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How to . . . move (almost) everything to your new phone
Got a new phone for Christmas? Here are some tips for moving contacts, photos
and music
about 3 hours ago
Itâs Christmas morning and youâve just got your shiny new phone. Youâve
got the new SIM card sorted (if you need it). But how do you transfer all your
photos, contacts, email and music to your new device? And just how easy is it
to move from Android to iOS and vice versa? Read onâ¦
First, a word of warning. Regardless of what system you are moving to, back up
everything on your mobile phone first. That way if something goes wrong, you
can always get your information back. Also, donât give away or reset your old
phone until you are happy that all your information and content has been saved
to your new phone.
iOS to iOS
Apple makes it very simple to switch to a new phone. If you havenât got
automatic backups to the cloud switch on your iPhone, you need to back up the
phone to the cloud first or connect it to iTunes and back everything up to your
laptop through iTunes. Depending on which option you choose, there will be
certain things you will still have to redownload. With iCloud backups, for
example, you wonât be able to back up things that are already in the cloud,
such as your photos (if you use iCloud Photo Library), Touch ID settings, and
your iCloud Music Library and App Store content. Music or apps you bought
through iTunes can be redownloaded if needed, and the backup should take care
of app data.
With iTunes backups, youâll have to redownload iTunes and App Store content,
unless you transfer purchases during your backup when prompted. You will also
have to resync your music, videos and books you imported to your device through
iTunes, and set up Touch ID again. Health, activity and keychain data will only
be backed up if you choose encrypted backups.
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Once you have the backup sorted, itâs simply a case of telling iCloud (or
iTunes) to hand over the backup.
Through iCloud:
Turn on your new device. You should see a âHelloâ screen. Follow the
on-screen prompts until you reach the wifi screen. Log into your local wifi
network and follow prompts until you get to the Apps & Data screen. Tap Restore
from iCloud Backup>Next. Youâll be prompted to sign in with your Apple ID,
and then choose a backup. You may be prompted to sign into iTunes or the App
Store. Once youâve done this, the backup will start to install on your
device. Leave it connected to wifi until everything has downloaded and you are
happy all your content is there.
Through iTunes:
Switch on the new phone and wait for the âHelloâ screen. Follow the
on-screen prompts until you reach the Apps & Data screen. Choose Restore from
iTunes Backup>Next. Connect your new iPhone to the PC where you backed up your
old phone. Open iTunes and click on your device icon. Youâll be shown a
screen with the option to restore backup, and shown a list of backups
available. Yours will (most likely) be the most recent backup available.
Then walk away, have a cup of tea, catch up on some Netflix and let the
software do its work.
You can then sync your iPhone with iTunes to get any content - music, movies,
etc - that didnât find their way back.
Android to iOS
Given that Android and iOS are both trying to poach each otherâs customers,
there is no surprise that changing your phone from one to the other has become
a simpler process. In 2015, Apple introduced a new app, Move to iOS, that would
help to shift Android customers to Apple more quickly and easily.
If your new device is running iOS 9 or greater - weâre up to iOS 10 now so it
should - and your old Android device is Android 4.0 or greater, you can use the
app to move everything across.
Go to the Google Play store on your Android phone and search for Move to iOS.
Install the app. On your new iPhone, begin the setup for the phone from the
âHelloâ screen. But when you get to the Apps & Data page, select Move Data
from Android.
On your Android device, open the Move to iOS app. Tap Continue, check out the
terms and conditions and tap Agree>Next.
On your iOS device, youâll see a screen called Move from Android. Tap
continue, then wait for the code to appear. Enter the code on your Android
device, and youâll be directed to Transfer Data screen. Select the content
you want to move - contacts, message history, photos, mail, calendars, free
apps if available - then tap next, and leave the two devices to do their work.
Wait until the loading bar on your iPhone finishes, regardless of what your
Android device tells you.
Once everything has transferred, continue to set up your iOS device through the
onscreen prompts.
iOS to Android
You can bring your photos, music and contacts with you from iOS to Android,
though any paid apps will unfortunately be left behind.
To backup your images, all you need to do is download Google Photos. You will
get 15GB of space between all your Google services, including Google Drive, if
you want to keep the photos at their original resolution; accept a little
compression and you can back up unlimited images to your Google account through
Google Photos.
Open the Google Photos app. If you have a Gmail account, sign in to the service
with that username and password. Clink Menu in the top left corner, then select
Settings>Backup & Sync and turn on backup & sync. All your photos will be
uploaded to the cloud.
To backup your iTunes music, you will need access to a PC where you have your
iTunes account. Download Play Music manager here and install it on your PC. You
will need to sign in with your Google ID. During setup, you will be asked where
you store your music. Choose iTunes, and select upload all songs and playlists.
Once you have it all installed and ready to go, you can upload up to 50,000
songs to your account, which can be accessed on any device, and you can still
use your iTunes account if you wish.
Contacts are the other thing everyone needs. As an iPhone user youâll likely
have been using iCloud to keep your contacts synced, but you can transfer them
to Google. On a desktop PC or laptop, open iCloud.com and log in with iCloud
ID. Choose Contacts, which will open your list of numbers and email addresses
saved to your account. Choose All Contacts, and click on the gear icon in the
bottom left corner. Choose Select All. Then click the gear icon again, and
select Export vCard. All your contacts will now be saved as a VCF file, which
you can upload directly to your Google account.
Log into your Google account on your PC. Go to Google.com/contacts and select
Import from the menu on the lefthand side of the screen. Choose the location of
the VCF file you saved, and click Import. You will now see a list of contacts
in your Google account.
Android to Android
If you are moving to a new Android handset, it can be a relatively simple
procedure. When you start the setup of your new handset, many will ask if you
want to restore your information from a backup, and give you the option of
specific backups in a drop down menu. That should bring settings, app data and
so on over to your new phone.
To make sure it is enabled on your old phone, go to Settings>Backup and reset
and select back up my data. That will back up your phone to the cloud.
Contacts and photos are likely to already be saved in your Google account, but
if not, you can sync all your contacts on your old phone by going to
Settings>Accounts>Google and choose your Gmail account address. Check Sync
contacts is checked. You can also force a sync by pressing Sync Now.
Images that are on your phone are probably already saved to Google Photos, but
if not, you can set it up easily. If Google Photos isnât included on your
handset, download the app from the Play Store.
Open the Google Photos app and tap the menu icon. Tap Settings>Back up & sync.
Turn it on. To do an immediate backup, click Backup & sync>back up all.
If all else fails, you can transfer contacts, photos, videos and other content
by Bluetooth, although it can be a time consuming project.
Apps that donât make the cut can be redownloaded from the Play Store, or you
can log in on a desktop, go to play.google.com/apps, log in to your Google
account to see what apps youâve downloaded or bought in the past, and choose
which ones you want to install on your new phone. Once your new handset has an
internet connection, the download will start automatically.
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