How to Transfer Data from Android to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

March 29, 2017-Samsung Electronics officially released the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ to Global Markets. With the introduction of a variety of services and applications, as well as the stunning Infinity display immersive viewing experience, Galaxy S8, and S8 + brought new features and convenience, opened a series of possibilities, also attracted numerous consumers. If you're usually a common Android user and now attracted by its groundbreaking features, then the first thing occurs in your mind maybe change your old phone to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+. In this case, have you ever thought of how to transfer your previous data from Android to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+?

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Never mind! Here in this guide, I will share you how to transfer your important data, such as contacts, SMS, call history, calendar, photos, music, videos, etc from Android to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ via two methods.

Part 1. Switching from Android to Samsung S8 via Samsung Smart Switch
Smart Switch is a mobile phone data transfer tool developed by Samsung, which can seamlessly transfer contacts, photos, music, videos, messages, notes, calendars and more files from an Android device to virtually any Samsung Galaxy device such as Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+. Here I am going to share how to transfer data from Android to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ using Smart Switch Mobile.

1. Download and install Smart Switch Mobile app on both your Android devices.
2. After successfully installation, please run Smart Switch Mobile in both of devices.
3. Select the “Android to Galaxy”option on both of devices.
4. On the old Android device, check the items you want to move and tap “Transfer”.
5. Wait for the two devices being connected. After that, tap “OK”on the Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+.
6. When moving contents is completed. Tap “Done”to finish the process.

Part 2. Switching from Android to Samsung S8 via Mobile Phone Transfer
Gihosoft Mobile Phone transfer is a professional phone to phone transfer and data backup as well as restore software. Developed by Gihosoft Studio, it is powerful and user-friendly. It allows you to transfer most commonly used data, such as contacts, photos, music, videos, SMS, calendar, call logs etc from Android to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ just with one click. Meanwhile, it supports multiple and latest Android devices running on Android 2.1 to 7.0, such as HTC, LG, Nexus, Motorola, Huawei, OnePlus, Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ and more. Here are the detailed steps about switching from Android to Samsung S8.

Before you begin, please note the following instructions:

• Make sure your USB Ports are in well condition.
• Make sure the two devices are powered on.
• Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your Android phones.
• Make sure the latest USB driver is installed on computer.

Step 1 Start Gihosoft Mobile Transfer
Please download the latest version of Gihosoft Mobile Transfer from our website and install it on your computer, then run it. Hereafter, you can see the user-friendly main interface and choose "Phone to Phone".

Step 2. Connect the Android Phones to PC
Next, turn on the USB debugging of your old Android phone and new Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+, then connect them to computer separately via USB cables.
After that, a message will appear on your Android phone screen to ask you for authorizing this computer, please tap “OK”. Once the two devices have been connected to computer successfully, the phone model name will be shown on software interface. You can click “Flip” button to make sure your old Android Phone connected as a source phone and Samsung S8/s8+ connected as a destination phone.

Step 3. Transfer Data from Android to Samsung S8/S8+
After the two devices have been detected by our software, please mark the file types that you want to transfer then click “Start Copy” button to copy data from Android to Samsung S8. When the data transferring process is completed, you will be informed by a pop-up message. Now you can check the data list on your Samsung S8/S8+.

Apart from transferring data from Android to Samsung S8/S8+, Gihosoft Mobile Phone Transfer also enables you to transfer data from iPhone to Samsung S8/S8+.
As for iPhone to Samsung S8/S8+ transfer, you might refer to How to Transfer Data from iPhone to Android Like Samsung Galaxy S7/S8.