You will probably want to connect your iPhone to power while this is happening. Depending on how much stuff you have, it may take a while - like, hours - to back up everything to the cloud. Tap on Contacts, Calendar events, and Photos & Videos and slide the toggle on for everything you want to back up to Google Drive.In Google Drive, tap the hamburger menu at the upper left of the screen, then tap the Settings gear in the menu that slides out from the left.You’ll need a Google account to use Android. If you don’t have a Google account yet, Google Drive will guide you through the process of setting one up. If you don’t have Google Drive on your iPhone, go to the App Store and download it, then sign into your Google account (presuming you have one).The tricky part here is that they don’t say explicitly that you’re supposed to do that on the iPhone. Your phone will tell you to open Safari and navigate to /switch.As you tap through, you’ll eventually be asked if you want to bring your data over and you’ll see a screen that lets you pick where your old data will come from. On the new phone, the first few steps are the normal Terms and Conditions screens.While you’re there, update the apps that came with the new phone, too. Pick the ones you want to migrate (you might not want to move brand-specific or carrier-specific apps from the old phone to the new), and download them. Tap the menu icon, then tap “My apps and games.” You’ll be shown a list of apps that were on your old phone. What will not appear are all your apps, so there’s one more step. It may take a few minutes to download everything, but eventually all your Gmail, Contacts, Calendars, Photos, and backups will appear. Log in to your Google account on the new phone.Presto - your account will appear on the new phone. Enter your screen lock code on your old phone and approve the copy to your new phone.Tap Next on your old phone (notice there’s no place to tap on the new one). Just to be sure, the phones will both show a screen with numbers and colored shapes to confirm that your data is going to the right place.Tap the correct device icon on each phone. The old phone and new phone both want to establish where you’re moving your account in case there’s more than one phone in Bluetooth range.Your old phone will show a Getting Started screen without much information.You’ll be instructed to go to your old phone, launch the Google app (not the Chrome app the Google app), and tell it to set up your device.Tap “A Backup from an Android Phone,” and you’ll be told to open the Google app on the other phone.As you tap through, you’ll eventually be asked if you want to bring your data over to the new phone, and you’ll be asked to pick where the data should come from. When you turn on your new phone, the first few steps will be the normal Terms and Conditions kinds of screens.
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