How to Transfer Data from a Broken Phone to a New One

Can you transfer data from a broken phone to a new one?

Once your phone is damaged, the first thing you would like to do is to get the data back from the broken phone. Some of you may choose to recover data from Android phone with broken screen to computer, while others may prefer to transfer data from broken phone to a new one, especially contacts and photos.

However, depending on how damaged your Android is, you may not be able to recover data from a broken Android. It's worth a shot, regardless of the state of your device.

Transferring data from an old phone to a new one via cloud backup

If you had cloud backup enabled on your old Android device, you can restore data like photos and contacts to a new one, no matter its condition.

If you allow the “Contacts” app to use cloud services, for example, your contacts can be wirelessly transferred over Wi-Fi to a new phone.

How to Recover Contacts from a Bad Phone

First (Step One), open the Settings app on the new phone and sign in with your cloud-account credentials from the old phone.

**Step 2:** Tap “iCloud,” then scroll down and enable the “Contacts” option.

Step 3. Tap “Merge” to combine your phone's contacts with your Google contacts.

You can transfer photos from your old phone to your new one in a similar way.

If you happen to have a cloud backup of your entire device, you can restore all your data and settings to the new phone.

How to Transfer Data from a Broken Phone to a New One

Step 1: Open the “Settings” app on your new phone.

2. Log in to the cloud account associated with the damaged phone.

Step 3: Tap Cloud > Cloud Backup > Restore Data.

Step 4. Here you can see all of your backups. Choose the one you want to restore.

Step 5: Choose the type of content you want to restore, then click Restore.

The steps will vary depending on the device. Usually, you can find instructions on the phone's official website. For instance, if you have a Samsung phone, you can refer to their guide on how to recover data on a Samsung phone.

Transfer data from a damaged phone to a new one via SIM/SD card

On Android, you can choose to save your contacts to the SIM card you're using. This way, you can transfer your contacts from your old phone to your new one simply by inserting the SIM card into the new phone—no computer required.

Similarly, if you added storage to your Android device with an SD card, you can remove the card from the broken phone and insert it into the new one to access and view its files.

Recover files from a damaged phone using data recovery software

You can also transfer the files from the damaged phone to your computer, and then move them to the new phone via USB cable.

To recover data from a damaged phone, you can try using a free Android data recovery tool called Dr.Fone - Data Recovery (Android). This tool allows you to scan both existing and deleted files on the device, including photos, videos, contacts, and messages. If you can successfully connect your damaged phone to a computer, this software will help transfer the files from the damaged phone to the computer. Once the data is on your computer, you can then transfer it to your new phone to resume using it.

Recovering Files from a Broken Phone

Step 1: Connect your Android phone to your computer.

Install and run tools MobiSaver for Android, then connect your damaged Android phone to the PC with a USB cable.

Then, click the “Start” button to have the software detect and connect to your device.

Note: The software can access an Android device only if it is rooted, so make sure that your phone is rooted before you proceed with the recovery.

Step 2. Scan your Android phone to find all existing and lost data.

Once connected, the software quickly scans your Android device to detect all existing and lost data. Simply choose the correct file type, and you can easily recover contacts, messages, call logs, photos, and more.

Step 3. Preview and transfer data from Android phone to computer.

Preview all the files and then choose the data you want to restore.

Finally, click on the “Recover” button to transfer the selected data to your computer.

With your photos, contacts, and so on now safely on your computer, you can transfer them to your new phone.

Step 1. Connect the new Android phone to your computer with a USB cable.

Step 2. Transfer your contacts, messages, call logs, photos, and videos from your old Android to the new one.

Ultimately

If your phone is too damaged for any of these methods to work, you may need to take it to a professional data recovery service and have a tech take a look at it.