How Long Will It Take To Set Up Your Phone The Way You Want?

[claykin]

I use Nova Launcher and it lets you back up your set up on the old phone and then you can do a restore on the new phone which saves a bunch of time (I email the back up file to myself and then on the new phone I find that back up in the email and Nova automatically launces and installs it). Installing my apps took longest amount of time. Since then I've tinkered with a few settings to get it dialed in a little bit. Took me a few to find the notification reminder for missed calls/messages/email since the LED reminder is now absent on the S10.

I typically do the same. This time I'm thinking to try the stock launcher. It looks pretty solid in One UI. My main love about Nova was the ability to open the notification blind pulling from anywhere on screen. Stock launcher does this now. And quite a bit that Nova does. Sure Nova has tons of other features but 90% of them I either don't use or don't care.

 

[Ninjarette]

It sometimes takes about 3 days to tweak everything - I use Switch, but I still end up getting rid of apps I don't use and changing my home screen setup. I'm also checking out new settings and making modifications....looking at the latest icon packs, wallpapers/widgets and themes. But my phone is 90% done, within an hour of transferring everything over. My phone is my life - work and personal, so I need it up and fully functional ASAP. My phone came yesterday - I had it delivered to my job, and since it was a slow day, I was able to get the essentials for work done fairly quickly. I'm off work today, so I spent this morning finishing and fine-tuning. I'm done.

 

[Rose4uKY]

I usually just let everything come back over and then I go through and uninstall the apps I don't use. Last time all my home screens came back with folders and all my apps in them. Than I just rearrange what I want and uninstall what I don't really use anymore Then I have to sign into everything I am guessing it will take me a couple hours I don't know. We'll see if and when I get the phone.

 

[tcdude]

It's taking me a while there are some things that have changed so it'll take some time to get used to

 

[Rose4uKY]

My husband needs to know just how to make sure all his saved WiFi passwords cross over. They don't have access at his work but someone snuck and put the password in on his phone without letting him see what it was so he's hopping it crosses over.

 

[Philipmom]

smart switch transferred my wifi and passwords over just fine.

 

[Rose4uKY]

smart switch transferred my wifi and passwords over just fine.

Thank you! I just remember signing in to a new phone before and having an option when you log into your google account to have them come back I couldn't remember exactly.