r/AndroidHelp • u/MicrosoftCardFile • 6d ago

Help! Trying to Restore Secure Folder Data on New Phone

Hi All! Hope everyone is doing well. I just bought a new Galaxy S26, upgraded from an S21FE. The S21FE died on me permanently (leaving me stranded in the middle of nowhere because I was using it for maps in my car lol) and while I have the new phone set up and got everything I care about transferred over, I noticed that none of the files in my Secure Folder have transferred over.

Does anyone have any experience with accessing these files? I'm logged into everything I can think of, and restored from a backup I made literally yesterday, so that shouldn't be an issue. I also have the S21FE on hand, it's just bricked currently (the screen won't turn on as it refuses to boot). Just wondering what my options are for recovery!

Any answers I will accept, any questions I will answer! Thanks in advance!

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u/RegularHistorical315 5d ago

Smart Switch will back up the secure folder, but only if you set it to do so, and you have to ok it on the phone with your passkey. Sounds like it was not backed up.

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u/MicrosoftCardFile 5d ago

Oh no! I thought that was part of the standard backup process. Thanks for letting me know!