Did you buy an iPhone in 2022 while using an Android smartphone? In this quick tutorial, we’ll explain how to migrate your Android data to iOS and transfer your accounts, apps, photos, contacts, and messages to your new iPhone.
You don’t know what to do with your minimum wage and decide to ruin yourself this year by buying an iPhone 14 and swapping it for an old Samsung or Xiaomi? Replacing a smartphone is tiring enough on its own, so a direct OS change might seem like a real ordeal, but it really isn’t. With the Move to iOS app and other free tricks, it’s now super easy to switch from Android to iPhone and transfer your data.
To summarize:
How to Transfer Data from Old Android Smartphone to New iPhone via Migrate to iOS
To facilitate the transition to its iPhones, Apple offers a utility app called Migrator vers iOS for short. This allows you to easily transfer all your data to the new iPhone as you only need to install it on the latter as well as the old Android smartphone.
Comment: Before you start, you need to make sure your Android smartphone and iPhone are connected to Wifi and plugged in. You’ll also need to store the content you’re moving (including content on an external Micro SD card) on your new iOS device.
Once these requirements are met, simply follow these steps:
- When setting up your iPhone,Apps and Data Screenpress Migrate data from Android. (If you’ve already done setup, you’ll need to wipe your iOS device and start over. If you don’t want to wipe data from your device, you can also transfer its contents manually.)
- OpenMigrate to iOS app on your Android smartphone.If not, just touch QR code button on your new iPhone and Scan on your Android smartphone Download the app from the Play Store
- On iPhone, tap continue when’Android Migration Screen will be displayed.wait until one Ten or six digit code Appear.If your Android smartphone shows that you have a weak internet connection, you can ignore this message
- enter code On your Android smartphone, your iPhone will create a temporary Wi-Fi network.When prompted, click Log in Join this network on your Android smartphone.then wait for the screen transfer data Appear
- On your Android smartphone, select what you want to transferthen press continue. Do not perform any operations on your device even if your smartphone indicates that the process is complete. Wait for the process to complete on your iPhone.Both smartphones must close to each other and plugged in until the transfer is complete.This step may take some time, depending on the amount of data to be transferred
- After completing the process on your iPhone, tap OK on your Android smartphone.then press continue On your iPhone, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.
Migrate to iOS app allows you to easily transfer data / © kwgeek
Note that you will need to transfer books, music and PDF files manually. Using this method, you will be able to transfer your contacts, message history, photos and videos, photo albums, files and folders, accessibility settings, display settings, web bookmarks, email accounts, WhatsApp messages and calendars.
Also, some of your free apps will be transferred if they are free in the Google Play Store and App Store. After the transfer is complete, you can download all free apps in the App Store.
How to add your Google account to your new iPhone
Apple also makes it easy to add different email accounts. You will be able to add your Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other accounts using automatic login or manual account setup.
To automatically add your different accounts, follow these steps:
- go to set up then in e-mail then account
- press Add accountthen select your email provider
- enter your Email address and yours password
- press Next and wait e-mail Verify your account
- If all is well, all you have to do is Register your account
You can automatically connect different accounts on your new iPhone / © kwgeek
If for some reason automatic login doesn’t work, follow these steps to manually set up your account:
- go to set up then in e-mail then account
- Click Add Account and select your email provider
- Come in your name, Email address, password and your account description
- then press Next Mail will try to find your mail settings and then complete your account setup. If your account is found, click Done to complete setup.
Apple also allows you to manually configure your email account / © kwgeek
How to import your contacts to your new iPhone
If you’re like me, and you’ve been using the same SIM card with your most important contacts for years (yes, I don’t believe in the cloud), Apple has it all again. You will be able to import your contacts to your new iPhone right away. To do this, follow these steps:
- Insert old SIM card with your contacts on your iPhone
- meet in set up then in contact Then import SIM contacts
- choose that location Where you want to import contacts on your SIM card and wait for the import to complete
- You can finally check in the app contact All your contacts have been imported successfully. You can put your new sim if you want
Steps to import contacts to a new iPhone / © kwgeek
How to transfer your WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal chats from Android to iOS
This would not be possible without the messaging apps we have today, such as WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to take it with you for long, endless discussions with friends or dear grandmothers. In order not to make anyone jealous, we have divided this section into three sections, one for each application.
How to Transfer Your WhatsApp Data from Android Smartphone to iPhone
WhatsApp will allow you to easily transfer your account information, avatar, personal chats, group chats, chat history, media and settings from one operating system to another as long as you use the same number on your old and new phone .
To transfer your WhatsApp chats, photos, videos, voicemails and more from Android smartphone to iPhone, follow these steps:
- On your Android smartphone, OpenMigrate to iOS app and follow the on-screen instructions
- The code is displayed on your iPhone. Enter the code on your Android smartphone when prompted
- press continue and follow the on-screen instructions
- choose WhatsApp Then transfer data
- press start up On your Android smartphone, then wait for WhatsApp to prepare the data for export.When your data is ready, you will log out of your Android smartphone
- press Next Return to the Migrate to iOS app
- press continue Transfer data from Android smartphone to iPhone and wait for Migrate to iOS to confirm the transfer is complete
- on your iPhone, IInstall the latest version of WhatsApp from the App Store
- Open WhatsApp and log in with the phone number you used on the old device
- press start up When prompted, let the process complete
On your Android smartphone, select the WhatsApp content you want to transfer to your iPhone. / © Yuan
We have written a detailed tutorial to show you how to transfer WhatsApp data from Android smartphone to iPhone.
How to Transfer Your Telegram Data from Android Smartphone to Your iPhone
Transferring your Telegram data from your old Android smartphone to your new iPhone will happen automatically. All you need to do is download and log into your account.
How to Transfer Signal Data from Android Smartphone to iPhone
Signal does not currently support transferring data between Android and iOS. You can only backup and restore your data from Android to Android or iOS to iOS.
Our tutorial explains how to switch from Android to iPhone. All you have to do is buy your iPhone (if you don’t already have one), open it with enthusiastic eyes, transfer your data to it, and show off to your friends with your new jewelry from the Apple brand. .
For that, remember to check out our full iPhone 14 (Plus) vs iPhone 14 Pro (Max) comparison, our iPhone 14 vs iPhone 13 comparison, and our full iPhone 14 test and iPhone 14 Pro test iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Did this tutorial help you? Are you switching from Android to iPhone? Do you have any other tips to share?