- Turn on your new iPhone and follow the initial startup steps
- When iPhone displays ” quick start », to choose choice ” configure manually »
- After a few screens, you reach another menu ” Application and data Offers a variety of scenarios.
- To choose fourth : ” Migrating data from Android “. The first three are for older iPhone owners only.
- Then iPhone prompts you to install an app on your old phone. Her name ” move to iOS “.
- If you have it on your smartphone Android 7.0Go to Play Store and click ” move to iOS “.
- If your smartphone is running on a computer version before 7.0, you will need to download the APK of the app. Apple provides secure download links for Android 4.3, 4.4, 5.0 and 6.0 versions of the app. go to this page and select the version that matches your smartphone.
- If your smartphone does not have the Play Store, keep in mind that the Apple app is also available in alternative app stores like below. Tencent, Baidu orHuawei App Gallery.
- By clicking the link you download application to your phone’s internal memory. Then go to: download manager your browser to open the APK file.
- Another solution to open a downloaded APK file file explorer. Some brands (Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi, etc.) offer one by default. If you don’t have it on your phone, we recommend it. Google Files (Compatible from Android 5.0 onwards). You will find the file in the “download” folder located at the root of your internal storage.
- Once the file is found, tap on it to open it. you will definitely have to to give permission Chrome, Google Files or your file explorer to install APKs. If you haven’t done it yet, do it. You can delete the authorization from the menu at any time later. settings.
- After the application is installed, open it from the global menu or the app drawer.
- Check WiFi is active on both smartphones. iPhone will create a temporary Wi-Fi network The Android smartphone will automatically connect.
- Beginning Move to iOS app from your Android smartphone. Authorize the application to access your geolocation and view notifications.
- To continue until the screen prompts you to enter a numeric code. 6 digits.
- on iPhone, Migrating from Android », to touch Open ” to continue to display the numeric code To enter The code on the Android device. To touch Next ” to continue “. This will trigger the connection of the Android smartphone with the iPhone.
- On the Android smartphone, a screen appears with a list of information that the application can transfer to the iPhone.
- To choose the data you want to keep now. In the latest version of Move to iOS, personsyour SMSyour pictures and yours videosyour email accounts (especially Google), your files were received on: What’s up (but not your chats or account), calendarsyour Favorites Internet.
- You can also choose to transfer specific files. You must select them one by one. They will be copied to a folder named “.Migrating to iOS” accessible from the app my files.
- Some accessibility and display settings (such as VoiceOver) will also apply to iPhone, provided they are available on iOS and supported by your iPhone model. For example, dark mode is applied automatically.
- Passwords saved on your Android smartphone are not transferred. However, they are available from the Chrome password manager, which you can install from the App Store (next step in this tutorial).
- Copyrighted media files are not automatically transferred : music, digital books, movies and series. To transfer them, you will have to do it manually by plugging your Android smartphone into your computer, copying the content, and then transferring the content to the iPhone (using iTunes on PC or Finder on macOS).
- Depending on the amount of data to be copied from one phone to another, the transfer time may be longer or shorter (may exceed an hour).
- The Android smartphone will definitely tell you first that the transfer is complete. This is not necessarily so: Wait for the iPhone to tell you too before touching OK on Android smartphone. Then tap “. to continue on iPhone.
- Once all the selected information has been transferred, you still have a few steps to complete. complete the setup of your new iPhone, including creating an Apple ID if you don’t have one. When you’re done, you can start using your new iPhone. Creating an Apple ID is not necessary to use an iPhone. But he Required to access the App Store.
- We do not recommend restoring the factory settings of your Android smartphone initially. Wait a few days to check if your data is there and if you forgot an important file.
- From the first seconds of using iPhone, a message appears telling you: iPhone can search the App Store for apps you use on Android
- If you agree, iPhone will automatically download and install the latest available versions. free apps. And only free ones. Then you should open every app And enter your username and password to access their accounts, settings and content.
- This situation is particularly What’s up : If files received via email are transferred by Move to iOS, your account will not be activated there. You need to enable it to access your chat groups. Also, the message history is not transferred. But the app can save it from your last save (if you have enabled backup of your messages…). Please note: messages must be backed up BEFORE connecting to your new smartphone, otherwise everything will be lost.
- Paid apps (which are dwindling in numbers) will not be downloaded automatically. If it’s available on iOS, you’ll need to re-purchase it to install it. Few apps offer a purchase restore when migrating from Android to iOS (or vice versa).
- Some apps, including system software for Android ROMs, are Android specific. Therefore, they will not be available on iOS.
- If you have a headset from an Android smartphone brand (Samsung, Sony, Oppo, Realme, etc.), you will find an app in the App Store to connect your product to the iPhone. If you don’t need it on Android, you’ll have to download (and pair) manually.
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