What even is apple

[GenericFanboy]

I got tasked with installing a new Iphone. I did what was told and used the move to Ios (from Android to iphone)

 

But it didnt download any of the applications.. At all!

 

How do i get those apps on there now? I tried to do a backup with google and putting that back. But that didnt seem to work either. Pls help

[The Flying Sloth]

You can't get the apps from Android onto an Iphone, they use different app formats.
You will need to download them all again off the iTunes store.

[GenericFanboy]

1 minute ago, The Flying Sloth said:

You can't get the apps from Android onto an Iphone, they use different app formats.
You will need to download them all again off the iTunes store.

a lot of people are saying apps that are avaible on both will be transferred. But not even whatsapp was transferred.

[The Flying Sloth]

Just now, GenericFanboy said:

a lot of people are saying apps that are avaible on both will be transferred. But not even whatsapp was transferred.

It won't get transferred, it can't be, the files are physically a different format.
You in-app data may be transferred but not the app itself. You need to redownload everything off the iTunes store.

[GenericFanboy]

1 minute ago, The Flying Sloth said:

It won't get transferred, it can't be, the files are physically a different format.
You in-app data may be transferred but not the app itself. You need to redownload everything off the iTunes store.

Alright. Thank you. Bit annoying. But he doesnt have too many applications so i guess that works.

[GenericFanboy]

5 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

How is this even a problem?

Its a problem cause its for a non techy person. You need to fill in a password for every app you download. So he needs to do that over and over again

[GenericFanboy]

2 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Only once per app on the new phone.

Everyone who's ever changed their phone goes through this

Android to android did everything. Android to iphone clearly is ridiculous to do.

[Commodus]

1 hour ago, GenericFanboy said:

Android to android did everything. Android to iphone clearly is ridiculous to do.

It's not really much different than, say, going from a Windows PC to a Mac (or vice versa).  The software is so fundamentally different that anything that isn't cloud-synced probably won't carry over.

[GenericFanboy]

1 minute ago, Commodus said:

It's not really much different than, say, going from a Windows PC to a Mac (or vice versa).  The software is so fundamentally different that anything that isn't cloud-synced probably won't carry over.

Thats horrid. But i assume apple would be smart enough to make some kind of system thats like;

 

"This phone has whatsapp! do i have whatsapp in my store? oh i do? Download!"

[Commodus]

1 minute ago, GenericFanboy said:

Thats horrid. But i assume apple would be smart enough to make some kind of system thats like;

 

"This phone has whatsapp! do i have whatsapp in my store? oh i do? Download!"

Ideally that's how it'd work, even though it'd ask you to sign in again.  This is something companies need to address regardless of what you're switching to, I'd say.

[GenericFanboy]

1 minute ago, Commodus said:

Ideally that's how it'd work, even though it'd ask you to sign in again.  This is something companies need to address regardless of what you're switching to, I'd say.

It cant be that hard. Maybe a one time login and then it does everything would be fine. It made so much sense to me that it would do something like that.