Things you must do when selling your phone to ugprade to another?

[NJRonbo]

Hey Everyone!

There are other threads with instructions on what to do when selling your phone but I know the Galaxy Note II is very close to the Galaxy GS3 and I thought perhaps I could get better tips from GS II owners on how to make a flawless transition from the GS3 to the GS II.

Here are my questions...

1. Where is the SIM card located, and does this need to be removed when doing a factory reset in preparing to sell your phone? I am not certain if I should be selling the phone with the SIM card intact or removing it from the GS3 and replacing it in the Galaxy Note II.

2. Is the only full FACTORY RESET I need to do done from the settings menu (BACKUP AND RESET)?

Here is the big question...

3. I don't have a rooted device. I know how good Titanium Pro is for rooted users. Is there an app available that will backup all your settings AND APPLICATIONS (games, utility apps, etc.) to an external card and then restore it on the secondary device?

So far, I have MY BACKUP installed. It backs all the apps to an external card. Not sure how reliable the app is. MY BACKUP PRO may also save individual app settings, not certain.

Is there another app that is highly reliable for backing up and restoring to another device? I don't mind paying for a good app or service that will do this.



Any other tips on what I should be doing before selling my phone?

Thank you all in advance

 

[Nelviticus]

Keep your SIM, especially if you're renewing your contract or upgrading. Your phone no. etc. is tied to the SIM, so if someone else uses it they'll be using your minutes & data. The Note II takes a micro SIM so if you currently have a full-size SIM you'll need to order a new one.

Yes you need to do a factory reset on your old phone (but don't do this until your new phone is set up, see below). If you're selling it with the SD card you'll need to format that (you get an option to do this as part of the factory reset, or at least I did on my GSII).

I used MyBackup Pro but it doesn't back up app settings, such as saved games and so on. It can back up your apps, photos, music, videos, contacts, call log, bookmarks, SMS, MMS, some system settings (may not transfer from phone to phone though), home screens (again probably won't transfer), alarms, dictionary, calendar, music playlists and APNs (mobile data settings I think). Some of that stuff is probably already synced with Google, e.g. contacts.

Some apps also let you back up their settings to SD card from within the app.

If you can set up your new phone before selling the old one it's much better as for those apps whose settings you can't back up you can manually enter them on your new phone while reading them from your old one.

 

[NJRonbo]

Nelviticus,

I really want to thank you for this reply. Appreciate the help and I will follow it to the letter.

I am going to buy My Backup PRO because at its core, at least I can get things transferred over ore easily than without it

 

[PetiePal]

-You can't backup app settings unless you're rooted is what I've understood.

-You should always do a Factory Reset and remove the MicroSD card (if there is one) or if you're going to sell the phone with it, make sure to WIPE it.

-You can use an app such as ShareMyApps that will let you catalog EVERY app installed and then email it to yourself. This is what I've done in the past to easily catalog what's on a phone. It makes hyperlinks to the store entries as well.

 

[NJRonbo]

You can't backup app settings unless you're rooted is what I've understood.

I don't play games so having specific settings saved is not a major concern.

I just want my apps restored so I don't have to spend time redownloading them.

Hopefully MyBackup Pro will suit that purpose

 

[ScandaLeX]

I don't play games so having specific settings saved is not a major concern.

I just want my apps restored so I don't have to spend time redownloading them.

Hopefully MyBackup Pro will suit that purpose

You'll also be able to backup data, sms, and other stuff you may need.

 

[PetiePal]

You'll also be able to backup data, sms, and other stuff you may need.

How well does this work in accuracy when you're transferring phones that have different UIs? For instance I have the Galaxy Nexus, but will have the Note 2 come VZW release day later this month. GNex is stock, Note 2 is TouchWiz etc. Does that cause any issues?

 

[ScandaLeX]

How well does this work in accuracy when you're transferring phones that have different UIs? For instance I have the Galaxy Nexus, but will have the Note 2 come VZW release day later this month. GNex is stock, Note 2 is TouchWiz etc. Does that cause any issues?

Well, with every new phone, I always do a factory reset before installing anything- that includes backups. I also never back up system settings when going to a completely different phone. Keeping to this method I've not encountered UI bugs.

 

[dan330]

are you giving them the sdcard? make sure it is wiped clean.. reformatting is not wiping... 95% of the time reformatting is good enough, because the general public dont care to look deeper.

going from one phone to a different phone.. with possibility of different OS versions / kernels / drivers.........
in general.. i would just reload the apps from scratch! to ensure that everything is installed correctly for the new phone. you should back up your data for the apps (files you created and such) and reload that.
it would really suck if you get a some phantom issue (reboots, force closes) because you wanted to same a little time. a rogue app can play hell on your phone. you would blame the issues on bad phone/android/touchwiz development.

this part I am not sure of... i have and older phone and dont have built-in storage. this storage are partitioned for different use. Would a factory reset.. wipe all data that the phone stored? pics and music or files that are located in swap areas?

 

[NJRonbo]

Not giving external SD card so I can easily back everything up with MyBackup Pro