Hey all - need some quick help if you don't mind
Have a ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 with safestrap Custom ROMs etc. Just purchased an unlocked Tmobile Galaxy Note 4 and plan on using my S4 Sim in it.
I want to transfer all from the S4 to the Note 4 and try not to lose anything if possible. I can obviously backup everything gmail related, and use TiBu for the rest. But to make it super easy, is the best way to use Samsung Smart Switch on both devices?
Will there be any issues because I'm going from ATT device to a Tmobile device? Or from a custom ROM to a different custom ROM?
Thanks for all the help and comments friends - I've very excited about my new device!! :good:
Should be no problem with Smart Switch I have use it on multiple devices being rooted./
Smart switch will definitely get most stuff, just not apps but they're synced with the play store & it will transfer a list of your apps. You could try kies on a computer but I've never had much luck with it
zoso28 said:
Smart switch will definitely get most stuff, just not apps but they're synced with the play store & it will transfer a list of your apps. You could try kies on a computer but I've never had much luck with it
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Good to know. Disappointing it doesn't do apps but i guess I can just use TiBu.
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Hey all - need some quick help if you don't mind
Have a ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 with safestrap Custom ROMs etc. Just purchased an unlocked Tmobile Galaxy Note 4 and plan on using my S4 Sim in it.
I want to transfer all from the S4 to the Note 4 and try not to lose anything if possible. I can obviously backup everything gmail related, and use TiBu for the rest. But to make it super easy, is the best way to use Samsung Smart Switch on both devices?
Will there be any issues because I'm going from ATT device to a Tmobile device? Or from a custom ROM to a different custom ROM?
Thanks for all the help and comments friends - I've very excited about my new device!! :good:
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Try that app install copy contacts to sim switch sim in t-mobile phone your all set :good:
Sorry try this instead My Backup Pro v4.2.6 Just Read your whole post lol
Backup and Restore items supported:
- Applications
- Photos
- Music
- Video
- Contacts
- Call log
- Text messages (SMS)
- Message attachments (MMS)
- Browser Bookmarks
- Home Screen Shortcuts and Wallpaper
- System Settings
- Calendar events
- Alarms
- Dictionary
- Music Playlists
- APN settings
- And much more...
hello, I have the following problem.
I made the change from note 4 to hauwei mate s both with Android 5.1.1 and I can not change the notes in evernote. I try to explain better: for years use the app's notes, with which I edit of customer files (estimates and advances).
s account and the notes' synchronized with evernote. not having known s the mate's, I installed on the latter evenote.sono entered my evernotein account which I find all the notes previously saved. The problem 'that these notes open the mate's, me and displays them in .spd clicking formed above me opens in .jpeg displaying them as if they were photographs. my need, as described above, and 'to update these notes periodically (for example, entering any deposit left by the customer, as I did on notes 4), but the mate, I do not do' do.
at this point, I ask if anyone knows the method of operating the apk's notes on non samsung terminals ... I think it's the only solution.
The same question applies to s health, that 'if there is possibility' of use of non-Samsung terminals to meet up the data of the steps / activities' carried out that are memeorizzati in the backup.
the last request (s health) is not 'imperative. the previous one (s notes), instead, for business reasons you can imagine.
Thanks in advance
Hi XDA!
I am a recent convert to Android from many years of iPhone usage. I made the plunge by investing in what like among the best if not the best Android phone available, the Note 8. So far I am a very happy camper!
That is until today. This is my fault and not the phones fault however. I forgot the password to the phone which I had written down IN THE PHONE ITSELF (facepalm). I actually bought a notebook to write the password down in last night for this very reason. Lovely coincident happened: My phone discharged during the night so now I need the password to get in. To my question of the day then:
How would i go about opening an .SNM file on a PC?
I have such a file stored in a backup of the phone: C:\Users\**\Documents\samsung\SmartSwitch\backup\SM-N950F\SM-N950F_\SM-N950F_20171104133032\SamsungNotes\SamsungNote.snm.
I am assuming this file contains the notes. Stupidly the passwords were jotted down with the (wonderful) S-Pen so I cannot simply go through it with a hex editor/text editor and look for my files. I need a proper extraction tool/process of some kind to get the images/notes out.
All i have found on the internet refers to opening the (older?) .SNB files which apparently are simply .zip-archives.
Any help would be greatly appreciated indeed!
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Andreas
Hi again!
Just wanted to share an update incase anyone else is googling after getting themselves into a similar situation or for any other reason need to open their samsung notes files.
What I ended up doing was restoring my backup using Smart Switch to another device I have access to. An S7 to be more precise. One problem that bogged me down however was that the Samsung Notes app on the S7 did not properly load or even recognize the notes it received from the backup, the notes originally made on the note 8. It turns out this was because the note 8 for some reason receives a newer version of samsung notes (2.XX instead of 1.4).
After fiddling around with the backup settings in the .xml files i managed to get it working by sideloading the newer version of Samsung Notes downloaded as an APK and installing that. Then the S7 would load the notes and I could access the info I needed
Silly me for getting into the issue but I am happy I managed to fix it!
Hi all,
I currently have a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, and have purchased the XZ1 Compact. I have been unable to figure out how to transfer my settings (i.e. home screen layout and such) and apps to my new phone.
My old phone and new phone are not rooted, so I understand the actual app data would not transfer, but even if it just knew which apps to download it would be great.
I tried backing up using the Xperia software but it only wants to restore the same phone's content to the new one, it won't let me use a backup from another phone.
Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
Asya86 said:
Hi all,
I currently have a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, and have purchased the XZ1 Compact. I have been unable to figure out how to transfer my settings (i.e. home screen layout and such) and apps to my new phone.
My old phone and new phone are not rooted, so I understand the actual app data would not transfer, but even if it just knew which apps to download it would be great.
I tried backing up using the Xperia software but it only wants to restore the same phone's content to the new one, it won't let me use a backup from another phone.
Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
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Make sure you have got Google syncronised on your old machine and that you have backup enabled in settings\back up restore. Once you log into your new phone Google should push all the apps that were on your old phone accross. It works three times out of four.
Install Xperia Transer Mobile on both devices and follow instructions. This will move your homescreen, contacts, MMS messages and phone events history. The only issue I had with this is sometimes it wouldn't work across wifi, and I think I ended up using the NFC tag and bluetooth method.
So if you have your apps and you have your homescreen & messages, you should be there.
The one thing I've enjoyed about Oreo is that your app passwords get carried over with your google account. So when you reinstall your Oreo build, it will offer to autofill your logins for you. Nice or creapy, depending on your point of view.
Didgesteve said:
Make sure you have got Google syncronised on your old machine and that you have backup enabled in settings\back up restore. Once you log into your new phone Google should push all the apps that were on your old phone accross. It works three times out of four.
Install Xperia Transer Mobile on both devices and follow instructions. This will move your homescreen, contacts, MMS messages and phone events history. The only issue I had with this is sometimes it wouldn't work across wifi, and I think I ended up using the NFC tag and bluetooth method.
So if you have your apps and you have your homescreen & messages, you should be there.
The one thing I've enjoyed about Oreo is that your app passwords get carried over with your google account. So when you reinstall your Oreo build, it will offer to autofill your logins for you. Nice or creapy, depending on your point of view.
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Thanks, that worked!
wrong subforum, sorry. please delete this post.
I will be doing the same thing tomorrow, when my XZ1c arrives, except I'll be moving from 2 phones to the new one - my Z5c with a messed up screen, and my Z1c, which was my backup for the last 6 weeks. Is this going to cause any issues?
dave
It will work.
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bigdfmartin said:
I will be doing the same thing tomorrow, when my XZ1c arrives, except I'll be moving from 2 phones to the new one - my Z5c with a messed up screen, and my Z1c, which was my backup for the last 6 weeks. Is this going to cause any issues?
dave
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It shouldn't have any issues. When restoring from your Google account synched backup you can only restore from one device. So during the xz1 setup choose the device with your preferred settings and app downloads.
When using the Xperia backup transfer tool all will be fine.
In case SMS and MMS doesn't transfer correctly I recommend using
SMS backup and restore +
From the play store.
I currently have a Z1 and will be upgrading to XZ2 Premium, I want to make sure that I can backup and transfer my Wifi passwords, Contacts and messaging is more or less routine so I want to know what works and your experience when you got the XZ2
I have used the PC Xperia Companion to back up my stuff, also used the Sony App Xperia Transfer from the PS and it says it backs up Wifi, I have also used google backup to the cloud and finally Titanium Backup XML (possibly needs root but have read it doesn't), all of these claim to backup Wifi but I have read from various sources that they don't work
So my question is how did you do it on your new XZ2 and what worked
Many thanks
so all the members here - this is their first smart phone
I only asked a simple question and I do hope that someone here will share their experience
it will not only help me but also help others that are going through this process
Geoffxx said:
so all the members here - this is their first smart phone
I only asked a simple question and I do hope that someone here will share their experience
it will not only help me but also help others that are going through this process
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I ignored the message, because it is my first Sony Phone.
I broke my Nexus 6 with water....
I could only use my Google backup and my brain.
MartinX3 said:
I ignored the message, because it is my first Sony Phone.
I broke my Nexus 6 with water....
I could only use my Google backup and my brain.
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well at least you replied even though my question remains unanswered
Sorry about your N6
The built-in app, Xperia Transfer Mobile worked fine for me...Phone logs, messages, settings, media, and apps transferred quite smoothly from an Lg to XZ2.
arjunm said:
The built-in app, Xperia Transfer Mobile worked fine for me...Phone logs, messages, settings, media, and apps transferred quite smoothly from an Lg to XZ2.
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cheers for that, including wifi - I have about 110 wifi passcodes, that would be a lot of time spent inputting even half of them lol
wouldn't really matter if both devices were rooted but the new one won't be
arjunm said:
The built-in app, Xperia Transfer Mobile worked fine for me...Phone logs, messages, settings, media, and apps transferred quite smoothly from an Lg to XZ2.
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Geoffxx said:
cheers for that, including wifi - I have about 110 wifi passcodes, that would be a lot of time spent inputting even half of them lol
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Interesting, my "Saved Networks" Wi-Fi settings did not get transferred from my XZ1 to XZ2 with XTM. And I could have sworn that worked seamlessly from XZ -> XZ1.
I ended up using the g Cloud Backup app for that. of course ever network now says it was "saved by g Cloud Backup" or some nonsense which is a bit silly.
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Interesting, my "Saved Networks" Wi-Fi settings did not get transferred from my XZ1 to XZ2 with XTM. And I could have sworn that worked seamlessly from XZ -> XZ1.
I ended up using the g Cloud Backup app for that. of course ever network now says it was "saved by g Cloud Backup" or some nonsense which is a bit silly.
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Thanks for the reply, but - as far as I understand "g cloud backup" requires root access to backup wifi passwords so, yes, you can backup wifi and restore them to a rooted device and that is fine, I have various apps and various copies of my wifi passwords all over the place …………...but my phone is rooted, my new phone will not be rooted so again the question remains unanswered about wifi passwords
I would have thought that the official Sony Transfer App would transfer wifi passwords to a new phone but I have read from several sources and people that is does not, I have also heard some say that it did, the other stuff like contacts - call logs - messages etc is not in question and is routine but it seems there is still conflicting information about wifi passwords.
It is also worth noting that with wifi passwords is not obvious that they were transferred, you need to look hard to establish if they were or go to a previously known hotspot and see if it logs in, it will initially show as disabled in the wifi list but once enabled it will login as normal if the password was transferred
From what I can gather the Xperia transfer app will transfer wifi passwords providing both devices are Xperia and that you choose that option on both phones
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Thanks for the reply, but - as far as I understand "g cloud backup" requires root ...
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yeah, it looks like g Cloud didn't transfer the passwords, which is annoying (and I avoid rooting on Sony's because of the DRM stuff). Google itself, with their backup stores them too reportedly, but it seems to be a bit random as to when it actually restores them and there is no way to force it to do so. XTM has worked fine in the past and I may try again to transfer just the minimum and see if I cant get them again.
Edit: well, I guess this explains it. Went back to Xperia Transfer Mobile to see about doing a WiFi direct transfer of only the access points saved. After pairing the devices together, under the list of items to transfer, Apps & Settings->WiFi Networks, it is grayed out and says "No Data". Even though there are over 400 (!) networks listed under "Saved Networks." on the XZ1. So for some reason, XTM doesn't want to transfer them or has some access rights problem (I'm on Oreo 8.0 with both devices).
I read somewhere that XTM doesn't like transferring items that are backed up elsewhere. Maybe it thinks letting Google do it itself under Oreo is the way to go? I'll have to go to the Sony Mobile forums and see if others are having the same issue. Bother.
I will be doing it later and will let you know how I get on, one thing I do know is that the xml file for wifi passwords was backed up to my SD card using the Xperia Transfer App because I looked at them in the folder, I get my new phone later today and will see what happens, if XTA was able to extract the passwords and save them then I see know reason why they cannot be restored to the new phone as it obviously must have access in order to extract them as long as both phones are Sony Xperia, in fact it says that in the app description on PS
just a quick update, I just started up my new XZ2 Premium and went through the startup procedure which just automatically asked me did I want to transfer from my old device which I said yes, paired them using NFC and let them get on with it, all wifi passwords were copied over
My devices are usually rooted, so:
- contacts are exported to vcf & restored in the contacts app (I used to run a radicale server for contacts & calendar, but it wasn't worth it)
- I rarely use the calendar, so nothing there
- wifi: backed up file via root: /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
- apps & app data: I used to use Helium, but it stopped being reliable & I switched to oandbackups (requires root)
- for internal storage, I just did an adb pull/push, as since Nougat, adb reflects not only the files, but the directory structure as well.
adwinp said:
My devices are usually rooted, so:
- contacts are exported to vcf & restored in the contacts app (I used to run a radicale server for contacts & calendar, but it wasn't worth it)
- I rarely use the calendar, so nothing there
- wifi: backed up file via root: /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
- apps & app data: I used to use Helium, but it stopped being reliable & I switched to oandbackups (requires root)
- for internal storage, I just did an adb pull/push, as since Nougat, adb reflects not only the files, but the directory structure as well.
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That is great and pretty much what most people would do if both devices were rooted
What would you do if the new phone is not rooted and not much chance of it being rooted any time soon - which is what this thread is about