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Android to Apple

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  • 05-07-2018 4:01pm
    #1
    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I can't find a recent thread - apologies if there is one.

    I moved from iPhone to Android about 8 years ago and it almost broke my heart as at the time they weren't making it easy for people to move from one to another i.e. calendar was a big issue.

    Is it actually made easy these days or are there glitches and I will probably lose some information? I'm reading articles on websites that do say it's simple, but I'd like to get an answer from someone here (not being paid to write their thoughts) who has moved or has knowledge of the moving.

    I exclusively use my Google account to back everything up - contacts, messages, photos.

    Thanks!


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,579 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.movetoios&hl=en


    don't read the reviews, most are written by childish people who don't think people should move OS'.


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    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭RockDesk


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.movetoios&hl=en


    don't read the reviews, most are written by childish people who don't think people should move OS'.

    That's great, thanks a mil for that.

    I can't believe that's still an argument that's going on!:D


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    theteal
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    I recently went from android to apple - very reluctantly but work provided the phone. Most google apps work fine, my contacts and calendar transferred instantly. I can’t say the same of music and other media. Quite frankly I hate this Apple phone, it’s so user unfriendly, even the dialer is infuriating. I can’t wait to swap back.


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    Creamy Goodness
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    theteal wrote: »
    I recently went from android to apple - very reluctantly but work provided the phone.

    Carry two phones? it's what I do. iPhone 7 Plus (personal), iPhone 6S (work). It has upsides and downsides. Upsides I put the work phone in DND at 5:30 and it goes on my kitchen table when I arrive home. Downsides both jean pockets carry a phone.


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    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭RockDesk


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    Carry two phones? it's what I do. iPhone 7 Plus (personal), iPhone 6S (work). It has upsides and downsides. Upsides I put the work phone in DND at 5:30 and it goes on my kitchen table when I arrive home. Downsides both jean pockets carry a phone.

    Yeah I know someone who has an iPhone and a Samsung. I was going to ask them about moving from one to another but he's had both versions for a number of years so wouldn't do a lot of transferring between OS's.


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    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Found Android to Apple straightforward in general except WhatsApp which is a pain to switch devices. Reason is Android backs up to Google Drive and IOS backs up to iCloud with no ability for either device to pull backups from the other platform.

    Had to use a computer program in the end, which wasn't free, physically plugging in both devices to transfer over.


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    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭RockDesk


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Found Android to Apple straightforward in general except WhatsApp which is a pain to switch devices. Reason is Android backs up to Google Drive and IOS backs up to iCloud with no ability for either device to pull backups from the other platform.

    Had to use a computer program in the end, which wasn't free, physically plugging in both devices to transfer over.

    :D Ah yes, the exact problem I ran into when I changed over!

    I found that software you're talking about but I wasn't willing to pay so I just left the messages on my android.

    It's such a pain that they've blocked that transfer over, when they've made everything else so straight-forward.


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