Move from Android to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Ready to transfer to iOS? Download the Motion to iOS app to get assistance 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 lot begin

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

Tap Move Data from Android

Open up the Move to iOS app

On your Android device, open the Move to iOS app. If you don't have the Movement to iOS app, you can tap the QR code push button on your new iOS device and browse the QR lawmaking using the camera on your Android device to open the Google Play Store. Tap Go on, and read the terms and conditions that announced. To continue, tap Hold.

Wait for a code

On your iOS device, tap Continue when y'all see the Move from Android screen. Then await for a x-digit or six-digit code to announced. If your Android device shows an warning that you have a weak internet connection, you tin can ignore the alert.

Move from Android screen on iPhone showing code

Use the code

Enter the code 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 Information screen to appear.

Choose your content and wait

On your Android device, select the content that you want to transfer and tap Proceed. 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. Continue your devices near each other and plugged in to ability until the transfer completes. The whole transfer can take a while, depending on how much content you lot're moving.

Here's what gets transferred: contacts, bulletin history, camera photos and videos, photo 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 complimentary apps will also transfer. After the transfer completes, you lot tin can download any free apps that were matched from the App Shop.

Set upwards your iOS device

Later the loading bar finishes on your iOS device, tap Done on your Android device. And so tap Continue on your iOS device and follow the onscreen steps to finish setup for your iOS device.

Finish up

Make sure that all of your content transferred. Music, books, and PDFs demand to exist moved over manually.

Demand to get the apps that were on your Android device? Go to the App Store on your iOS device to download them.

If you need aid with the transfer

  • Make sure that you leave both devices alone until the transfer finishes. For example, on your Android device, the Move to iOS app should stay onscreen the whole fourth dimension. If you utilise some other app or get a phone call on your Android earlier the transfer finishes, your content won't transfer.
  • On your Android device, turn off apps or settings that might affect your Wi-Fi connection, similar the Sprint Connections Optimizer or the Smart Network Switch. Then find Wi-Fi in Settings, touch and concur each known network, and forget the network. Then endeavor the transfer again.
  • Restart both of your devices and try over again.
  • On your Android device, turn off your cellular data connection. Then endeavor the transfer again.

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