Move from Android to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Gear up to transfer to iOS? Download the Motility to iOS app to get help 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 brainstorm

  • On your Android device, make sure 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 bill of fare, volition 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 the Motility 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 lawmaking button on your new iOS device and browse the QR code using the camera on your Android device to open the Google Play Store. Tap Continue, and read the terms and conditions that appear. To continue, tap Hold.

Wait for a lawmaking

On your iOS device, tap Continue when yous encounter the Move from Android screen. And so expect for a ten-digit or six-digit code to appear. If your Android device shows an warning that you have a weak internet connection, you tin can ignore the warning.

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 volition 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.

Choose your content and wait

On your Android device, select the content that yous want to transfer and tap Keep. And so—even if your Android device shows that the process is complete—get out 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 tin can take a while, depending on how much content you're moving.

Hither'south what gets transferred: contacts, bulletin history, photographic camera photos and videos, photograph albums, files and folders, accessibility settings, display settings, web bookmarks, post accounts, and calendars. If they're bachelor on both Google Play and the App Store, some of your costless apps will also transfer. After the transfer completes, you can download any gratuitous 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 Keep on your iOS device and follow the onscreen steps to finish setup for your iOS device.

End upwardly

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

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

If y'all need help with the transfer

  • Brand certain that you exit both devices alone until the transfer finishes. For case, on your Android device, the Move to iOS app should stay onscreen the whole time. If you utilize some other app or go a phone 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 connection, similar the Sprint Connections Optimizer or the Smart Network Switch. Then find Wi-Fi in Settings, impact and hold each known network, and forget the network. Then endeavor the transfer again.
  • Restart both of your devices and try again.
  • On your Android device, turn off your cellular data connection. So endeavor the transfer once again.

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