How to change your iPhone to Android without losing your data – BBC.com – BBC

Find out how to move from one Android device to one of Apple not miss the second part This article, published on Wednesday.

Change cell staying within the same operating system is a relatively simple process.

But many fear to take the plunge Android radical leaving one iOS device or vice versa, anticipating a number of difficulties.

No reason to stay “stuck” in the network of Apple or Google : Here’s how to make the jump to either without losing your data, contacts, photos, music and applications

In today’s installment will cover the steps to switch from iOS to Android.. Tomorrow, in a second article, we will follow the process in reverse, the system Google to Apple.

A few months ago appeared this mockery on Google maps: in a small town in Pakistan urine Android robot on the Apple logo.

• How to transfer your photos

To keep the photos from your iPhone need to download the Google Photos through the App Store and enter using a Google account (email address and password from Gmail ).

Then you must select the option to “Make a backup and sync ” your photos and enable it for the “ Camera and photos ” .

That will make all your pictures remain stored in the cloud.

Now, if you access Google Photos for your new Android device, and you will see all the images that were previously in your . iPhone or iPad

A. Warning: If you use iPhoto on your Mac computer note that the new photos taken with your Android device will not be automatically uploaded to iPhoto

If you want to have your entire library of images in Google Photos have to move separately from your computer.

• How to Transfer your music from iTunes

If you want to keep your music library from iTunes have to transfer all tracks to Google Play Music.

You can move freely up 50,000 songs.

Then you can access your collection from any browser and any Android, iPhone or iPad device.

You’ll have to do the “migration” of the library music from your computer.

Make sure your iPhone or iPad is fully synchronized with your iTunes. Download to your computer after the Google Play Music Manager , which will keep all your songs in the cloud.

Finally, you have to create a Google Play account associated with a Google Wallet account you’ll need to link a credit card, even though the standard version of Google Play Music is free.

• How to transfer your contacts

If you have your contacts linked to your mail account Gmail do not have to do anything, because when you enter your Google account to your new device Android will see there all your contacts.

You can transfer your Apple System contacts at Google from iCloud, from iTunes, with the sim card or third party applications.

But if your contacts are stored in the iCloud will have to follow these steps:

Go to Settings & gt; Mail, contacts, calendars and under the Accounts options should appear “ iCloud .”

There, enable Contacts , which will your numbers are recorded in your iCloud, Apple’s cloud.

Then, from your computer go to www.icloud.com , enter your Apple account and click in “ Contacts .”

Click the icon below to the left that looks like a scroll wheel and check “ Select all ” from the menu.

Click again on the icon, select “ Export vCard ” and save the file.

Then go to www.gmail.com , enter your email and click the top left to select “ Contacts “. Here is a list of all your contacts from Gmail

To make a left click More & gt.; Import and select the vCard file you recorded before.

Once complete the import process, Gmail specify the number of imported contacts.

Then you can delete repeated contacts using the “Find duplicates” from the main menu of contacts.

Alternatively, you can also transfer your contacts from iTunes on your computer , entering the option to synchronize contacts and selecting contacts from Google.

Also, if you prefer, You can also use a SIM card or third party applications to transfer contacts from one device to another

• What to do with the applications

With your new Android device will have to find and re-download your favorite apps from Google Play.

But what about your” history “stored in some applications, such as those that monitor your health or exercise, as Fitbit or Runtastic?

These types of applications are usually linked to an email address or a user name and specific password.

So if you leave your old account on your phone and connect from the back to the same application should be able to access all your archived data.

The case is Whatsapp especially because the application does not officially allow you to “get out” of your own.

If you change your number the application allows you to “migrate” your account to the new number.

But if you change your operating system while you keep the same number, eg iOS to Android, you might be able to keep your profile information and participation in groups but miss the previous messages.

• Finally, do not forget to turn off iMessage

In 2014 Android dominated the global market for smartphones with 81%, followed distantly by Apple with 15%. Together they make up 96% of the global pie.

The iMessage is a messaging service exclusively for Apple. . If you forget to disable your i-messages could still be directed to your old iPhone or iPad

To disable it, before removing the sim card go to Settings & gt; Messages & gt; and off iMessage .

If you forgot to do it and no longer have your old iPhone can ask Apple to unlink your phone number with iMessage.

You can find English more official information on all these migration processes in the “Switch to Android” (Switch to Android) page.

* And to know how to move from one Android device Apple do not miss the second part of this article, to be published Wednesday.