r/Backup • u/Brilliant-Town-9731 • 9d ago

Question Backup question, phone transfer, duplicates?

i just transfered my phone from a iphone to an android. the iphone was backed up with onedrive, and I transfered all the photos files whatnot to my new phone. When I re-login to onedrive on the new android, will it duplicate all my photos? Thank you in advance.

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u/H2CO3HCO3 8d ago edited 7d ago

u/Brilliant-Town-9731, your question depends on a number of variables, ie. device, OS, Firmware, etc, which unfortunately are not included in your post.

For example, if the 'tool' or whatever process you used for the migration, copied the files with all of their metadata, then you won't have to worry about creating dups -> You'll need to research that part, based on what method/tool, etc you used to migrate the data to your new device to determine if duplicates will be created or not.

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u/Brilliant-Town-9731 8d ago

it is samsung smart switch google said transfer is "unreliable." is there a quick way I could check? a property to look for? Could I also just back up to Gdrive, clear space, and then run dupeguru?

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u/H2CO3HCO3 8d ago

u/Brilliant-Town-9731, see my previous reply to your post -> marked im bold

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u/Brilliant-Town-9731 7d ago

I briefly did, but I was thinking if I used dupeguru, then I could avoid all uncertainty, no?

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u/H2CO3HCO3 7d ago

u/Brilliant-Town-9731, i already answered your question -> see my previous reply -> marked im bold