PLEASE HELP going from HTC ONE to PRIV

[walterkurtz]

UPDATE: i think content transfer is working now over wifi...will update after update. so much excitement really want to love this phone.

hi! forgive me for posting this twice, i failed to get a response at crackberry to this question:

how do i transfer data from my previous device (HTC ONE) to the new one (BB PRIV)?

i researched this topic last week and believed that i had at least two options: an app called HELIUM (non rooted HTC) or the built in CONTENT TRANSFER app on the PRIV. third, and i must have misunderstood this: when i logged into google the first time i thought it would give me an option to download all of my data...

none of these options have worked thus far.

i am trying HELIUM again at this moment with my HTC hooked up to my macbook. but it says "performing backup" and has said that for quite a while. i suspect it isn't working.

i can try and get to a tmobile store today and see if they can help. but i am hoping the wonderful and knowledgeable community here can help.

PS i believe i am only able to have one device connected to the internet at a time, as tmobile deactivated my HTC SIM card when i received my PRIV last night....

THANK YOU!!

 

[christenmartin]

They should be able to do it at t-mobile. I came from a windows phone and they transfered all contacts and texting info over. If you have been on android your Google account should take care of the rest. I did download my contacts to my surface as well as music and pics. Then it's a process of click and drag. Plug one in and copy, plug the other one in and drag.

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[Deleted member 2678566]

I love hearing stories of other Android users come to the PRIV!

 

[walterkurtz]

i returned mine yesterday trying the LG V10

 

[PlisskenPower]

It's so easy to transfer stuff between devices. Most of it can be done using simple NFC. It is totally a waste of time to buy a device, then return it due to some simple data transfer learning curve. How is another Android device going to make it any different? It isn't the fact it's a BlackBerry PRIV that causes a problem with transferring data between two Android devices.

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[Deleted member 2678566]

i returned mine yesterday trying the LG V10

Sorry to hear that. It shouldnt have been too difficult to transfer from Android to Android

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[walterkurtz]

It's so easy to transfer stuff between devices. Most of it can be done using simple NFC. It is totally a waste of time to buy a device, then return it due to some simple data transfer learning curve. How is another Android device going to make it any different? It isn't the fact it's a BlackBerry PRIV that causes a problem with transferring data between two Android devices.

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oh no i returned the priv for numerous reasons (battery life/warmth, syncing issues with google calendar and gmail, camera, etc).

and i did try transferring data using NFC and it failed. blackberry content transfer got most of my data from HTC to BB.

 

[walterkurtz]

Sorry to hear that. It shouldnt have been too difficult to transfer from Android to Android

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me too. i wanted to keep it. but my 20 day trial was about to end. and transfer wasn't the only reason i returned the PRIV...