My second hand/old Samsung is finally being replaced (it’s barely charging), and I thought I would go for the most ethical option. The de googling feature with privacy of Murena is also very appealing, however technology is not my strong point and I am failing at the set up. If anyone can help I would be ever so grateful!
Firstly if you know how I transfer my data from google (Samsung/Android phone) to my new Fairphone without Google login (is that possible?).
I have watched and tried the set up video on Fairphone website/youtube however already the steps on my phone are different to the video and I can not get to the part where the phones picks up the transfer cables. So also that is an option, if you know where on the phone I can go to manually to get those settings.
Lastly do you know if I do set up the phone via google login to get my data, can I then log out and it will be google free or am I defeating the point in purchasing a google free phone as now on device?
I’ve been trying to get through to support for a few days, so again any guidance is appreciated!
The first thing to tell is what data do you want to keep ?
Only photos and files ? Then use a USB cable and connect to a PC to backup from old phone then restore to new. You can also directly plug a usb drive to phone if it supports that to do the same.
Keneda, thanks for your response. I believe I have transferred all my photos and files now to an SD card. I guess it’s telephone numbers I need. I have now found an articular on the website to manually transfer and maybe that is my best option. I really don’t know my way around the Fairphone yet so I’m trying to figure out once I plug in the usc cables to both phones how they can be recognised and actioned, if that makes sense.
I was thinking to go to your google-account and export your contacts. Then you will have a file that you most likely can import in the contacts app of your new phone.
From most contact apps you can export contacts via a vcf file.
From google contact app (just tested on my FP5), select a contact with long press on it, then use the 3 vertically aligned dots top right to “select all”, then use the 3 linked dots to share, then use email to send yourself.
Edit :
In fact just tested again, you just have to tap the “organise" button in Google contact main screen at the bottom then select “export to a file”, and then transfert file (SD card, usb drive, pc, or… mail again )
Edit 2 :
From other contact app that doesn’t have “organise”, it can be in setting options.
You should be able to export all your contacts into a *.vcf file. Copy this (USB cable over computer, BT, …) to your new device and import the contacts.
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