How to transfer contacts, photos and more from iPhone to Android
How to transfer contacts, photos and more from iPhone to Android? Guide to
quickly and easily transfer all iPhone data, contacts, messages, emails, photos
and music to the new Android smartphone. Have you received a brand new Android
phone? Welcome to the Android Team! You will definitely love it. But how do you
get started?
The transition from iPhone to Android could be a simple or
full of pitfalls transition, it all depends on the choices you make. In this
tutorial we will show you the best ways to transfer contacts, photos and more
from iPhone to Android. Let's get started.
How to transfer contacts, photos and more from iPhone to
Android
1. How to transfer
contacts from iPhone to Android
One of the first things you will want to do when you switch
from iPhone to Android is to transfer your contacts. The simplicity of this
process will depend heavily on how you synchronized your contacts previously.
Are you syncing your contacts with your Google Account? In this case, switching
contacts on your brand new Android smartphone is a breeze! All you have to do
is enter the details of your Google account. All saved numbers will be
automatically downloaded to your new device.
If you haven't synced your contacts, however, you'll need to
work a little more. The easiest way is probably to use iCloud to get a .vcf file and then import it to your
Android phone (or Google Contacts). Here's how to do it:
How to download a
.vcf file of your contacts
On your iPhone, go to
the Settings app and then your profile
at the top.
Tap iCloud and turn on
Contacts . Your contacts will soon be uploaded to Apple's cloud
services.
Use a browser to
log into iCloud.com
and log in with your Apple ID.
Select Contacts, then click
on the icon in the form of gear
in the lower left.
Make click on
Select All .
Click the gear again and select Export vCard . When you download the .vcf
file, you can import it into Google Contacts or directly to your phone.
How to import
contacts into Google Contacts
Go to
contacts.google.com and
click Import , then Go to old contacts .
Click the More button
and select Import .
Select the file and you're done.
How to import contacts into an Android phone
Transfer the .vcf file to your phone using any method such
as transferring via a microSD card or by connecting the phone to the PC.
Open the phone app
and tap the menu button .
Find the option to
import / export . Its location will depend on your phone's software.
Select the file and start.
For an even more detailed walkthrough, take a look at our
guide on how to transfer contacts from
iPhone to Android .
2. How to transfer
the calendar from iPhone to Android
Just like with Contacts, your calendar can also be
synchronized with your Google account, but it will only be useful if you have
done it from the beginning. You don't want to manually edit all calendar
entries, so we'll show you how to transfer all calendar events in a batch. Oh,
and we'll still use iCloud.
How to transfer
calendar entries via iCloud
On your iPhone, go to
the Settings app and tap on your profile
at the top.
Tap iCloud and turn calendars on / off . Your iPhone will now sync your local
calendar files to iCloud.
Use a browser to log into iCloud.com and log in with your iCloud account.
Click on the
Calendar icon to open the
Calendar interface.
In the left pane, click the Share calendar button next to the calendar you want to export.
In the pop-up balloon, select Public Calendar and copy the
sharing URL displayed below it.
In a new tab or window of the web browser, paste the copied
URL.
Change the
webcal in the URL to http
and press the Enter key to open the address. The web browser will
download a file with random characters as the file name. This file is actually
a copy of your iCloud calendar entries.
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Save the file in a convenient folder on your computer. For
convenience, you can rename the file and add the .ics extension (e.g.
calendar.ics ).
Open and access
Google Calendar on your web
browser.
In the left pane of the Google Calendar interface,
click the rightmost button of Other calendars and
select Import .
Select the exported
calendar file that you downloaded from
iCloud. You can also choose the target Google calendar (if you have more than
one) in the same dialog.
Click the Import
button to upload the file. After the
import is complete, you should be able to see the imported items in the Google
Calendar web interface. The new voices will also be synchronized with your
Android device.
3. Transfer your
photos from iPhone to Android
Switching from iPhone to Android does not mean that you have
to leave all those precious photos behind. It would be horrible to lose them in
the process of moving to Android, right? You could probably do things the old
way and manually transfer files like a caveman would. Or as an expert and take
advantage of the fantastic cloud storage services to which we now have access.
You could simply back up your
photos to Drive, Dropbox or your favorite service, but the Google Photos app
is the simplest . Photos allows you to upload unlimited high-quality
images and sync them to your smartphone. And yes, it is available for both
Android and iOS.
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