Here is my method, may or may not be of benefit to you.
Tools:
usb-c flash drive
Apps:
SMS import / export
Proton Drive
Signal Pass Phrase
I download the SMS app from f-droid. With it you can export your contacts, SMS / MMS text messages, call history, and contacts from your old phone and import them into your new phone.
I backup all of my photos to Proton Drive, so they're waiting on me to download to my new phone at my leisure.
I backup up Signal to my files on my old phone. I then transfer that file from the old phone to the new phone via the flash drive.
After that, I just download all the normal apps I use and place them where I want them.
Also, I make a new account every time for the play store.
Sorry if this wasn't much help.
Edit: I love my P9P! They made a great leap in quality / fit & finish with this phone. In the hand, it literally feels like an apple product.