I just decided to switch from Android (Samsung S10) to iPhone, mainly because my wife uses an iPhone. I just got the iPhone 14 Pro a few days ago, and I used the Move to iOS app to transfer all of my data. Everything seems to be transferred over except for half of my text messages, including my wife's, which is kinda the whole point I got an iPhone in the first place. I've looked through all of the forums and tried all of the steps to factory reset the iPhone, back up all my data again on the Samsung, retransfer all the data, and those text conversations still don't show up. I talked with the Apple support at best buy when I got it, and they said to try the whole process a few times, and try waiting 24 hours because maybe they will show up on their own.
So I don't see any pattern in the text conversations of why some came through and others didn't, so distinction between conversations with iPhone or Android users. I used Google messages before and everything is backed up through Google and Samsung. I can send and receive texts, but I don't have any of the past conversations or texts. I will set an appointment with Apple support, but not sure what else they can do. And I am debating whether I need to just move on and start new conversations with people, or if I should just keep my old Samsung. I'm honestly a little frustrated, because it's taken so long to reset and retransfer all my data so many times, I haven't been able to use my new phone or my old phone.
So please help. And thanks in advance.
What is the best way to back up my old texts so I can get them on my new to me phone? Can I just switch the sim card to activate the iPhone? It appears both phones use the same size sim. I am on Super LTE if that matters. Currently using a Moto G5+. Pictures and other things are saved to Google Drive & Photos. Haven't decided but I still may use Google on the iPhone. Anything else I should know so I don't lose stuff in the transfer? Talk to me like I know nothing. Not very techy here. Thanks!
The only way to transfer Android messages to iOs is by transferring data at the iOs setup screen.
You need to backup your iPhone data (because you will very likely need to set it up from scratch later), factory reset the iPhone, and select "Move Data from Android" at the setup screen. On the Android device, download Move to iOs.
IMPORTANT: after downloading the app, turn ON Airplane mode and turn OFF Bluetooth on Android (because the Move to iOs app is VERY buggy, especially at the connection stage). Don't just turn off wifi and mobile data. GO AIRPLANE MODE.
Then follow the app's instructions.
I recently was upgraded from an android to iPhone for my work phone. I have had no luck transferring my messaged to the new device. I have tried the transfer ios app, along with Anytrans, and Coolmuster. Nothing has worked for me and I do not want to keep paying for apps to transfer my messages if they will keep having issues. I have spent hours trying to get these and other methods to work.
I would usually be fine with abandoning my messages but they are critical for my job. If anyone has any tips on how to transfer my sms messages from my android to iPhone it would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time in advance.
The Move to iOS app should help 😉
From Apple’s website:
“Here's what gets transferred: contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, photo albums, files and folders, accessibility settings, display settings, web bookmarks, email accounts and calendars. If they're available on both Google Play and the App Store, some of your free apps will also be transferred. After the transfer has been completed, you can download any free apps that were matched from the App Store.”
I hope I've misunderstood something, but after a couple of hours spent trying to transfer all messages from my OnePlus 6T to the iPhone 13 Mini I'm afraid this is unfortunately true. Is there really no way to transfer messages from an Android device to iOS?! Even having a linked account on a computer, there's no way either? I've been using Signal for almost a year now, so far it's been unbeatable, but this one thing has left me incredibly disappointed.
Has anyone managed to do this with some third-party tools or open-source scripts from GitHub?
Hey gang
I recently bought an iPhone 11 and wanted to transfer my old text messages from my old Samsung Galaxy S6.
But when I used "Move to iOS' app, only a few outgoing SMS messages transferred. All the incoming texts that I had on my old log did not go through. So only some of the texts transferred but most didnt. (The contacts transferred ok)
If anybody has some other options, I'd appreciate it. I was looking around at some other apps and I see you have to pay for those, which I gladly would if there was a guarantee that they'd work. Are there any free apps to use? Or any workarounds? I see some stuff about using "SMS backup and restore" app, but I'm not really sure how to go about that