Stock Android on S20 FE 5G and migrating from old device?

cormie

Hey folks,

Just got my hands on an S20 FE 5G and am migrating over from a Blackview BV9500 Pro which wasn't supported by Smart Switch. I ended up using another option on the phone to migrate, and although it reinstalled my apps and nova launcher was exactly as I had it on the Blackview, it didn't mirror the current state of the apps as they were on my old phone. So for example, tabs I had opened in chrome weren't there, Revolut and other apps requiring a login weren't associated with my account, Gmail didn't have the other accounts I had connected to it set up.

Also other issues are the files from my "downloads" folder didn't migrate and apps I had installed that I didn't get from the play store such as YouTube Vanced, didn't migrate over either.

I thought this stuff mirrored state for state when I had migrated before using stock android, but maybe I'm mistaken?

Is it possible to get all this stuff over now, or is it too late? I've been using the phone for a day now and have new calls, texts etc so I don't want to wipe these if reverting to yesterday's state on my old device, so I guess the easiest thing would be to just set up all the apps again.

Before I do anything for the above, I'd also like to know is there any easy way to get stock android on the S20? I don't like all the added Samsung bloat and from what I can see, there's only the options of:

Silent, Vibrate or Sound for calls... I used to use Do Not Disturb and Priority on Android stock which was really handy and just generally I prefer the stock experience as I use my phone for work mainly and don't really care for all the fancy stuff :)

I guess I'd be better off making any major changes like that now before anything else.

Any feedback on this would be appreciated :)