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The easy way to switch from an iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy (CNET How To)

2017-04-11
those curves on the latest galaxy got you looking at your old iPhone like break things off drama-free and take all your stuff along with you before you even start you'll need to sign up for a Google account if you don't have one and make sure your iPhone is backed up Samsung makes the transfer process easy with their own Smart Switch app go to the Google Play Store search for the Smart Switch mobile app and hit update open the app and you can choose to use the USB cable option or wireless option for the first one you'll need a lightning cable in this USB adapter that comes with most new Galaxy phones plug the two phones in and they will connect next you should see a pop-up message appear on your iOS device tap trusts on the iPhone and the next on the galaxy now wait a few minutes while it searches once it's done you'll see a list of available contact categories to transfer everything from contacts to text messages select all the categories you want to move over to your Galaxy device and then tap transfer now take a coffee break this could take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour depending on how much baggage you plan on bringing along with you once it's completed you'll have a few more download options there's a list of all year old iOS apps with links to reinstall the Android versions manually and then it's business as usual for all your old data you can find everything you transferred and enjoy it on a sexier screen if you don't have this magical little dongle you can always use the wireless option as long as you have your iPhone backed up to iCloud you'll need to sign in to your iCloud account on your Galaxy phone but the rest should be similar to what we just did and once you've fully moved on you can bid one final farewell to your old iPhone
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