Now that Apple has a bigger, better iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, we suspect lots of big screen Android Fans can defect to iOS. (Apparently Apple thinks so too). But while the mobile exchange is a type of headache, change the phone and change the operating systems level can induce pain of migraine if you is not prepared properly.
But you will be prepared. Since you can not miss your calendar events to your favorite applications, here is how to make the most important in the transition from Android to iOS in top condition mobile needs.Mail, Calendar and Contacts
If you keep your life in sync with the cloud-based Google ecosystem transfer Android to iOS is relatively easy. You will need to create an Apple ID when you first start your journey iOS (if not already have an iTunes account), but you can add your Google account once the initial configuration of your phone is finished.
To do this, go to Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap Add account. There, you can add your Google account (or any other email account you would like to sync to your device). Once added, you can choose to sync mail, contacts, calendars and notes.
If you have maintained contacts stored locally on your Android phone, you first need to export your contacts to the SD card of the device, connect it to your computer and download the resulting vcf file, then log into your Google account. Click where it says "Gmail" on the top left to go to Contacts, click the More tab and select Import. Now, when you add your Google account to iPhone, contacts will come along, too.
Keyboards
From iOS 8 is now compatible with third-party keyboards, most likely you can still use an almost identical version of its keyboard are extremely high. You are lucky!
Adding a third party to the keyboard of your system is quite simple. Download the keyboard app from the App Store and then go to Settings> General> Keyboards> Add New Keyboard. Navigate to the section for third-party keyboards, and see all the applications you have downloaded keyboard. Select the one you want, give you permission to be used throughout the system, and you're ready to go.
Popular keyboards like SwiftKey, Swype, Fleksy and TouchPal now all must be available for iOS in August.
applications
While you will not have the same type of home screen widgets and an Android phone, 8 Does iOS widgets in your opinion today in the notification center. It is accessed with a swipe down from the top of the screen, as the name suggests, this is where you will also find a list of the latest notifications and executables you received.
As for the widgets, the latest version of the Yahoo Weather application includes serving as a miniature version of the full blown application with a Flickr photo-specific location annotated with current and future conditions of temperature. Calendar Calendars Readdle applications and also offer 5 notification center widgets for better glanceable version of the daily programming schedule Apple offers.
Dropbox, Evernote, and OpenTable are some of the other titles that offer these widgets. 9to5Mac has a complete alphabetical list of applications that currently allow Notification Center widgets, but most surely be on the way.
Your App Collection
Unfortunately, there is no way one or two steps to get all your favorite Android on your iOS device. You will need to go through and manually reset your home screen with applications you use on the regular.
But this discomfort is actually a disguised opportunity. Now is the time to take inventory of his collection of applications. Make a list of your actual favorites, they use every day, and those who can not imagine life without him. Ditch the rest. Congratulations, your collection of apps just got a thorough cleaning of autumn.
With the exception of a handful of titles (mostly games), almost all of your favorite Android should also be on iOS. If you already shelled out big bucks for an Android version of an application, it might be worth leaving your customer service a line-you might be able to offer a discount code for their continued patronage, rather than risk choosing a application to compete cheaper. If the application is only $ 1, however, do not be stingy, show some love dev.
Photos, music, PDFs and Other Media
One of the things I like to get me a new phone is the opportunity to begin again. But some people like to keep your favorite photos, videos and music on your device, always. No problem. If that's you, you'll want to download first to your computer (connect the Android device and then sync with Outlook or Exchange) and transfer them to your iPhone via iTunes. To do this, connect your iPhone via USB or via WiFi and launch iTunes, click "Sync with phone", then select the media you want on your new phone (you can choose between books movies and TV shows, notes, photos, audio content, and more).
If you are transferring PDF and ePub documents, you can still access them using iBooks iOS to read (or other PDF reader). If you have Office documents, Apple Pages, Numbers and Keynote will allow you to read and edit them on your iPhone, or you can use Microsoft Office for iOS.
Your MP3 files if you are not already an avid user of Spotify or Rdio, live music Apple applications on iOS once they have been added to iTunes. And once your audio collection is sorted, if you want to buy more music on the move, you can buy content in iTunes (same goes for movies or television programs).
For anything stored in the cloud instance for Evernote, Google Drive, Dropbox or you're going. Just download the iOS version of these applications, and you will be able to access their files once they are synchronized.