I backed up using:
- Samsung Smart Switch
- Google (syncing everything it will sync)
- Import/Export Contacts to .vcf
- SMS Backup and Restore
- Moved all my photos, videos, ringtones, etc. to my PC -- will pick and choose which ones I want stored on the phone
I did a factory reset and wiped the SD card after confirming there was nothing I needed on it. I then upgraded to
5.1.1 and then put in my Google credentials. It's amazing how little it restores!
Next up was Samsung Smart Switch. It restored the Apps and my Call Log, however it did not restore the
Home screen(s) or
Contact Favorites. Fortunately I took notes of how my Homescreens were arranged.
Samsung Smart Switch's backup of
Messages was incomplete so I am running
SMS Backup and Restore. It's been restoring 14k messages for about an hour now. It keeps pausing when the phone goes to sleep so I've got to increase the sleep time to 10 minutes or so.
I'm trying out
Nova Launcher. Pretty awesome so far once I got the settings dialed in the way I want.