MEXICO CITY (CNNExpansión) – If you are one of those who think the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple just tries to achieve innovation from companies such as Samsung, HTC , LG or Sony, and will bored the closed iOS platform and are looking to try his luck with a more open system like Android; The following tips will help you make the transition easily and without losing your information.
The guide is based in part on the recommendations that the President of the Board and former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt shared with his followers on Google+ in late 2013
If instead you are looking for is to go from Android to iOS (iPhone). This is the guide you should follow to keep your information.
Disclaimer: The migration process took an iPhone 5c a Sony Xperia Z2. In some cases the menus and commands Android can reach vary. In case of doubt, it is advisable to go to the official website of the manufacturer or leave us feedback so we can doubt help directly.
Contacts
As in Android, to migrate one of the things that most concern people is the process of transferring contacts. In iOS the procedure is similar and also gives you more than one option.
Via SIM
If you are someone who has less than 100 contacts in your address book. The best way to pass is to keep them in the same SIM team. To do this, on your phone go to Settings, find the Mail menu, Contacts and Calendar right at the end of the contact options see one that says “Import SIM contacts”. The system will ask you which account you want to do. If you are one of those users who do not have their contacts in your Gmail or Exchange your option to choose should be iCloud.
Via iCloud
The best way to migrate contacts is exporting a .vcf iCloud. When iOS user is a requirement you count with an Apple ID otherwise you could not download apps or songs or books.
What you should do is synchronize your phone data with iCloud. If you do not do this process or do not know if it was done once, to check go to Settings, iCloud and enter your Apple ID.
If indeed the process has already been done, as opposed to having to enter your account you will see a menu of all the contents of the iPhone that sync with Apple’s cloud. It is important that the command is active in green contacts. (If this is the first time you do, your computer may take a few minutes, it is literally copying your contacts to the cloud).
Remember that, while it is activated, iCloud constant backs up your computer without you even ask. However, if you want to run a backup manually before making the migration process, simply select the Storage and Copy option and then Backup Now ( Warning: need to be connected to WiFi to back manual).
The next thing to do is browse your computer to the site http: //www.icloud. com, log in with your Apple ID. Upon entering you will see several icons for documents, contacts, calendar and other services. For now select Contacts.
If the copy process was successful to iCloud you will see all your contacts (if not back to the previous point and try to do a manual copy).
Inside Contacts must perform two process. The first check all the contacts you have selected to export a contact to select it (it is) and press the CTRL + A or CTRL + E key on PC depending on the language and the Mac CMD + A key. If the process was successful the contact section should light a light blue and in the upper right corner the number of contacts you have stored should appear.
With all selected contacts, browse to the bottom left corner of the screen and you will see a gear icon, click on it and select the Export to vCard option.
In automatic download or the system is asked to choose a location to save the file. It is important that you detect where the document is located, to identify you remember that this is a type .VCF file, which usually carries the name “iCloud exportadas.vcf vCards”.
If iOS Apple ID is the key to unlocking services platform is its counterpart in Android Gmail or Google Account. So if you think you need to migrate to Android that you create a Gmail account. That you surf enough to www.gmail.com to start the registration process.
If you already have an account half the task is done. On your PC or Mac and navigate to Gmail in the upper left corner (just below the word Google) select the Contacts option.
On the next screen you must select the More button or More (depending on the settings of your email). In the drop down menu select the Import option. Window asking you to select a file from your computer .vcf system, which is just a few minutes you downloaded the iCloud makes opens. Select the file and voila, Gmail will begin to integrate all your contacts.
To transfer them to your Android enough to go to Settings or Settings, Accounts and need to add the Google account, once made the process the phone it will ask you what you want to sync verifies that Synchronize Contacts is enabled. That will have all your contacts on your new Android.
photos, videos, music and documents.
When iOS a closed platform the process of spending the rest of the content is a bit more tedious, but it is not impossible. The first thing you should do is to place your content on iTunes and extract your photos.
The pictures on PC
If you’re using PC you an advantage, simply connect the iPhone to the PC and the system automatically detects the device as a Mass Storage Unit. Explore the available folders, photos are usually stored in a folder called DCIM or Photos. Just extract the whole folder or photos you want to transfer to your new phone.
The pictures on Mac
In Mac connects the computer and the iPhone automatically execute the iPhoto application. (If it does not open the application). If the process is right in the left column you will see the iPhone connected. There will have to say if you want to import all your photos or only some.
After the import is as simple as you select all the images that were imported and copy to a new folder on the desktop. (To copy images simply select one or more and press CMD + F to paste simply navigate to the desired folder and press the CMD + V keys).
The music and videos
If you are a user with a tidy iTunes library, the process will be much easier. The first thing to do is detect the folders where iTunes saves contents.
A simple option is to go to search the system on your Mac or PC and write iTunes. The system will display all files and folders with that name. What we seek is a folder that iTunes simply call.
If you want to find the folder directly, generally is created in the folder of Music or Music on both Mac and PC. Inside the iTunes folder you will find several files and another folder called iTunes Media.
This last is what interests us because it contains music, videos and books (in ePub or PDF format) that you have synced with your iPhone iTunes. The option is to copy the entire iTunes Media folder or just the music or video files that interest us.
To change your pictures as many audio and video to your Android, please follow these steps:
PC
Simply connect your Android device to your computer to start exploring the contents of the phone. Here it is important to keep the contents in the appropriate folders. That is your photos and videos should go inside the folder DCIM, CAMERA or 100ANDRO (the latter name may vary) or Pictures, your songs must copy the folder MUSIC and PDF or ePubs go inside the folder MEDIA or Books.
Eye this step much depend on the Android phone you have. The highly recommended that you check what type of content is inside of different folders to copy or drag the files do in the correct folder. Warning: do not delete files or folders cuts or , unless in the case of content that you have copied it, otherwise you could quasar errors in the software of your computer.
Mac
The process is the same, the difference is that to transfer your content to Android. You need to download a free program called Android File Transfer, which lets you view the contents of your phone to copy them to your computer.
The process is the same copy or drag your music, videos or photos to the appropriate folders.
Eye formats
Most phones support all audio formats. iTunes for factory settings saved songs in M4A format. If for some reason your Android copy songs and try to play them tells you that it is a “Format not supported”. You must convert the songs to a more universal format like MP3. However, it is advisable to first try to run before any conversion.
The data of my games
This is a point that a lot will depend on how advanced the developer of games. Companies like King, Rovio and Electronic Arts let you create accounts to store the progress of games like Angry Birds and Crush Candy. To find out if your application has this option opens the application and check the options menu if the alternative to create an account with them, creates the account, save your game data. Usually, when you download the same game on your new Android you can enter the account and automatically will pull all your information from your servers.
The advantage of the cloud
service to store information in the cloud, despite being challenged by issues belts offer the enormous advantage that all the information is not in the team, but is stored in the cloud business. That is just you download apps like Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote, Spotify, Rdio and the like on your new Android, you enter your account and password for each service and all your data will be in the new phone.
Given the sensitivity of your data is very important to never use the same password for all the services and, at least, change it at least every three or six months.
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