When users decide jump from one operating system to another, doubts arise about the procedures to avoid losing data and relevant information. Among the most consulted data to preserve in transfers, we find contact data. For this reason, and to make the process easier, we will tell you how to transfer contacts from Android to iPhone without losing your mind.
It doesn't matter if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, a Huawei model, a Motorola device or a Xiaomi device. If you need transfer contacts from Android to iOS system of your iPhone, in this note you will find the different procedures that can be carried out today for this transfer without any difficulty.
Apple's Move to iOS app
One of the most used and easy to use options. Its interface is extremely simple and allows you to transfer many different data from Android phone to iPhone. In particular, we are interested in transferring our contacts, so we will focus the explanation step by step on obtaining such a result:
- On the iPhone, we are going to go to the Apps & Data section and select the option Move data from Android.
- The next step is on the Android phone. Let's install the Move to iOS app from the Google PlayStore, open it and select the continue button.
- On the iPhone again, we press the continue button and it will ask us for a code that is on the Android screen.
- On the next screen we have to choose the data we want to transfer, from agenda and bookmarks, to contacts and photos. Once chosen, we wait for the transfer to finish and we will have our information loaded on the iPhone.
Migrate contacts from Android to iPhone via SIM
SIM card built-in memory it is another alternative when we want to transfer the contacts and other information to the new phone. There is a downside, that some contact names may be clipped on iPhone, or some additional data may not be transferred. Since iOS and Android store different information, information that is not compatible between the two platforms is lost in the transfer. This alternative is especially useful if you only save the name and phone number of the contacts on your SIM, and no secondary data. Also, you can do it together with a SIM PIN change to have the device ready and like new.
We access the options within the Android Contacts application and pass the contacts to the SIM. We take the SIM to the iPhone, and once there we go to the Settings application – Contacts and select Import SIM contacts. At the end of the process, we will have all the contacts restored and ready to call and send messages from the iPhone.
Transfer Contacts from Android to iOS with Google Account
Another simple option to transfer your contacts from Android to iOS is to use a Google account. In this case, we synchronize the information through Google servers and that way we can download all the relevant information directly to our iPhone. Another advantage of this synchronization is that your contacts are always in the cloud, so you can recover the information even in cases of theft or loss of the device. For the synchronization in the two operating systems to be activated, we must follow these steps:
1. On our Android mobile, we go to Settings – Accounts and synchronization, add our Gmail account and activate the synchronization of the device.
2. From the iPhone, we go to Settings – Accounts and passwords and select Add account. We touch on Google and follow the instructions on the screen to add the same Gmail account that we have on the Android phone.
3. Once confirmed, we activate the synchronization with the green switch and the contacts will begin to load.
ContactTransfer
The Contact Transfer application is an excellent option and a very robust and direct method to transfer the contacts from your Android mobile to an iPhone. The application transfers the data from your mobile phones through the PC, so the first step is to install Contact Transfer on your computer. You also have to have the Contact Transfer app on Android. Choose your Android device as the source, and the iPhone as the destination.
Open the Contact Transfer application on Android, and choose the Scan QR Code option, and with your phone's camera, scan the code that appears on the PC. Connect the iPhone via its USB cable to the computer. Choose the contacts you want to transfer or select Transfer all, and wait for the process to finish.
Conclusion
There are different alternatives to transfer your contacts and other important data from Android to iPhone. Some options are directly related to alternatives on the devices themselves, and others require installing extra applications. But the goal of not losing any of your important contacts is assured, so making the leap to the iPhone world from Android is becoming easier and more practical.