Hey everyone! This is my first post to xda. I have had an iPhone since it's first release. I've owned every generation up to the 4s. Anyway, I've finally decided to make the switch to Android. I think the Galaxy S3 is an incredible device and I am quickly falling in love with it. That being said, I am having a hard time finding a way to transfer my data from the iPhone to the S3. I would like to transfer my:
Contacts
Pictures
Messages (sms and mms)
Email accounts
I know that Samsung released an app for this named "Easy Phone Sync", but it is only available in the UK to download. Other similar apps only seem to sync itunes music and play lists. And not the contacts or messages. Could anyone please help me on how to make this switch? I'd really appreciate it.
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If you said the Samsung app is only available in UK, google the apk and install it yourself
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Thank you for your fast reply. I did try this and wasn't able to find the apk to install.
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easyphonesync dot com
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxysync.android.app however it says it cannot be installed in my country. UK only. :/
I use a Mac and had my contacts synced to Address Book, so I ended up syncing that with google. That takes care of the contacts. Could also copy the contacts to the sim, if youre going to use the same sim.
Photos I had syncing with iphoto, so if I want I could just copy the pictures to Dropbox and copy them over to the phone.
Email accounts I just put them in manually. @me accounts can work with imap and is working on my device.
SMS/MMS I lost which isnt a big deal for me.
*edited for the apps not working outside the UK.
It says it is only available for download in the UK. It won't let me download. Is there a way to be able to download UK apps?
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On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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For music its not so good. The transfer speed is slooooooow..lol
Music I would do it through the itunes, air twist in angroid. The contacts I would import them to Gmail account since android is based on google. Pictures can be upload. To the cloud. Other options is that any authorized store can sync everything on your phone
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try out MoboRobo, it performs some sync operations between iPhone and Android - http://is.gd/VvSEDm
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does anyone else have an issue where photos are not being automatically seen by iPhoto ?
When I plus in my NS4G, iphoto opens up, but I do not see the phone in the sidebar ?
Can anyone offer any assistance ?
Griff
Is this your first android phone?
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Huh? Is it possible to get android recognized on iTunes? If so, that's something I didn't know..
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OK, sorry guys, I meant to say iPhoto, not iTunes.
When I plug the phone into my mac, iPhoto recognises the phone, but doesn't show up on the sidebar. I've had an incredible and a hero before, and they were both fine...
Sorry, should have clarified.
This has happened to me, end up manually uploading the photos
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sergioosvaldo1 said:
This has happened to me, end up manually uploading the photos
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OS-X 10.7 Lion will now automatically load a picture import application whenever it detects a memory card or anything containing a DCIM pictures directory, including the Nexus S.
As for syncing your phone with iTunes, I highly recommend a program called iTuneMyWalkman. It's an iTunes plugin (for Mac) that you can use to upload your music and playlists to any device.
Well my phone hasn't even shipped yet but I'm impatiently trying to plan everything to get the best use of the phone right away...
The biggest and most important thing will actually be migrating from my iPhone. I guess since all my mail is either GMail or work's exchange, I'm good there... I can easily download the photos on to my computer...
What about contacts? They are in iCloud but is there any easy way to export/import my entire contact list?
Is there anything else I might be forgetting about migrating over?
I suggest entering your icloud contact phone #'s to Gmail's contact list if u haven't. Also get Google Music and it will upload all your songs in itunes to Google's clouds.
you should be able to download an app to sync your contacts to gmail and from there you just log into your gmail account on the N4 and your done. and as mentioned with play music, upload it to googles cloud and be done with that. the migrate should be fairly easy. once u do it you will never go back lol
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I suggest entering your icloud contact phone #'s to Gmail's contact list if u haven't. Also get Google Music and it will upload all your songs in itunes to Google's clouds.
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No google play music in canada...
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No google play music in canada...
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I think DoubleTwist has some iTunes syncing ability
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Plug your iphone/open iTunes/select contacts / there,s a option to sink your contact to your gmail... Simple!
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Burn the iphone and throw away the ashes and you should be good to go..
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Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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Drop box?
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Dropbox all the way
Sorry I should have gave more info, it's for music. Mostly flac files. I don't want to stream that much lol my data plan would be shot. Since I have a lot of music and download some straight from my phone and do a lot of work to rename folders and songs it would be nice to have it update on both but not were I have to stream them.
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For anyone looking for this I found an awesome one. Cheetah sync is what I just started using. You can choose to sync from computer to phone, phone to computer or two way. It's free but it looks like you have to pay 2.99 after a trial period.
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Titanium Backup (worth the money) has a media sync add-on that sounds like it would do what you want. I haven't tried it (don't need it).
It does require root, but that's already done
If you have a file server set up (or you have "shared folders" set up in Windows) AndSMB works really well.
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What about titanium media sync?
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I thought about trying titanium media sync but wasn't sure if it's what I was looking for. Haven't heard of andsmb. Cheetah sync seems to be working well. It is nice because I can choose to 2 way sync where if I have deleted a duplicate or added tags or changed a song title it will update on the computer as well
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derek210 said:
Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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FolderSync
Airdroid
Personally I use AirDroid, and I love it for syncing music/movies and whatnot. You can change up files on there also.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0.
I'm using airdroid too, it's not a syncing service, but it gets the job done. As happy as I am switching back to an android device,I really miss iTunes sync, even the tethered sync beats anything I've found for android.
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The App you are looking for is BtSync http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html
It can sync folder between multiple devices, it can sync files through wifi LAN or through internet, there is option to sync through wifi only.
BtSynce is available for Android, windows, linux, mac and even for NAS devices :good:
Its very efficient in syncing large multimedia files, also its free.
Google drive?
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I'm trading in my note 2 tomorrow and I want to completely back up the phone and then have all my apps and app data on my new phone I'm not rooted how can I do this
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I'm trading in my note 2 tomorrow and I want to completely back up the phone and then have all my apps and app data on my new phone I'm not rooted how can I do this
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Samsung Kies if your on windows/os x
I don't have access to a laptop or computer are there any other options
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does kies include saving app data like saving game progress, for example you reach level 10 of a certain game with 100 credits, etc . kies is cumbersome for transferring text messages.. not sure if it will work with whatsapp messages too.
i am asking this because soon i will upgrade too to the note 3 and I dont root also. how about the titanium/helium i keep hearing about? thanks, thanks
I tried helium but it kept asking to connect to computer I thought I could just save to sd card
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Good Luck with the backup. I found whilst moving from IOS to Android that the backup for non rooted devices leaves a lot to be desired. This is one area Sammy needs to get sorted out properly. I mean can they not emulate / copy itunes or somethng? lol
itunes saves app data? sorry im clueless about apple-related stuff lol.
some of the games i play can be stored in google cloud but i am not sure if it will work properly on a new phone.
craigel, from what i understand, for sd cards you can store pics, files, etc, as well as apps, just not the complete app data if i am not mistaken
Don't rely on kies. It's garbage.
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Hi guys
Quick question I got some phone numbers saved singular on the Samsung account that I want transfered to my Google account in case i change to a non samsung phone. Is there a syncing option or app to choose? Iv tried everything I could think of... any 1 in the same boat?
Jamie
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jamieross said:
Hi guys
Quick question I got some phone numbers saved singular on the Samsung account that I want transfered to my Google account in case i change to a non samsung phone. Is there a syncing option or app to choose? Iv tried everything I could think of... any 1 in the same boat?
Jamie
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Are you trying to sync samsung to google?
If you sync samsung to your phone can you not then sync your phone to google?