[llamax]

Hi all,

Quick question: will backing up a Passport device and restoring the data to a Z30 that already has data on it overwrite the existing data?

I want to keep the existing data on the Z30 and supplement it with the Passport data.

Background: lost Z30, had it returned with smashed screen. While waiting on replacement Z30 screen, used borrowed Passport. I now want to restore the data from the Passport such as texts, etc. to the Z30 for a clean transition back.

Is this possible or will my restore of the Passport data overwrite existing Z30 texts and data?

[BigBadWulf]

You can only overwrite.

Also, the Z30 will have to be the same or higher OS. I always use the device switch. Did it 4 times in the past month.

[llamax]

Too bad we cannot merge the data.

[BigBadWulf]

True, but to the best of my knowledge, no platform's native restore can do that. Shame you didn't do a device switch when the screen broke. You wouldn't be in this position now.

[llamax]

Yes, good suggestion, BBW. In my case, I did not have the phone for a number of weeks.

However, the loss of data would have been minimized if I had done so when getting it back.

Good pointer for the archives.