Switch to a new Android device

You tin move your information to a new Android device from another kind of device, or start fresh with your new Android device.

Before yous begin

  • Charge both devices.
  • Make sure you can unlock the old device with a PIN, pattern, or password.
  • On your former device:
    • Sign in with your Google Account.
      • To check whether you have a Google Business relationship, enter your electronic mail address.
      • If you lot don't have a Google Account, create a Google Account.
    • Dorsum up your data. Larn how to dorsum up your data.
    • Check that you have a Wi-Fi connection.

Switch from an Android device

  1. Plow on your new device.
  2. Tap Start. If "Beginning" doesn't display, you can re-create your data manually.
  3. When asked, make sure yous connect to a Wi-Fi network.
  4. Choose to copy apps and data from your old device.
    • If yous accept a cable to connect your devices, follow the on-screen instructions to copy your data.
    • If you lot don't accept a cable:
      1. Tap No cable? and then Ok.
      2. Tap A fill-in from an Android phone.
      3. To copy your information, follow the on-screen instructions.

Switch from an iPhone

  1. Turn on your new device.
  2. Tap Kickoff.
  3. When asked, make certain you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
  4. Choose to copy apps and data from your quondam device.
    • Recommended: If you have a cable to connect your devices, follow the on-screen instructions to copy your information.
    • If yous don't accept a cable:
      1. Tap No cable? and then Ok.
      2. Tap Using an iPhone device?
      3. To copy your data, follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Check your texts, photos, and videos.
    • To check your texts on your new device, learn how to switch from iMessage to Android Messages.
    • To get photos and videos stored in Apple iCloud on your new device, learn how to transfer iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos.

Restore information from the cloud

Important: If you don't have your old device, you need to know your Google Account and password to restore data.

  1. Turn on your new device.
  2. Tap First.
  3. To set your device without an sometime device, follow the prompts.
  4. When prompted, sign in with your Google Account.
    • If you tin't sign in, learn how to recover your account.

Copy data manually

Important: The options above can help you lot restore the most information. If none of the other steps work for you, effort copying your data yourself.

Sync your contacts

  • If you already use contacts in your Google Business relationship, like in Gmail, they automatically bear witness on your new Android device subsequently you lot sign in.
  • If your contacts are on a SIM card, acquire how to import contacts from a SIM card.

Re-create your music

For music services like YouTube Music, Apple Music, and Spotify, download the app to your new device and your music syncs automatically.

Copy photos, videos, files & folders

  • If you're connected to the internet, acquire how to upload to Google Drive and back up to Google Photos.
  • If you tin't connect to the internet, learn how to transfer files between your computer and Android device.
  • If you use Google Photos, learn how to support your photos. If you lot utilize a unlike app for your photos, contact your device manufacturer.

Copy calendar events

  • If you lot already use Google Agenda, your calendar events display when you open the Calendar app.
  • To copy events from another calendar app, learn how to import events to Google Agenda.

Tip: If your new device is a Pixel, go to our Pixel setup guide.

Related resources

  • Gear up email
  • Set up messaging
  • Download & use apps

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