Are you planning to switch your smartphone? If you are planning to have a new Android phone then you would need some idea on how to transfer your phone content from one platform to another. If you are switching from iPhone to Android then you have landed at the right place.
Transferring data between iPhone and Android is not easy and presents a few obstacles especially when the data is too big. The easiest way to transfer all your content is to have a backup on computer and then transfer them to Android device via USB cable.
Most of the cases accessories like docks and others that comes in iPhone are not compatible with Android smartphone. As both iPhone and Android runs on different platforms so iOS apps will not go to your new device along with you.
We are providing you some tips to transfer all its content including contacts, calendar, Apple services to Google services, photos, videos, messages, music and other important things that you are willing to transfer. Hope this article would solve all your queries. Let’s have a look.
Backup your iPhone
The first and most obvious step is to backup your iPhone and create Google account. This will not only help you to transfer data from iPhone to Android smartphone but also allows you to download apps directly from your Android smartphone.
Transfer photos and videos
Though you will find various ways to transfer content but we are providing you easy way to do so. First, plug-in your iPhone into Windows desktop or laptop through USB cable and then Import images and videos.
If you have connected your iPhone with Mac then you will get windows pop where you could select files and drag to some other place.
You can even do the same through cloud services but first you need to install Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive on your iPhone and then upload files and then install the same app in your Android device. You will same data files and you only need to download that data files to have them in your Android smartphone.
Transfer Music
Transferring music from iTunes to Android needs some potential ways to go. Sign in to Google Music where iTunes is already installed then download Music Manager and then choose iTunes options. Once you choose it will ask you to store your music then Upload all songs and Playlists. This will also give you option to choose individual podcasts and other playlists.
But remember you will not be able to copy movies, e-books purchased through iTune from iTunes to Android as it is provided by DRM protection so, first you need to remove DRM protection.
Transfer your text messages
If you want to transfer iPhone text messages to Android smartphone then you can make use of iSMS2droid app. This app is available for free but for this you need to back up your SMS to iTunes.
Switching Apple services to Google Services
Switching to Android means now you have to start using Google services. Once signed to Google account will give you access to all contacts, files, bookmarks and other on any device. There are various services provided by Google that comes under one Google account which makes it easy and accessible within one go.
You have YouTube for watching and sharing videos, Google Maps for navigation, Google Wallet for wireless payments and also voice assistant.
These includes
Google Contacts: Backup and sharing all your contacts
Google browser: It syncs bookmarks and lets you open tabs between computer and Android device
Google Calendar: To keep you on your schedule
Google Music: For storing and streaming music from Cloud services
Google Photos: For backing up and sharing videos and photos
Hangouts: For chatting and sharing files
Google Docs: Editing and sharing documents
Google Keep: To keep notes and lists
Transfer using Mobile Trans Program
Transfer using Mobile Trans Program
The Mobile Transfer is good in copying files between different platform devices like iOS, Android or Symbian. This method makes transfer easy without any data loss during data transfer. First step is to download and run Mobile Trans app on your computer and connect your both smartphone iPhone and Android to it via USB cable. Then perform data transfer.
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