How to transfer everything from old Android phone to new one
Android transfers everything automatically through your Google account. During setup, sign in with your Gmail account and choose 'Restore from backup'. Your apps, contacts, photos, messages, and settings will come over in 20-30 minutes. WiFi connection helps speed it up.
Android backs up everything automatically to your Google account — apps, contacts, photos, messages, calendar, and settings. When you set up a new phone and sign in with the same Google account, tap 'Restore from backup' and everything comes back. The process takes 20-30 minutes based on how much data you have. We'll walk you through it step by step.
- ✓Have your Gmail address and password ready
- ✓Have both phones available (old and new)
- ✓Connect to WiFi on your new phone (data transfer is faster over WiFi)
- ✓Make sure your old phone is fully updated with the latest Android version
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Using a different Google account on the new phone than the old one — backups are account-specific and won't restore
- Interrupting the restore process because it seems slow — large backups take 20-30 minutes
- Not staying on WiFi during the restore — the transfer is much slower on mobile data
Signs you need professional help
- If you've restored from backup but critical apps or data like messages didn't come through, or if the restore fails completely, give us a call and we can help troubleshoot or manually recover your data.
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