There are in the great world of the smartphone industry in the end only two operating systems that really matter. These are Apple’s iOS and Google Android. Both operating systems have a lot of users and most people will be satisfied with both. Yet it is not as easy as it seems to switch between the operating systems. Now it is very easy to just empty set your device, but it’s better to bring your data to your new device. This saves a lot of time. In this article exactly we’ll tell you how to move Android from your data to iOS and vice versa.
Android to iOS
There are lots of manufacturers who Android phones. It would therefore be quite difficult to explain by manufacturer how to transfer the data. Fortunately this is not necessary, because Apple has developed its own app called ‘Step up to iOS. This app is specially designed for transferring data from Android to iOS.
First, you need to get your SIM card from your old Android device, this stop you then your new iPhone. This avoids any problems
setting up your phone as iPhones can not be made without a SIM card. Next, download the ‘Step up iOS’ app on your Android phone and you go through the steps in the app until you need to type in a code. And then start your iPhone for the first time and keep going until you ‘to transfer data from old phone’ step encounters. Click on ‘fetch data from Android device. Then will show up in a numerical image. Type this code on your Android device. If all goes well, you can then choose what you want to put on your iPhone.
- Contacts
- Photos and Videos
- Mail Accounts
- Calendars
- Browser shortcuts
Select the options you want to transfer from Android to iOS and the phones do the rest of the work. If everything went well, your phone now set all the data from your Android device.
iOS to Android
The transfer of data from your iPhone to an Android device is unfortunately a lot more complicated. Apple does not make it easy for users to switch to another brand. iPhones mostly store everything in the iCloud. This includes photos, videos, contacts and calendars
Contacts Transfer
If you have saved your contacts in your Gmail account, you only need your Gmail To login to your Android phone and your contacts are synchronized. If you have are your contacts in iCloud you must complete the following steps.
Lie on your iPhone to your settings, then click “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then click iCloud. Switch the toggle button in there. Now all your contacts stored in the iCloud. If this is successful, or if you had this stand already, go to iCloud in your browser on your computer. Log in with your Apple ID and click on ‘Contact’. Click the gear icon left corner and click
Select All. Now click again on the gear icon and click Export vCard “and save this file. Then go to Gmail in the browser on your computer, click the top left of the word “Gmail” with the down arrow and click ‘Contacts’. You will be taken to a new site. On the left side Import. It may be that there is an error message on the screen asking you to go to an older version of the site. Agree. Hereafter Click “Import contacts and upload the vCard file you saved previously. Now all your contacts are tied to your Google Account. Once you log into your Android smartphone will be synced your contacts.
Music
Transferring music from your iPhone is very easy. If you still have the music on your computer, can you just put in a folder on your Android device and he finds it. If you bought all your music in iTunes, you must do the following. Download Google Music Manager and upload through that program all the music from your iTunes to Google Play Music. Google puts up to 40,000 songs. The only downside is that you have a
must give credit as collateral for the transition to If you transfer more than 40,000 songs.
Photos
To put pictures on you can use the Google Photos. Install the app on your iPhone and log in with your Google Account. Go to the settings and activate the option that stores all the photos in the cloud. Then go to your Android phone, install the Google Photos app. Sign in with your Google account and you already have your photos on your Android device.
If all goes well you now have most files from your iOS device ported to Android.
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