How to Transfer Photos from Samsung S6 to S8

A friend came to me and complained about her phone changing. She has saved almost a thousand photos on her Samsung S6. However, since she switched to Samsung S8, she found it hard to sync all the photos from the old Samsung phone to the new one. I just happen to know how to deal with it. And I think many of you might have the same problem. Therefore, I write this article to give you some advice.

Priority Solution: Transfer Photos from Samsung S6 to S8 with Transfer Software

As far as I am concerned, using a third party transfer software is the most convenient way because of the high transfer speed. Transfer speed is of great importance especially when you have a large quantity of things to transfer with. That’s why transfer software is the priority of all my suggestions. Here, I’d like to recommend you a software called Jihosoft Phone Transfer. Then you may ask: What is it? Take it easy. I’ll explain it to you.

What is Jihosoft Phone Transfer?

Jihosoft Phone Transfer is a phone-to-phone transfer tool to help users transfer contacts, messages, call logs, photos, videos, musics and more between Android and iOS devices. You can transfer data almost of all kinds from Android to Android, Android to iOS, iOS to Android and iOS to iOS.

Supported Devices Version:
Android 2.1 to Android 7.0 Nougat;

iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 7.1, iOS 8, iOS 9, iOS 9.2, iOS 10, iOS 11

Operation System Requirements:

Windows: Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/7/Vista/2000/XP (64 & 32 bits)

Mac: Mac OS X 10. 10 (Yosemite), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.8, 10.7, 10.6

More Info:

This software can backup your phone to computer and restore data from software backup and iTunes backup to any of your phone as well.

How to use this software?

At first, you have to download it to your computer.

 

Then you can follow the steps below:

Step 1: Launch the software and tap “Phone to Phone”;

Step 2: Connect both your Samsung S6 and S8 to this computer, click “Flip” if necessary to make your S8 be the “Destination” phone;

Step 3: Check “Photos” box and then tap “Start Copy”.

Other Solution: Sync Photos from Samsung S6 to S8 with “Samsung Smart Switch Mobile” App

“Samsung Smart Switch Mobile” is an useful app created for data transfer between Samsung phones and other phones. If you want to transfer pictures between your Samsung phones, you’ll need an extra USB connector. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Download this app on both of your Samsung phones;

Step 2: Connect your two phones with USB cable and USB connector, make sure the USB connector side is on your Samsung S8 (receiving phone).

Step 3: Click “Start” on your Samsung S8 when you see “Welcome! Smart Switch Mobile”;

Step 4: Choose “Smart Switch” as the app for the USB device; 

Step 5: Click “ALLOW” on your old Samsung S6 when you see the “Allow access to device data” interface;

Step 6: Select “Images” and then tap “TRANSFER” on your new Samsung S8.