I've never used Smart Switch and I've ALWAYS been very confused on the whole back up thing in the Android world. I have MyBackup Pro which backs up the apks and supposedly the data, however the last time I transferred to another phone I had to "ok" the installation of every single app individually, one-by-one, and even after spending the better part of an afternoon doing that very, very few of them had any data intact. It was a mess, to put it bluntly. I'd be better off doing a brand new install via Play Store and starting over from scratch.
Having said that, everyone seems to be talking up Smart Switch as if it would have a similar outcome to backing up and restoring on an iPhone. I guess I'm trying to get my head around what exactly will survive and what won't. For example, if I have an application that I have to log into, will my credentials come over? What about Bluetooth device setups? And wifi passwords?
I use Google for email and contacts so I'm not in need of transferring those since they should automatically come over when I log into Google.
What about my "find and replace" shortcut words? I feel like I ALWAYS have to recreate them from scratch and it doesn't matter if I'm using the Google keyboard or the Samsung keyboard.
I had planned to spend today cleaning up my S7 in the hopes of doing this Smart Switch, but I wish I understood better what exactly Smart Switch will do for me.
If this is already a point of discussion that I missed please feel free to point me in the right direction for that.
ETA: I'm also currently running a theme with some widgets and of course a specific icon layout including folders...do those make it through a "Smart Switch"?
Having said that, everyone seems to be talking up Smart Switch as if it would have a similar outcome to backing up and restoring on an iPhone. I guess I'm trying to get my head around what exactly will survive and what won't. For example, if I have an application that I have to log into, will my credentials come over? What about Bluetooth device setups? And wifi passwords?
I use Google for email and contacts so I'm not in need of transferring those since they should automatically come over when I log into Google.
What about my "find and replace" shortcut words? I feel like I ALWAYS have to recreate them from scratch and it doesn't matter if I'm using the Google keyboard or the Samsung keyboard.
I had planned to spend today cleaning up my S7 in the hopes of doing this Smart Switch, but I wish I understood better what exactly Smart Switch will do for me.
If this is already a point of discussion that I missed please feel free to point me in the right direction for that.
ETA: I'm also currently running a theme with some widgets and of course a specific icon layout including folders...do those make it through a "Smart Switch"?