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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 18:57:23 +0100
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On 2024-11-06 15:45, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-11-06 14:26, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-11-06 12:13, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>>>> Yes, as we are agreed, it only works if a Samsung is the destination
>>>>>> phone, another example of deliberately crippling software.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Well, you might critcize Samsung, but at least*they* provide software
>>>>> to import your stuff from a non-Samsung phone, while Google doesn't do
>>>>> that for their phones. (Or*does* Google have such software? Your
>>>>> non-response to my suggestion implies they don't.)
>>>>
>>>> Android has a generic application to clone phones, from old to new.
>>>
>>>     And *which* application would that be? I.e. specifics please.
>>
>> No idea. It just runs when you buy a new phone, it is automatic. Depends
>> on the brand.
> 
>    I'm not aware of any such generic Android functionality. When I got my
> current Samsung phone (Galaxy A51), it only offered Samsung's 'Smart
> Switch' app.
> 
>    You say "Depends on the brand.", but that's exactly *my* point.
> 
>    Samsung offers such an app, but do others?

Certainly. Motorola, for instance

>    
>    As Java Jive later wrote, Google offers old-to-new transfer
> functionality for transfer to a Google phone, but apparently quite
> limited, because Java Jive couldn't use it for his old Samsung (Android
> 7) device. And Samsung's Smart Switch is a general app, i.e. not just
> for use at initial install/'switch' time, but also for use at any later
> time.
> 
> [...]


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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.