Samsung Smart Switch Mobile
If you can't download, you can open Smart Switch from device's Settings menu
- Category File Management
- Program license Free
- Version 9.5.03.0
- Size 24 MB
- Works under: Android
- Program available in English
- Content rating Everyone
- Package name com.sec.android.easyMover
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Program by
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
129, Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16677, Rep. of KOREA
Samsung Smart Switch Mobile makes it easy to move data to your new Samsung Galaxy phone.
Samsung Smart Switch is a freeware app developed by Samsung in order to simplify upgrading to a new Galaxy phone. The hassle of getting a new phone is that all of your important data is on your current phone and has to be moved over. Smart Switch not only simplifies that process and makes it easy to initiate but also helps to ensure that you don’t forget anything important.
Note that Smart Switch only supports upgrading to Galaxy smartphones. It does, however, support upgrading from a wide range of mobile devices. This includes Android phones and tablets that have Android 4.0 or later; iOS devices via iTunes or iCloud; BlackBerry devices using BlackBerry 7 or 10; and Windows device using Windows 8.1 or later.
Smart Switch supports wired data transfers via USB—which is required for certain devices, such as the Apple iPhone—and wireless data transfers via Wi-Fi. Set up is pretty easy. You run the app on your new device, and it will scan for devices that it can import from. If the device is compatible, you can pick it from the list and start the import.
The app will have all supported categories selected by default. You can select and deselect categories individually if you wish as well as choose specific items that will or will not be transferred. The categories supported include alarms, calendar, call logs, contacts, documents, memos, messages, music, photos, videos and wallpapers. Note that DRM media is not supported and cannot be transferred.
If you are transferring from one Galaxy phone to another, Smart Switch also supports app data and home layouts. You can select all of the apps that you want to keep, and this app will transfer them right over with all of your settings and data preserved, which is pretty neat. In cases where an app is not supported for some reason, Smart Switch can make recommendations for alternatives.
Samsung Smart Switch is a useful tool that’s easy to use when it works. It’s not going to work in all cases, however, and can prove quite frustrating at times. Samsung does list which types of devices may have compatibility issues, but it’s often not obvious that a phone is incompatible or only partially compatible. There are also some issues with large files, and while these problem files can be moved individually, the app doesn’t provide cues as to what’s going wrong and how you can correct it.
Pros
- Freeware
- Data transfer for Galaxy phones
- Wired or wireless
Cons
- Some compatibility issues
If you can't download, you can open Smart Switch from device's Settings menu (Settings > Accounts and backup > Smart Switch).
