Technology for everyone : Switched from Iphone to android, here's how you can transfer your data

Switched from iPhone to Android? Want to know how to move your stuff from iPhone to Android

How to transfer from iPhone to Android: Move your contacts from iPhone to Android

Probably the first thing you'll want to move from your iPhone to an Android phone is your contacts.

Your contacts are linked to your email account. So you may have them stored in iCloud, or in your Gmail account (if you're using Gmail). Here's how to find out:

1.Tap Settings.

2.Tap Calendar.

3.Tap Default Account.

If your default account is under Gmail then all you need to do is sign into your Android device using your Google account.

If you're using iCloud for your contacts, then it's best to transfer your files as vCards (these are contact cards that can be shared). You can share each contact card you want individually. Go to each contact and choose Share Contact. You can email the vCard to your Gmail account and then open it when you set up your Android phone.

If you have a lot of contacts it's easier to jump on to Apple's icloud.com website on a Mac and download your contacts.

1.Open iCloud.com in Safari.

2.Open Address Book.

3.Click the Gear icon and choose Select All.

4.Click the Gear icon and choose Export vCard.

The VCF file will be download to your Mac. Now open Gmail, select Contacts > More > Import and select the file you downloaded.

How to transfer from iPhone to Android: Moving Mail and Messages from iPhone to Android

Moving Mail is easy. You sign in with your Google ID to get any emails in Gmail. Or you sign in with your iCloud account details, or your other email address, and you can read your mail messages.

How to transfer from iPhone to Android: Move Photos, Music and media from iPhone to Android

It's pretty easy to move your snaps from iPhoto to Google Photos, using the Google Photos iOS app.

1.Download Google Photos from the App Store on your iPhone.

2.Open Google Photos.

3.Sign in with your Google Account.

4.Choose Backup & Sync. (It's best to leave 'Use mobile data to back up' set as Off unless you have unlimited data.)

5.Tap Continue.

Transfer your music using the Google Music app and by installing Music Manager for Mac. This app (installed in macOS) transfers all your music in iTunes to Google's cloud.

Then you can stream all of your music from Google Play Music on your Android phone.

How to Transfer iPhone Text Messages to Android,

You can download AnyTrans if you want to preserve any old messages but you will have to pay for it. It will also take care of all your other media. Moving Messages is difficult but you can do so by following the below steps.

1. Plug your iPhone into your computer. Once you’ve plugged your iPhone in, your computer should launch into the iTunes application.

2. Click on your iPhone in the top-right corner of iTunes.

3. Click the "This Computer" checkbox under the “Backup Location” settings.

4. Click Backup to backup your device to your computer.

5. Locate the backup file on your computer.

For Windows machines, the file will be stored at /Users/(Username)/AppData/Roaming/Apple Computer/Mobile Sync/Backup.

If you’re running a Mac, the file will be under /(user)/Library/Application Support/Mobile Sync/Backup. You may have to Option-click on the Go menu if you don’t see your Library folder in your user folder.

6. Open the folder with the most recent timestamp.

7. Find the text messaging file. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t make this entirely easy for you. You’re looking for the following file: 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28. Search for this file in the folder (copy and paste helps).

8. Copy the file to your computer’s desktop. You’ll need to move this file to either your Android phone’s internal memory or the SD card, if your device has an SD slot. Having the file on the desktop will save time when you try to find it later.

9. Plug your Android device into your computer, and open it with either Finder (OSX) or Windows Explorer.

10. Place the text messaging file on your Android phone. Move the file, which you placed on your desktop in a previous step, to either the main folder on your device’s internal memory or on the main folder on your SD card if your phone has one.

11. Unplug your Android phone from your computer.

12. Download iSMS2droid from Google Play. Android can’t natively read the file generated by your iPhone, so you’ll need a Google Play app to convert the file to an Android friendly format. From the Play Store on your Android phone, download and install the iSMS2droid app.

13. Launch iSMS2droid and click "Select iPhone SMS database."

14. Locate the text messaging file on your device, and click on it.

15. Click "All Text Messages" in the following pop-up window. This will convert all of your texts into an Android-friendly format. Alternatively, you can select only those texts you’d like to bring over to your phone, but it’s a painfully long process.

16. Tap "start SMS Backup & Restore" which will take you to the Google Play listing for the SMS Backup and Restore app.

17. Install and Launch the SMS Backup & Restore App.

18. Tap Restore.

19. Locate your iSMS2droid file, then tap OK.

20. Select "Restore All Messages" and tap OK. Once the restoration process is complete, all your iPhone text messages should now be available for you on your Android phone.