Or read Backing up an Android Device. It's not as easy as clicking "Back Up" on one program, but it backs up everything, and can restore everything to the same phone or another one.
By any chance does anyone know if smart switch will restore the phone exactly as it was? For example, would I have to rearrange all my apps and home screen the way I had it before? And how about my settings? Thanks
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Is there a reason why you'd rather not use Kies? How do I Back Up and Restore my device using Kies 3?
You could also use Helium.
By the way, please try not to bump a thread more than once in a 24 hour period. There are tons of new posts on this forum every day, so we can't always get to all of them right away!
I found that there are 2 different versions of Samsung Smart Switch for the PC. (confusingly named exactly the same as SmartSwitch).
One version is just a restore tool, the other is a backup and restore tool.
The full backup and restore version (Smart_Switch_PC_4.0.15064_11.exe) is here: samsung.com/ae/support/smartswitch/
The restore only version (SmartSwitch_2.5.14123_3.exe) is here: samsungsmartswitch.org/
Hope this helps others with the same issue of trying to backup and/or restore their S6.
PS. Don't know if this post will work as I have not made 10 posts it was blocking links. I have removed the normal www/https type prefix from the web sites.