Move from Android to iPhone, iPad or iPod bear upon

Gear up to transfer to iOS? Download the Move to iOS app to become assistance with 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, make sure Wi-Fi is turned on.
  • Plug your new iOS device and your Android device into a power source.
  • Make certain the content yous'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 the Move to iOS app

On your Android device, open the Move to iOS app. If you don't have the Motion to iOS app, you tin can tap the QR code 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 Go on, and read the terms and conditions that announced. To continue, tap Concord.

Wait for a code

On your iOS device, tap Continue when you see the Movement from Android screen. Then wait for a six- or 10-digit code to announced. If your Android device displays an warning stating that you have a weak internet connection, y'all tin 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 announced.

Cull your content and expect

On your Android device, select the content that you want to transfer and tap Continue. Then — even if your Android device shows that the process has been completed — leave both devices alone until the loading bar that appears on your iOS device has finished. Keep your devices nigh each other and plugged into power until the transfer has been completed. The whole transfer can take a while, depending on how much content you'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, e-mail accounts and calendars. If they're bachelor on both Google Play and the App Shop, some of your free apps volition also be transferred. Later on the transfer has been completed, yous can download any complimentary apps that were matched from the App Store.

Set upward your iOS device

After the loading bar finishes on your iOS device, tap Done on your Android device. And so tap Keep on your iOS device and follow the on-screen steps to finish setting up your iOS device.

Cease up

Make certain all your content has been transferred. Music, books and PDFs need to be moved over manually.

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

If you demand help with the transfer

  • Make sure y'all leave both devices lonely until the transfer has finished. For case, on your Android device, the Motility to iOS app should stay on the screen for the whole time. If you use another app or get a phone call on your Android before the transfer has finished, your content won't transfer.
  • On your Android device, plough off apps or settings that may affect your Wi-Fi connection, such equally the Sprint Connections Optimizer or the Smart Network Switch. And then detect Wi-Fi in Settings, bear upon and hold each known network, and forget the network. Then attempt the transfer again.
  • Restart both of your devices and effort again.
  • On your Android device, plough off your cellular data connexion. Then try the transfer once more.

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