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Syncing to more than one device #117

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
How can I get my information from my phone onto my Samsung Galaxy?? 

I uploaded Secrets onto my new Samsung Galaxy and I thought it would 
automatically have all my information with my email, but there is nothing 
there??

Any advice??

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tinytwil...@gmail.com on 18 May 2012 at 9:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
There are several ways to get the secrets from your old phone to your new one.

1/ Having backups enabled is the easiest way.  Enabling backups is done in 
settings and is different with each version of Android.  In Android 4.0, go to 
the Settings, choose "Backup & reset", and make sure "back up my data" and 
"Automatic restore" are enabled on *all* your phones.  If you follow this 
method, then when you setup your new phone with the same google account as the 
old phone, all your apps will be automatically installed with their data.

Since secrets did not restore your data automatically, its likely these options 
are not turned on.  I would suggest you turn them on now for the future 
although it won't help with secrets now.

2/ Use backup and restore as documented on 
http://code.google.com/p/secrets-for-android/.  First install secrets on the 
new phone.  Then follow the backup instructions on your old phone, move the SD 
card to the the new phone, and finally follow the restore instructions on the 
new phone.

If you don't have a removable SD card in one or both of your phones, then you 
can still use backup and restore.

3/ Follow the backup instructions on your old phone, copy the file called 
/sdcard/secrets off the phone, copy that file to /sdcard/secrets on the new 
phone, and the follow the restore instructions on the new phone.

How you get the file off the phone and onto the new phone depends on what you 
have available to you.  If you have a PC, you can mount your old phone and 
external drive, copy the file onto to the PC, then mount your new phone as an 
external drive and copy it to the new phone.  Since this is specific to your 
situation I cannot be very much more precise than that.

Original comment by ro...@tawacentral.net on 4 Jun 2012 at 11:58