Yes and what's the best way to do it?
Posted via my Galaxy Note3 on the Android Central App
That's the question we all don't want to attempt answering as there is no button press that does it all. You really got to do it once and find the best way for you next time.
This is ambassador @Rukbat's take on it:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=499341
I did it once last summer, around the same time as Jalopiejoe here (stop hiding
) and with that valuable experience I have no firm plan on how to do it again when I get Lollipop!
Sync all to your Samsung account, and remember your log in details. Have a look at Accounts - Samsung. Sync what you need to your Google account, I don't send photos to the cloud. If you use Google + that's gonna help.
Like Rukbat says, ensure contacts are Googled or merged, not on the device, Samsung does Samsung contacts sync too.
Use SMS Backup and Restore, or my preference SMS Backup +.
Drag all your media to a pc or storage. Dropbox was very helpful for me as well, I didn't send much to it but it saved some Samsung files.
Whether you want to use Helium for app data, or root and use Titanium or Rukbat's preference is up to you. I will just start my apps from scratch over 2 or 3 days.
You can backup and restore with Samsung Kies of course, but it won't do everything.
That's my dumb take on it, people will have more, better and smarter ideas. I don't mind, I hope I get more info too.