How to Transfer Data From HTC to Samsung Galaxy S6/S7 Edge?

Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S7 edge is supposed to be the most competitive Android phone in 2016. Taking the best bits of Samsung S7, S6 and S5, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has much-improved features and entices a big portion of phone users to buy. Such appealing features as water resistant up to 5 feet of water for up to 30 minutes and wireless charging impel some HTC users to get one. But when getting a new Samsung Galaxy, how to transfer data from HTC One M9/M8 to the new Samsung S6/S7 edge？

The editor summarize two methods to help you transfer your phone data from the old HTC to a new Samsung.

Step 1: Using Smart Switch Mobile to Transfer Data From HTC to Samsung

Smart Switch mobile is a free mobile phone transfer app designed by Samsung. By using it, you can transfer all your personal information, multimedia files and apps from HTC to Samsung Galaxy S6/S7 edge. But if your mobile phone cannot be compatible with it, you may need to use Samsung Kies to transfer files, or you can choose Gihosoft phone to phone transfer as an alternative option which covers almost all kinds of smartphones.

Taking Samsung Galaxy S7 as an example:

Download Smart Switch Mobile(app) from Google Play store, then install and launch the app on both devices.

1. For HTC device:

A. Set it as the sending device.

B. Please tap CO ECT to connect the two devices wirelessly.

C. After the devices have been connected successfully, all the sendable data types will be listed, please tick on all the data which you want to transfer from HTC to Samsung, then tap SEND.

D. When it has finished transferring files from HTC to Samsung, you will get the status Completed, please tap FINISH.

2. For Samsung Galaxy:

A. Set it as the receiving device.

B. Please tap RECEIVE when you get a message goes “HTC wants to send you some content”.

C. It will take a while to transfer all selected data from HTC to Samsung S7 edge. When it shows Completed, please tap FINISH to end the process.

Step 2: Using Gihosoft Phone Transfer to Transfer Data From HTC to Samsung Galaxy

If you’re not going to install an app on your HTC phone or Samsung phone, instead, you can directly use Gihosoft phone data transfer to transfer all files such as contacts, text messages, call log, photos, videos, music, calendar and apps from HTC to Samsung Galaxy. And the data transfer tool is available on Gihosoft official website and can be downloaded to Windows or Mac.

1. Go to Gihosoft official website to download and install the desktop software.

2. Run the Phone Transfer software, and connect the two devices to computer via USB.

3. Now tick all the data types for transferring from HTC to Samsung Galaxy.

If there were a large number of photos, videos, music or other kinds of files stored in HTC phone, it will take several minutes transferring those data from HTC to Samsung Galaxy S6/S7 edge. Please keep the devices connected to computer and wait a while until the transferring process is finished, Gihosoft will never let you down as it’s an awesomely reliable one-click HTC to Samsung data transfer tool.

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