How to Upgrade to a New Android Phone and Take Everything with You

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When you set up a new phone running Lollipop, you get two options while you walk through the setup process, and both of them make bringing data from your old phone to your new one quick, painless, and seamless:

Tap & Go uses NFC on both devices to transfer data like accounts, passwords, installed apps and app data, saved Wi-Fi networks, and more. Once you've tapped the two devices together (or really, just put them near each other), you'll be prompted to log in to your Google account on the new device. Once you do, the transfer begins, and your apps start downloading on the new device. You just sit back, wait, and let the process finish. The video above from originiative shows you how it works. You have to have access to your old device, and both devices have to have NFC, of course, but if that sounds like you, it's easy, fast, and super simple.