Re: Move Service to New Phone (?)

micky wrote on Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:24:12 -0400 :

What are the shortcuts that Andrew refers to?

I make extensive use of shortcuts, e.g., I have an entire folder of them in
my dock, which bring up "activities" (which are pages inside of apps).

For example, I might have an app that, five levels deep perhaps, has an
"activity" (aka, a page) that I want to bring up. I make a shortcut to it.

Then, when I want to bring up that activity (aka, page inside an app), I
just tap the shortcut in my dock and up comes that activity in one tap.

Instead of five taps.

Back to the topic, the first time I set up my replacement Android phone, I
brought everything over without using the Internet (or USB cables),
including the exact same home screen, with the exact same folders, and the
exact same apps (and shortcuts!) inside that folder.

But, that first time, the shortcuts didn't work on the replacement phone.

Hence, on the next replacement phone, I learned how to bring even the
custom shortcuts over.

Pretty much, without the Internet, and without fancy tools, if you know how
Android works, everything ports over to the new phone exactly as it was on
the old. Even the sd card comes over if you're smart enough to format it
with a consistent name (aka volume label) such as "0000-0001".