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iPhone to Android

Hey guys. I'm a bit new to the whole Android scene. I am an iPhone 3gs user, and I am looking to switch to the EVO 4G when it comes out. The thing is, no matter how many Android sites I visit, I can not really figure out how to switch to Android. Basically, what I'm looking for is a website or information about the basic things. What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?, how do I back up my info?, what is this whole rooting thing?, how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO? So any and all information is appreciated. If there is another forum dealing with this, a link to it would work as well. Thank you, and have a nice day.

First of all your posting in the wrong section, as your question is not about android developing and or hacking, ask your question in this part of the forum, also next time make a little search around the forum, these and many other questions have been answered 1000 of times, and btw welcome to the xda developers community, enjoy your stay.
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pashok99 said:
What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?
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Multimedia applications for Android
Multimedia apps for Android
My preferred one is Meridian Media Player Pioneer
pashok99 said:
how do I back up my info? how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO?
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I don't know anything about how the iPhoney works, but the Gmail help page says:
We support importing CSV files from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Eudora and some other apps. We also support importing vCard from apps like Apple Address Book.
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Hopefully you can find a way to export your contacts, if you have lots of them.
As far as backing up your contacts, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. A Gmail account is required to activate your phone.
Any changes you make to your contact information, it will sync with your Gmail & your phone. Edit a contact via your phone, it will sync with your Gmail account.
Is this what you were asking for?
How to backup SMS?
I use an app appropriately titled SMS Backup.
I've got SMS backups going back over a year. They get uploaded to my Gmail account for easy archiving.
Back up your apps?
There quite a few. My personal favorite is Titanium Backup root (root required)
pashok99 said:
what is this whole rooting thing?
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A quick Googling yielded 2.6 MILLION results, with the terms "why root android".
Give it a shot.
I'm just gonna copy & paste from a very old thread.
* You can install a full Linux distribution, like Debian.
* You can run applications that require root, like Screenshot and Auto Rotate your Browser and or any other application.
* You can install the latest Android build directly from the Android source tree.
* Customize your boot image.
* Create full backups of the state of your phone.
* Create custom ROMs.
* Install Applications to your SD Card to save space.
* Use your phone as a tether to connect your computer/laptop to the internet.
* Turn your phone into a wireless router that provides internet access.
I hope I answered your questions.
Please make sure you seach. Bookmark alot of sh-tuff along the way, cause when you get your EVO, due to the fact you ARE HERE, you will probably be seeking root some short time afterwards.
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH!
You'll get that answer 9 outta 10 times.
Best of luck to you, and Welcome to Android™

pashok99 said:
What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?, how do I back up my info?, what is this whole rooting thing?, how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO?.
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Contacts are easy (if you are running a mac) you just sync your address book with your gmail account and it should get passed back down to the phone when you set up that gmail account on your phone. (i havnt done this yet because i dont have a nexus yet but should be getting one soon and the contacts are all showing up in gmail so it should work)

Import Firefox bookmarks without uploading to any server

As the title says.
I want to import my Firefox desktop bookmarks, which I exported as an html file, to a web browser on my Android device.
I have Galaxy Captivate and Samsung Tab 2 tablet. Fro web browsers I have the built in browser and also Opera Mobile installed.
Now, my main requirement is a bit tricky. I DO NOT WANT TO UPLOAD my bookmarks to any OUTSIDE SERVER.
So this excludes Opera Link, and Google acount sync, and couple other apps out there that sync.
I DON'T NEED TO SYNC my bookmarks, only one time import them to my Android device.
I've already tried "Bookmarks Easy Import" app by CB56 and it does not work on my Tab 2. It says my stock browser does not support folders and that's it.
I NEED ALL MY BOOKMARK FOLDERS IMPORTED. Without folders my bookmarks are useless as I have last almost 20 years of bookmarks organized in folders. I need those on my Android devices or at least on the Tab 2 for now.
Mission Impossible?

shapeshifter910 said:
As the title says.
I want to import my Firefox desktop bookmarks, which I exported as an html file, to a web browser on my Android device.
I have Galaxy Captivate and Samsung Tab 2 tablet. Fro web browsers I have the built in browser and also Opera Mobile installed.
Now, my main requirement is a bit tricky. I DO NOT WANT TO UPLOAD my bookmarks to any OUTSIDE SERVER.
So this excludes Opera Link, and Google acount sync, and couple other apps out there that sync.
I DON'T NEED TO SYNC my bookmarks, only one time import them to my Android device.
I've already tried "Bookmarks Easy Import" app by CB56 and it does not work on my Tab 2. It says my stock browser does not support folders and that's it.
I NEED ALL MY BOOKMARK FOLDERS IMPORTED. Without folders my bookmarks are useless as I have last almost 20 years of bookmarks organized in folders. I need those on my Android devices or at least on the Tab 2 for now.
Mission Impossible?
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shapeshifter910 said:
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So nobody knows and/or it can't be done.
And it doesn't bother anybody that you have to upload your bookmarks to someone's server in order to import them.
Nobody cares about their privacy any more?
Pretty sad state of affairs it is.

shapeshifter910 said:
So nobody knows and/or it can't be done.
And it doesn't bother anybody that you have to upload your bookmarks to someone's server in order to import them.
Nobody cares about their privacy any more?
Pretty sad state of affairs it is.
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I understand your concern, but no more bumps please.

Cross Platform Sync

Hi all,
Which one of the password managers syncs bookmarks as well ? I do not want to use google chrome on my all devices and looking for a solution to sync my passwords & bookmarks. (I will lose tab sync feature but...)
I found similar threads but they do not cover my question completely. Wanted to open a new thread for this, may help others as well. Hope you do not mind.

[Completed] How to create application independent url shortcuts in android?

I have created some bookmarks in chrome and added them to my homescreen. These are either some apps/websites which i vist rarely and want to avoid having individual apps installed or some daily visit websites which doesn't have an app. These shortcuts open fine with chrome but the problem is they open only with chrome. I am currently trying some lightweight browsers like xbrowser, naked browser and want these shortcuts to open directly with the system's default browser. Even if I uninstall/disable chrome, these shortcuts don't open with any other browser. Same goes for shortcuts created using any other browser. I would like to have url shortcuts on homescreen which are independent of any particular browser. Plz help

Anyone? Plz help

saurav_k said:
I have created some bookmarks in chrome and added them to my homescreen. These are either some apps/websites which i vist rarely and want to avoid having individual apps installed or some daily visit websites which doesn't have an app. These shortcuts open fine with chrome but the problem is they open only with chrome. I am currently trying some lightweight browsers like xbrowser, naked browser and want these shortcuts to open directly with the system's default browser. Even if I uninstall/disable chrome, these shortcuts don't open with any other browser. Same goes for shortcuts created using any other browser. I would like to have url shortcuts on homescreen which are independent of any particular browser. Plz help
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately assist is for guiding new members around the boards only, please ask your question here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Thanks for understanding and good luck
Sawdoctor

How to export Samsung internet browser bookmarks?

Hello everyone,
I am moving from an S6 phone to S8, i used smart switch to move everything, apps, calendar , music, videos, contacts etc..
The only thing i couldn't move are the samsung internet browser bookmarks, i tried every synchronization way with google and samsung cloud but i was
able only to get my saved pages !
Is there any other way to export my bookmarks to my new phone?
Thank you for your support!

From the bookmarks page hit the menu button from the top select share and share the with a service that you already have on the s8

Thank you for your answer!
I already shared some manually ( impossible to share all at a time) to memo app, saved it and shared it to new samsung, how should i import them to samsung browser so far?

After hitting the share button just select all of them and share them with whatsapp, email or something and on the s8 just click and bookmark them manually.

lenovot said:
After hitting the share button just select all of them and share them with whatsapp, email or something and on the s8 just click and bookmark them manually.
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That's very hard when you have over 800 bookmarks and you have to click each link manually and bookmark it again, besides you cant share more than 100 a time which you'll select them manually.
Thank you for your support anyhow!

Wow 800 ) sorry but i think there isn't any other way. Another thing i think you could try is to backup the app data ( sammy Internet) using titanium backup and then restore it on the s8 or even the whole app back it up restore it on the s8 but this might require root!? Try it out