Swapping to Android From an iPhone? Here Are Easy Ways to Transfer Your Data - CNET

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If you marque the large leap from an iPhone to an Android phone, you'll find yourself with a beauteous agelong checklist of to-dos. Whether you're transitioning to Google's Pixel 7 oregon a new Samsung phone similar the Galaxy Z Flip 4, switching operating systems tin rapidly go a hassle if you don't cognize the astir businesslike mode to determination your data.

The concealed to an easy-peasy transportation process lies with the tiny integrative adapter that Google and Samsung (sometimes) see successful the box. It's similar hiring nonrecreational movers to determination your stuff, unpack it and decorate your caller location conscionable similar your aged one! The adapter has a USB-A connector connected 1 extremity and a USB-C connector connected the different that allows you to link your caller telephone to your aged iPhone. You tin besides usage an USB-C to Lightning cablegram for newer phones similar the iPhone 11.

With the adapter, you tin transportation your photos, videos, files, euphony and wallpaper. You tin adjacent usage it to automatically download immoderate Android versions of escaped iOS apps you had connected your aged Apple phone. And arsenic acold arsenic iMessage, portion Apple's messaging work won't enactment connected an Android phone, you tin adjacent determination your connection past and threads to your caller phone.

Switch from iPhone to a Google Pixel phone

If you're switching specifically from an iPhone to a Google Pixel, the archetypal happening you privation to bash is to complaint up some phones. Next, you're going to crook disconnected iMessage crossed each of your Apple devices -- immoderate instrumentality that uses your AppleID. Go to Settings, past Messages and past toggle disconnected iMessage.

If your caller Pixel came with a SIM card, instal it, crook the telephone connected and pat the Start button. Next, link to a Wi-Fi web and past prime Copy your data. Now unlock your aged iPhone, and enactment your lighting powerfulness cablegram into the bottom. Then, plug the different extremity into the "magic adapter" which Google calls a Quick Switch Adapter (QSA). Finally, plug successful the QSA into the Pixel. You tin besides usage a USB-C to Lighting cable.

When prompted, pat Trust connected your iPhone. Then motion into your Google Account connected the Pixel. Next, take what precisely you privation to transcript (photos, music, messages, etc.), past pat Copy.

Now it's clip for your Pixel to really transportation everything. Depending connected however overmuch worldly you're moving, this tin instrumentality anyplace from a fewer minutes to a mates of hours. While the transportation happens, you tin proceed mounting up your telephone similar adding a PIN oregon mounting up Google Assistant and Google Pay. Once the transportation completes, you're done. Check to marque definite everything you wanted to migrate really did and bask your caller Google life.

Thanks to Google and Samsung, we recovered 2 casual ways to power from an iPhone to Android.

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Switch from an iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy phone

If you got a caller Samsung Galaxy phone, it besides comes with an adapter, though you tin determination your information implicit Wi-Fi, too. I urge utilizing the adapter due to the fact that it's faster. You tin besides usage a USB-C to Lighting cablegram to link the two. Just similar the Pixel transfer, the archetypal happening you request to bash is marque definite some phones are charged up and crook disconnected iMessage connected your iPhone.

However, dissimilar the Pixel, you person the enactment to acceptable up your Galaxy telephone arsenic caller and past transportation the information which means you tin commencement utilizing your telephone close distant alternatively of waiting. To commencement the transfer, unfastened the Smart Switch app connected your Samsung phone. Your telephone mightiness instrumentality a infinitesimal to download the app.

Once you person it opened, you mightiness beryllium prompted to nonstop oregon person data. Tap Receive. Then, take however you privation to transfer: Wi-Fi oregon cable. Next, link some phones with the adapter and your iPhone's lightning cablegram - if you're transferring implicit Wi-Fi, there's nary request to link the phones unneurotic with a cable.

On the iPhone, pat Trust and connected the Samsung telephone you'll spot a connection popular up that reads Connecting to your iPhone. If your iPhone uses encryption for backup, you mightiness beryllium prompted to participate your password. It should beryllium your Apple ID password.

Next, the Samsung telephone volition scan your iPhone for data. This tin instrumentality a fewer minutes aft which you tin take precisely what benignant of information you privation to bring over. Then, pat the transfer arrow. The existent transportation tin instrumentality a mates of minutes to an hour. Once it's done, spell done your caller Samsung telephone and cheque connected your data. If you're not uncovering your photos and videos successful the Gallery app, cheque the Google Photos app.