When we buy a new mobile, the first thing we do is think about the best method to transfer all the information from our old smartphone to the new one, including the applications so we can quickly start messing with it. Depending on our needs, we have different solutions to this problem.
The first thing to keep in mind when transferring installed applications to another Android is that this process it doesn't always work out Due to the operation of the Play Store, which by the way, is the same in the Apple App Store. And when I say that it does not always work out, it is because some applications allow us to carry out this process.
To reduce the space that applications occupy on mobile devices, when we download the applications from the Play Store, the application is downloaded adapting to our terminal, that is, with the configuration that best suits our device.
Passing the applications from one computer to another is an operation that due to the operation of Google Play (as I explained in the previous paragraph), requires both devices to be the same model if we want the applications to work without problems, and still, nobody can guarantee it.
In the case of different devices, the process to transfer the applications from one mobile to another has 90% chance of not working. In fact, the applications that allow us to carry out this process will inform us that the applications may not work on the device where we are going to copy them.
Here are the best solutions for pRoast the installed applications to another Android.
Google Backup
The easiest and fastest method to transfer all the information that we have stored on a mobile device to a new one is to use Google services. Android allows us to make a backup copy of all the content stored on our device, a backup that will be automatically restored when we configure our new device.
The backup that Android allows us to make includes:
- Application data
- List of applications
- Text messages
- Call History
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Device settings
What data is not included in the backup?
- Multimedia files
When it comes to changing smartphones, one of the main problems users face is how keep photos and videos that they have made with the device, since they are the type of content that occupies the most space in the terminal and that offers us the most problems when transferring to another device.
If you use Google Photos, and with the resolution and quality that this platform offers us, we have more than enough, we don't need to back up our albums, Since all the content is available in Google Photos, we will be able to access it from the new device without any problems.
Although Google Photos currently is no longer completely freeIf we allow the service to keep a high-quality copy of all our images and videos, we can continue to use it without problems for a few years, until the 15 GB of free space that Google offers us when we create a Gmail account is filled. , space that is shared with all its services.
Keep images and videos in original resolution
If we want to lose forever the images and videos that we have taken with our old mobile device, the only solution, if we do not want to pay for a cloud storage platform, is for connecting the device to a computer and copying the DCIM folder to our computer.
Later, we can go back to copy that same folder to the new mobile device In order to have all the photographs and videos that we have taken with the old device at hand again.
Copy photos and videos to a PC
- Making a copy of the images and videos to a PC is as simple as connecting the smartphone to the PC using the charging cable.
- On the smartphone, we must select the File transfer option.
- When connected to the PC, the PC will automatically detect the device as a storage drive.
- Finally, we must access the storage unit that has been created, click on the DCIM folder, with the right mouse button click on the Copy option and then, with the right button, we paste it on our computer.
- Another option, not available on all devices, is to drag the folder to the directory on our PC where we want to store the copy.
Copy photos and videos to a Mac
- The first thing to do is download the application Android File Transfer from this link. This application, created by Google, is available for download free of charge.
- Once we have connected the smartphone to the Mac, in the menu that is displayed on the smartphone, we select File transfer.
- When executing the application, the root directory of our mobile device will automatically open and we must proceed in the same way as in Windows, dragging the folder to the directory where we want to store the backup.
Copy the photos and videos to the new smartphone
The process for copying the photos and videos that we have copied to a computer is the same as for extracting them, but in reverse, that is, dragging the DCIM folder from our computer to the mobile device.
ShareMe
Xiaomi makes available to all users an application with which we can copy absolutely all the content from one mobile to anotherregardless of who its manufacturer is.
When I say all the content, I mean that it also allows us to copy even the applications, although as I have commented above, it is not a process that works in most cases. In fact, the application itself, when we select the applications to copy to another Android device, will show us the message:
This app might not be compatible with the recipient's device
With the ShareMe application we can copy all the content in images, videos and music format, as long as it is not protected with DRM. It also allows us to transfer files. However, it does not allow us to keep contacts, calendar data, text messages, call list ... data that we can transfer by making a backup copy with Google.
Best solution: combine both
Thanks to the Google backup, we can make a backup of calls, messages, contacts, calendar, but not multimedia files. TO
Furthermore, a list with all the installed applications is also transferred, so that when restoring the copy, all the applications that we had installed on the old device will automatically be installed.
To transfer the files, images and videos, we can use Xiaomi ShareMe. In this way, we take advantage of the best functionalities that both functions offer us.