COOL! HOW TO SWITCH YOUR IPHONE
TO ANDROID
FOR those who have toyed with the
idea of swapping their iPhone for
Android but found it to be baffling
and stressful, Google Executive
Chairman Eric Schmidt has written a
Google+ post on how to switch.
HERE This step-by-step guide</a>
covers how to keep your contacts,
set up your email (Gmail,
obviously), and transfer your music
and photos.
"Here are the steps I recommend to
make this switch. Like the people
who moved from PCs to Macs and
never switched back, you will
switch from iPhone to Android and
never switch back as everything
will be in the cloud, backed up,"
Schmidt says. Just follow the steps
below and it'll be easy.
1. Firstly, what you'll need to do is
setup your Android phone. Here's
how to do this:
a) Turn your phone on and connect
to wi-fi and login to your Gmail
account when prompted
b) Download the Google Play Store
and all the applications you used
on your iPhone (Instagram,
Facebook etc) if available
c) Make sure the phone is running
its latest software (to do this go to
apps>settings>about phone)
2. Next, Schmidt says to update
your iPhone or iPad:
a) Turn the Apple device on, make
sure your Gmail is logged in and
upgrade the iOS software to the
latest version (typically iOS 7+). Do
this by plugging your phone into
iTunes and clicking update
software
b) Check you are using iCloud to
back up contacts (go to
settings>iCloud>contacts switched
on). If not, sign up for it (it's free,
anyway)
c) Sync your Gmail contacts (go to
settings>email>Gmail account>turn
contacts tab on)
Turn off iMessage (go to settings>
messages>turn iMessage tab off)
d) Sync your iPhone to iTunes to
ensure backup of your photos and
music
3. Okay, still with us? Eric says by
this point you "should see all your
Gmail, have your apps, and have
your contacts in the Android
phone." If not, manually download
contacts on your Mac as follows:
a) Go to apple.com/icloud and login
with your Apple ID and click on
contacts.
In the lower-left corner, click on the
wheel, and "select all" the contacts
and "export" the vCard into a vCard
file (in Downloads).
b) In a browser, go to gmail.com,
click on the Mail button and select
"Contacts". You should see a list of
your Gmail contacts. Import the
vCard file into Gmail/contacts using
the "Import contacts" command and
it should have manually added your
contacts. Delete any duplicates or
use the "More / Find & merge
duplicates" function.
4. To get all your music on the
handset, follow this:
a) On your Mac, connect to your
music to Google by downloading
Google Music Manager onto the
Mac, and run it. Music Manager will
upload your iTunes music.
At this stage you should have all
your Gmail, apps, contacts and
music in your new Android phone.
So, take out the SIM of the iPhone
and insert it into the Android
handset (you might need an
adaptor for those with nano-SIMS),
restart and off you go!
Any iPhone owners who have felt
all too trapped in the past will be
sure to welcome this handy guide,
although it's worth noting not all
apps will magically appear on your
new device. Mainly because you
can't transfer an app built only for
iOS to Android. If you've dropped a
wad of cash on an iPhone app,
chances are you're going to have to
do so again. Also, any movies you
have bought on iTunes won't get
ported over, either.