Hello everyone,
I was under the impression (according to the advertisement for the FP6) that nowadays I can simply transfer everything needed including the app data and settings to the new phone from the old phone. It said or suggested at least that this is a “copy and go on like before” situation. I certainly expected it, because it was always technically possible and just restricted artificially by Android. In the past I “simply” used Titanium Backup Pro, but rooting new phones has become kind of a huge annoyance nowadays. I wanted to avoid that this time if possible, for several reasons:
- At least the guide I found to root the FP6 was way more tiresome than in the past (maybe there is an easy way I did not find?).
- After rooting my FP3 I did not get reliable OS-updates anymore for years, then it worked again, but I had to re-root each time, which was not helping.
- Would have to root both devices again to use Titanium now, for previous given reasons.
- Several apps nowadays not only block usage if the device is actively rooted, but also if it was rooted in the past. A few of these apps can be important to me if they change. There are not many banks left that allow this, so one cannot even switch banks anymore to solve this.
Then I had a perfect experience with my company phone I had to upgrade last year. Samsung Switch was easy to use and set up the new Galaxy 100% like the old phone (Pixel), including email accounts, savestates, configurations in apps, account in apps, savestates, notes… even 2FA apps, which I seriously did not even expect! I had to do absolutely nothing to just go on as before.
Due to the positive experience I made and the ads for the FP6 which suggested the easy forthgoing from now on, I expected the same with my change from FP3 to FP6.
But well: After I set up the FP6, followed the instructions and even used the cabled path to copy all data and settings, as the instructions said, not only was every app ridicolously downloaded from the Google Play Store via W-LAN again instead of transferring it via the USB cable. I already was suspicious about all app settings by then. And it yes: It turned out, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING was set up. No app configurations, each app is basically “empty”. No save states, no banking or health insurance app working, not even those apps, that used my Google account are set up as before, which is a joke in itself, since one has to use the Google service to use this tool! My playlists from my media player: gone. Email client with several email adresses and email contents: empty. 2FA apps or needing a second factor: forget it. Apps installed via direct APKs downloaded manually: not copied.
Is this a bug I am experiencing or was it never supposed to work? Can I do something? Do I need to do something differently? I even accepted the Google backup to their cloud to make it work, which explicitly says “settings…”. I tried it two times because of that already. Can I force the cable use and hard copy from device to device by not setting up W-LAN?
In case it was not supposed to work: can I still give it back? I am over the 14 days limit of buying it. But the phone is absolutely no use to me if I cannot find a solution. Its one thing spending your precious life time with entering 20+ times proper long, different and complicated passwords with a f****** smartphone keyboard all over again, but loosing my local data of round about 15 years is not acceptable to me.
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