Move from Android to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Gear up to transfer to iOS? Download the Move to iOS app to get assist switching from your Android device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

screens showing the Move to iOS app on iPhone and Android

Before you begin

  • On your Android device, make certain that Wi-Fi is turned on.
  • Plug your new iOS device and your Android device into power.
  • Make sure that the content yous're moving, including what's on your external Micro SD carte, will fit on your new iOS device
  • If you lot want to transfer your Chrome bookmarks, update to the latest version of Chrome on your Android device.

Tap Move Information from Android

Open the Move to iOS app

On your Android device, open up the Move to iOS app. If you don't have the Move to iOS app, yous tin tap the QR code push on your new iOS device and browse the QR code using the camera on your Android device to open the Google Play Store. Tap Go on, and read the terms and conditions that appear. To continue, tap Agree.

Look for a code

On your iOS device, tap Proceed when y'all run into the Motion from Android screen. And so wait for a ten-digit or six-digit lawmaking to appear. If your Android device shows an warning that y'all have a weak internet connection, you tin can ignore the alert.

Move from Android screen on iPhone showing code

Use the code

Enter the lawmaking on your Android device.

Connect to a temporary Wi-Fi network

Your iOS device will create a temporary Wi-Fi network. When asked, tap Connect to join that network on your Android device. Then wait for the Transfer Data screen to appear.

Cull your content and expect

On your Android device, select the content that yous desire to transfer and tap Go along. Then—even if your Android device shows that the process is complete—leave both devices lonely until the loading bar that appears on your iOS device finishes. Keep your devices nearly each other and plugged in to power until the transfer completes. The whole transfer can take a while, depending on how much content you're moving.

Here'south what gets transferred: contacts, message history, photographic camera photos and videos, photograph albums, files and folders, accessibility settings, brandish settings, web bookmarks, mail accounts, and calendars. If they're available on both Google Play and the App Store, some of your free apps volition also transfer. After the transfer completes, you can download any free apps that were matched from the App Store.

Set up your iOS device

After the loading bar finishes on your iOS device, tap Done on your Android device. Then tap Continue on your iOS device and follow the onscreen steps to end setup for your iOS device.

Cease upwardly

Brand sure that all of your content transferred. Music, books, and PDFs need to be moved over manually.

Need to go the apps that were on your Android device? Get to the App Store on your iOS device to download them.

If you need help with the transfer

  • Make sure that you leave both devices lone until the transfer finishes. For instance, on your Android device, the Motion to iOS app should stay onscreen the whole time. If y'all use another app or get a phone telephone call on your Android before the transfer finishes, your content won't transfer.
  • On your Android device, turn off apps or settings that might affect your Wi-Fi connexion, like the Sprint Connections Optimizer or the Smart Network Switch. Then detect Wi-Fi in Settings, touch and concord each known network, and forget the network. So attempt the transfer once more.
  • Restart both of your devices and attempt once again.
  • On your Android device, plow off your cellular information connection. And then try the transfer again.

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