I always transfer from old phone. I tried new one time for the fresh start but was quickly annoyed at having to add everything back

Transfer for sure! I have iCloud backup and the transfer is seamless. But even direct phone to phone transfer is so easy and quick

I never transfer my data as I keep my old phones and imo I like starting fresh the only thing I find annoying is adding all the phone numbers again

I enjoy setting up a phone from new. It’s a great opportunity to ditch all the old stuff you’re not using regularly and explore all the menu settings with fresh eyes for your current life situation rather than just using what’s been there before.

I have enough bloat from years of transferring that I see bugs that I don’t see in any other phones. Also, my restore tends to overheat the phone and gives horrendous battery life. Same device when used by another family member after a factory reset seems to perform way better. Seen this happening multiple times. So, this time around I am setting it up as new. It’s going to be painful, but definitely worth a shot.

Should be pretty easy unless you switched from Apple to Android. I just had that issue - I'm going back to Android (and getting the phone you did!)

If your old phone is Android and you only want specific items from your gallery, set your phone up without transferring data, then use Quick Share to transfer the individual files you want copied over (you can transfer files in bulk as well).

If your old phone is also a Samsung, their smart switch application is fantastic. If there's anything in secure folder you'll want to manually move anything out first as smart switch won't touch it.

USB C to USB C cable, hardware transfer

Very difficult to give recommendations if you don't tell us which model your old device is

There’s official WhatsApp transfer process. If you set up the phones correctly then the official mechanism should work irrespective of platform transition. Although if the previous and the newer devices are on the same platform then it’s much easier.

Android: Backup Chats, install on new phone, restore chats

Switching from android to android I just used whatsapps built in backup and restore function and it worked fine

Is this a company managed phone with work profiles that are setup for work only things? If so I suggest you do not transfer your personal information on to it. I highly suggest you keep your current phone and just setup the new phone as a fresh work phone.

I've always backed up via Google storage and never had issues. Moved across 4 devices now.

Just to add more context: since I installed WhatsApp on my new Android, it hasn’t been able to back up to my account. It shows almost 20GB of data, which is strange because the chat history never actually transfered.

Smart Switch can’t transfer SMS, WhatsApp chats, or app data from iPhone. Use WhatsApp’s built-in transfer with a USB-C to Lightning cable, third-party tools like iSMS2droid for SMS, and manually reinstall apps since most app data won’t carry over.

Looks like Samsung Switch doesn’t support everything you need to transfer, like WhatsApp and SMS history. A solution would be using MobileTrans, which can handle the full transfer including app data and WhatsApp chats so nothing gets missed.

no, once it's gone it's gone except the last three days.

You were supposed to press the "I'm moving devices, back everything up" button before logging out..!

Money.

As far as I know you have to be subscribed for that. (톡서랍 플러스)

No. KakaoTalk fucking sucks.

There's a subscription (2200krw/month for Google Play builds) to backup your messages & media instead.

The best thing you can achieve is exporting the chat log and saving this somewhere. If exported with media, you'll have both a text file of the chat and subfolders containing photos, stickers, videos and voice notes etc

no

best shot is pulling the chats straight from your partner’s device. copying the history manually sucks, but tools like mobiletrans simplify it. it transfers full conversations between phones, even from different systems like android to iphone. works well for restoring old chats too.

Smart Switch.

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Did you have a backup in Whatsapp? Transfering from phone to phone means the app will be transfered but not the data in the app.