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switching from old LG to old Samsung...
My LG G7Thinq is dying. I got my wife a new S22 and I am going to take over her S8. I like having the SD card slot and HP jack as I am a music junkie. I know I can move the SIM card over. Can I use Smart Switch to mover over the apps and data or do it thru Google Restore. I have read different articles but none that seem to address exactly what i want to do and exactly how sequentially? I am not totally clueless but I dont want to lose stuff either and in the past I just let the store guys handle it...
Smartswitch will transfer most things, BUT not everything.
For example any DRM protected things. You will have to redownload things. Anything encrypted like using Android messages that uses end to end encryption and keys. Paid apps from respective stores(play store for example).
As long as smart switch is on both phones. You should be able to back up the old phone on your Google account and then restore on the new phone once signed into the account.
