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By Selena KomezUpdated on January 26, 2018


Summary:The Galaxy is coming to the world in 2017 finally.It’s essentially a Galaxy S8,but with a curve over the right side.Planning on make the switch from old Samsung to new powerful Samsung Galaxy S8(Plus)?This page shows you how to transfer contacts,photos,messages and other data from Samsung to new Galaxy S8 with two simple ways.

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That wouldn’t be a good idea unless you have to transfer lots of personal data such as your contacts,SMS,photos,etc. from the old Samsung to Samsung Galaxy S8.It means that you not only need to transfer the files from one mobile device to the other one,but also need to identify some special types of files,which are complicate to view directly on computer,and then copy them from computer to new device.Best solution could be turning to the data transfer tools.This article describes how to use a one click data transfer tool to migrate data between two phones.

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Phone Transfer and Samsung to Samsung Phone Switch,both enables to switch data between two mobile phones,no matter they are running the same operating system or not.It provide the function that supports to transfer files among Android phones,for example copy files from Samsung to Samsung Galaxy S8/S7/S6/S5,transfer files between iPhone and Android phones,such as sync files from iPhone to Samsung or in contrast.Almost all kinds of brands of Android phones as well as iPhone models are applicable with Phone Transfer,like Samsung,HTC,LG,Lenovo,Xiaomi,Huawei;iPhone 7/SE/6S/6/5S/5,etc.

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Part 1:Transfer Samsung Files to Samsung Galaxy S8 via Phone Transfer

Step 1.Run Phone Transfer Tool
The first thing is to install and run Phone Transfer on PC.When its primary window appears,click “Start”to show the “Phone to Phone Transfer” window.

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Step 2.Get Both Samsung Devices Connected
Connect your two Samsung phones to the computer via USB cables.After recognized,your devices will be listed on both sides of the window.(One Samsung phone is shown on left side,Galaxy S8 phone is shown on right side.)

Step 3.Transfer Samsung Data to Samsung Galaxy S8
It will display all the contents you can transfer between the two Samsung phones.You can uncheck any content you dislike to transfer.Then,click “Start Copy“.

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Part 2:Transfer Samsung Files to Samsung Galaxy S8 via Samsung Smart Switch

Samsung Smart Switch makes it easy to transfer contacts, photos, messages and more from your old phone to your new Galaxy S8.With Smart Switch, you can bring your information with you whether you have an Android OS or iOS device,including contacts, photos, videos, apps, settings, messages, music, calendars and more.

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Step 1.Connect Galaxy S8 to your old Samsung using the included USB connector and the cable from your old phone.
Step 2.Select the items you want to transfer to your new Galaxy S8.
Step 3.Enjoy all your favorite apps,music,contacts and more without skipping a beat.

Part 3:Transfer Samsung Files to Samsung Galaxy S8 via Gmail

If you have backed up the old Samsung with a Google account. Lucky to you. You can simply sync data from your old Samsung to Samsung Galaxy S8 using the same Gmail account. Please check the following steps:

Step 1. Tap “Settings” app on old Samsung phone.
Step 2. Tap “Account” and “Add account” if the account is not logging in.
Step 3. After you sign in your Google account, please tap the account.
Step 4. Touch the file you need to upload to the cloud service, “Sync App Data”, “Sync Calendar”, “Sync Contacts”, “Sync Drive”, “Sync Gmail” are available, here take contacts for an examle.
Step 5. Now, tap “Settings” and select “Account” on your Samsung Galaxy S8.
Step 6. Add your Google account and tap the account after signing in.
Step 7. Select the files to download to your new Samsung.

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Read more:

How to Transfer Android Files to Samsung Galaxy S8

How to Transfer iPhone Files to Samsung Galaxy S8

How to Backup and Restore Samsung Galaxy S8

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S8 on Computer Safely

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