Since the release of Apple's android app "Move to iOS" moving your schedules, contacts and accounts from your android phone to a new iPhone has become easier than ever. It connects your android and iOS devices directly over a Wi-Fi connection and allows you to transfer your data with ease. It is worth noting that although the app transfers most of your data, it is unable to transfer your apps since they are not compatible and it also doesn't transfer your music or saved passwords. Additionally, if you have the newer iPhones or iPad variants you are not going to have any problems with the Move to iOS app, in fact if your device is running iOS 9 or higher the transfer is going to be hassle free.
How to move your data using the Move to iOS app
- Set up your new iPhone until you've reached the screen saying "Apps and Data".
- Tap on the "Move from Android" option.
- On your Android device, search and install the "Move to iOS" app from the play store
- Open the app and tap on "Continue" on both devices
- Tap on "Agree" followed by "Next" on your Android device
- At this point, your iOS device should be displaying a 12 digit code on the screen, enter this code in your Android device as it is going to ask for it.
- Once you successfully, your Android device will connect to your iOS device over Wi-Fi and work out the data that needs to be transferred.
- Next you will be asked whether you wish to transfer your Google account so that you can quickly log in to your new Apple device with it.
- Along with your google account, you will also have the option to select chrome bookmarks, contacts, text messages and the photos and videos present in your camera roll. Select all of the items you wish to transfer to your iOS device.
- Once your transfer is complete, tap on "Continue Setting Up iPhone" to carry on with setting an Apple ID or logging in if you already have one.
- Once this setup process is complete, you will be asked to log in to the accounts that you transferred over from you Android device, once you do that you're done.
If you're wondering about the time required for this transfer, it totally depends on the amount of data you're going to transfer. It can take longer especially if you have a lot of photos and videos. For reference, it takes around 8 minutes to transfer about 400MBs of files and set up the iPhone.
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