Re: Move Service to New Phone (?)

On 9/8/2024 10:11 AM, Andrew wrote:

AJL wrote on Sun, 8 Sep 2024 15:54:10 -0000 (UTC) :

When I change phones after 5+ years I will start from scratch to
weed out and get rid of all that accumulated no longer used junk
(seen and hiding) that has built up...

As others said, everyone has differing opinions, where what I do is
periodically save the homescreen setup to a file on the sd card.
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That saves everything about the homescreen (folders, icons,
shortcuts, positions, names, icons, colors, shadows, etc.) to that
single file.
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Then, when I get a new phone, I simply pop in that SIM card and
re-load that file. No cable is needed. Every app icon is where it
belongs.

My Galaxy S10+ is a semi-virgin. Never has had a USB cable plugged into
her but I do defile the headphone hole occasionally...

I've done this so many times, it comes naturally to me; but I
understand that most people don't come up with their own systems, so
they're at the mercy of whatever MARKETING has come up for them.

I've only had this ONE phone for the last 5+ years. The get a bunch of
phones marketing has failed on me. However not so with tablets. I do
have a bunch of them toys.

Having said that, MARKETING (both Google & Samsung), and hell, even
Apple, has come up with some pretty easy ways to bring over all your
apps & data.

Yup. I'm a Google captive. Since my S10+ is still working well I doubt
I'll change it out anytime soon. But when I do it won't be all that
hard. Just go to my Play Store account and check off the apps I still
want from my app list and hit download. Then as I open each app, Google
will put in the password for me. And then I will download any old apks
(like my favorite newsreader Groundhog) that I still want that aren't
in the store from my Google Drive. Easy peasy...