Amazon has returns until January. If you are worried, buy now, don’t open till after cyber monday
For authenticator, there should be a QR code to help transfer codes over.
Some authenticator may have cloud saves
“Should” is one thing. “Would” is another.
This is in the realm of “infeasible”.
Turn off auto night shots when you see it in the bottom right corner. It over brightens a lot of pictures with the post processing.