Swapping phone brands - data transfer...

[Slyjoe]

Help your old dad out here please:
When I upgraded my phone from a Oneplus-5 to a Oneplus-8, I managed to mash enough buttons that everything just transferred to my new phone, as if it were my old phone.. ( there may have been a transfer App involved)

If I were to change brands to a Google Pixel 6a, how will the replication of my old phone onto the new phone transpire please?

For context: my Oneplus 8 has dead pixels in the camera.

Much thanks in advance.

[numtumfutunch]

Theyre both Android so it should be seamless

Ive been on the platform for over a decade and move from brands each time I chop my phone without stress

[the-norseman]

Yes you will be asked to connect both of them using a USB cable.

[C5_Steve]

I've done exactly the same as you're asking ie swapped from OnePlus to OnePlus and OnePlus to Google and back. I don't believe you'll need to connect them from memory it'll be over Bluetooth/WiFi and using your Google login credentials. Very straightforward and I think slightly easier than the OnePlus set up.

[Slyjoe]

C5_Steve said:

I've done exactly the same as you're asking ie swapped from OnePlus to OnePlus and OnePlus to Google and back. I don't believe you'll need to connect them from memory it'll be over Bluetooth/WiFi and using your Google login credentials. Very straightforward and I think slightly easier than the OnePlus set up.

Awesome - thanks.
Out of interest, why did you do the swaps from oneplus to google and back again ?

[TonyRPH]

I swapped from a WileyFox Swift 2x to a OnePlus 6

Before I swapped, I ensured my phone was backed up to Google.

Then when I set the new phone up, I was prompted to restore from a backup, and was given a list of backups to choose from (obviously this was following setup of the Google account and wireless connection).

Obviously, you need to use the same Gmail / Google login on both phones.

[superpp]

if you use Whatsapp, trigger a backup before switching.
Mine backups once per week I think, so can lose messages when swapping phones otherwise.

[Mr-B]

I switched from oneplus to Samsung they have an app called smart switch, install on both phones connect with a cable follow the prompts and leave it to do its stuff. I left it for a good while and it seemed to get stuck at 99% for ages so I unplugged it and restarted it and most of everything was transferred over, in fact I couldn't see what if anything was missing. All photos, text messages, phone numbers, apps were all there.

[C5_Steve]

Slyjoe said:

C5_Steve said:

I've done exactly the same as you're asking ie swapped from OnePlus to OnePlus and OnePlus to Google and back. I don't believe you'll need to connect them from memory it'll be over Bluetooth/WiFi and using your Google login credentials. Very straightforward and I think slightly easier than the OnePlus set up.

Awesome - thanks.
Out of interest, why did you do the swaps from oneplus to google and back again ?

I started with Google (Nexus 4), then went to OnePlus 1 and 2 because of the price. At the time they were about half the cost of the equivalent Google phone and in many ways better with higher internal specs. I was also using GiffGaff so was off contract and buying the phones outright. I then had I think the OnePlus 6 then the 7 Pro Mclaren edition before I decided they were now charging the same as the main brands and it wasn't worth it anymore. The 7 Pro I loved, no issues at all but I wanted something newer and the Google 6 Pro was a better deal on a contract.

I think OnePlus is still one of the best "clean" Android experiences you can get and I think the company is genuinely good at innovating. I still use two different sets of headphones from them (well one pair of OnePlus and one pair of Nothing).

[tr7v8]

smart switch works very well. Bought an Honor X7 end of 22 as it looked like I was losing the work phone. It worked very well over WiFi.