How to transfer WhatsApp from Android to IPhone?

If you have just purchased an IPhone or Android and want to keep your phonebook contacts here we show you how to move WhatsApp from Android to IPhone and vice versa in an easy and simple way.

There are several methods to change WhatsApp from Android to IPhone. Below we show you the most popular ones.

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone by email

Transfer WhatsApp contacts by email will allow us to keep WhatsApp messages.

The steps are:

  1. Open the chat we want to transfer
  2. Click on the 3 dots.
  3. Expand the “More” tab.
  4. “Export Chat”
  5. Send to our email address.
  6. Open the message from the destination device.

Note 1: Unfortunately it does not allow to pass all contacts at once, but you must go chat by chat to send them. Also it only transfers the 10,000 recent messages with attachments or up to 40,0000 without attachments.

Note 2: The documents on the iOS device will be in “txt” format.

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone by backup

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone by ICareFone-WhatsApp

In order to transfer from Android to IPhone the contacts we will need to do it through the PC. To do this we must download ICareFone-WahtsApp, this software is available for Microsoft and Mac. It should be said that this method is not free since the software is paid.

The steps to follow are as follows:

  1. Download the ICareFone-WhatsApp software.
  2. Connect the two devices to the PC
  3. Open ICareFone-WahtsApp
  4. Select the WhatsApp social application.
  5. Select the source and destination.
  6. Click on “Transfer”
  7. A window will pop up with the steps to follow to enable USB debugging mode.
  8. Now if you click on “Transfer”.
  9. Backup (Optional, although it is recommended so as not to lose WhatsApp messages)
  10. Click on “continue”
  11. Verify the account. We must enter the phone number.
  12. Enter the code received in our cell phone of origin.
  13. After the process, click on “log in”
  14. Disable the option “search my IPhone”.
  15. The change of contacts will take place and the IPhone will restart.
  16. We now have the contacts on the target cell phone.

Note 1: The process of moving WhatsApp contacts from Android to IPhone can also be from IPhone to WhatsApp.

Note 2: The process is similar for WhatsApp Business and for other social apps such as LINE, Kik, Viber and WeChat.

You can download ICareFone-WhatsApp at this link.

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone via Google Drive

Unfortunately Drive is not compatible to move contacts from Android to IPhone so this method is unfeasible a priori. Although it is possible if you use the Mobitrix WhatsAppTrans. software.

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone by Mobitrix WhatsAppTrans

With Mobitrix WhatsAppTrans you will be able to transfer WhatsApp from Android to iPhone without any problem. This tool is totally free.

The steps to follow are as follows:

  1. Download the mobile application
  2. Make a backup copy.
  3. Uninstall WhatsApp official and install the custom version of WhatsApp.
  4. Uninstall WhatsApp official and install the custom version of WhatsApp.
  5. On the restore screen click on “Restore data”
  6. Open the Android file manager and open the “WhatsApp” folder.
  7. Click on “Restore data”.
  8. Create a file named “data.flg”.
  9. Open custom WhatsApp, it will be updated.
  10. Return to open the “WhatsApp” folder.
  11. Return to open the “WhatsApp” folder.
  12. Have a new file named “ok.flg” and a new folder named “chatpath.”
  13. Connect your Android device to your computer.
  14. Copy and paste the file into your computer.
  15. Copy and paste the “WhatsApp” folder on your computer.
  16. Copy and paste the folder “WhatsApp” on your computer.
  17. Open the CMD terminal with the command: ExportAndroidWhatsApp.exe
  18. Download iTunes and connect your iPhone device to the computer.
  19. Download iTunes and connect your iPhone device to the computer.
  20. From file management import images and other multimedia files from the “Multimedia” folder
  21. Import the text files from the “txt” folder on your iPhone, also import it to the “photos” directory.

You can download Mobitrix WhatsAppTrans at this link.

Pass WhatsApp from Android to IPhone by SIM card

This method does not work, since the SIM card does not have the local backup associated with the mobile, so the conversations on the IPhone will not be saved.