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Transfer data from iPhone to Galaxy S3?

Hey everyone! This is my first post to xda. I have had an iPhone since it's first release. I've owned every generation up to the 4s. Anyway, I've finally decided to make the switch to Android. I think the Galaxy S3 is an incredible device and I am quickly falling in love with it. That being said, I am having a hard time finding a way to transfer my data from the iPhone to the S3. I would like to transfer my:
Contacts
Pictures
Messages (sms and mms)
Email accounts
I know that Samsung released an app for this named "Easy Phone Sync", but it is only available in the UK to download. Other similar apps only seem to sync itunes music and play lists. And not the contacts or messages. Could anyone please help me on how to make this switch? I'd really appreciate it.
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If you said the Samsung app is only available in UK, google the apk and install it yourself
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Thank you for your fast reply. I did try this and wasn't able to find the apk to install.
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easyphonesync dot com
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxysync.android.app however it says it cannot be installed in my country. UK only. :/
I use a Mac and had my contacts synced to Address Book, so I ended up syncing that with google. That takes care of the contacts. Could also copy the contacts to the sim, if youre going to use the same sim.
Photos I had syncing with iphoto, so if I want I could just copy the pictures to Dropbox and copy them over to the phone.
Email accounts I just put them in manually. @me accounts can work with imap and is working on my device.
SMS/MMS I lost which isnt a big deal for me.
*edited for the apps not working outside the UK.

It says it is only available for download in the UK. It won't let me download. Is there a way to be able to download UK apps?
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On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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sabre31 said:
On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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For music its not so good. The transfer speed is slooooooow..lol

Music I would do it through the itunes, air twist in angroid. The contacts I would import them to Gmail account since android is based on google. Pictures can be upload. To the cloud. Other options is that any authorized store can sync everything on your phone
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try out MoboRobo, it performs some sync operations between iPhone and Android - http://is.gd/VvSEDm

Google Account Help PLEASE

I deleted my main google account from my phone because I no longer use it and I'm using a different gmail account. That account is on my phone and trying to connect everything in the Android Play Store to it, but none of my apps are connecting to it in the Play Store.
How do I connect all the Play Store apps to my other account? Thx!
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
I deleted my main google account from my phone because I no longer use it and I'm using a different gmail account. That account is on my phone and trying to connect everything in the Android Play Store to it, but none of my apps are connecting to it in the Play Store.
How do I connect all the Play Store apps to my other account? Thx!
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You probably want to contact Google and have them move the apps over. Don't think there's another way
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sloosecannon said:
You probably want to contact Google and have them move the apps over. Don't think there's another way
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Do you think they would do that?
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You should be able to... You didn't delete the actual account right?
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sloosecannon said:
You should be able to... You didn't delete the actual account right?
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No... just off of my phone is all.

Just got off the phone with them and they said, due to copyright reasons, they cannot transfer over the apps to the new account. So back on my phone is my old account, BUT I will have all syncing for it turned off.
I appreciate your help!!

Good to know. Copyright reasons... Ugh
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i'm pretty sure you can use multiple g-mail accounts - even associated with the Play market

jco23 said:
i'm pretty sure you can use multiple g-mail accounts - even associated with the Play market
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Yeah OP is deleting the account with his apps and trying to transfer to a different account
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sloosecannon said:
Yeah OP is deleting the account with his apps and trying to transfer to a different account
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Corrected when I called Google they said that there's no way to do this because of some copywriting issue. That doesn't make sense at all since they have verified I am the same owner of both gmail accounts. So I just put my old gmail back on the phone and turned off everything from syncing so that I can just use it for the Play Store.
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I had a similar issue, and I'm not sure exactly how it got fixed. Here's what I did.
1. Factory reset
2. Setup phone with new gmail
3. Add old account
4. Go to my apps in the play store and select the old gmail.
5. Download all apps
6. Remove old account from phone.
I followed these steps on my phone and all apps paid and free work fine with my new gmail.
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Nexus 4 Facebook sync

Hi All
I would like to know how to sync my contacts with Facebook. I need the profile pictures as contacts' picture.
Thanks for the help in advance
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best sync app i know of
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync

HaxSync is hands down the best contact sync for facebook. It will let you pick how accurate names have to be (similar spelling or exact, and everything in between), cropping the face, if the picture they have is too big and all in HD (no low res pics). Also lets you sync facebook calendar and contacts birthdays into their contact card and their timeline statuses.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync

Thank you all. Why Facebook does this sync? Isn't there a setting for that?
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ofczi said:
Thank you all. Why Facebook does this sync? Isn't there a setting for that?
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There's a LOOOOOOONG running issue between FB and Google over all of this...Google it for more info as it's too long to get into here!

Just a quick question..
Does these apps incorporate all those Facebook contacts into our phone's contacts which aren't there at present?
As in I have a number of Facebook contacts which aren't on my phone and i don't even want them to sync.... Just want the pictures of people in my phone through Facebook.
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filthykid said:
Just a quick question..
Does these apps incorporate all those Facebook contacts into our phone's contacts which aren't there at present?
As in I have a number of Facebook contacts which aren't on my phone and i don't even want them to sync.... Just want the pictures of people in my phone through Facebook.
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In HaxSync, there is a setting to only sync existing contacts, yes.
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Chrono_Tata said:
In HaxSync, there is a setting to only sync existing contacts, yes.
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Really? thanks.. will try

HaxSync was my app of choice but now I just added photos to my Google contacts as I'm not fussed if all the FB info is there

EddyOS said:
HaxSync was my app of choice but now I just added photos to my Google contacts as I'm not fussed if all the FB info is there
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Ditto this. Plus, it is easy and quick to manually add/change a profile picture from FB to Google contacts. And this actually works better since on occasion some people insist on having a goofy @SS profile pic.
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Hi, all
I am using Ubersync for facebook in my N4. It has imported all of my contacts but no phone numbers. How can i sync my facebook contacts with phone numbers to my Contact list. Normal sync thru the phone is also unsuccesful

Note 3 stock browser with Google bookmarks?

Hi guys, so I have had my note for about a day now and have noticed that the stock browser doesn't have all my bookmarks! Also had a look in sync settings and there is no option to sync bookmarks. Anyone know of any workarounds?
Thanks
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skaif said:
Hi guys, so I have had my note for about a day now and have noticed that the stock browser doesn't have all my bookmarks! Also had a look in sync settings and there is no option to sync bookmarks. Anyone know of any workarounds?
Thanks
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Samsung has removed the support for syncing Google Bookmarks from their Browser, which is one of the stupidest things they have done. They now want you to use your Samsung account

inffy said:
Samsung has removed the support for syncing Google Bookmarks from their Browser, which is one of the stupidest things they have done. They now want you to use your Samsung account
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lol definitely need an Xposed module for that

weirdingway said:
lol definitely need an Xposed module for that
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Thats bs i just found this out on my galaxy mega and i was just about to get the note 3, nobody actually wants to use chrome come on samsung
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Samsung has removed the support for syncing Google Bookmarks from their Browser, which is one of the stupidest things they have done. They now want you to use your Samsung account
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Has anyone found a solution to this yet? It's so frustrating that my Note3 has been downgraded from my Note2.
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Export S-notes from Note 2 to Note 3?

Has anyone found an easy way to get S-notes from a Note 2 to a Note 3? Evernote sync is the only way I've found so far but it's a pain.

Sync through your Samsung aco****. It takes a minute and mine failed a couple of times before it succeeded
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justin94 said:
Sync through your Samsung aco****. It takes a minute and mine failed a couple of times before it succeeded
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That doesn't work if you have a VZW Note 2 with stock software. VZW borked the ability to sync the Samsung Account a while back.
How did you sync it to Evernote?

Does anyone know how to move the templates? Like to do the math formula's?

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That doesn't work if you have a VZW Note 2 with stock software. VZW borked the ability to sync the Samsung Account a while back.
How did you sync it to Evernote?
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There is an sync option under setting and it lists Google docs and Evernote. It does work but you have to convert each note one at a time.
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I got so pissed I just redid all of them from my N2 which was a huge PITA......

download Samsung Smart Switch Mobile from play store. if you still have both old and new phones.