If you have bought or have been given one of Apple’s phones, be it a recent model (like the new iPhone 13) or an older one, surely you are looking forward to a new one, but of course, without losing anything you had on your old Android during the change process.
To go from one mobile to another without losing anything along the way, you do not have to save your content elsewhere, there are several applications that will allow you to easily transfer everything you have on your Android phone to your new iOS device without the need for a computer. Apple proposes us ‘Move to iOS’ (‘Move to iOS’), which transfers messages, photos and more data easily and completely securely. Let’s see how to do it.
How to transfer your content from Android to iOS
Although you always have the option of going to an Apple Store to have it done for you, the process to migrate the content of your Android device to your new iPhone through the app ‘Go to iOS’ is something automatic that only requires a few simple steps.
Of course, keep in mind that it only allows you to transfer: contacts, message history, photos and videos from the camera, web bookmarks, email accounts, calendars and free apps. Music, books and PDF documents they have to be moved manually.
Before starting the process, it is important to connect both devices to the current and activate the WiFi connection
Before starting the process, it is important to connect both devices to the power and activate the WiFi connection (if it is deactivated). We also have to make sure that all the content we want to transfer, including that from the external Micro SD card, fits in the internal memory of our new iPhone. Also, if we are going to transfer the Chrome bookmarks, it is necessary to update to the latest version of Chrome on the Android device.
Once we are clear on these premises, the first thing to do is turn on the iPhone and start the configuration by selecting ‘Transfer data from Android‘. In case you have already configured it, you will have to erase the content of your iPhone and start over.
On the Android device, meanwhile, you must download the ‘Move to iOS’ app from Google Play (it is compatible with all devices that have Android 4.0 or later) and grant the requested permissions. Once downloaded, open it and also accept the terms and conditions of the migration.
At that moment, the iPhone will create a private WiFi network, it will detect your Android device with the ‘Move to iOS’ app and it will show you a security code (six or ten digits) so that you can enter it on your old phone.
When you have entered the code on the Android device (if it tells you that the signal strength is low, ignore it), the ‘Transfer data’ screen for you to select the content what do you want to transfer; When you have checked the relevant options, tap ‘Next’ and the data transfer to the iPhone will begin.
At this point, even if your Android mobile indicates that the process has been completed, leave both phones until the loading bar ends that appears on the iPhone. The length of the transfer process will depend on the amount of content you are migrating. When the progress bar is complete on your iPhone, tap ‘Done’ on the Android device and ‘Continue’ on your new phone to complete the setup.
Keep in mind that, during the migration, your default email account is configured on the iPhone and all your free apps that have their corresponding version on iOS are added. In the case of paid applications that you already had on Android, You will have to buy them again in the App Store (provided they are available, of course).