It's done. I need a new sd card but I have enough device storage for now.
Google replaced half the apps during the 1st night, but I had to set them all up manually, and download more from the Play Store account during the day. I had left home without trying Kies restore.
I've confused myself where everything else came back from.
Old scrapbook files (3) from before I turned off Samsung sync in Feb came back from Samsung. Recent S-Notes came back about 12 hours later, maybe from Samsung or when I hooked up to Kies on my PC late yesterday.
I selected most of the restore options on Kies that night, but only chose the apps I had left to restore rather than all.
I did get one warning from Kies that malicious software detection had been turned on and I opted to skip one app.
I just have to set up the homescreens and widgets the way they were, but overall a 2 day job for me. I'll know better next time.
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