Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you
how to transfer data from a Samsung Galaxy phone to your new one using Smart Switch. I’m formatting
this video to be as if you’ve just got you’re your new phone so we’ll be starting from the very
beginning. I’ve also included a section on how to transfer data after you’ve already set up your
phone so feel free to use the chapters to skip to the sections most relevant to you. Remember to
leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s get into the method!
There’s a few things to mention before we get started with the switch. First, it’s
important to talk about the sim card. There seems to be mixed opinions on whether you
should move it before or after the switch. It shouldn’t affect the transfer in any way, and
I’ve already moved the sim over before powering on the new phone for the first time. Of course, turn
off your old phone before removing the sim card. The switch may bring the data off your
micro-SD card if you have one and put into onto the internal storage of your new
phone. If you don’t want it to do this, you could remove the SD card for now and then insert
it into your new phone after the switch. Again, make sure your devices are off when you do this.
Another thing to mention is that this won’t delete the data on your old phone, that phone will
still work as normal with your files and apps, the only difference will be that because it
doesn’t have a sim, no cellular functions will work, but it will still have WiFi for us
to be able to switch. You are able to transfer after setting up and this means that if any
problems occur during the transfer or if any apps or data don’t transfer fully, you can try
the transfer again at a later time. Finally, make sure both your phones have enough battery
power to be able to complete the transfer, and I’d recommend having the charging cable ready and
even plugged in on your old phone just in case. Let’s get started with the transfer. First, we
need to focus on your new device and power it on for the first time. We need to follow the
setup process and get into the phone before we can start transferring data if you haven’t done
this already. Power it on and I’ll quickly go through some the setup process, but it should be
fairly simple for you to follow the instructions on the screen. Click the card on screen now if
you want to watch a more detailed setup video. Now you’ll need to choose a language, read terms
and choose whether or not you want to opt into any data collections. Keep an eye out for these
if you don’t want to. After this, you should get to a page that allows you to get information from
your old phone. This page is called set up using another device. This isn’t the full data transfer
yet, but doing this will allow you to save time. Tap on Galaxy or Android device and then scan the
QR code shown on your new phone with your old one. You can do this in the camera app. Follow the
link with Google if you can and it should say connecting. You’ll need to verify your identity
next on your old device by using your PIN or biometrics. After this, your Google account and
even WiFi data will be transferred to your new phone so you shouldn’t need to log in or connect
to your WiFi network, all of this is automatic. Finally for this section, you may need to restart
your new phone by tapping on the blue button. Eventually, you’ll get to a screen that
asks you if you want to copy apps & data from your Android device. Make sure you tap on
the blue next button here and look out for any allow buttons or OK buttons on one or both
of the phones if it asks you at any stage. You need to allow permission
in order to transfer the data. If you’ve already set up your device, you can
still transfer your data from your old phone. Open settings on both of your phones and
scroll down and choose accounts and backup. Now choose Smart switch on your old phone and
then “bring data from old device” on your new phone in the Smart Switch section. You now need
to choose the relevant option on both of your phones. This means choose send data on your
old phone and receive data on your new phone. The process should now be identical whether you’re
setting up your device for the first time or not, so everyone can follow from here to transfer your
data. You might need to choose a source for the data transfer on your new phone, so tap on Galaxy
and Android. Now we need to choose a connection type for the transfer. You will have the option
of choosing wireless transfer or by using a cable. Tap on the option you want on one or both of your
phones, and remember to choose the same option on both if you have that. Transferring over WiFi will
take longer so we’ll be using the cable. I’m using a USB C to USB C cable for this and they just need
to be inserted into each of the charging ports. Your new device will search for data to transfer
and then present you with the options of what you can bring. You can choose everything
if you want, that’s what we’ll be doing, but if you tap on custom and then next, you can
choose individual categories to be transferred. Take your time with this and make sure you
choose to bring everything you want to. Tap on next and now you might see some apps that
can’t bring messaging data. WhatsApp is a common one and you’ll need to backup chats on that
app which you can do by selecting it and then by creating a backup. If you are transferring
WhatsApp data, then click the card or click the link in the description to watch a helpful
video showing you how to do that. You can follow that method after you tap on Whatsapp
as it will open the app on your old phone, and for any other apps here I’d recommend
researching their own methods. Essentially, all you need to do is create a recent backup.
Click on next and the data transfer should begin. This could take a while depending on
the data being transferred and your WiFi speed. Allow it to complete, however if you are
setting up your device for the first time, you should be allowed to complete the setup
process whilst data is being transferred. There won’t be too many steps left. These
include turning on or turning of backups and when you get to signing into or creating a
Samsung account, look out for the skip button as you can do this later if you want to. Also
remember to keep an eye out to opt out from any data collection if you don’t want that. There will
also be a section on installing recommended apps. These are not related to the transfer
and are just apps that you might like. You can uncheck the box next
to these to not install them. Once you’ve followed the remaining setup steps
and completed the setup, you should load up your phone and have all your data on it. This
includes things like your wallpaper and home screen layout so your new device should look
identical to your old one. Now I’d recommend checking that everything has copied over before
you delete the contents of your old phone if you choose to do that in the future. You can always
move files and photos manually via the internet or a PC later as the data on your old phone
will not be deleted as mentioned at the start. If some apps seem to be greyed out, they
might be still installing so check by swiping down from the top of the screen
to see your notifications. Allow these to download and install and it might take a while
depending on how many apps need to be installed. If for some reason the transfer didn’t take
everything, you can always try again using the method shown earlier, on how to use Smart
Switch once you’ve already set up your device. Remember that some of the apps on your device
might require sign-ins again and some will have their own way of transferring data and backups, so
check for the method for each of the apps you own if their data wasn’t transferred within the app.
That’s how to transfer data from a Samsung Galaxy phone to your new one using Smart Switch.
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