Switch to a new Android device

You can move your data to a new Android device from another kind of device, or offset anew with your new Android device.

Earlier you start

  • Accuse both devices.
  • Brand sure that y'all can unlock the quondam device with a PIN, design or password.
  • On your one-time device:
    • Sign in with your Google Account.
      • To check whether you have a Google Account, enter your email address.
      • If you don't have a Google Account, create a Google Account.
    • Back upwards your data. Learn how to back up your information.
    • Bank check that you lot have a Wi-Fi connection.

Switch from an Android device

  1. Plow on your new device.
  2. Tap Offset. If 'Kickoff' doesn't display, you tin copy your data manually.
  3. When asked, make sure that you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
  4. Choose to copy apps and data from your onetime device.
    • If you have a cable to connect your devices, follow the on-screen instructions to re-create your data.
    • If you don't have a cable:
      1. Tap No cable? and then OK.
      2. Tap A backup from an Android telephone.
      3. To re-create your data, follow the on-screen instructions.

Switch from an iPhone

  1. Turn on your new device.
  2. Tap Start.
  3. When asked, make certain that you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
  4. Choose to re-create apps and data from your old device.
    • Recommended: If you have a cable to connect your devices, follow the on-screen instructions to re-create your data.
    • If you don't take a cable:
      1. Tap No cable? and then OK.
      2. Tap Using an iPhone device?
      3. To copy your information, follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Check your texts, photos and videos.
    • To cheque your texts on your new device, larn how to switch from iMessage to Android messages.
    • To get photos and videos stored in Apple iCloud on your new device, learn how to transfer iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos.

Restore data from the cloud

Of import: If y'all don't accept your old device, you need to know your Google Business relationship and countersign to restore data.

  1. Turn on your new device.
  2. Tap Start.
  3. To prepare upwardly your device without an old device, follow the prompts.
  4. When prompted, sign in with your Google Account.
    • If you tin't sign in, larn how to recover your account.

Copy information manually

Important: The options above tin can assist yous restore the most data. If none of the other steps work for y'all, try copying your data yourself.

Sync your contacts

  • If you lot already use contacts in your Google Business relationship, similar in Gmail, they automatically appear on your new Android device subsequently you sign in.
  • If your contacts are on a SIM carte du jour, acquire how to import contacts from a SIM card.

Copy your music

For music services like YouTube Music, Apple Music and Spotify, download the app to your new device and your music syncs automatically.

Copy photos, videos, files and folders

  • If you lot're continued to the Internet, learn how to upload to Google Drive and back up to Google Photos.
  • If you can't connect to the Internet, learn how to transfer files between your computer and Android device.
  • If you use Google Photos, learn how to dorsum up your photos. If you employ a different app for your photos, contact your device manufacturer.

Copy calendar events

  • If you already use Google Agenda, your calendar events brandish when yous open the Calendar app.
  • To copy events from another calendar app, find out how to import events to Google Agenda.

Tip: If your new device is a Pixel, become to our Pixel setup guide.

How your data is handled when transferring your account

When yous transfer your account to a new device, certain information is nerveless to perform services on your device. Some of this functionality uses Google Play services. For example, the following data is nerveless:

  • Electronic mail addresses for app-functionality purposes. For example, we show account names during phone setup to permit you to select which accounts you lot need to transfer.
  • Usage information, and device or other identifiers, for analytics purposes.

The data nerveless is encrypted in transit.

Related resource

  • Fix up electronic mail
  • Gear up messaging
  • Download and use apps

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