Transferring Old Phone to Android Oreo Phone

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  crentist on 18/04/2019 - 18:18

  sync google accounts on old phone then log in on new phone

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    tunzafun001 on 18/04/2019 - 23:14

    Only thing that came across was my Gmail and calendar.

    I noticed on the Play store on Oreo it has "contacts" at the top. No "contacts" listed on the Play store on old phone (Xperia running kitkat).

    Maybe the contacts and photo app is Sony based and won't sync across. Might try installing Google photos or whatever it is on old phone and try again.

    But Chrome should work, but doesn't (bookmarks, open tabs etc would be great)?

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      crentist on 18/04/2019 - 23:38

      you might not have that stuff set to sync on the old phone. check your settings

      you should be able to see your contacts from the old phone within gmail on pc, if its synced. its an old feature, been around forever on every android phone including sony

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        tunzafun001 on 19/04/2019 - 01:15

        Only contacts in Gmail are email contacts. No phone number contacts ?

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          crentist on 19/04/2019 - 12:39

          @tunzafun001: Exactly. You haven't synced contacts to google. You should see all your phone numbers in https://contacts.google.com/

          Try following this, or find something similar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvS9Syoezy0
          Both phones need to be set to sync

          Also you should be using Google Photos with the high quality, unlimited storage setting to sync all your photos. get it from play store, let it sync on the old phone, and then you can see the photos on the new phone. They will be online, not actually transferred. But that means you can see them on a PC, and don't have to worry about ever losing your phone or running out of space. And it sits in the background uploading new photos you take too

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            tunzafun001 on 20/04/2019 - 20:36

            @crentist: Phone running kitkat has always been set to backup and sync enabled. I had a look in that contacts link you included. Only my contacts with emails included are listed. The other 200 odd numbers don't come across. Maybe kitkat is no longer compatible with google backup.

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              alvian on 22/04/2019 - 03:09

              @tunzafun001: Kitkat user here, Contacts sync with Google server okay. Did you save your contacts to phone only or SIM only (these will not be synced), or saved to your Google account (sync should be near instantaneous)?

              Another way is to use Bluetooth to sync, or export and import your contacts via SD card, SIM card, USB storage, or a computer.

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                tunzafun001 on 22/04/2019 - 13:59

                @alvian: Contacts set to save to phone only. Is that why? I ended up bluetoothing a vcf file to get them across. But would like to have a synced backup for the future.

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                  alvian on 22/04/2019 - 21:35

                  @tunzafun001: If contacts are set to save to phone only, then they are saved to the phone's memory only. Add or move contacts to Google account on an Android phone.

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  IVI on 18/04/2019 - 21:20

  Does Google "Messanging"
  not work well…?

  Also:

  There's an SMS app, that
  lets you schedule send-
  times… "Pulse" I think

  It's worth a look + try.

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    tunzafun001 on 19/04/2019 - 00:46

    Went with textra. Trying to do a cloud sync with quickpic .. getting error messages logging into the cloud.

    Edit. Installed Google photos. Horrible app. Gave up. I'll transfer them across manually.

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    relentless on 19/04/2019 - 03:23

    +1 for Pulse.

    Lets you delete messages with one click rather than a a confirmation prompt.

    Allows you to block messages by phrase/keyword. This is useful for spam/phising messages you get from senders without a phone number.

    Look at Titanium Backup for transferring data.