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5 Top Phone Transfer Hacks

5 Top Phone Transfer Hacks

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Buying a new phone&comma; and having to reorganise your photos&comma; manually transfer all of your old contacts and reorganise your calendar&comma; can seem like a nightmare when you see everything that you’ve got to do&period; But with these simple tips you can make the process a lot simpler&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Keeping Those Photo Albums<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The first thing to worry about with a new phone&comma; is to make sure you keep all your photo albums and videos&period; While you could transfer each one individually it can be a huge hassle if you are snap happy&period; Don’t worry though&comma; there is a much easier way&semi; using cloud storage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Simply backing up your entire photo library to either iCloud or Google Photos depending on your OS&comma; is as easy as connecting to the internet&period; Once your photos and videos are backed up&comma; you can re-download them to your new device&comma; or simply leave them online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Making Sure Your Appointments Don’t Get Lost<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When you are organising everything through your mobile device’s calendar&comma; keeping those appointments in order can be an important and anxiety inducing task&period; Whether you have an iPhone or Android device&comma; there are solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The easiest method for this is to use the cloud again&period; For Android&comma; make sure that your Google account is set to sync&comma; and add the account to your calendar app –do the same on your new device and the two will automatically sync&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The process is similar on iOS&comma; simply find the iCloud option in your phone’s settings and toggle &OpenCurlyQuote;Calendars’ on&period; Sign into your iCloud account from your new device and select Calendar&semi; your dates and appointments will sync to the new device&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Transferring Your Contacts<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">While there are apps available for purchase that will handle this&comma; there are ways to sync contacts through tools available on the device itself&period; Whether it be through cloud storage&comma; as with photos and calendars&semi; or moving them through Gmail’s &OpenCurlyQuote;import’ feature –allowing you to download contacts to your computer from an old iPhone&comma; and move them from your computer to a new Android device&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Avoiding the Hassle of Resetting Apps<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">On Android&comma; all you need to do is head to the settings menu&comma; from here find &OpenCurlyQuote;Backup and Reset’ and select &OpenCurlyQuote;Back up my data’ toggle this option&comma; and &OpenCurlyQuote;Automatic Restore’ to &OpenCurlyQuote;On’ and if your Google account is synced on your new device it will automatically restore the settings on all your old apps&semi; you will now have to reinstall them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Keeping your Old Data Secure<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Once you’ve got your new phone set up&comma; you’ll need to ensure that your old phone is wiped clean to preserve your privacy&period; Android users will need to encrypt their data through settings and perform a factory reset&period; While iPhone is even easier&comma; through the phone settings&comma; under &OpenCurlyQuote;General’ there is an option to &OpenCurlyQuote;Erase All Content and Settings’ –click &OpenCurlyQuote;Erase’ and you’re done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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