How to transfer data from an Android phone to an iPhone
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Speaker 1: So you've decided to make the leap from an Android phone to an iPhone. Don't be scared. I'm here to help. Apple has a simple app to help you make the switch. And today I'm gonna show you how to do it. All.
Speaker 1: Apple is more than happy to welcome new converts to the world of iPhone or iOS. So they've come up with an app called move to iOS to make the transfer process easy. Let's get you ready to make the switch. First of all, you're gonna wanna do this before you finish setting up the iPhone. When you first take it out of the box and begin the setup process, you'll see this screen. If you want to use the move to iOS [00:00:30] app now is the time to do it. If you've already gone through the setup process and started using your iPhone, you can still transfer your data manually, or you can reset the phone and start over from the beginning, which is what I'd recommend. So by now, you've probably set up wifi on your iPhone, if not go back and do it now, make sure your Android phone has wifi turn on as well and make sure both phones are charged up or plugged into power. You don't want the battery running out in the middle of the process. Now it's time to go to the play door and download and install the move to iOS app on your Android phone.
Speaker 1: [00:01:00] Continue agree. Allow while using the app allow access to contacts and the calendar photos and media SMS messages. You can decide whether or not to share your usage data or not. At this point, move to iOS is looking for a code from your iPhone. So click here on move data for Android device and enter that code here. [00:01:30] Tap continue to connect to the wifi network created by your iPhone. When they're connected, select what data you want to transfer,
Speaker 1: Tap, continue, and the transfer will begin. Don't worry. If your iPhone goes to sleep, the data is still being transferred while this is happening. Let's actually talk about what's [00:02:00] being transferred depending on what you chose on this screen. Move to iOS. Can copy your contacts, message history, camera, photos, and videos, web bookmarks, mail accounts, and calendars, but only if those files are actually stored on your phone. If you've signed your life over to Google, like I have, then your Google photos and Google drive docs, aren't going to be directly transferred over, but you'll be able to sign into your Google account out and use them just the same. It's also not going to copy over any music files, books you've downloaded or PDFs saved on your [00:02:30] phone. You'll have to transfer those over manually or decide if it's just easier to download 'em all. Again, apple has a useful guide on how to move those types of files manually.
Speaker 1: But the basic process is to copy the files from your Android phone to your computer, and then add them to your iPhone using the finder or the, if we had app like iTunes, apple music or iCloud photos. And I can see here that my transfer is complete. Here's a generous offer to recycle your Android phone at an apple store for free. And now you can continue setting up your iPhone. If this is your first iPhone, you'll wanna set up an apple [00:03:00] ID or log in. If you already have one and then continue on through the rest of the setup process. And when you get to the home screen, you'll see this pop up offering to download the iOS versions of the Android apps you had on the other phone.
Speaker 1: This seems like an all or nothing choice at this point, but you, you could always go and delete the downloads you don't want while that's happening. I can see the photos that got copied over and here are my contacts and now the apps are done too. Once I [00:03:30] sign into my Google account, I'm pretty much back where I started, except now it's all on my iPhone. You might need to go back to your Android phone and look for anything that didn't make the trip. Some of the apps may not have, have an iOS version. So go look for something similar in the app store, or you might just wanna keep using your Android phone for that purpose. And again, check out apples guide for manually moving data for your music files or anything else if need be. So is this the end for your Android phone? It doesn't have to be check out my video on how to use your phone as a home security camera. And I'll put a link in the description for even more. I DS, [00:04:00] even if you move the SIM card over to your new iPhone, your Android phone might still have a lot of life left in it, unless it looks like this, then you might want to take apple up on the recycling offer after all. Thanks for watching. And we'll see you next time.
