If you are able to make the leap from an Android cellphone to an iPhone (like I didn’t too way back), there’s a simple technique to switch all of your knowledge to your new machine.
Move to iOS is an Android app made by Apple that transfers contacts, message historical past, web site bookmarks, mail accounts, calendars, photographs and movies. Some of your free apps will switch in the event that they’re obtainable on each Google Play and the App Store. Move to iOS is supported on all telephones operating Android 4.0 or newer, and it makes the method of switching to an entire new machine — and working system — a bit simpler. So, if the flashy new options on the iPhone 16 lineup have you ever offered, this is how you can make that transition as seamless as doable.
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If you are seeking to make the other transfer, from an iPhone to an Android, try our information for that, too.
Transferring knowledge from Android to iPhone
The very first thing you need to do is cost up each telephones — and preserve them plugged in. Then guarantee that the Wi-Fi is enabled in your Android machine. If you need to switch your Chrome bookmarks, be sure you have the most recent model put in in your Android cellphone.
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Next, flip in your new iPhone and put it subsequent to your Android machine. Follow the onscreen setup directions in your iPhone. When you get to the Quick Start display, faucet Set Up Without Another [Apple] Device, then preserve following the onscreen directions.
When you get to the Transfer Your Apps & Data display, faucet From Android.
On your Android cellphone, open the Move to iOS app. Tap Continue, and Agree to the phrases and circumstances. Decide whether or not to Automatically Send or Don’t Send app knowledge with Apple. Tap Continue and allow Location permissions if wanted, and likewise for Notification permissions.
On your iPhone, faucet Continue when the Move from Android display seems. A ten- or six-digit code will seem. Enter that code in your Android machine.
Move to iOS enables you to switch messages, photographs, movies and extra from an Android cellphone to an iPhone.
Your iPhone will create a brief Wi-Fi community; when prompted, faucet Connect in your Android machine to hitch it. Wait for the Transfer Data display to indicate up.
Now, select the content material out of your Android machine you’d prefer to switch, and faucet Continue. Leave your iPhone and Android alone — and close to one another — till the loading bar in your iPhone is full. The extra content material you must transfer, the longer this course of will take.
You can now activate your cellphone quantity and SIM or eSIM in your iPhone. You may need to complete this course of in your service’s web site.
Once the loading bar is full in your iPhone, faucet Done in your Android cellphone. Then hit Continue in your iPhone, and observe the onscreen directions to complete establishing your new machine.
Your recordsdata, photographs, contacts and extra ought to be in your new iPhone now, however word this course of will not work for transferring music, books and PDFs. You’ll want to do this manually.
Hopefully, that makes the transfer from Android to iPhone extra seamless, and you may start your journey in that new blue-bubble world.
If you like to observe a step-by-step information by way of this course of, watch our Switch from Android to iPhone with Move to iOS video beneath.
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