How to transfer text mesgs and WhatsApp conversations between iphone and Android?

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Just made the jump from an iPhone 6 that I've been using for a few years to a Huawei P30 Pro.

I've ran through the setup and used the Huawei Phone Clone app which moved my contacts over but that was about it. I have a number of SMS text messages on my old iPhone 6 that I'd desperately like to keep as well as a good few WhatsApp messages. Google throws up some solutions but most are only free trials and to actually do the job want to charge $40 ish.

Is there a free app option that will transfer SMS texts and WhatsApp conversations from iPhone to Android devices?

Cheers.
 
Cool, I'm happy to pay for an app that will move my WhatsApp conversations across as there are things in there I really don't want to lose. As for the SMS text messages, any ideas how I can move them over? I'm absolutely flailing around here in the dark as I've always owned iPhones and iPads, Android is completely new to me so its a bit confuzzling!!
 
spoffle said:
Not between iOS and Android, unfortunately. For some reason there's no way to restore from a Google Drive backup on iOS, and no way to restore from iCloud on Android. So the interoperability is killed.
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Ah right. Okeydokey. So my old SIM is now inactive as my P30 has a new SIM with my old number now attached to it if that makes sense? I'm trying to plug my old iPhone 6 into my PC to make an unencrypted backup so I can use something 3rd party to do the job but the phone just pings as it gets detected via USB but doesn't show up on my PC or in iTunes? Is that because I have no active SIM card in it or should that not matter?
 
Donnie Fisher said:
Just buy wazzup and be done. I've been there, tried all the variations. Only wazzup worked.

It can't transfer backups via whatsapp itself because the android and iPhone encryption methods are different and incompatable.
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So does Wazzup not need access to an iCloud backup to restore the WhatsApp chat history? Does it do it some other way? Sorry, I'm getting confused a bit.
 
Orcvader said:
Another thing to note, back up your contacts to your Google account if possible: https://contacts.google.com/

That way for any new phone you just need to sign in with your Google account and your contacts will automatically sync over, iPhone included.

As for SMS I remember doing this for a friend a couple of years ago but the app no longer seems to be in the Play store: https://www.techrepublic.com/articl...om-an-ios-device-to-android-using-isms2droid/

This is most likely due to Google being more strict on the SMS permission for apps, but you can sideload it from here: https://apkpure.com/isms2droid-iphone-sms-import/org.faked.isms2droid
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Cheers, the sideloading from APKPure worked perfectly.

I ended up biting the bullet and paying £4.99 for WhazzapMigrator which was fiddly to use at some stages but did the job eventually. So I'm all good to go now and enjoying using the P30 Pro. Coming from an iPhone 6, the camera on this thing is insane. :eek:
 
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