How to migrate from iOS to Android while keeping all data?

Suppose you have bought a new mobile phone and you want to transfer the old mobile data to the new device. If the new mobile has the same operating system as the previous one, you won’t have a difficult time with the help of various applications and cloud synchronization. But what about otherwise?

One of the problems of most iPhone users who decide to migrate to Android after years of using iOS is the transfer of information between operating systems. In this article, we will teach you ways to do this with less trouble and have a pleasant migration from iOS to Android.

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How to transfer contacts?

To do this, you need to have previous practice. Have you synced phone contacts with your Gmail account before? If so, transferring them from iOS to Android will be like drinking water. All you have to do is sign in to your Gmail account. All saved numbers are automatically downloaded to your new Android mobile.

If you have not synced your contacts with Gmail before, your task will be a little more difficult. The easiest way is to go to iCloud and create a vcf file. Get from your contacts. Now you have to import it to Android mobile or Google contacts. This is done in 10 steps:

• In iPhone, go to Settings and then go to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars menu.

• Go to Settings and then the iCloud section and activate the Contacts option.

• Your contacts are quickly uploaded to iCloud.

• Now visit iCloud.com using a browser and sign in with your Apple ID.

• Select Contacts and then click on the gear icon in the lower left corner of the image.

• Choose Select All.

• Click the gear again and select Export vCard.

• When the vcf file is downloaded. You can send it directly to your Android phone or import it to Google contacts.

• To use Google contacts, just go to contacts.google.com and then click on Import and then on Go to old contacts. Click on More and select Import again. Now by selecting the vcf file. You can finish your work.

• To send the vcf file directly. To the new smartphone, it is enough to insert the file into the mobile using any method you know (AirDroid, USB port or RAM reader). After this, enter the Android mobile dialer application and find the Import/export option in the settings. After pressing this option, the vcf file. Select and now restore your contacts in the new mobile.

How to move the calendar?

Just like contacts, your calendar events can be synced with your Gmail account. You don’t need to manually change all the calendar entries in the new mobile. We will tell you how to transfer all calendar events to a new smartphone in bulk. And yes, you need iCloud again for this.

• Enter iPhone Settings and select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

• Select Add Account and log in to your iCloud account.

• Allow the iPhone to sync calendar files in iCloud.

• Visit iCloud.com with a browser and sign in to your account.

• Click on the calendar icon to display the calendar user interface.

• On the left side, click the Share Calendar button next to the calendar you want to transfer.

• On the bubble screen, check Public Calendar. Then copy the URL below it.

• Open a new tab in the browser and paste the URL in it.

• Now change “webcal” in the URL to “http”, then press enter to return the page.

• Your browser will download a file with random letters and name. This file is actually a copy of the data you entered in the iCloud calendar.

• Save the file on your computer with a desired name and make sure the ics extension. add to it. For example calendar.ics

• On the left side of the image, select the menu arrow on the right side of Other Calendars.

• Select Import Calendar.

• Now select the file you downloaded from iCloud. At this stage, you can consider the destination as Google Calendar.

• Click Import to load the file and let the process finish. By doing this, you can now see all your iPhone calendar entries in Google Calendar. This data can be automatically synchronized with your new Android gadget.

How to transfer photos?

You can do this manually and through the computer.

• Connect the new iPhone and Android mobile to the computer with a USB cable.

• Enter My Computer in Windows.

• Now you should see two new drives in the Portable Devices section. One of them is for iPhone and the other is for your new Android mobile. If you don’t see any, just install the latest driver for each phone in Windows.

• Open the iPhone space in a new window. Do the same thing for Android mobile.

• In the iPhone window, find the DCIM folder. Now select the photos from inside and send them to your new Android mobile images folder.

What to do with iPhone music archive?

To transfer music, the most common way is to move them from one mobile phone to another manually. Although it seems easier to upload them to Google Play Music. If you are an iTunes subscriber, make sure that you have downloaded all purchased music that you do not have a supported version of on your computer before performing the transfer process.

After that, you can use Google Music Manager to upload them to Google Play Music. With this, the desired music will be playable on all your Android gadgets. The only problem is that if your file is not downloaded, you will need to use data to listen to it. So be sure to download them to listen to music offline.

• Install and run the software.

• During the installation, you can also use the upload option on Google Play.

• Select iTunes and complete the initial installation.

• Wait until all your songs are uploaded to Google Play Music.

Some things need to be moved manually

Moving to a new platform can be tedious and even complicated. In this article, we tried to make it easier for you by providing methods. But some things cannot be transferred from iOS to Android. One of them is applications.

To use the applications on the new platform, you have to download their Android version. In addition, it is better to use cloud spaces to transfer documents and miscellaneous files.

Did you do all the steps? Did you transfer everything? If your answer is yes, we congratulate you on entering Android and hope you enjoy your new gadget.

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