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How do I transfer email accounts and stored email to new phone?
Ellenj
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‎04-02-2015 03:42 PM

I can back up contacts with Verizion Backup Assistant.  I've moved the apps to the SD Card that can be moved to the card. I don't care about Text messages. My photos and videos have always been on my SD card.  And those are backed up on my Mac.

But I can't find ANYWHERE (Verizon help or community) how to back up my email accounts and my stored email messages.  There is no place to do this on Backup Assistant. I have 8 email accounts.  I have specific messages saved on the phone that I need on the phone. How can I keep those?

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Ellen

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‎04-02-2015 03:53 PM

Your emails should be saved on your email provider's server.  If you use Gmail, those are saved, unless you deleted them.  Your apps are saved in your Google Play store account.

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Re: How do I transfer email accounts and stored email to new phone?
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‎04-02-2015 03:53 PM

Your emails should be saved on your email provider's server.  If you use Gmail, those are saved, unless you deleted them.  Your apps are saved in your Google Play store account.

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Ellenj
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‎04-02-2015 04:40 PM

As I said, I have SPECIFIC messages saved to the phone that I need on the phone. This is why I don't sync my email. I don't want everything I've saved on my desktop to go to my phone. So, I want to be sure I can back up the email ON the phone. And, I don't really want to add back 8 email accounts.

Apps are stored in Google Play.  App settings are not. So, if you want to save app settings and don't have a rooted phone, I'm hoping saving them to the SD card will load them automatically.

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‎04-02-2015 04:47 PM

A lot of apps can no longer be moved to the card.  App settings are "supposed" to be backed up to the Google account per the backup and reset check boxes in settings menu.  You can take the folder from your phone that has the emails and drag and drop to your PC perhaps.

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‎04-02-2015 04:48 PM

Plus, you can (depending on the mail app) choose which folders to sync.  So, you don't have to sync everything.

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Ellenj
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‎04-02-2015 05:08 PM

Any idea where the email folder is?  I don't think it is on the SD card.

I'm hoping the app settings are backed up, but so far that has not been the case when I've had o re-install apps.

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‎04-02-2015 05:09 PM

How do you knoiw the emails are saved?  I mean, where do you have them set in mail settings to save to?

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