Transferring everything from Lumia 520 to new Lumia 625

[endlesslumia]

Hi all,
I've just got my new 625 and want to copy contacts, texts, apps, settings pictures etc,,,,(everything basically) from my 520 to my 625.
I've got text backup on, app backup on and settings backup. Photos auto upload to the cloud too. When i log in my windows account on the new phone set-up and connect to wifi, nothing happens.....i get no list of backups to restore from. This is without a sim in the new phone may i add....

How do i set by step get my apps, texts, contacts, settings and photos on my new phone????

the easy transfer doesn't even say there are any contacts to copy over?? there are loads!

help appreciated

thanks

 

[ShreyansShah]

first of all, make a manual backup.
this should show there is a backup in the cloud.


then, make sure, u have setup ur new phone with the same id as ur old phone.
u will be able to restore everything.
apart from that, u can use an app called "Transfer my data" from Nokia, which AFAIK can transfer contacts and msgs.

 

[endlesslumia]

i've made a manual backup and it says "last backup 30 seconds ago"

i then log into my new phone under the same email address i started my old 520 in and nothing happens even when i set my wifi up during the startup process.

i've used transfer my data and it does nothing. it says there are no contacts and it won't do anything else.

 

[cndspec]

I believe that you need to have cellular data on to trigger the setup from backup screen.

 

[dKp1977]

I believe that you need to have cellular data on to trigger the setup from backup screen.

Not if his device is on GDR3 (or even WP 8.1 for that matter). Pre GDR3 adding a WiFi connection happened after the backup restoration process. With GDR3 Microsoft thankfully changed this behavior.

Wondering though if the OP for some reason acidentally skipped the restore screen when setting up his new shiny toy (maybe out of pure excitement ).

 

[endlesslumia]

how do i restore this screen then?? if i did skip it?

 

[endlesslumia]

it gives me the option to log into a nokia account....it just does nothing after . i didn't have a sim card in at the time,,,only wifi. are apps supposed to just start to download>?

 

[dKp1977]

You can't access the restore option once setup is completed. You will have to perform a hard reset and start from scratch.

 

[endlesslumia]

that's what i've done....twice! hard reset on my lumia 625 - logged into my nokia account and nothing happens?

 

[endlesslumia]

that's what i've done....twice! hard reset on my lumia 625 - logged into my nokia account and nothing happens?

 

[dKp1977]

You're Nokia account won't help you there. Backups are synchronized using your Microsoft account.

 

[endlesslumia]

sorry microsoft account then...got mixed up

 

[endlesslumia]

SOLVED - Inserted new sim card and logged into Microsoft account and the backup was available for restoration.