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I've got a faulty Galaxy S2 so the nice people at Orange are replacing it tomorrow. The only think is they insist on doing a phone swap, courier drops new phone and takes away the old phone. He won't wait around for me to do a USB transfer of stuff. I therefore need to back up everything to then dump it on the new phone.

I need to transfer Apps, Contacts, Music, Photos and settings.

Any recommended Apps or processes for doing this quickly, easily and reliably? The phone is not rooted.

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Posted : 04/04/2013 1:32 pm
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'App backup & restore'
'SMS backup & restore'

Sync contacts beforehand or export (setting->export as i recall)

take screenshots of your homescreens if you want to replicate them on the new phone (or if you use a different launcher, some will allow you to backup your settings).

do all this to your SD card and then transfer that over, reinstall the apps above, off you go.


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 1:37 pm
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what about music, photos and video? Just copy this to PC?


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 1:40 pm
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Isn't that on your SD card already too? If not, move it!


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 1:41 pm
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Have you got the time (or inclination) to root it? If yes, then Titanium backup will do the lot.


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 1:56 pm
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never really looked at rooting?

Is it difficult?
Is it worth it?
Will I void warranty?
Why should I bother? (other than for this back-up)


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 2:00 pm
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I use My back up pro


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 2:29 pm
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[i]Is it difficult?[/i] Not really
[i]Is it worth it?[/i] Probably not
[i]Will I void warranty?[/i] Might do
[i]Why should I bother? (other than for this back-up)[/i] Dunno.

Sorry 🙁 Just noticed the phone's being collected tomorrow.

You won't need to back up your apps as Google Play will retain your list of apps on-line (google play > menu > my apps) or something.

Your contacts should all be gmail contacts - just re-sync when you get the replacement phone.

Music and Photos should be on the SD card - or just transfer straight to PC as above.

Settings.... have you customised it significantly?

The only thing that may be of concern are your SMS messages. [url= http://tinyurl.com/cbqvoxz ]There's an app for that.[/url]


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 2:30 pm
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Samsung Kies (I thought that was exactly what it was for) 😯


 
Posted : 04/04/2013 2:31 pm

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