Import Android phone data to Apple phone

For Android users who switch to iPhone, the first problem they face is changing phones. How to quickly import address books, text messages, pictures and various chat records to the new phone. The closed nature of iOS makes it impossible to switch phones as conveniently as Android phones. Here are some of the main problems.

1. Address book

Storing mobile phone contacts directly into the card is a quick way to import the address book. However, the mobile phone card is faced with the situation of loss and insufficient storage space, and rarely People choose to store contacts in their mobile phones. We provide two operation methods for this situation.

1) WeChat quick synchronization

WeChat is the most popular App on mobile phones. It is very simple to synchronize directly with the software. Open WeChat-Me-Settings-General-Function-Contact Book Security Assistant - Enter Security Assistant - Backup. After completing the backup, open WeChat on the iPhone and select "Restore" in the same order. After completion, you will find that the address book has been completely transferred to the new phone.

There are many similar mobile phone replacement software, such as the "QQ Sync Assistant" developed by Tencent and the "Mobile Phone Clone" App developed by Huawei, which can also do this.

2) Import and export of traditional address books

There are also extreme situations where WeChat is not used and there is no software installed. In this case, you can choose the traditional method. On your Android phone, open Settings - Contacts and export your phone's address book to .vcf format. The phone will automatically generate this file in the root directory.

Export address book

Export contacts

First save this file on your computer, the Apple computer system will automatically recognize this file, and then you can use iCloud Just save it directly to your address book and sync it. For Windows systems, you can choose to use the Tools tool to import the address book file.

Automatic import on Mac

2. Text messages

WeChat only has the function of backing up the address book. Third-party software including QQ synchronization assistant supports call records and text messages. backup, but it cannot communicate between Android and iOS. It is a bit cumbersome to complete the backup of text messages without jailbreaking. Next, we will demonstrate this process for you.

The first step is to back up and export the text messages on the Android phone. It is recommended to use QQ Sync Assistant. After backing up the text messages on the mobile phone, open the QQ Sync Assistant on the web page and find the text messages. And choose to export all text messages in this group. At this time, the text message will generate a csv file and keep this file for later use.

Export SMS files

Open the iTools tool in Windows and create an ITunes backup. Open iTools, click "Toolbox" in the upper right corner, find "iTunes Backup Management", click "Create Backup", select "New Backup", and create it according to the prompts.

Create a backup

After completing the above step, select the created backup, click "Open", find "sms.db" in "SMS", double-click to open, the path is VAR/ MOBBILE/LIABRY/SMS.

Find the text message folder

Import your text message file

Choose to import the csv file and import the file exported above into the text message in itunes backup management , click Save. Use iTunes to restore from backup or directly click to sync to the device, thus completing the SMS synchronization process. Although it is a bit cumbersome, it can at least achieve SMS synchronization.

3. Import pictures and videos with zero traffic

The synchronization of pictures and videos is relatively simple. You can synchronize the copied pictures and videos to your phone through iTunes, or you can choose Third-party software can be used for synchronization. In addition, you can also use network disk tools.

QQ Sync Assistant and “Mobile Clone” are still recommended here. Both software are cross-platform apps and can transfer address books, photos and videos to each other on the two platforms. The principle is very simple, it is to realize data transmission between two mobile phones through a self-built Wi-Fi hotspot on one of the mobile phones.

Using third-party software is more convenient and faster than using iTunes, and there is no need to consume data when changing devices, which is highly recommended. However, given that the iPhone is relatively sensitive to private information, it is difficult to synchronize a lot of information such as call records from Android to iOS without jailbreaking.

In addition to some commonly used mobile phone information, commonly used software such as WeChat and QQ are also essential apps for everyone. These chat records need to be retained, which can also be achieved through software. For example, in WeChat, chat records can be backed up and retained for 7 days. Whether other communication software can be backed up depends on whether the software itself supports this function.

The frequent emergence of new phones has also accelerated the replacement of new phones to a certain extent, so how to synchronize mobile phone information has become an increasing problem that everyone is facing. Between different mobile phones, data transfer between Android and Android phones is the simplest. iOS can also achieve rapid synchronization through iTunes and iCloud. However, synchronization between cross-platforms is more difficult. The insufficient openness of iOS leads to the existing The main reason for the situation is that you may wish to refer to the above tutorial when changing machines.