Kies will not transfer non Samsung data. Google account will save your installed apps in the play store (you'll find A tab for your installed apps ), but you have to re download each individually when you set up the note 3. Unless your talking about a Google app like Gmail or Google docs, the app data will not be transferred with the reinstallation, so it's best to use any backup thing available through the original app itself on your Note 2 or other prior phone (for example, w "When Did I", I used their backup to dropbox option before transferring to Note 3, then did a restore from dropbox within the app when I reinstalled it on my note 3). This sounds cumbersome, but it's belter todoa clean install anyway. Hope this helps!