The Smart Switch mobile application can also transfer contacts, photos, and messages from an iOS device to your new Galaxy phone.
Smart Switch is a Samsung application that can be used to install software updates for your phone, configure email syncing with Microsoft Outlook (handy for corporate users) or the focus of today's article: back up and restore your content as you move between phones. Simply download the application onto your computer or smartphone, connect to your Samsung Galaxy phone, and before too long, you'll have everything backed up in case you need to transfer your data to a new phone or restore your phone to an older state. It's not hard to sign back into all of your apps when you get a new phone, but Samsung's Smart Switch app makes setting up a new phone a breeze. While Google's services do a great job of keeping your content in the cloud, it gets a bit trickier when trying to back up certain types of local data - things like application data, game saves, and more.
