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Moving apps, contacts etc between phones

portchieboy
portchieboy Posts: 617 Forumite
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Sorry to be so stupid.

When I get a new phone, how do I swap all my phone content from one to the other please.
O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.

(O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us
.)

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 2 July 2013 at 9:20PM
    This depends on the phones. For smartphones it's usually synching with a PC or an online account. Apps have to be reinstalled if they are compatible with the new phone.
  • Own_My_Own
    Own_My_Own Posts: 6,098 Forumite
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    What are the makes of the 2 phones ?
  • portchieboy
    portchieboy Posts: 617 Forumite
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    tHINK IT WILL BE S2 TO S3
    O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.

    (O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us
    .)

    Robert Burns
  • Richard_T_
    Richard_T_ Posts: 349 Forumite
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    if your phone is rooted its incredibly easy with an app such as titanium backup.
    just back up all your apps to the SD card in titanium back up
    insert the SD card into your new phone and run titanium back up on your new phone, select restore apps+data ( don't select system data!!)
    everything will be ported over including game saves, app settings the lot just as you had it on your old phone.
  • Quiet_Spark
    Quiet_Spark Posts: 1,093 Forumite
    SuperBackup from Google Play will move everything, and you don't need root for it to work.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,883 Forumite
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    SuperBackup from Google Play will move everything, and you don't need root for it to work.

    Mrs B has a Huawei G300 running (ICS). I have a Nexus 4 running jellybean

    Mine 'auto' backs up to my google+ a/c, but Mrs B's doesn't

    Can anyone guess why?
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    Because Mrs B's isn't set to auto backup in the settings, or Huawei have removed it?

    The auto backup doesn't actually back up that much anyway.

    Helium Backup is a good option for moving phones.
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