Upgrading from an old Galaxy S7, what gets transferred to new phone?

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peejayw

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#281280 9-Feb-2021 11:16

Family member wants to upgrade her Samsung Galaxy S7 to probably and S20. She has some old text messages of sentimental value on the phone and does not want to lose them. Will text messages be automatically transferred to the new phone or can they be backed up in some way and then copied across?

Thanks.

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#2650136 9-Feb-2021 11:41

It can pay to use an app like SMS Backup and Restore as a matter of course, as this ensures one always has texts backed up (I just have it automated to backup to OneDrive on a regular basis), but equally such apps can be used to transfer texts from one phone to another as a one-off event.

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#2650140 9-Feb-2021 11:43

Samsung has an app that transfers everything.

To be doubly sure back up on Samsung cloud and google.

Don't reset old phone until you've checked everything.

Obviously some apps with secure passwords eg bank etc will be to be reactivated or re login

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#2650141 9-Feb-2021 11:44

But yeah sms all gets moved with that app

peejayw

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#2650203 9-Feb-2021 12:02

Thanks, I will back up the messages first just to be sure.

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#2650295 9-Feb-2021 13:09

There's also the samsung cloud backup and the native google backup which you can access via settings. The google one will do phone settings (known wifi etc / backgrounds) as well as SMS and some app data.

Or utilise the samsung smart switch software when you're setting up the S20.