Things to Do Before a Phone Upgrade
You might be an early adopter who wants the newest model. You might have cracked your phone’s screen or dropped it in water by accident. Or you find that you don’t have enough space because you’ve added one too many apps, photos, or movies. No matter why you need a new phone, it’s time to go shopping. With a little planning, upgrading to a new phone can be a smooth process.
Backup
You haven’t been putting things back? Then start by doing this. Do this right now, before that screen breaks, your phone gets wet, or your heart gets set on the newest model. If you’ve used tools to save your phone’s content and settings, switching to a new phone will be much easier.
Tools made just for phones
Tools made for the platform and apps made by other companies can help. Both iPhones and Pixel phones can be backed up on a computer or in the cloud. For example, you can back up your iPhone’s settings, data, and passwords if you choose to run an encrypted backup. Then, when you get your new phone, your data will be ready to be moved.
Third-party tools for backing up
You can also use apps made by people other than Apple. One way to regularly back up your Android phone is to use SMS Backup & Restore. You can also get help from wireless service providers. As you might expect, moving from one platform to another can make it harder to move your information.
Your old cell phone
What’s left to do now that you’ve backed up your data and put it on your new phone? You can do a few things with your old phone. But first, you’ll need to reset your old one to factory settings. Remove any accounts you had for cloud storage from your old phone. Then, put it back to its original settings.