Contacts, messages, bookmarks, photos, music, files - you can copy anything.

The settings are named for pure Android. Look for something similar in third-party firmwares such as MIUI, Flyme, OxygenOS.

Step 1. Prepare for data migration

Make sure both smartphones are charged. Connect the old one to Wi-Fi. Otherwise, you risk spending a lot of mobile traffic.

Surely your old smartphone is already linked to your Google account. If you are not sure, open "Settings" → "Accounts" and find yours there.

If you don't have an account, you can add one. Click the Add Account button at the bottom of the screen and select Google. Enter your smartphone password, if prompted, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Step 2. Synchronize your old smartphone data with your account

On your old smartphone, open "Settings" → "Accounts" and select your Google account there. Click on it.

Make sure there are check marks next to all the data types you want. If they are not somewhere, put them down.

Click More → Synchronize. Wait for the process to complete.

Step 3. Back up your old smartphone data to your Google account

Usually, backups are enabled by default on Android, but not always. So make sure that all information - contacts, calendar, mail, settings, application data - is safely stored in your Google account.

Open “Settings” → “System” → “Additional settings” → “Backup” on your old smartphone. Make sure the Upload to Google Drive switch is turned on and the correct address is listed in the Account section. Then click Start Copy → Continue.

The backup process will begin. It will save the data to your Google Drive. This operation can take a long time, especially if you have been using your smartphone for a long time and a lot of data has accumulated there.

When the process is complete, you can put your old smartphone aside.

By the way, you can get to the backup panel not only from the phone settings, but also from Google Drive. To do this, open the application and click on the icon with three horizontal lines at the top left. Then go to Settings → Backup & Reset. Then everything is identical.

Step 4. Recover data on a new smartphone

If the new smartphone is not activated

Turn on your new smartphone and follow the instructions in the setup wizard. Select your language and region and connect to the web.

The wizard will offer to transfer your data to the new smartphone. Click Next and select the Copy from Cloud Storage option.

Enter your Google account login and password and accept the terms of the license agreement.

Select the desired backup from the list and, if required, enter the password for your old smartphone. Specify what exactly you want to transfer and click "Restore".

Continue to follow the instructions of the wizard. The recovery will run in the background.

When the setup of the new smartphone is completed, wait 10 minutes: Android will install all applications from the old device.

If your new smartphone is activated

Let's say your smartphone has already been turned on. For example, a shop assistant showed you his work. In this case, there are two options.

Option 1

Open “Settings” → “System” → “Additional settings” → “Reset settings”. If there is no "Advanced Settings" item, select "Reset Settings" directly from the "System" menu.

Select Erase All Data → Reset Phone Settings. Wait for the device to reboot.

Now follow all the points from the previous instructions with the setup wizard.

Option 2

If you don't want to reset anything, go to Settings → Accounts (or Users and Accounts, or Synchronization). Click the Add Account button at the bottom of the screen. Select your google account type.

Enter your smartphone password, if prompted, and follow the instructions on the screen. You will need to enter your Google account email address and password.

In the menu "Settings" → "Accounts" select the added Google account. Click on it.

Make sure there are check marks next to all the data types you want. If they are not somewhere, put them down.

Click More → Synchronize. Wait for the sync to finish. So you will transfer contacts, mail, calendar, but not applications to the new smartphone.

To copy them, open Google Play and click on the icon with three horizontal lines on the top left. Open My Apps & Games.

Go to the Library tab and install your applications manually.

Step 5. Transfer photos and videos to your new smartphone

The easiest way to do this is with the Google Photos app. Run it on your old smartphone. Go to "Settings" → "Startup and sync" and make sure the option is enabled. Then wait a bit for the download to finish.

Now all your photos and videos will be uploaded to the cloud and you can view them on your new smartphone via Google Photos.

If you do not mind that the images will be stored in a compressed (but still high-quality) form, then you will not even need to pay for their storage: you will be provided with unlimited volume in the cloud. Otherwise, you will have to purchase a subscription to the service.

Step 6. Copy music and other files

If you have a lot of things stored in the memory of your old smartphone (for example, a collection of MP3 music or some documents), all this can be transferred manually via a USB cable.

Connect your old smartphone with a USB cable to your computer. Select the "File Transfer" mode and copy everything you need. Then disconnect your old smartphone.

Connect a new phone and transfer all your data to it via Explorer or Finder.

In some cases, the computer cannot immediately recognize the connected smartphone. This is especially true for Macs, to which old Androids are connected. To deal with a similar problem, read our guide.