One of the tasks that we find heaviest in technology is when changing mobile phones is to transfer all files, data, contacts, photos and other elements to our new mobile phone. It is something that requires a good time, but luckily for us Samsung does not offer an alternative in Galaxy smartphones.
Only Samsung brand smartphones can benefit from this tool developed expressly for them. It does not matter the Samsung model that you are going to release, all are compatible with Smart Switch and you can send all the files from your old mobile to the new one both by cable and wirelessly.
How Smart Switch works
To start using the application we only have to download it from the Google Play application store, then the steps become very simple but to make it easier we are going to separate it into the two main mobile operating systems. We begin by explaining the process that we must follow from our new Samsung Galaxy:
- We start by opening the application.
- Then we select that we want to receive data.
- Next we choose whether we want to do it via cable or wirelessly.
- Finally we will choose the elements that we want to pass to us.
Now it is time to download the application on our old Android mobile from Google Play or in case we have an iPhone go to the explanation that we show below because it has its peculiarities.
Transfer files from Android to Samsung Galaxy
From Android the process is very easy, we just have to download the same application that we have on our Samsung Galaxy. When configuring the app, we will follow the same points that we select from the Samsung and once completed, all the data and files will begin to pass without us having to worry about anything.
The One UI personalization layer will be in charge of organizing the contacts, photos and different files in all the apps that we have in our new Samsung.
Change photos, contacts and files from iPhone to Samsung
In the case that we have an iPhone the application is not available as such in iOS, it will be enough to connect our mobile to the iPhone by cable and carry out the whole process from the Samsung Galaxy. The connection can be made with the lightning input to USB, using an OTG adapter. Being direct competition, they try to make the process a little more complicated.
Yes, we will find a specific application in MacOS, so if we want to pass all the files from the iCloud cloud, we will only have to download Smart Switch on our Mac or Windows and follow the steps that appear on the screen of the Samsung Galaxy. The only thing we will need is the iCloud username and password, the rest of the process will be automatic.