I’ve had my Note 8 for around 5 years, and the battery is not holding it’s charge anymore, it’s getting pretty sluggish, and - forthe first time in 20 years - I dropped a phone and cracked the screen. Grr.
So anyway, I’ve opted for a refurb Galaxy Note 20.
All of the above is pretty irrelevant - but I just want to know how easy it will be to transfer everything from old phone to new?
I mean things like S Notes, Google Authenticator, stuff like that. I’ll have access to the Note 8, so not too worried, but wondered if there is anything specific I need to do / prepare for, etc.
It’s that long since I’ve got a new (to me) phone that I can’t remember the process!
Note 8 after the note split in 2019 follows the larger model not the base as the base note models since 2019 are the cheaper budget model doesnt represent the spirit of note. Note 10+ or note 20 ultra otherwise s23ultra
For authenticator, there should be a QR code to help transfer codes over.
Some authenticator may have cloud saves
Just jump to Snapdragon s22/s23 series if you want a note experience. Pay the bit extra to get longer supported OS and security updates.
You’ll get used to life without the headphone jack and SD card lol.
I went 8 to 23 without any issue. Logged into my account, and it seemed to work well, though I did have to re-download apps and setup the phone the way I like it.
Note: you can get battery cases for old phones cheap to extend an ancient battery. They are good for about a year depending on how heavily you recharge from the case. That is how I kept my Note 8 running up until I also cracked my screen and the 23 replaced it.
You can download Smartswitch software onto a computer if you want to transfer everything over.
Smartswitch makes life easy.