Switch from Samsung Galaxy S24+ to Pixel 10 Pro

clmc99

I'm planning on switching to a Pixel soon from Samsung. I'm considering the best way to back up my data from my Samsung to my new Pixel. Currently I have stock Android installed with no root access. I know that GrapheneOS comes with Seedvault—would I be able to use it to back up everything from my Samsung, including my app data and Samsung Notes?

Edit: Never mind, you can't install Seedvault on stock Android. What's the best option for me in this case?

nandohyphen1

clmc99 Edit: Never mind, you can't install Seedvault on stock Android

Correct. And it doesn't work well anyways. I use a flash drive and I recently restored a backup from my Pixel 6a to my new 9a. You can read through my setup here

clmc99

nandohyphen1

nandohyphen1 Is there any way to do this more automatically? When I switched from iPhone to Samsung, I was able to automatically install all of my apps iirc (at least those that also exist on the Google Play store). My Apple notes also transfer automatically to my Samsung notes.

nandohyphen1

clmc99 unfortunately not really. Switching to GrapheneOS isn't as "automated" as iOS or Google Android (or Samsung). Pretty much the only way is to manually install each and every app and restore the data for that app using the in app backup/restore tools

clmc99

nandohyphen1 I've never tried this, but I'm assuming you can't just copy the data folder

nandohyphen1

clmc99 for apps (open source apps used as example) such as Newpipe (a privacy focused YouTube client) I installed the app manually from F Droid. Then on my old phone, I went into the app settings and created a backup file of my preferred app settings and my subscriptions. I transferred the file to my new phone. I opened Newpipe, went to settings, and imported the backup file. I did this for all my apps. It actually didn't take that long - maybe half an hour for me