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The short answer
How to set up new Android phone, in short: charge both phones, connect to Wi-Fi, and choose to copy apps and data from your old phone during setup…
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About 35 minutes · Advanced · For Android
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This is the most common case: you're moving from one Android phone to another.
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We haven't tested this direction ourselves; these steps are based on Google's and Apple's support pages.
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New phones often sit in a warehouse for months, so the first update can be a big one.
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Your phone is now the key to most of your accounts, so this step is worth ten minutes.
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Google renamed Find My Device to Find Hub in 2025, so older guides use the old name.
Watch out
You can't restore a backup from a newer Android version onto an older one.
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