After a certain time, the mobiles lose life and we need to make a change. It may be due to the needs we have to improve technology or for the pleasure of having the latest news. If you are one of those who, after a while, It has been seen with the intention of switching to the apple, we are going to teach here the safest way to transfer data from Android to iPhone.
Unlike doing it from Android to Android, which with your Google account everything is transferred almost simultaneously. To transfer it to another system is a little more complicated, especially if you are one of those who does not want to lose even a megabyte of information. As usually happens when you make a transfer from our WhatsApp account and the conversations that we have pending or the photographs that we have not downloaded directly to our phone.
And although each of the companies, both Google and Apple, does not usually make it so easy, If we follow a few simple steps we can do it without problem. In this article we are going to teach you different ways to do it without problem.
As before, manually
One of the most common ways is to do it manually. This means, save all the information on a third device and transfer it via cable. That is, we will make a backup copy of all our files. Which we will have to search for and, once connected to a computer, transfer what we want to keep. Images, music, documents, etc.
This method is safe, since you can keep this data in a third placeso if the result of the transfer to your iPhone gives you an error, you have a security to do it more times. In the case of conversations, emails or other applications that have access to the “cloud”, it is not necessary to save it in this way. Since with the backup copies saved in the cloud of the application they are easy to transfer.
But you have to keep in mind that other applications such as phone notes, something that is usually forgotten, will have to be saved. The good thing about this method, as we have said before, is security. The most obvious disadvantages, is that you can not spend all your phone completely. Such as fonts that you have installed or wallpapers automatically. You will have to add all this to the computer and then to your new iOS phone.
This process is somewhat more tedious but it ensures that you have your information safe if an error occurs in the file transfer. If you are not sure of carrying out the process, it is best to take it to a computer store so that they can do it for you with greater guarantee.
Transfer with an app
Another of the methods that can help you is to make a transfer with a specialized application. Both Android and iOS already have a transfer system to the other system. We can see it on WhatsApp, for example. Where there is the option to “Move chats to Android” in the settings of your Apple mobile. In the case of Android, you will have to download the “Move to iOS” application.
This application is official from Apple, so you shouldn’t have a big problem doing it. You only have to follow a series of steps for it to be effective. Here we are going to explain step by step how you have to follow the whole process.
- first of all, download on your Android mobile the application “Move to iOS»
- Once it’s downloaded, turn on Wi-Fi from your mobile Android and Apple.
- So that there is no interruption, both phones must be plugged into power. In this way we make sure that neither of them can be turned off in the data transfer process.
- in the next step we check the storage data. First we open the Android application to find out how much space the backup takes up and then the storage space of our iPhone.
- So that there is no interruption, you have to take into account that you cannot receive or make calls of phone. You won’t be able to use it either by transferring by opening other applications, as this can interrupt the transfer.
- Once all these steps have been carried out, it will appear a popup window on your iPhone where you will have to follow the steps that follow.
The first screen that appears is the information of the transfer in progress. What kind of data you want to transfer. As we have said before, you have to see that all this information fits on your new phone. You must leave a margin of capacity. Because if we don’t, it may give us a transfer error or the phone may not work as it should. Not being able to install anything else or update properly.
Requirements for data transfer
In addition to having enough space on the phone where you are going to transfer your data, you have to take into account another series of requirements before starting. Since if you do not comply with some of them and start the process, you may later have unknown errors due to which you cannot transfer the information as it should. For example, let’s consider it with whatsapp app.
- The whatsapp version from your phone Android must be after 2.22
- The whatsapp version from your phone iOS should also be after 2.22
- You have to use the same phone number that you used in Android for your iPhone
- As we have mentioned before, the two devices must be connected to the current and to the same Wi-Fi.
- The iPhone settings must be restored and start from its configuration for the transfer (Since if we have already configured the phone it will not accept the changes from its normal home screen)
- The android version must be Post-Lollipop.
- In the case of your iphonethe version should be greater than 15.5
- have the app “Move to iOS” updated to its latest version.
After checking all these requirements and after a few attempts you still have a problem with the transfer, You should contact Apple support. Since they are the developers of the application.