How to use Samsung Smart Switch correctly

While Google services do a great job of preserving your content within its cloud services, it becomes more complicated when you try to back up certain types of local data, such as application data, game retention, and more.

It's not difficult to sign in to all your apps when you get a new phone, but Samsung's Smart Switch makes it easy to set up your new phone. Simply download the app to your computer, connect your phone, and before long you'll have a copy Backup of everything, in case you need to transfer data to a new phone, or reset the phone to its default state.

What is Smart Switch?
Smart Switch is a Windows or Mac OS that is used for many things. You can use it to install software updates for your phone, configure email synchronization with Microsoft Outlook, or back up and restore your content while navigating between phones.

You can also use the Smart Mobile Switch to transfer contacts, photos, and messages from your iOS device to your new Galaxy phone.

What can Smart Switch back up?
Smart Switch makes backing up your contacts, photos, app data, and other local files on your phone. It makes navigation between the Galaxy phones easy, and desktop applications take some setup, but it's a simple process that takes only minutes.

• How to Install Samsung Smart Switch on Your Computer.
• How to set up Smart Switch for the first time.
• How to back up your phone data using Smart Switch.
• How to restore your phone from a previous backup using Smart Switch.

How to Install Samsung Smart Switch on Your Computer

We'll show you the installation on Windows, but it's a standard install on Mac as well:

• Go to the Samsung Smart Switch Web site.
• Click on the download link for Windows or Mac, whatever system you use, for this method we use Windows.
• Click to play the downloaded .exe file ".dmg on your Mac."
• If you receive an error message stating that the application failed to start because the side-by-side configuration is incorrect, download and install the Microsoft Visual C ++ package.
• Click the check boxes to verify that you accept the terms of the license agreement.
• Click Next.
• Click Finish once the installation process is complete, and the Smart Switch will be turned on by default.

How to set up Smart Switch for the first time

• Run the Smart Switch application after installing from the desktop icon on your computer.
• Connect your phone to the computer via a USB cable To start, you may be prompted to allow USB files to be transferred to your phone.
• Switch to and unlock your phone and scroll down from the top to pull the notification shade.
• Click Notifications for other USB options.
• Click the File Transfer option.
• When you switch back to the computer, your phone must now be connected to the application.

How to back up your phone data using Smart Switch

Once the app is turned on and connected to your phone, backing up your data is very easy:

• Run the application on the computer.
• Click Backup.
• You will be asked to allow access permissions on your phone.
• Pick up your phone.
• Click Allow, and if you have a micro SD card in your phone, you will also have the option to support this data.
• Once the backup is complete, you will get an analysis of all data that was backed up successfully, and click OK to finish.

How to restore your phone from a previous backup using Smart Switch

If it's time to upgrade to a new Samsung phone or an error occurs, requiring you to restore your data, it's very easy to do so if you have a Smart Switch backup.

• Run the application on your computer and connect your phone via USB.
• Click Restore.
• Click Select a different backup if you want to restore from a previous backup, otherwise click Restore Now.
• You will be asked to allow access permissions on your phone.
• Switch focus to your phone, click Allow to continue the restore process.
• Once the restore process is complete, you will get an analysis of the recovered data, and then click OK to finish the restore.