Transfer to a new samsung phone without smart switch

[Wockeye]

So after weeks off my network provider looking Into my devise due to the amount off drop calls and calls not connecting they have decided to replace my handset

Now it's a straight swap from the delivery from dpd I hand them my old devise and box and they give me a new one 

My question is how do I restore whats on this devise to my new devise ? 

[GoanGeek]

Backup to Google and then when you sign in the new device from the same Gmail account you should get everything back.

I normally back up my photos, contacts, and messages.

Apps I prefer to manually install as and when.

[BandOfBrothers]

I use the following route @Wockeye 

Samsung Cloud Back Up.

I also if required download my apps one at a time from the Playstore and Galaxy Store.

I auto back up my photo's to Dropbox.

[Wockeye]

Brilliant cheers Mate

[Ventor]

@Wockeye ,Hello, in my opinion it is better to restore as the colleague @GoanGeek comments, since when restoring a backup of a device, which had presented several failures, it can introduce conflicts in the new terminal.

[steve0]

Is it - you don't want to use smart switch or that you will not have time owing to the fact that you have to give dpd your old phone at  the same time you receive the new phone.  If it is the latter , then you can still use smart switch  on  a PC.  Down load smart switch from samsung onto  a PC , back up your old device to the PC  and restore from backup from PC to the new device. Just remember to back up whatsapp chats to the cloud before handover the old device

[ashokhs77]

Hi Steve0, I have been using Samsung Galaxy M30 so far and now ordered Galaxy M35, when this gets delivered, I need to return my old phone in exchange...but it is not supporting Smart Switch. So what do you suggest would be best way to take back up on my PC without smart switch?

[steve0]

why is the m30 not supporting smart switch.

Alternatives  to smartswitch is use samsung cloud and google drive backup to be found under settings-accounts and backup. Both require you to have a samsung and google account. Samsung cloud  no longer backs up photos so you will  need to back those up -manually transfering to PC or backing up with microsoft one drive  However google drive does back up photos. Note both google  drive and sumsung cloud provide 15gb of free storage - so factor photo storage  in if you backup photos to google drive

Ideally though smart switch would be your best option if you can get it working.