How to transfer contacts/files from Galaxy S4 to S5 wirelessly?

[trox311]

How to transfer contacts/files from Galaxy S4 to S5 wirelessly

Just bought the Galaxy S5 yesterday because the charge port on my S4 broke. I can't charge my old phone or plug it into a computer to extract files.
No files saved to SD card or Gmail account either. I'm going to borrow a friend's S4 battery and put in mine.

Will the NFC beam transfer allow me to move my contacts from the S4 to the S5? The S4 is deactivated.

 

[wellons1]

Re: How to transfer contacts/files from Galaxy S4 to S5 wirelessly

Try the Samsung Smart Switch Mobile app.

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[Rukbat]

Re: How to transfer contacts/files from Galaxy S4 to S5 wirelessly

If the contacts are Google contacts, and synced, just sync them on the S5. If not, go to Contacts/menu, Import/Export. export all your contacts to the SIM card, then import all of them to your Google account, use wifi to sync them. Then the S5 will sync them down. (It's easier than reading the description.)

For files I normally use WiFi File Transfer. (You can install it via wifi too, the phone doesn't have to be activated.

BTW, getting the microUSB port replaced on an S4 isn't an expensive job - it's a cheap plug-in assembly.