L640 Initial Set-Up Question?

[LumiaGuy]

Am setting up my new L640. I inserted the old Sim card I was using in my old L520 and am being asked "Do you want to restore data from a previous phone or start from a clean slate?". Below that question there are the following three options - what do I do? Do I need to take my old Sim to the AT&T Store and have them transfer my contacts to the new Sim that came with the 640 and not use the old Sim? Do I use the new Sim and just retrieve my contacts from the Cloud/OneDrive?

Dave's Lumia 520
Nokia RM-915_nam_usa_228 Dec 01, 2015

Dave's Lumia
Nokia RM-915_apac_australia_new_zealand_215 Sep 02 2013

Don't Restore
Start fresh with your phone

 

[Guytronic]

I never restore from another phone back-up.
Always started fresh because backups seemed incompatible with a newer device.
This has been my past experience.

Good luck there...

 

[LumiaGuy]

I never restore from another phone back-up.
Always started fresh because backups seemed incompatible with a newer device.
This has been my past experience.

Good luck there...

So, insert the new Sim card that came with my 640 and go from there?

 

[Guytronic]

So, insert the new Sim card that came with my 640 and go from there?

You can use your existing SIM.
Is the new phone unlocked?

 

[LumiaGuy]

Thank you for your prompt advice/answers!

 

[libra89]

It's really up to you of course. I had a 521 before I had the 640 and I restored from that backup without issues. I can't imagine losing all of my text history with numbers in there.

 

[LumiaGuy]

You can use your existing SIM.
Is the new phone unlocked?

The phone is still locked to AT&T as that is the carrier I use with their Gophone service.

 

[LumiaGuy]

It's really up to you of course. I had a 521 before I had the 640 and I restored from that backup without issues. I can't imagine losing all of my text history with numbers in there.

So, using the new Sim card, I lose any past text history? If so, there's nothing important there for me. Is that the only issue with not using the old Sim? I can back all my Contact info up to the new Sim using OneDrive, correct?

 

[libra89]

So, using the new Sim card, I lose any past text history? If so, there's nothing important there for me. Is that the only issue with not using the old Sim? I can back all my Contact info up to the new Sim using OneDrive, correct?

No, you shouldn't lose any of that, regardless of sim card. That info is backed up on OneDrive. You only lose text history if you choose NOT to back up your texts. To make things easier, you should just stay with your old sim card. Every phone I have gotten an extra sim with, I just put the SIM somewhere or leave it in the box.

 

[LumiaGuy]

Last question

I would select, Don't Restore - Start fresh with your phone - using my old Sim, correct?

 

[srcpt]

Why not use the "transfer my data" app that's on your phone?

 

[LumiaGuy]

Why not use the "transfer my data" app that's on your phone?

Thanks - worked easy-peasy!

 

[Fire 29]

Thanks - worked easy-peasy!

That's a good idea. I would use that too on my new 640.

 

[MaryJane197]

I used the backup feature to restore my backup on mine. Only reason being is its not so simple to add custom ringtones. I had to get a friend to text me each one so i could save them on my phone as ringtones. So i restored my backup. No errors or glitches. I did this when i put the WP 10 on my phone. Its still easier to restore a Windows phone than it was to restore my iPhone, i will say that.

 

[aybarrap1]

I give credit to MS for an easy backup/restore solution that works across their devices as well as pulling in information from other OS's such as contacts and text messages from Android. Works very well and is relatively simple to do.