Monday, June 13, 2016

iOS to Android: Transfer Data from iPhone to Android Devices

iOS system and Android system stand at the opposite position since they were born, and there are pros and cons in these two systems. Some may be into iOS system, so they get iPhone, while some may be big fans of Android system, then they will go to Samsung, LG or HTC. No matter what kind of phone you own now, you are bound to switch to another phone one day which may be iPhone or Android phone. At that time, an issue would occur-- transferring your precious data from iPhone to Android or Android to iPhone. But how?

This article is structured to give some ideas how to transfer data from iPhone to your new Android phone.

There exits many ways to transfer data from an iPhone to a new Android phone, and here comes a common simple method-- transferring data from iPhone to Android by using USB cable.
  1. Plug your iPhone to PC via a USB cable, and then choose “Import Pictures and Videos” for an automatic transfer (or open the device and individually select the files that you want to move)
  2. After completely backed up your phone files on the PC, please connect the Android phone to the PC
  3. Drag and Drop the back-up files to your Android phone

This way should be wildly known by every smartphone user, but the flaw of adopting it to transfer phone data is that using USB cable cannot move contents like contacts and call log. Therefore, another way to copy iPhone data to Android would be necessary.  

Samsung Smart Switch plays a fantastic role in migrating data from a smartphone to a Samsung Galaxy, such as Galaxy S8/S8+/S7/S7 edge, S6/S6 edge, S5 and other Samsung models. If you are planning on moving to a shiny new Samsung Galaxy, you probably want to familiarize yourself with this tool. With that in mind, let’s take a quick tour through Samsung Smart Switch.

Smart Switch are designed for three versions-- Windows version, Mac version and phone application. In the eventuality that you are transferring data from iPhone to Galaxy S6/S7 via Smart Switch app, the very first thing that you should do is to plug your iPhone to PC and using the desktop version of Smart Switch to pull data from iTunes or iCloud for later copying them to Galaxy S6/S7; the next step is to turn your Galaxy phone on and tap “yes” when prompted to use Smart Switch to receive data from iPhone; finally you are allowed to move contents to the Galaxy.

Admittedly Smart Switch is not bad for Samsung Phone transferring, but for other smartphones--iPhone, LG, HTC, Sony, Nexus and other models, it is still kind of a hassle. That’s why Gihosoft Phone Transfer software comes out, the supported devices of this software has prodigiously expanded to thousands of smartphones.  

Only few steps enable you to copy data from iPhone to Android or Android to iPhone in one click, please follow the below tutorial to transfer.
  1. Download and install it on your desktop, then tap on "Phone to Phone" section.
  2. Connect your iPhone and the new Android Phone to your PC, make the iPhone as “Source” Phone and the Android Phone as “Destination”
  3. Select data that you want to migrate, then click “Start Copy” to transfer the data

After the transferring process is completed, you are able to find them on your Android phone.

Related articles:
  1. Transfer photos from iPhone to iPhone/iPad
  2. Transfer text messages from iPhone to Samsung
  3. Transfer music from iTunes to Samsung
  4. Transfer contacts from HTC to iPhone

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