Choose a connection or a move
Use Revault Cloud when both phones need to keep receiving changes, including across iOS and Android. Use the encrypted phone-transfer flow for a one-time move. Native iCloud or Google Drive syncing is suited to devices using the same platform cloud account.
Complete a one-time transfer safely
- In the source vault’s settings, prepare Move to another phone. Save the encrypted .qvault transfer and its separate transfer key. Keep the old phone’s vault intact until verification is complete.
- Move the encrypted file through a channel you control and provide its transfer key separately. On the receiving phone, use the restore/import flow and enter that key.
- Follow the new device’s pattern and recovery setup, then check file counts, folders and several representative items. Choose its sync provider deliberately; importing a transfer is not the same as enabling ongoing cloud sync.
- Once verified, remove unnecessary transfer copies and their keys from the destinations you used. A retained package and key can be reused; this is not a remotely revocable transfer.
If the old phone is unavailable
Use a surviving encrypted cloud copy or independent backup with its recovery phrase. A transfer cannot be created from a missing device. Before replacing a phone, keep a tested backup and recovery material somewhere other than that phone.