Humble apologetic confession, and a question

[rootabaga]

My humble apologies, folks. For the past few years, I have been a closet iOS user, since my trusty old Motorola would not come into the modern LTE age and my employer gave me my old work iPhone when I retired. Since my wife is an iPhone fan, I had consigned myself to buying another iPhone to replace my aged and no-longer-supported iPhone (since she relies on me to answer any question or solve any issue she may have with her iPhone; after all, it's far easier to help someone with an OS when you use it yourself).

Thankfully, the story does not end there. Fate happily intervened in my favor when my carrier put out an offer for half-off a new Pixel 9, which would have been my choice to return to the Android world anyway. I mentioned this deal to my wife and, as I suspected, her concerns about spending money overcame her concerns about iOS support, so my new Pixel 9 is arriving today, and I couldn't be happier about the way things turned out.

That said, I have a tech question, and where better to put it than in my favorite Android forum (name change aside)?

Is there any kind of easy way to migrate contacts, notes, files and music from the iPhone to the Pixel? I can backup the iPhone data to my laptop with iTunes, but I'm not sure about getting into the Pixel other than manually coping or entering items. Ugh.

So, if you're familiar with that challenge or have some ideas, please let me know.

Thankful to be back in the Android world!

 

[Bearsyzf]

Welcome Back my Brother 👍

 

[Steven58]

Why closet? This isn't Android Forums anymore and there's really no one here to get mad at you anyway!

 

[The_Chief]

For the past few years, I have been a closet iOS user

That's okay buddy - admitting the problem is the first step to recovery

 

[rootabaga]

Why closet? This isn't Android Forums anymore and there's really no one here to get mad at you anyway!

Who are you kidding? I can't even admit here that I use a Windows PC! [oops!]

 

[The_Chief]

INTERVENTION!​

 

[Steven58]

I have an iOS Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, MacBook Pro M1 Pro, and AirPod Pros 2. I also have Pixel 7 (live and active.) and I'm not sorry. AND. I. DON'T. CARE. WHAT. ANY. OF. YOU. THINK! In fact, you folks are the only ones even here. I do love you all, though.

 

[ocnbrze]

Transfer data from your previous device to a Pixel phone - iPhone & iPad - Pixel Phone Help

When you set up a new Pixel device, you can transfer data from your previous Android device or iPhone. The process and options for data transfer may vary depending on the devices and the Android versi

support.google.com

 

[treb1797]

If you need help coming out of the closet...my DM's are always open

 

[rootabaga]

Transfer data from your previous device to a Pixel phone - iPhone & iPad - Pixel Phone Help

When you set up a new Pixel device, you can transfer data from your previous Android device or iPhone. The process and options for data transfer may vary depending on the devices and the Android versi

support.google.com

Thanks…I had found that (and some other stuff) but the details are a little curious. Have you actually done this?

 

[ocnbrze]

Thanks…I had found that (and some other stuff) but the details are a little curious. Have you actually done this?

Nope would not catch me near any fruity product.... if you know what I mean.

 

[rootabaga]

Nope would not catch me near any fruity product.... if you know what I mean.

Thanks, I just wanted to check. My last career was in tech and I’m all to familiar with pages that give you something that sounds great, but the reality is all too different.

 

[Milo Williamson]

Thanks, I just wanted to check. My last career was in tech and I’m all to familiar with pages that give you something that sounds great, but the reality is all too different.

I have a nvdidia, asus windows ten p.c. last updated...
Yesterday. Hehe.

 

[rootabaga]

For those keeping track at home, this is the link I primarily used: Switch from an iPhone to a Pixel phone - Pixel Phone Help

I did turn off imessage and facetime (never used it) as in the instructions before I did anything else.
In my case I left the iphone active and fired up the new pixel. After a few initial setup screens it asked about another device, so I went through the steps, I had a C to Lightning cable and my real concern was that the iPhone was so old (6S with IOS 15x) that it might not work or worse, would damage something. But it mostly went flawlessly. It even moved over (well, reinstalled) my apps, which was a great benefit. All my text history is there, as well as my contacts. I was also able to reuse my physical sim, after I got everything copied over I put the pixel in airplane mode, swapped the nano sim into the pixel and waited about a half-minute and turned off airplane mode.

The only thing that didn't work well was all of the info I had in the iPhone "Notes" app, which came over to the "Keep" app in the android. While they are kind of there, they are just a mess, mostly completely worthless. But I can live with that.

I also have a steep learning curve, having been off the android platform for way too long.