Transferring Iphone's SMS text messages to an Android phone is a daunting task, reason being Android and iOS handles SMS in a completely different way. All your data can be easily transferred but SMS text messages are little hard to transfer from an iPhone to Android Phone.
There are two methods to transfer iPhone SMS text messages to an Android device
- Creating backup of your iPhone SMS text message, changing it to Android format, restoring it to Android phone. Requires, iTunes backup file, 2 applications one for changing the format and the other for resorting, little bit of patience and some head scratching.
- You can use Backuptrans Software and do the work in a single click.
Method 1: Transferring iPhone SMS text Message to Android Phone manually.
Create backup of your iPhone using iTunes and locate the SMS Backup Data file. Once you have the file transfer it to your Android phone internal memory.
Now you need to convert the iPhone SMS database file into Android compatible format using iSMStoDroid application. Download the application from Google Play Store and install it. Once installed locate the file and start the conversion process. Depending on the size of the database file it can take less or more time. Once converted, the file will be stored in XML format in your Android device.
Now the third part is to load the converted SMS text message file into your Android SMS app. For this you will be needing, SMSBackup&Restore application which is used to backup and restore SMS for Android phones. The file converted by iSMStoDroid happens to be in the format which can be read by SMSBackup&Restore as a backed up SMS file which it can restore to your Android SMS application.
Once you have downloaded SMSbackup&Restore, run it and locate the SMS backup converted by iSMStoDroid app. The application will restore the backup and your iPhone SMS text message will be on Android device!
Method 2: Transferring iPhone SMS text Message to Android Phone with a Single Click.
If the above method seems to be little too complicated for your, there is always an easy option. You can purchase Backuptrans Software, install it on your computer, connect Android phone and iPhone and with a click of a button all your SMS will be transferred from iPhone to Android device.
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