Transfer text messages from android to iphone free reddit

What's the best way to transfer text messages from Android to iPhone free without factory resetting the iPhone?

Or is there a way to transfer the text messages to my Macbook and then import them from there to my iPhone or iCloud?

I've already started using the iPhone and there's quite a bit of stuff on it so don't want to Factory Reset and use "Move to iOS"

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

Hey, hope I'm not too late. If your old phone is still working you can download move to iOS on it and then you should be able to transfer them over. The only thing is that you're going to need to reset your iPhone to get the option to restore from an Android. (Hopefully you haven't done anything important on it yet) It's in the setup process and it's available when it asks if you want to restore from iCloud, iTunes, set up as new, or Migrate from Android. Let me know if you have any questions. Edit* just read the whole post, the transfer to Ios could have failed for a number of reasons, but I know it works. That's the only way I'm familiar of switching them over.

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.

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.”

Unfortunately the only way is the Move To iOS app, as others have mentioned. You'll need to do a factory reset of the iPhone before you'll get to the option of "move data from Android" where you'll then open up Move To iOS on your Note 7, enter in the code it gives you, and go from there. Be patient and try again if it fails.

Even the Copy My Data app can't handle text message transfers between iOS and Android, and that's the app whose codebase was purchased by Apple and turned into the Move To iOS system. Samsung Smart Switch can pull messages from an iPhone onto a Samsung phone, but not the other way around.

My wife and I both upgraded from Samsung Galaxy Notes to the iPhone 13. While setting them up, she attempted the "Move to IOS" option and it moved most things, to include her messages, but the threads won't send her messages. The only way to get them to work is to delete them, which negates the point of transferring them. After seeing this, I chose to set up my phone from scratch and pull my stuff down from Google backups. Now she has her text message threads but to use them she must delete them and I don't have any of my old messages. A few Google searches make it seem near impossible to transfer your messages into iMessage. Is this really the case? I am hoping someone has a solution that does not involve restoring the phone to give "Move to IOS" another shot.

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