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Android to iOS switch Questions!!

alwayswin69

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So I got an iphone recently and I had few doubts/questions about the Move to iOS app to transfer data from my Android phone to iphone
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted??
2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone?
3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iphone?
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it truee??
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible??
 
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I tried searching youtube regarding this, all i could find was just people teaching how to transfer data between those 2 phones...
 
1. It transfers data. So your data in your android will remain in android
2. It sorts it based on date of creations in phone not sure about the albums though
3. Not sure
4. I guess this limitation exists because of free iCloud storage is only 5gb
5. You will be able to backup chats if you want to switch back to android.
 

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So I got an iphone recently and I had few doubts/questions about the Move to iOS app to transfer data from my Android phone to iphone
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted??
2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone?
3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iphone?
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it truee??
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible??
since i have done this so many time i can answer this with confidence and some 2 month back from android phont to iPhone 14 pro max running on IOS 17 something
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted?? - yes if you select it will copy everything obviously no app data and NO your android phone data will remain unchanged it won't get deleted.
2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone? - no it won't IOS with 18 has it own T&C so it will look the same but it won't sort out you need manually get custom and then tweak something and it would feel the same.
3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iPhone? - SMS yes not sure call history though
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it true??
no not true just remember if you have over 5gb then get icloud and backup the chat if important cause once you get into this switching back whatsapp could be little bit difficult i think it won't be though but not sure.
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible?? - try not to switch back.
 
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it true??
no not true just remember if you have over 5gb then get icloud and backup the chat if important cause once you get into this switching back whatsapp could be little bit difficult i think it won't be though but not sure.
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible?? - try not to switch back.

4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it truee??
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible??


if you have to use android and ios same time then i will advised you yo keep main whatsapp on android and in new iPhone use whatsapp as Linked Device so that you can use whatsapp on both devices simultaneously without issue.


Cons of whatsapp on ios:

By default
whatsapp data backup on Android : google drive(15GB)
Whatsapp data backup on ios : icloud (5GB)

1.as said by @vaibhav111
it will be very difficult to switch back whatsapp data from ios to android.

2.when you want to take whatsapp backup then it should to be 2.2x free storage will be there in your iphone local storage then whatsapp make local backup and upload to icloud (very irritating for 64GB iphone storage: but solve by taking whole iphone backup to icloud, in ios whatsapp backup can be done by 2 methods)

3. over the time whatsapp backup data will more than 5GB then icloud will stop backuping data , then you have to paid monthly for icloud plus for more storage
 
since i have done this so many time i can answer this with confidence and some 2 month back from android phont to iPhone 14 pro max running on IOS 17 something
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted?? - yes if you select it will copy everything obviously no app data and NO your android phone data will remain unchanged it won't get deleted.
2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone? - no it won't IOS with 18 has it own T&C so it will look the same but it won't sort out you need manually get custom and then tweak something and it would feel the same.
3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iPhone? - SMS yes not sure call history though
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it true??
no not true just remember if you have over 5gb then get icloud and backup the chat if important cause once you get into this switching back whatsapp could be little bit difficult i think it won't be though but not sure.
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible?? - try not to switch back.
forget to mentioned very important thing my friend had some 50-100gb of photo and whatsapp backup of 7gb and it he thought it would completed in hour or so that also i thought but it took around 7-8 hr to complete, he reached at my place at 9 30 and by 10 30 due to him not taking backup of whatsapp and something else we started and from 10 30 at 5 30 something the process of copy from android to iPhone completed.. we slept for around 30 min or so.. and apple is worst actually cause in the same scenario android take less than 2hr at worst and someone like me who have switched many phone and did this process so many time less than 30min cause for photo just use 2.0-3.1USC type c and take a copy of your stuff and app data will be gone so if you install all the app when you switch the app. so that why my primary device would stay IOS cause the headache apple give for moving from their ecosystem is the worst.
 
if you have to use android and ios same time then i will advised you yo keep main whatsapp on android and in new iPhone use whatsapp as Linked Device so that you can use whatsapp on both devices simultaneously without issue.
I remember thinking, "Yeah, I'll do this," but it didn’t work when I tried. I have my reasons. When I bought the iPhone 13 two years ago, I didn’t like it at all. I was confused, thinking, "The Galaxy S22 sucks because of performance and heating issues, and the iPhone 13 sucks because of iOS." So, I gave my iPhone to a friend. But before that, I watched a lot of videos and tried what people suggested. It worked to some extent, and I figured Android would work similarly. However, I faced issues with iOS.

After about 2.5 months, my friend paid me ₹50,000 instead of ₹55,000/₹56,000 (since it was a 256GB model). I took the phone back and got an offer of ₹55,000 later, but I didn’t sell it to my friend's friend.

The thing is, maybe now it might work better, but it definitely didn’t two years ago. Back then, this whole setup wasn’t as new, so if it works in 2024, that's great. Getting adjusted to iOS takes time, so I recommend not transferring WhatsApp to iOS just yet, at least until you’re sure you like it. With iOS 18, things are more flexible, so there’s less chance you’ll hate iOS from an Android user’s perspective.
 
Yo guys I'm using an iphone 15 with a macbook right now. I just got this pixel 8 from the sale. is it worth switching to pixel 8? the 120 hz display is pretty cool
 
The thing is, maybe now it might work better, but it definitely didn’t two years ago. Back then, this whole setup wasn’t as new, so if it works in 2024, that's great. Getting adjusted to iOS takes time, so I recommend not transferring WhatsApp to iOS just yet, at least until you’re sure you like it. With iOS 18, things are more flexible, so there’s less chance you’ll hate iOS from an Android user’s perspective.
yes, in 2024 whatsapp linked device feature works great.
 
forget to mentioned very important thing my friend had some 50-100gb of photo and whatsapp backup of 7gb and it he thought it would completed in hour or so that also i thought but it took around 7-8 hr to complete, he reached at my place at 9 30 and by 10 30 due to him not taking backup of whatsapp and something else we started and from 10 30 at 5 30 something the process of copy from android to iPhone completed.. we slept for around 30 min or so.. and apple is worst actually cause in the same scenario android take less than 2hr at worst and someone like me who have switched many phone and did this process so many time less than 30min cause for photo just use 2.0-3.1USC type c and take a copy of your stuff and app data will be gone so if you install all the app when you switch the app. so that why my primary device would stay IOS cause the headache apple give for moving from their ecosystem is the worst.
Summary of above 📌

Moving data from
ios to ios = butter smooth (apple ecosystem)
android to ios= long hours (eat drink sleep)
ios to andorid = headcache and worst
 
Yo guys I'm using an iphone 15 with a macbook right now. I just got this pixel 8 from the sale. is it worth switching to pixel 8? the 120 hz display is pretty cool
do check your pixel 8 warranty, on twitter pre-owned device was sold to a customer.. i don't think that the case with you though but still check. now how to check just google/search on the web.
 
So I got an iphone recently and I had few doubts/questions about the Move to iOS app to transfer data from my Android phone to iphone
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted??
2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone?
3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iphone?
4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it truee??
5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible??
1. Does "move to ios" app copy the data or literally moves it from android phone? i.e. after transferring the data, will the data on my android phone be deleted??
Data will be on both phones

2. Is "move to ios" app able to transfer photos and videos and sort them in the same order as it were on the android phone?
Yes

3. Will the app transfer the sms and call history from my android phone to iphone?
Yes

4. I read somewhere that if the whatsapp backup is more than 5gb, "move to ios" app is not able to transfer whatsapp data from android to ios, is it truee??
No

5. If incase I'd want to switch back to android just to use whatsapp, will it be possible??
Yes
 
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