The Magi have arrived! And with them and the Christmas presents, many people have just released a tech gift. If you are one of them and you have just opened your brand new iPhone, you might have doubts about how to set it up for the first time if you are from android. In this article, we are going to tell you the essential steps to make everything go like silk.
The quick way: with the ‘Move to iOS’ app on Android
The fastest way to do this is to use Apple’s Move to iOS app on Android, which you can download from this link to the Google Play Store. Before starting the process, you must ensure that:
- Both devices are connected to their chargers (or at least have a very high charge level).
- They are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
- The space occupied on your Android device fits on your new iPhone.
When you’re ready, start your iPhone’s Settings and stop when you get to the Apps & Data section. There you will see four options, the last one being “Transfer data from Android”. Select it. This is when you can open the Go to iOS app on your Android and start the process.
Follow the instructions, where you will come to a point where you can choose what content from your old device you want to transfer to the iPhone. Among them, you can move your email accounts, contacts, photos, messages, calendars and bookmarks from your browser. You can also download apps that exist on iOS and are automatically free.
Among all these data, there will be one that will be particularly important: move all your WhatsApp messages. A few months ago, I would have said it was an impossible task, but thanks to last year’s updates, we can move all our WhatsApp from Android to iOS without any problem.
The only thing you need to consider is space: if your WhatsApp takes up many GB of storage, data transfer can take hours. A good idea may be to clean WhatsApp from your Android before performing the transfer and thus avoid problems.
The manual method to free an iPhone from scratch
You may prefer to transfer data from one device to another manually, either because you like setting up a new device (as I do) or because you prefer to do it your way. If you don’t want to use Apple’s Move to iOS app, you can follow these steps to set up your new iPhone. To transfer the music, you have two options.
- If you are using a service like Spotify, download the app from here or open Apple Music. In any case, you must log in with your username and password.
- If you have it stored on your device, you will need to transfer its files to a computer with iTunes, empty the folder you created there, and sync your iPhone with iTunes.
In the case of emails and contacts, it is very likely that coming from Android, you have a Gmail account. Go to Settings on your iPhone > Accounts & Passwords and add the Gmail account by following the steps you will find. At the end of the configuration, you will see that there are a few buttons to choose what you want to add to your iPhone: email, contacts, calendar and notes. Each of them will be stored in the corresponding application.
In the manual method, you will have to set up the iPhone as new and add the data bit by bit.
For photos and videos, you’ll need to follow a similar process as for music. Move all these files to a computer with iTunes in a folder. After, sync your iPhone to include the photos you want from iTunes. The quick alternative is to download Google Photos to both your old phone and your new iPhone (here for iOS), wait for them to sync on the former before they appear on the latter.
Apps you might be interested in installing
Now that your iPhone is set up, along with your email, contacts, photos, and music, you might want to take a look at the coolest features of iOS 16. It’s also time to download any apps you probably going to use. utilize. We selected the 10 most typical so you don’t have to search for them in the iOS store, just click on the link and wait for them to open in their corresponding tab in the App Store:
- WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram no introduction needed for any of them.
- VLC is a versatile video player
- Clips, an exclusive Apple application with which you can easily and simply record and edit videos to publish on your social networks.
- Netflix and HBO MAX, perfect for enjoying your series if you already have an account (or take advantage of the free month).
- Dropbox, to store files in the cloud.
- Google Maps, if you’re from Android, you probably already have all your favorite places in this app.
- Flipboard to follow the news.
Notes is one of the best Apple apps you can find on your new iPhone.
Remember that iOS contains very useful standard applications, such as the iWork office suite (Pages, Numbers and Keynote), Notes and its multiple functions such as document scanning, Messages to communicate with your contacts who have an iPhone and Files, which is used to group all providers of online storage in a single site. They are worth checking out simply because they offer integration with other Apple devices, among others.
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