We explain how to transfer contacts from Android phone to iPhone. How to transfer apps from Android to iPhone. How to transfer photos from Android to iPhone. And, yes, how to transfer music from Android to iPhone. Basically, how to move from Android to iPhone, okay?
If you're an Android user thinking about switching to iPhone,
you may be concerned about the transfer process. The good news is that
transferring contacts from Android phone to iPhone really couldn't be
more simple. Turns out Google is good at this stuff. And files are much
the same. The basic principle is to back up to either the cloud or a
desktop machine, and then sync to iPhone. So let's get into it.
Transfer contacts from Android to iPhone: use Google the simple way
There are two ways of transferring contacts from Android to iOS.
We'll outline them both below, but if you have been using your Android
phone for any length of time we strongly suggest you try them in the
order we have written them. (See also: how to transfer contacts from BlackBerry to iPhone.)
If you have been using your Android phone and Google account (Gmail,
Google Play, etc) for any length of time the chances are that all of
your contacts will be associated with your Google account. At the very
least the ones you use most often should be.
So make sure you have backed up your Android phone. Go to Settings on
your Android phone and choose "Accounts and Sync" or similar. Enter
your GMail account details and enable synchronisation. Your phone
contacts and Google Contacts should now synchronise.
Then go to your new iPhone. Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
and add your Gmail account. Make sure Contacts are enabled for the
account. You should now find that all of your Google contacts are in
your iPhone. See also: iPhone productivity app reviews.
Transfer contacts from Android to iPhone: go deep with Google
For belt and braces, and to make sure this process always works in
future, consider doing the following, either on your iPhone after you
have followed the steps above, or on your Android before you make the
move:
- Open the Settings application on your iPhone.
- Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- Select Add Account...
- Select Other
- Select Add CardDAV Account
- Fill out your account information in the following fields:
- Server: Enter "google.com"
- User Name: Enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.
- Password: Your Google Account or Google Apps password. (If you’ve enabled 2 Step verification, you’ll need to generate and enter an application specific password.)
- Description: Enter a description of the account (e.g. Personal Contacts).
- Select Next at the top of your screen.
- Make sure that the "Contacts" option is turned to ON.
After you've completed setup, open the Contacts app on your device,
and syncing will automatically begin begin your iPhone and Google. Any
time you set up any smartphone Google should hold the key to all of your
contacts. Visit our iPhone spotlight for more iPhone tips.
Transfer contacts from Android to iPhone: just swap SIMS
This works only if your Android phone takes a similar sized SIM to
your iPhone, either a micro- or nano-SIM for later iPhone models. (You
can of course cut down any SIM to fit, but do this only as a last resort
- if you get it wrong the SIM and your contacts are gone for good.)
First save all contacts on the Android phone to its SIM. Next, insert
the SIM into your iPhone, taking care not to mislay the iPhone's SIM.
Finally, go to Settings and choose "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and tap
"Import SIM Contacts". When the operation has finished, you can replace
iPhone's SIM card with the original card. See also: Every Apple product reviewed.
Transfer apps from Android to iPhone
There's no easy way around this. If you have to pay for an app on
Google Play, you'll likely have to pay to buy again on iTunes. That's
the bad news, the good news is that in almost every case the app you
like using on Android is available on iTunes, and the login details you
use on the one will work on the other. This means that any content or
service you purchased through your Android app will likely be accessible
on your iPhone. So once you have started using your iPhone, simply sign
up for the iTunes App store, and start searching for those apps you
love.
Transfer photos and videos from Android to iPhone
There are a couple of simple ways of doing this. The first involves
installing a data-transferring app. You can find several
data-transferring apps on the Apple App Store, but remember you need to
find them first on your Android in the Google Play store. We recommend
Copy My Data and PhotoSync. Then it is easy, simply install your chosen
app on both your Android and your iPhone, and you will be guided through
moving files from one to the other.
The other way to move photos from Android to iPhone is to use a
computer with iTunes. You need only to find the photos and videos on
your Android phone, move them to your computer, sync them to iTunes, and
then sync your new iPhone with iTunes. A similar process works for
music, as we will outline below.
To transfer your photos from Android to iPhone, simply connect your
Android phone to your PC or Mac. Choose the photos and videos you want
to move, and drag them to a folder on your computer. For simplicity I
would create a new folder on the Desktop called... 'Photos for
transfer'.
Now plug in your iPhone to your PC or Mac, open iTunes, and click
your iPhone. Click Photos, select the 'Sync Photos from' checkbox, and
choose the folder into which you saved your photos. Click Apply and the
photos will sync to your iPhone.
Transfer music from Android to iPhone
The principle here is similar to that of transferring photos from
Android to iPhone. You need to get music files from your Android and on
to your PC or Mac, then get those files into iTunes and sync up your
iPhone. It should be very simple to transfer anyThe critical stage here
is to back up your Android to a PC or Mac. Because most Android devices
can be mounted and used as external storage, this can be as simple as
dragging all of your music files from the mounted Android phone's folder
structure, and moving them into the music folder on your PC or Mac.
Now install and open iTunes on your computer. Go to Library, and
click Music. Open the folder into which you put your music files, and
drag them to the Music view in iTunes.
Now hook up your iPhone, click iPhone, and then click Music. You can
choose to sync your entire library, or select only the songs or artists
you just added. Then click Sync and the songs will be added to your
iPhone.
(Or just don't worry about owning music and use Spotify.)
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