OnePlus Switch vs Google backup+restore

[harryw66]

I have googled this but not getting a clear answer so hoping someone here can confirm.

I am switching from a OnePlus7T to a Nord and I was just wondering what the best option is for transferring my apps and content etc from 7T to Nord.

Last time I went from OP6 to OP7T I did the google restore on the 7T and then also ran the Switch app.

But I ended with lots of duplicate stuff like contacts and other stuff (can't remember what else was duplicated)

So, should I just install Switch onto the Nord - but don't Google Restore and then just run Switch? Will that do everything?

Or is there a better approach?

With my previous non OnePlus phones I would just use Google and some other SMS + Call History restore app and then do other stuff manually.

Thanks.

 

[dorianstgt]

Hi harryw66, i think the switch app is the better solution as Google Backup doesn't backup everything.

 

[harryw66]

Thanks - I received the phone earlier today and went the Google router - seems to have backed up most stuff - but not my folders etc - so guess I will have to do them manually - just need to be sure the other stuff does not get duplicated...

 

[harryw66]

Thanks - I received the phone earlier today and went the Google router - seems to have backed up most stuff - but not my folders etc - so guess I will have to do them manually - just need to be sure the other stuff does not get duplicated...

Ok - so it backed up my SMS but not my call logs - weird.

 

[niyonsv]

Ok - so it backed up my SMS but not my call logs - weird.

I use..

- SMS Backup & Restore by Sync Tech to backup messages and call logs and it never failed since first use many years ago. Also it has Google Drive backup, auto delete old messages in drive,.. etc.

- SMS organizer by Microsoft as SMS app. It is the best SMS app I used and still using, though it failed a couple of times in backing up the SMSs.

- Titanium Backup to backup all my apps with data daily.

- SyncMe Wireless by bvaisoft for backing up my entire phone contents to my PC after midnight, daily, including Titanium Backup data.

- To clear the storage space taken by Titanium Backup, the Tasker will delete all these contents at early morning.

I've been using these settings for years, though restoring about half number of apps' data didn't work well with Titanium Backup with 7T. So I used OnePlus switch to copy these apps, but without their data.

 

[harryw66]

Thanks - yes I ended up using SMS Backup & Restore by Sync Tech to backup from old phone and restore onto the Nord.
I used to use SMS Backup+ from Jan Berkel with great sucess in the past - but this seems to be broken now due to Google auth changes...
Cheers.

 

[Droid_Nut]

Quick way to back up. If only we could direct this to an OTG?

 

[Pantumaca]

Quick way to back up. If only we could direct this to an OTG?

Into "Switch" app there is an option to do a local backup.

Once done, copy that file to a pendrive.

 

[Droid_Nut]

Into "Switch" app there is an option to do a local backup.

Once done, copy that file to a pendrive.

I use Titanium Backup, and my files go directly to the OTG. Just how much better of a backup is the one plus switch? Can you incrementally restore apps and data?

 

[Pantumaca]

I use Titanium Backup, and my files go directly to the OTG. Just how much better of a backup is the one plus switch? Can you incrementally restore apps and data?

Sorry, I use Google's backup

 

[rosboy]

OnePlus Switch doesn't backup everything. It didnt back up files in Downloads or documents, unless it was an image, or video.
App Data is random. Works for some apps but not for all.